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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.

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What is a provision for income tax and how do you calculate it?

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What is a tax provision? Simply put, a tax provision is the estimated amount of income tax that a company is legally expected to pay to the IRS for the current year. A tax provision is just one type of provision that corporate finance departments set aside to cover a probable future expense.

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How do I choose what entity type my business should be?

Basis 365

We have worked with a tax professional to outline some key considerations for what entity type you should be looking into. Before making any decisions, speak to your attorney and tax accountant to make sure you are the correct entity type at this time. You really should review this periodically as laws and tax code do change.

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

Baruch Lev

No kidding, the accounting for estimates of future cash flows from insurance contracts is the major problem with corporate financial reports? Is insurance accounting, or the accounting for income taxes or government grants the reason why so few investors are interested in just-released financial reports?

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Guide to accountant responsibilities

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Types of accountants and niche practice areas There are, of course, various types of accountant jobs and areas of specialty. Today ’ s accountants certainly have the knowledge around processing financial data, but they also have an important role in business strategy and operations, even risk management,” said Garcia.

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