Basic Accounting


Recent Basic Accounting Articles

Turning Surpluses into Cash

By Bruce G. Posner |  Apr 1, 1992

Selling surplus assets to boost liquidity.  Read more

Running the Numbers with Software

By Bruce G. Posner |  Apr 1, 1992

Software resources that help businesses analyze cash flow like bankers.  Read more

Network: March 1992

By Michael P. Cronin |  Mar 1, 1992

Network resources.  Read more

A Surefire Way to Collect Old Debts

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1992

Using promissory notes to evaluate the status of outstanding debts.  Read more

Using Outside Bookkeepers

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1992

The advantage of using an outside bookkeeper.  Read more

Monitoring Numbers That Make Sense

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1992

Conservatively managing finances by regularly monitoring aftertax cash flow.  Read more

Getting Your Company's Worth

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jan 1, 1992

Available financial-analysis software.  Read more

Alphabet Soup

By Christopher Caggiano |  Dec 1, 1991

Requirements credentials represented by financial initials.  Read more

Two Sure-Fire Ways to Get Paid

By Susan Greco |  Dec 1, 1991

Two ways to speed up collections.  Read more

Analyzing Creditworthiness

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1991

Focusing on a potential customer's cash flow to analyze creditworthiness.  Read more

Shopping for a New Accountant

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1991

Tips for selecting a new accounting firm.  Read more

Network: November 1991

By Michael P. Cronin |  Nov 1, 1991

Network resources.  Read more

Cash-Flow Software

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1991

Software products that help monitor cash flow.  Read more

How Do You Use Your CPA?

By Susan Greco |  Sep 1, 1991

Response to an informal survey on CEO's relationships with their CPA's.  Read more

How to Design an Export Invoice

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1991

Designing export invoices that comply with business practices in other countries.  Read more

Getting Paid

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1991

Tightening credit policies as receivable time slows down.  Read more

Accounting Pros

By Christopher Caggiano |  Aug 1, 1991

Information on a CPA directory a breakdown of the various types of tax professionals.  Read more

There's No Harm in Asking

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jun 1, 1991

Requiring rapid payment from customers to finance orders when bank credit is tight.  Read more

The Tax-Advantaged CEO

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1991

Guide to tax strategies that can help a CEO better manage his or her corporate and personal finances.  Read more

Bartering Instead of Buying

By Bruce G. Posner |  May 1, 1991

Bartering for goods to conserve cash.  Read more

The Accountant Safety Test

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1991

Advice on how growing companies can protect their interests on the accounting front.  Read more

Network: February 1991

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1991

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

The Ideal Collection Letter

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1991

Sample and explanation of a successful letter from a company's collection program.  Read more

Stamp out debt

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1991

Employing humor in accounts receivable notices.  Read more

Hidden Cash

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Feb 1, 1991

Employing strong inventory controls to free up cash and to prepare for growth.  Read more

Collections by Coupon

By Inc. staff |  Jan 1, 1991

Encouraging rapid payment and repeat business by stuffing a discount coupon in with invoices.  Read more

Network: December 1990

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1990

Current trends and government programs affecting small business.  Read more

Red alert

By Inc. staff |  Dec 1, 1990

Discontinuing work on projects for late-paying customers.  Read more

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Sep 1, 1990

Current trends affecting small business.  Read more

Tuning Up for Growth

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1990

Evaluating and up-grading financial systems in preparation for intensive growth.  Read more

No pay, no work

By Inc. staff |  Aug 1, 1990

Discontinuing work on projects when payments are not made on time.  Read more

Getting Paid

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 1990

How to make collecting bills as much a part of daily business as making sales.  Read more

Less Filling, Sells Great

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

To avoid budget and cash flow problems a software company talks its customers into buying less for the short term.  Read more

Fit to Be Sold

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Apr 1, 1990

Getting your company's financial records in shape for prospective buyers.  Read more