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30% Of Business Failures Are Caused By Employee Theft

30% Of Business Failures Are Caused By Employee Theft

August 31, 2023
Bill Kimball

Some employees steal simply because the opportunity is there. Others may feel wronged by their employer in some way and steal as a form of retaliation. Still others may steal because they believe the theft to be harmless because their employer has insurance against theft. Another major factor in employee theft is security measures and …

What Is Cvp Analysis?

What Is Cvp Analysis?

August 31, 2023
Bill Kimball

For FP&A leaders this method of cost accounting can be used to show executives the margin of safety or the risk that the company is exposed to if sales volumes decline. Full costing is a managerial accounting method that describes when all fixed and variable costs are used to compute the total cost per unit. The darker green line …

5 Ways Debt Can Make You Money

5 Ways Debt Can Make You Money

August 31, 2023
Bill Kimball

Arrangers will distribute most IMs—along with other information related to the loan, pre- and post-closing – to investors through digital platforms. Leading vendors in this space are Intralinks, Syntrak and Debt Domain. A “club deal” is a smaller loan (usually $25 million to $100 million, but as high as $150 million) that is …

How To Calculate Contribution Per Unit

How To Calculate Contribution Per Unit

August 31, 2023
Bill Kimball

If the Executive desk takes 15 minutes to paint, we can make 4 per hour (60/15). Multiply the number of desks that can be made each hour by the contribution margin per desk.
The break-even point is the minimum number of units you must sell to account for production costs and all other fixed costs. Assume that you are a nursery, and …

Cash Flow Statement Explained

Cash Flow Statement Explained

August 31, 2023
Bill Kimball

For example, when we see $20,000 next to “Depreciation,” that $20,000 is an expense on the income statement, but depreciation doesn’t actually decrease cash. The cash flow statement takes that monthly expense and reverses it—so you see how much cash you have on hand in reality, not how much you’ve spent in theory. …