Robust cash flow is king. Yet many accounts receivable teams find themselves mired in manual processes that are slow and, ultimately, costly. With the advent of the digital age, cash application has ...

COMPANY NEWS: Accounting automation software leader BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) has announced several new innovations including the BlackLine Accounting Studio – designed to help Finance and ...

Esker, the leading AI Automation Suite for the Office of the CFO, today announced that it has been recognized in The Hackett Group® Digital World Class® Matrix for Cash Application Software. Esker was ...

Double-entry bookkeeping is a system that tracks the way funds flow within a business by accounting for transactions as transfers from one account, or bookkeeping category, to another. In double-entry ...

Should small businesses use cash or accrual accounting? This question gets asked almost as much as “paper or plastic?” and “debit or credit?” While the IRS requires some companies to use accrual ...

Kelly Main is a Marketing Editor and Writer specializing in digital marketing, online advertising and web design and development. Before joining the team, she was a Content Producer at Fit Small ...

Accrual basis accounting is typically the preferred method, but cash basis accounting may work for very small businesses. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

Expenses are an unavoidable cost of doing -- and staying in -- business. When a business incurs an expense, there are two accounting methods it may use to record the expense to its books -- the cash ...

In the U.S., there are accounting standards known as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). They are the accounting standards used for all businesses in this country and provide principles ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...