by kasi | Jan 8, 2011 | Accounting
Financial reporting standards are periodically issued by International Financial Reporting Standard Board. These standards are meant to ensure uniformity in financial reporting to protect the interests of the investors worldwide. Earlier called International... by kasi | Jan 8, 2011 | Introduction to Finance
Capital structure decisions are very important for companies to make. But there are always some other factors which firms take into consideration while making capital structure decisions. These factors are given below: Sales Stability: Firms consider... by kasi | Jan 8, 2011 | Accounting
In history landlords used to appoint a literate person to write their financial information and to maintain accounts of their customers. The reason behind was that landlords himself were not capable for such functions or they had not enough time to write their... by kasi | Jan 8, 2011 | Accounting
Assets are shown in the balance sheet at the historical cost i.e. cost at which they were acquired. But it is not the case always that the assets presenting the values in the balance sheet are actually worth for that. There may be the case that actual value based on... by kasi | Jan 8, 2011 | Accounting
According to the matching principle of accounting expenses of the same period must be compared to or deducted from the income of that period to ascertain profitability. It is the matching principle which requires the use of accrual basis of accounting to avoid...