Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Kappel is the Founder of Patriot Software, LLC. Like it or not, managing your accounting books is all part of being a ...

The accounting cycle tracks a transaction until it's added to your company's financial statement. Follow this eight-step ...

Small businesses keep revenue, expense and income summary reports, often referred to collectively as the books, to know exactly how much money is going in and out of the business. At the end of each ...

In our recent article on the flaws in return on equity, we showed how it has no correlation with several different measures of valuation. However, there is one valuation metric, price-to-book (“P/B”), ...

Accountants spend a lot of time learning their craft and keeping current. What many do not do as well is keep up with practice management. An easy way is to read some of the many books on that topic.

We may receive a commission from our partners if you click on a link to review or purchase a product or service. Click to Learn More Zoho Books is better than QuickBooks by a hair, offering more ...

After pitting Xero vs Zoho Books against each other, our research determined that Zoho Books is the better accounting software overall – especially for sole traders and micro businesses. The platform ...

This column is a review of an exciting new book, "The Definitive Success Guide to Client Accounting Services (CAS)," by Hitendra Patil. I remember calling Hitendra a few years ago about an article he ...

The following article is based on a chapter from Aswath Damodaran's book Investment Fables. Everyone loves a good bargain! Who doesn't enjoy finding something they wanted on sale? But much like the ...

A cash book, or petty cash log, is a ledger for keeping track of small cash purchases. Some small businesses such as restaurants find cash books especially useful because these companies tend to need ...