Learn how to analyze a company's balance sheet, including assets, liabilities, and equity, for smarter investment decisions.

TO PROVIDE BUSINESSES WITH GUIDANCE ON WHEN and how to recognize a liability for asset retirement obligations, FASB issued Statement no. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations. The statement ...

Assets generate income and appreciate in value, while liabilities drain resources and depreciate over time. Do you want to improve your net worth? Probably so. But if you’re like many people, you ...

There are several points on which American generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) differ from international standards. In 2011, the American and international accounting boards worked ...

If your company is successful enough to invest in shares of other businesses, that's an accomplishment. The bad news is that your accounting just got more complicated. If you're the majority ...

Mergers and acquisitions are an important way that growing companies get bigger, and structuring a deal in the best interests of both the acquirer and the target is critical to getting a transaction ...