A business that uses the accrual basis of accounting recognizes revenue and expenses in the accounting period in which they are earned or incurred, regardless of when payment occurs. This differs from ...

With 18 months remaining until all companies are required to report revenue following hundreds of pages of new accounting guidance, accounting leaders are a little stumped on why companies aren’t ...

Accrual method accounting separates revenue recognition from cash flow. That means a company records revenue in its books based on whether it has earned money, not whether it has actually received ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have jointly published a draft standard to improve and align the financial reporting of revenue from contracts ...

There are many industries where companies provide goods or services but aren’t immediately paid for them. From an accrual basis accounting standpoint, these represent accrued revenue for the company.

Lara Long, CPA, never would have imagined five years ago that she soon would be in a room with some of her company’s biggest competitors and broader industry peers, talking candidly and transparently ...

Most businesses handle their accounting on an accrual basis. What is accrual basis accounting? It’s the practice of recording transactions at the point of origination, even if no money changes hands ...

Proposed contract-based standards for revenue recognition are attracting some support, but also raising questions, according to a new survey. The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the ...

Almost all of the public companies that adopted new accounting standards for reporting revenue beginning in 2018 used a shortcut that allows apples-to-oranges comparisons for revenue and profit growth ...

Statement of Position (SOP) 97-2 provides guidance on applying GAAP in recognizing revenue from software and software-related transactions. The SOP provides instruction on recognition for licensing, ...

If you run a small business, you may not know much about the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). After all, GAAP standards apply mainly to publicly traded companies, so these rules don’t ...