The IRS allows you to calculate your tax bill using one of two tax accounting methods. The more common of the two methods for individual taxpayers is the cash method. However, most businesses prepare ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of financial accounting, ...

Accounting is the compilation of financial information for various purposes, such as managing a corporate budget, making informed decisions with regard to business operations and predicting future ...

Accrual accounting is one of the primary accounting methods and is based on the matching principle, which dictates that revenues and their associated expenses be recorded in the same accounting period ...

The American Institute of CPAs has sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service with three recommendations on the accounting method change procedures for business taxpayers. A 2015 IRS revenue ...

The Internal Revenue Service issued a new revenue procedure with guidance on how certain businesses can obtain automatic consent to a change in accounting methods. Revenue Procedure 2022-9 modifies ...

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As a new small-business owner you must make a decision between using accrual or cash accounting methods. Regardless of which method you choose, you must use it consistently. The accrual accounting ...