Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Eric's career includes extensive work ...

Any company can instantly boost earnings by playing around with depreciation assumptions. Remember the taxi company we talked about in Part 1 of this article? If that taxi company wanted to book lower ...

Depreciation is how businesses spread the cost of expensive, long-lasting items over time instead of writing them off all at once. In plain terms, it recognizes that assets like vehicles, equipment ...

Every business owner needs to have at least a rudimentary understanding of accounting theories and principles. Understanding your books and what various accounting reports represent helps you ...

In order to function, every business involves some form of accounting because accounting encompasses buying, selling, banking, assets, liabilities and taxes. The basics of business accounting are the ...

Money rules the world. From Fortune 500 companies to the dollar bills in your wallet, money is what makes the world go round. Although many people lack a basic understanding of money. That’s why we ...

It's not that Uncle Sam does not want your clients to deduct those big-ticket items that are critical to running almost any business. The less cynical among us would nod and agree with the Internal ...

One of the most common statements about new cars is that they depreciate 10%-30% once they're driven off the dealer's lot. This statement, at least according to generally accepted accounting ...