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Financial Reporting Drives Good Decisions

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When sales grew, profitability looked strong because cash came in within 48 hours, but the company’s bills weren’t due for 60 days. As a result, reporting always showed today’s sales with COGS from two months ago. When sales slowed, the company experienced a cash crunch for the first time. Ownership – Two partners.

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Modern Financial Reporting & Analytics: The Path to Business Success During Times of Volatility

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Why Accurate and Granular or Detailed Financial Reporting is Imperative During Times of Volatility. Every company wants to know about variances as soon as they occur so they can either exploit unexpected opportunities or take steps to mitigate losses. Enter Modern Financial Reporting. Beyond Static Reports.

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Tea Leaves and Financial Statements – Something in Common?

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Financial reports contain the most important reading that a business owner looks at on a regular basis. And yet, for many business owners, reading financial statements can seem as helpful as reading tea leaves. Some of the issues that create confusion are the result of the way the reports are created. It’s that simple.

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Cash Basis vs. Accrual Basis: What’s the Difference?

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For instance, if you had only one customer, and they didn’t pay you for three months, even while you were selling them product, you would have no sales for those three months. Here, you’d have a huge amount of profit all at once. For example, if you have an invoice that you send out, that’s a sale.

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Computer Retailer – Accounting Methods

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But understanding your company’s profitability is critical to making the right decisions. Confusion over cash-versus-accrual reporting creates continuing questions for business owners. Sales – $45,000,000 annually. Eliminate the sales manager position. Financial Reporting. Location – Southern Wisconsin.

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What are some examples of a deferred tax liability?

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Differences in tax liabilities are simply temporary imbalances between a reported amount of income and its tax basis : The accounting disparities appear when there are differences between the taxable income and the pretax financial income or when the bases of assets or liabilities differ for financial accounting and tax purposes.

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Dealing with Obsolete Inventory

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There are two major issues here: (1) how do you decide when something becomes obsolete and (2) how do you price it for quick sale? Sales – $10,000,000. Unfortunately, financial reporting had been inconsistent, so the owners wanted help putting together a set of financials that the bank would accept.