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Corporate Finance & Accounting Accounting

Accounting

Accounting is the recording of financial transactions pertaining to a business. Learn how to use accounting to summarize, analyze, and report the financial activity of a company.

Corporate Finance & Accounting
  • Financial Analysis
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Statements
  • Financial Ratios
  • Accounting
  • Debt
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Corporate Insurance

Marketable Securities Definition

Marketable securities are liquid financial instruments that can be quickly converted into cash at a reasonable price.

  • Inventory Valuation — LIFO vs. FIFO
  • Financial Data Analyzing

    The Difference Between Profitability and Profit

  • Depreciation Expense vs. Accumulated Depreciation
  • Board Room Meeting

    Is Net Income the Same as Profit?

  • Accrued Liability Definition

  • Additional Paid-In Capital Definition
  • Accounting

    Accounting Rate of Return – ARR Definition

  • Cost-Volume-Profit – CVP Analysis Definition

  • Debit Definition

  • Days Payable Outstanding – DPO Definition
  • Balance accounting

    Days Sales Outstanding – DSO Definition

  • EBITDA Definition
  • Accountants at desk

    Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
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    Financial Asset Definition

  • General Ledger Definition

  • Operating Cost Definition

  • Prime Cost Definition

  • Retained Earnings Definition
  • Business Planning

    Variable Cost Definition

  • Capital Expenditures vs. Operating Expenditures: What's the Difference?

  • Understanding Accrued Expenses vs. Accounts Payable

  • Relationship Between Marginal Revenue and Total Revenue
  • Accounting

    Understanding Gross Revenue Reporting vs. Net Revenue Reporting

  • Understanding Revenue vs. Income

  • Bill of Lading Definition

  • Cash on Delivery (COD) Definition

  • Contribution Margin Definition

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Definition

  • Depletion Definition

  • Equivalent Annual Cost – EAC Definition
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    Economic Order Quantity – EOQ Definition

  • Factors of Production Definition

  • Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment – FF&E Definition
  • Invoice Accouting

    Invoice Definition
  • Cars on production line

    Just in Time (JIT)

  • Per Capita Definition
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    Royalty Definition
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    Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 Definition
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    Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Definition
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    Work-in-Progress (WIP) Definition

  • What Is Year-Over-Year (YOY)?

  • Auditor Definition

  • Compound Return Definition
  • World Currency Rates

    Translation Exposure

  • Challenging the EBITDA Metric
  • Businesswoman Analyzing Investment Charts With Laptop

    Introduction to Accounting Information Systems – AIS
  • Working Alongside Some of the Best

    Why Does GAAP Require Accrual Basis Accounting?
  • Depreciation Concept. Stack of Business Papers

    Accumulated Depreciation and Depreciation Expense
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    Mark-To-Market vs. Historical Cost Accounting

  • Common Concepts and Techniques of Managerial Accounting

  • IFRS vs. U.S. GAAP: What's the Difference?
  • Assets

    Comparing Amortization vs. Impairment of Tangible Assets
  • Business Finance, accounting, contract, advisor investment consulting marketing plan for the company with using tablet and computer technology in analysis.

    Industries That Cannot Claim Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)

  • Accounting Method Definition

  • Acquisition Accounting Definition

  • Agency Costs Definition

  • Asset/Liability Management Definition
  • What Is a Stock Exchange?

    Average Daily Rate (ADR) Definition
  • Corporate accounting

    Branch Accounting Definition

  • Cash Accounting Definition & Example

  • Consolidate Definition

  • Discounted Payback Period Definition

  • Double Entry Definition
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