Learn 12 essential things about financial statements that investors need to know. These insights can guide smarter investment ...

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Business owners often use accounting to measure their company's financial performance. Accounting is responsible for recording and reporting a company's financial transactions. While business owners ...

Corporate financial reports are a formalized statement of where a company's funds come from, how it spends its money and how the funds flow through the various parts of the company. Financial ...

Over the years, companies have relied on alternative performance measures (APMs) such as “adjusted earnings” or “underlying profit” to provide investors additional financial information beyond IFRS or ...

The International Accounting Standards Board has introduced a new standard to give investors more readily comparable information about companies' operating profits in one of the biggest changes to ...

The cash flow statement and the income statement are integral parts of a corporate balance sheet. The cash flow statement or statement of cash flows measures the sources of a company's cash and its ...

When you apply for business funding, lenders and investors want to ensure they won’t lose money on your venture. That’s why bringing detailed financial statements to your pitch meeting is crucial.

A statement of shareholder equity can tell you if your business is doing well or if it's time to fine-tune some of your ...

An income statement is a financial document that details the revenue and expenses of a company. Some investors and analysts use income statements to make investing decisions. The income statement, ...

Tax-exempt organizations are working through the biggest change to not-for-profit financial reporting in 25 years. FASB Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2016-14, Not-for-Profit Entities (Topic 958 ...