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Using Financial Statements to Value a Business

RogerRossmeisl

The starting point for a business valuation is generally the subject company’s financial statements. Here’s an overview of how historical financial statements can serve as the basis for a valuation professional’s conclusion under the cost, income and market approaches.

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Medical Practice Accounting 101: Understanding Your Financial Statements 

Withum

Reviewing your practice’s financial information is not something you may have come across during medical school, and it’s not something that can easily be self-taught. Getting Familiar With Your Financial Statements The two most basic financial statements are the balance sheet and income statement.

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2024 SEC Filing Deadlines and Financial Statement Staleness Dates

Cherry Bekaert

Financial statement issuers must assess many items when planning to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including which financial statements are required to be included in the registration statement. Rule 3-12 has a filing calendar for U.S.

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Early Revenue Recognition: Not Just Bad Accounting, But Fraud

RogerRossmeisl

Although financial statement fraud is the least common form of occupational theft (9% of incidents), it costs organizations the most in financial losses, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Businesses defrauded by financial statement schemes had median losses of $593,000.

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Be an Odd Duck: Work on, Not in Your Public Accounting Practice

Speaker: Tom Bowman, CPA of Bowman & Company

Owners of Public Accounting firms are always telling their clients to work on their business and not in their business, yet many times do not take their own advice. It is possible to run an Accounting Firm and never do tax returns or financial statements! Don't miss out on this ground-breaking session!

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How to navigate accounting assumptions

ThomsonReuters

Jump to: What are the main accounting assumptions? Going concern assumption: A closer look How do common accounting assumptions relate to GAAP? Accounting assumptions, along with accounting principles and concepts, provide professionals with the necessary framework for preparing financial statements.

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Financial vs Tax Accounting

SMBAccountant

One type of accounting that is well-known is tax accounting. According to Investopedia, tax accounting is “a structure of accounting methods focused on taxes rather than the appearance of public financial statements”. Tax accounting applies to individuals, businesses, and corporations.