Posts Tagged ‘Business’
Industries Hit Hardest from Coronavirus
From layoffs to furloughs and from temporary closings to permanent shutdowns, COVID-19 has impacted virtually every single industry under the sun. It’s no secret that economic growth worldwide has plunged significantly. In the United States, business owners have had to pull rabbits out of their hats left and right in order to keep their businesses…
Read MoreCalculating Lost Profits with a Forensic Accountant
Lost profits refer to any economic damages that are the result of some type of business disruption. These damages are estimates that are determined by a range of factors, including things like breach of contract, negligent acts, patent infringement, physical damage to business equipment or property, and liability brought about by an accident. As such,…
Read MoreKeeping Your Business Afloat Amid COVID-19
COVID-19 has made a major dent in the global economy and the long-term business fallout is inevitable. For many small businesses, the coronavirus means they must close their doors entirely, even if temporarily. For others, it means scaling back significantly and making unfortunate cuts to salaries, workforce, and more. Owners of small- and medium-sized businesses…
Read MoreCoronavirus and Its Impact on Valuations and IPOs
The coronavirus outbreak has made a major impact on the stock market. Experts have pointed to fears that the market will remain struggling for some time, even after the virus is properly contained. So, how does this impact valuations and IPOs today, tomorrow, and even months from now? First and foremost, it is important to…
Read MoreLooking Past Financials to Gauge the Status of Your Business
From balance sheets to income statements and from cash flows to retained earnings, financial statements are essential to any entity. Evaluating financial activities means using these financial statements to unveil where a company is, how it compares to past successes, and possibly where it has the capacity to go in the future. As a business…
Read MoreBudget Analysis and Your Small Business
Budgeting is something that most adults take into account when making financial decisions. From a personal perspective, creating a budget is practical and commonplace. So, should the approach to budgeting differ at all as it relates to a business? How important is a budget to a company’s overall functionality? And are financial forecasting and budgeting…
Read MoreQuantifying Business Interruption Loss from a Cyberattack
For all of the spotlight that cybersecurity has received over the last several years, there are still an alarming number of businesses consistently failing to protect their data. Even worse, when these organizations ignore the threat of a cyberattack they are also putting their clients’ data at risk. In the first half of 2019 alone,…
Read MoreIs It Time To Start Outsourcing Accounting Services?
Entrepreneurs across every industry share a number of character traits that make themselves, and their businesses, successful. From being relentlessly hardworking to maintaining a constant push towards innovation, running a company well requires a specific type of person and a specific set of principles. One of the more surprising and universal traits of an effective…
Read MoreTechnology’s Role in Transforming Accounting
From artificial intelligence to robotic process automation to blockchain, technology has seen a greater shift in the last decade than ever before. Big data has trickled its way into nearly every industry in the world and its impact has been profound. Sure, those facets of technology may seem irrelevant to accounting, but they are actually…
Read More7 Tips for Effective Succession Planning
Research estimates that more than 66 percent of companies lack any type of formal succession plan for their organizations. But in today’s fast-paced, constantly-evolving markets, establishing a succession plan is critical for success in the present and in the future. Massaging talent to eventually fill leadership roles means positioning a company to retain their talent…
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