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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. cash accounting—if you want to be GAAP-compliant.

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Basic Accounting for a Small Business: Bookkeeping and Accounting Basics

Snyder

What is accounting? Accounting for a small business usually means summarizing and analyzing financial transactions, producing accounting reports, and timely providing data for tax purposes and tax returns. However, from the standpoint of small business accounting, only the operating activities are usually applied.