Discover how accruals affect company finances, with insights into the accrual accounting method, its applications, and ...

Businesses make advance payments for a variety of different expenses. Any expense that is paid in advance of actually receiving the benefit of the payment is considered a prepaid expense for ...

Most businesses have expenses that include advertising and marketing. In some cases, these services are paid for as they occur, but in other instances, they are paid for upfront and then the activity ...

ST. PAUL -- Year-end tax planning for calendar year 2008 is upon us, and prepaid farm expenses are one area of concern for many farm operators as they execute year-end tax planning strategies. If you ...

Large and small businesses alike are turning to prepaid cards as an expense management tool because of its ease of use and the convenience it offers. Prepaid programs save businesses time and money, ...

Business expenses cards can offer greater security than cash because they can be quickly frozen and deactivated if they ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level 1 exam holder, and ...

For decades, employee expense reporting has followed a familiar path: employees submit reports, managers approve them and the accounting department performs a final review. This workflow made sense ...