May 23, 2013
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Neil Amato
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Article
When it comes to budgeting, accountants should stop presenting the numbers and letting others analyze what those numbers mean. If accountants don’t change, warns consultant Steve Player, CPA, CGMA, they’ll lose relevance and possibly lose jobs. “It’s our process that’s broken,” Player said. “We’ve got smart people in finance doing dumb stuff.” Player, founder of management consulting company The Player Group, said traditional budgeting processes don’t work and that organizations must adapt by going to a model of continuous planning and rolling forecasts.
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August 1, 2012
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BY
Douglas M. Sayuk, CPA, Matthew H. Fricke, Raymond J. Naughtin, CPA and Shamen R. Dugger, Esq., CPA
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Article
Fears of a “double-dip” recession in 2012 may have subsided, but the overall economic forecast remains uncertain. Therefore, companies are looking beyond organic, internal growth to external growth sources to bolster company performance. A recent study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) touted the power of acquisitions for growth during turbulent economic times.
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March 1, 2012
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BY
Donny Shimamoto, CPA/CITP
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Article
Organizations of all types struggle with information technology (IT) budgeting. This often happens because the IT team doesn’t understand the budgeting process and the finance team doesn’t understand IT. CPAs, whether in public practice, business and industry, the not-for-profit sector or government, can remedy this disconnect by changing their organization’s approach to IT budgeting from merely an annual “make it fit” exercise into a meaningful planning and ongoing management process.
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October 1, 2011
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Matthew G. Lamoreaux
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Article
With national debt crises in both Europe and the United States, a shaky recovery from the deepest recession since World War II and volatile currency markets, it’s not surprising that recent research conducted by the Beyond Budgeting Round Table found that more than two-thirds of corporate budgets are irrelevant before the end of the first quarter.
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October 1, 2011
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BY
Edward Mazur, CPA and John Montoro, CPA
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Article
Current economic conditions, including job losses, illiquid credit markets, an ailing construction industry and reduced consumer spending, have combined to increase risk and uncertainty not only across all private industries, but also in the public sector, including local governments, states and, perhaps most importantly, the federal government. AICPA Statement of Position (SOP) 94-6, Disclosure of Certain Significant Risks and Uncertainties, and FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 275, Risks and Uncertainties, require certain disclosures about risks and uncertainties relating to the nature of operations, the use and significance of estimates in financial statements and the
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August 1, 2011
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BY
Robert A. Modansky, CPA/CFF and Jerome P. Massimino, CPA
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Article
Once considered financing of last resort, asset-based lending and factoring have become popular choices for companies that do not have the credit rating or track record to qualify for more traditional types of financing. In general terms, asset-based lending is any kind of borrowing secured by an asset of the company.
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August 1, 2011
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BY
Robert A. Modansky, CPA/CFF and Jerome P. Massimino, CPA
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Editor's note: Also read "Asset-Based Financing Basics," by Robert A. Modansky, CPA/CFF, and Jerome P. Massimino, CPA, in the August 2011 issue of the JofA. Example 1: GAAP Treatment of Acceleration Clauses and Lockboxes The following is a summary of the provisions of FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Subtopic 470-10 as they pertain to subjective acceleration clauses and lockboxes: Provision in Agreement Balance Sheet Classification 1.
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March 1, 2011
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BY
David A.J. Axson
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Article
Imagine you are sitting at your desk in September 2007. The Dow is close to 13,900; U.S. unemployment is 4.5%; and oil is $45 a barrel. You are in the middle of developing your organization’s plans and budgets for 2008. How likely is it that the assumptions in your 2008 plan accurately forecast that in September 2008 the Dow will be below 9,000; U.S.
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