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GAAP: What It Is and Why Your Investors Expect It

inDinero Accounting

Accrual Accounting is a vital component of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Understanding the principles of GAAP accrual accounting can be challenging and daunting; however, with the right guidance, it can be achieved. What are Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)?

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What is Managerial Accounting and How Does it Differ from Financial Accounting?

Snyder

When starting a business, all the paperwork and accounting may seem daunting. No matter how large or small your business is, managerial accounting will help you gain profit. This type of accounting aims mainly at forecasting and long-term business decisions and is used to ensure your company’s financial health.

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Startup Accounting Guide: Everything You Need to Know in 2022

Accounting Seed

Target maximum revenue, growth, and profit with this in-depth startup accounting guide. If you fail to set up a robust and scalable accounting system from day one, your business will suffer from financial errors, poor planning, growing pains, and a high potential for failure. Challenges For Early-Stage Startups.

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Corporate Investors Irked By Lease Accounting Changes

PYMNTS

Chief financial officers are changing their views on how they assess corporate performance in light of changes to lease accounting rules coming into play. Companies including Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Air France have already notified investors that they are amending or changing performance metrics.

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Preparing for Upcoming ESG Disclosure Requirements

Withum

Companies will have to disclose specific ESG information that regulators and accounting standards require. ESG reporting standards are transitioning from the wild west to ridged government and accounting-imposed standards. Below is a summary of some sustainability reporting standards companies will be subject to.

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[07/11/21] The Sad State of Accounting

Baruch Lev

The Wall Street Journal reported (July 1, 2021) that the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the accounting body that sets the financial reporting rules of public companies in more than 140 jurisdictions ? So, accounting standard-setters have their work cut out for them. How do I know?

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The Path to Sustainable Mining: Leveraging Digital Strategies to Prepare for the Future of ESG Assurance

Withum

Moreover, digital transformation allows for efficient ESG accounting, controls and disclosure, alleviating the reporting burden and facilitating informed decision-making. International accounting standards will require sustainability disclosure alongside finance statements.