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Financial Statements: How to Read & Profit From Them: The basic rules of baseball haven't changed much in nearly 100 years. It's still 60'6" to the pitchers mound. Bases are still 90' apart. Three strikes a person is out. Four balls a person walk. What has changed is how the game is coached and managed. In the old days,...; Tags: Financial statements, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, financial statement, financial, game; White papers
Understanding Financial Statements When Approaching Lenders: Financial statements are historical documents covering single time periods. Users of financial statements, however, are not so much concerned about the single time period as they are about the trends over time. Trend analysis is usually completed on key indicators, such as revenues, gross profit margin, operating expenses, and working...; Tags: Financial statements, Financial Planning, Financial accounting, Managerial accounting, Operational accounting, financial statement, working capital, accounts payable, accounts receivable, profit margin, financial, bank; White papers
How Identity Management Supports Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: It's almost impossible to rely on a Sarbanes-Oxley Section 302 or 404 compliance program without a high level of confidence that only authorized users have access to the critical systems that contribute data inputs to material financial statement accounts. This article describes how identity management, which is one component of...; Tags: Financial statements, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Authentication/Encryption, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, financial statement, identity management, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, access contr; White papers
Parsing Financial Statements Efficiently And Accurately Using C And Prolog: All public U.S. corporations are required by law to file a variety of financial documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). These documents describe the financial state of an organization, and are therefore of great interest to investors, and other members of the financial community. While the...; Tags: Financial accounting, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, SEC, financial, financial analysis, financial statement; White papers
Understanding Materiality: Materiality is a term used in accounting and the law, in relation to information disclosed in financial statements that affects decisions made by the people who read them.Deciding whether something is a material item involves making a judgment about it, in both quantitative and qualitative terms. Such evaluation is for...; Tags: Financial statements, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, BNET Editorial, financial statement, misstatement, financial, SEC, accounting, investor, financial reporting, net income, audit, benefit, equity, agreement; Articles 2007-11-09

Financial Statement Ratios: This template allows performing financial analysis in three areas: profitability, debt, and investment. One advantage of this template is that basic ratio analysis can be performed on one sheet. Before using this template a full set of financial statements is needed. To perform the projected ratios, a set of pro-forma...; Tags: Financial statements, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, financial statement, financial analysis, financial; Tools & templates 2007-09-01
Understanding Financial Reporting: Financial reporting, done annually by private enterprises and quarterly by public companies, offers essential information about the financial health of an organization. Interested parties often use this information to support investing and financing decisions. Companies prepare their reports in an agreed format, including a balance sheet, income statement, cash flow...; Tags: Financial accounting, Financial statements, Financial Planning, BNET Editorial, financial reporting, financial statement, SEC, financial, financing, MD&A, accrual, Cash Flow Statement, income, annual reports, shareholder, income statement, GAAP, agreement, appraisal, divide; Articles 2007-09-28
Ten Things About Financial Statement Fraud: A Review Of SEC Enforcement Releases: This Deloitte paper provides snapshots of the data collected from the SEC's enforcement releases relating to frauds allegedly committed by companies, officers and employees. It reports the number of frauds by industry and type and comments on the trends emerging in this millennium. The findings may have significance for the...; Tags: Financial, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Financial Statement, SEC, Fraud, Litigation, Business Operations; White papers 2007-06-01
Identifying Capital and Operating Leases: Payments for leased corporate assets must be accounted for in financial statements, to accurately reflectthe company's financial obligations. There are two accounting methods, one for each type of lease: “operating” or “capital.”The FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) has developed objective criteria to help managers identify the type of lease based...; Tags: Asset management, Operational accounting, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, BNET Editorial, lease, lessor, Financial Accounting Standards Board, asset, payment, leasing, interest rate, financial reporting, balance sheet, financial, insurance, accounting; Articles 2007-08-13
Finance Schedule: This template gives financial statement of a company. It shows companies financial statement across all the months.; Tags: Financial statements, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, financial statement, financial, finance; Tools & templates 2005-04-27
Preparing a Balance Sheet: The balance sheet is a financial statement produced periodically, normally at the end of a calendar or financial year, and normally within an annual report. It showcases the company by measuring its financial health. Its production is a legal requirement in most countries. It is usually greeted enthusiastically by stockholders...; Tags: Balance sheets, Asset management, Investment, Operational accounting, Financial accounting, BNET Editorial, balance sheet, Cash Flow Statement, equity, income statement, depreciation, asset, dividend, income, earnings, accounts payable, accounts receivable, stock, financia; Articles 2007-07-16
Knowing the Right Time to Recognize Revenue: Products and services can be sold and marketed in many different ways. Guidance is available about how to recognize revenue (record income) from the most common types of transaction, but it’s not possible to provide for every situation—so considerable professional judgment is needed in the less straightforward cases.What You Need...; Tags: Operational accounting, BNET Editorial, accrual, AICPA, revenue, income, accounting, SEC, GAAP, financial statement, retail company, adjustment, sales, payment, asset, financial, industry; Articles 2007-07-05
Assessing the Impact of the Planned Changes in Accounting for Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits: In recent years, financial statement users and others have expressed growing concern about the lack of transparency in employers' accounting for pensions and other postretirement benefits (e.g., retiree medical benefits). And many have expressed frustration with the usefulness of retirement plan disclosures presented in corporate financial statements under the current...; Tags: Financial statements, Benefits, Operational accounting, Financial accounting, Financial services, Towers Perrin, pension, financial statement, accounting, benefit, financial; White papers 2006-01-01
Financial Audit: Restatements to the National Science Foundation's Fiscal Year 2003 Financial Statements: This paper reviews four key areas with respect to the restatements of National Science Foundation's (NSF) fiscal year 2003 financial statements: the nature and cause of the errors that necessitated the restatements, including planned corrective actions by the agency and its auditors; the timing of communicating the material misstatement to...; Tags: Financial statements, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Government Accountability Office, restatement, National Science Foundation, financial statement, misstatement, audit, financial, agency; White papers 2005-12-22
Conduct Your Own SWOT Analysis: Tags: Strategy, Financial Accounting Standards Board, accounting, capital market, financial, financial accounting, financial reporting, financial statement, standards; Articles 2007-02-05
Financial Audit: Restatement to the General Services Administration's Fiscal Year 2003 Financial Statements: This paper consist of a document which reports that the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is required to annually prepare and submit audited financial statements of the U.S. government to the President and Congress. GAO was asked to...; Tags: Financial accounting, Government Accountability Office, U.S. General Services Administration, restatement, General Accounting Office, financial statement, financial, audit; White papers 2005-12-06
Financial Audit: Securities and Exchange Commission's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2005 and 2004: Established in 1934 to enforce the securities laws and protect investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plays an important role in maintaining the integrity of the U.S. securities markets. Pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002, the SEC is required to prepare and submit to Congress...; Tags: Financial statements, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Government Accountability Office, SEC, financial statement, financial, compliance, regulation, financial reporting, accountability, tax; White papers 2005-11-01
Financial Audits: The Vast Majority of Executive Branch Entities Included in the Federal Budget Are Statutorily Required to Have Their Financial Statements Audited: The paper consist a report which determines that almost 94 percent of the executive branch entities included in the federal budget is statutorily required to have their financial statements audited. Looking at the federal government as a whole, it determines that about 83 percent of federal entities (including the legislative...; Tags: Financial statements, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Government Accountability Office, financial statement, financial; White papers 2005-09-30
Financial Audit: Restatements to the Department of State's Fiscal Year 2003 Financial Statements: This document consists of a report which basically reviews four key areas with respect to the restatements of State's fiscal year 2003 financial statements: the nature and cause of the errors that necessitated the restatements ; the timing of communicating the material misstatement to users of the financial statements; the...; Tags: Financial statements, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Government Accountability Office, restatement, financial statement, misstatement, audit, financial, agency; White papers 2005-09-20
Predicting the Un-Predictable: Protecting Utilities Against Fraud, Reputation & Misconduct Risk: This white paper offers utility companies a practical plan for responding to fraud, reputation and misconduct risk. It includes common fraud schemes for utility companies to focus on when designing and implementing their Sarbanes anti-fraud programs and controls. It focuses on a five-step Anti-fraud implementation plan and the importance of...; Tags: Financial statements, Sarbanes-Oxley, Litigation, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Telecom & Utilities, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, utility company, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, financial statement, fraud, financial; White papers 2005-09-07