Bookkeeping

The Ultimate Guide to the Three Financial Statements

Though both of these are a little oversimplified, this is often how the P&L statement and the balance sheet tend to be interpreted by investors and lenders. A balance sheet considers a specific point in time, while a P&L statement is concerned with a set period of time. A lot...

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What is a credit note? And when to use one

A credit note, sometimes called a credit note or credit memorandum, is a document that allows you to change an invoice after it has been issued or paid. A credit note and a debit note are issued by the seller and the buyer, respectively, at the time of the...

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5 Steps to Choose the Best Accounts Receivable Automation Software

That reconciliation activity is an ongoing process that constantly moves transactions through the books. If your digital invoices go into a directory, you just need a software package that can scan through those folders and extract the relevant data from them. These systems require invoices to be compiled https://intuit-payroll.org/...

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What is cash from operating activities?

That’s cash flow from operations (from the cash flow statement) divided by current liabilities (from the balance sheet). “The primary reason to use the operating cash flow ratio is to determine whether you would have enough cash to pay off all of your current liabilities today if you had...

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What is Escrow? Explaining the Escrow Process

Your mortgage lender helps by making sure you have enough money in your account to cover your bills; then when the bills are due, they pay them on your behalf. Conventional loans are backed by private lenders, like a bank, rather than the federal government and often have strict...

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Identifying and managing your biggest AI risks

Inherent risk is the auditor’s assessment of the susceptibility to material misstatement of an assertion about a transaction class, an account balance, or an attached disclosure, quoted individually or an aggregation. The assessment is performed before the consideration of relevant internal controls in place. Inherent risk is essentially the...

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Payback Period PBP Formula Example Calculation Method

We can calculate the payback period or the time that it takes for a project to break even. We can account for the fact that having $1 now does not have the same value as having $1 in 5 years from now. Assume Company A invests $1 million in...

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Unadjusted Trial Balance Format Preparation Example

Preparing an adjusted trial balance is the sixth step in the accounting cycle. An adjusted trial balance is prepared by creating a series of journal entries that are designed to account for any transactions that have not yet been completed. Navigating Financial Growth: Leveraging Bookkeeping and Accounting Services for...

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Bookkeeper and Accounting for Truck drivers

Whether it's managing the complicated IRS Form 2290 for heavy highway vehicle use tax, or optimizing your per diem deductions, Bench has got it handled. With Bench, you can focus on what you do best – steering your trucking business towards success – while we take care of your...

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