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3 Ways To Calculate Days In Inventory

3 Ways To Calculate Days In Inventory

November 5, 2021
Bill Kimball

For example, suppose in a 12 month period, a company has a beginning inventory of $9,000, $20,000 in purchases and an ending inventory of $3,000. Mathematically speaking, the number of days in a period are calculated using 365 for a year and 90 for a quarter. It’s important to note that some companies will use […]

Construction Job Costing

Construction Job Costing

November 3, 2021
Bill Kimball

By using a job costing software, bookkeepers can run the system quite smoothly. Entries b and c must be recorded on the appropriate job cost sheet. Direct materials and direct labor are by definition easily traceable to the job and therefore must be recorded on the job cost sheet when the cost is incurred. Recording […]

Double Entry Accounting

Double Entry Accounting

November 3, 2021
Bill Kimball

Additionally, the nature of the account structure makes it easier to trace back through entries to find out where an error originated. Double Entry is a method of accounting in which every transaction affects two accounts equally and correspondingly. That means one account’s value will increase and another account’s value will decrease at the …

Bench Accounting High Paying Jobs, Compensation & Experts Network

Bench Accounting High Paying Jobs, Compensation & Experts Network

November 2, 2021
Bill Kimball

Wingspan erases all the worst parts of freelancing– taxes, benefits, accounting, invoice & expense tracking, registering an LLC, even your tax withholdings. The ease and beauty of a payroll platform, but optimized for freelancers and independent professionals. Now that you have all the pertinent info, are you still wondering which …

1800 Accountant Jobs, Employment Review

1800 Accountant Jobs, Employment Review

November 2, 2021
Bill Kimball

Not only is the app glitchy, but the service provided by 1800Accountant is not worth the $$. I started a business last year, and like many of you got a call by them to solicit their services. Agree with most others, JUST SAY NO TO 1800Accountant. They did our business and personal returns and it […]

Accrual Vs  Deferral

Accrual Vs Deferral

November 2, 2021
Bill Kimball

When calculating approximated rates of return, where the calculation methodology requires an adjustment for the daily-weighting of cash flows, the formula reflects a weight for each external cash flow. The cash flow weight is determined by the amount of time the cash flow is held in the portfolio. Businesses require the allocation of both …