The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released guidance aimed at clarifying the official definition of a “business” for purposes of the accounting rules. The new accounting standards update ...

Business bookkeeping gets very complex, with divisions and subsidiaries requiring their own set of accounts. When the business accounting records are established, every account is titled and assigned ...

What Is Financial Accounting Standard 157 (FAS 157)? Financial Accounting Standard 157 (FAS 157) is the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)’s controversial fair value accounting standard, ...

Suppose you buy a major asset like a new piece of machinery. Under standard accounting rules, you cannot write off the cost of the machinery in the year you incur the expense. Rather, you have to ...

Learn how the lower of cost or market (LCM) method helps value inventory accurately by using the lesser of historical cost or market value, key for GAAP compliance.

Goodwill in accounting and investing is a term used to describe intangible assets that don't appear in hard numbers on a balance sheet. These can include a host of things that companies tend to value ...

In recent public discourse, confusion has arisen around the concept of wealth—particularly in distinguishing between accounting, economic, and social definitions. I therefore wish to clarify these ...

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