Accounting Best Practices with Steve Bragg

How to account for freight

What a manager expects from a staff accountant

The new accounting standard that allows goodwill amortization

How to gain an understanding of undocumented controls and processes

A look at underlying patterns that govern accounting behavior

Tips on proper use of accruals and deferrals

How to maximize cash from collections

Controls for wire transfers, investments, and loans

How to reduce the risk of petty cash losses

Tips on how to improve the reconciliation of accounts

The pitfalls and possibilities of changing careers

How much systems integration is necessary?

The incremental approach to organizational upgrades

Advice regarding training for your accounting career

Problems with the chart of accounts and account code structure

Whether to obtain an accounting certification, and which one to pursue.

Guidelines for when to write a procedure

When to use a soft close, and to what extent it should be used

Accounting for a business when it is about to be liquidated

Bob Poley discusses the mechanics of intercompany accounting

Why not to use the senior accountant title

The effect of new rule changes on continuing professional education for CPAs

A new standard has been released that addresses how reclassified other comprehensive income items are to be reported

How not to cut expenses

Focusing on cost reduction through cost objects

Dr. Philipp Schaberl discusses required changes to the reporting of other comprehensive income

Making decisions when the business model changes

How to spot valid cost reductions

A conversation with Neil Jennings, CEO of Accounting for International Development

How to refine the use of accounting reports

Issues to be aware of when using net present value analysis

A GAAP rules change for testing intangible assets

How to earn the largest return on a small cash investment

Questions to ask when you evaluate a capital budgeting proposal

Kyriba's Bob Stark discusses supply chain financing

Who should supervise payables, credit and collections

How to create a valuable value proposition for investor relations

The correct structure of the cost accountant position

How to reduce resource usage when accounting for fixed assets

How to spend less time on accounts payable processing

Operating cash receipts with minimal resources

Changes in the rules for the testing of goodwill for impairment

Techniques for customizing your control system

Methods for increasing the results of internal audits

How to account for various types of marketing costs

What to look for in consolidation software

Alternatives to using a budget

Why a budget can be bad for your business

Payroll improvement implementation issues.

Improving payroll calculations and paying employees

How to automate payroll data entry and reduce the number of payroll deductions

How to reduce the amount of payroll data entry

Things to consider before you refinance debt

Ways to improve the relationship with your lender

The many variations on the controller position

A few issues to consider before you dispose of that fixed asset

The FASB gets a sponsor, accounting for drug runners, and putting the clergy on your board of directors.

The difficulty of electing directors under NYSE Rule 452

How to simplify your overhead allocation calculations

National Signing Day... and building relations with customers

The circumstances under which costs can change

New rules about disclosing pro forma information for business combinations

The reporting of loans to participants by defined contribution pension plans

Outright CEO Kevin Reeth discusses their free accounting software

Concur's Chris Juneau discusses employee spend management systems

The pitfalls of switching careers from auditing to industry

Why you should use horizontal analysis instead of variance analysis

CEO Jeffrey Morgan discusses the role of the National Investor Relations Institute, as well as current investor relation issues.

The fixed asset accounting differences under GAAP and IFRS

Patrick Quinlan, CEO of Rivet Software, discusses XBRL tagging

How to recognize revenue under the milestone method

The inventory accounting differences under GAAP and IFRS

John Carroll University's Professor Jerry Weinstein discusses recent changes in the standards for multiple deliverable arrangements.

A conversation with Joseph St. Denis, Director of the PCAOB's Office of Research and Analysis

The right way to reduce expenses

The mechanics of a fund raising road show

The accounting shenanigans that contributed to the downfall of Lehman Brothers

How the Accounting Best Practices show is recorded, and how it has changed over time

Why you do non-deal road shows, and how to survive them

What an investment banker does, what he costs, and how to spot a good one

How to decide if you should record revenue at gross or net

Recording reimbursed expenses as revenue, and why this is a bad idea

Setting up a trading plan under Rule 10b5-1

How to sell restricted stock using Rule 144

Registering stock with Forms S-1, S-3, and S-8; plus shelf registrations

How to decide which products should be cancelled

A review of FASB Statement 165, Subsequent Events

How to use the Regulation A exemption to raise funds in smaller amounts

How to use the Regulation D exemption to raise funds from accredited investors

Type A, B, and C reorganizations, triangular mergers, and reverse triangular mergers

A discussion of the CFO's primary responsibilities, and what not to do.

Setting up a credit policy and administering it

Why a term sheet is useful, and its typical contents

The process for going private, and some pitfalls

How the accounting department can work from home

Various techniques for handling accounts payable matching

Ways to improve the efficiency of your accounts payable operation

Key items to look for in a due diligence review

How to deal with the outside analyst

Describes the controls that can be used during the creation of financial statements