According to the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute, 328 of the S&P 500 companies in 2024 had a negative Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) of $4.5 billion…

With over $4 trillion in merger and acquisition transactions happening in 2025, understanding the necessary accounting considerations is essential to see how tax professionals can navigate…

Personal Versus Enterprise Goodwill

🖨 Print⏱ 3 min read When it comes to making an informed investment decision, one way is to use the benefit-cost ratio (BCR). Benefit-Cost Ratio Defined The BCR calculates how profitable a project’s (or an asset’s) cash flows are via a present value cash flow analysis. It takes the value […]

🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readThe Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) measures how much a company spends to obtain new, additional customers. Oftentimes, this calculation is used with the customer lifetime value (LTV) metric, that also projects the customer’s profitability to calculate the newly acquired customer’s value. It’s primarily used to measure […]

🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readCompanies that have assets on their balance sheet, but the values of those assets aren’t accurately reflected, are considered to have hidden value. As part of an investor’s fundamental analysis of a potential investment, it looks at a company’s financial statements, the state of the macro […]

🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readAlso known as a Senior Note, Senior Debt consists of a company’s outstanding loans collateralized by the business’ assets. As the name implies, Senior Debt holders are the first claimants of the business’ cash flows and/or liquidated assets if that business defaults on its debt and […]

🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readWhen it comes it understanding a net charge-off (NCO), it’s the difference between any recovery of delinquent debt and gross charge-offs a business sees in a defined accounting time frame. NCOs are debts a company projects with a low likelihood of being collected. It can happen […]

🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readAccording to the May 2019 Financial Stability Report from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, there was more than $15 billion in outstanding commercial credit. While there are many ways companies can obtain funding, additional paid-in-capital (APIC) is one way to accomplish this […]

🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readWhen it comes to business needs, securing financing is a top priority, particularly when starting out or for ongoing needs such as making payroll or paying for inventory. This financing could include a loan or securing an ongoing credit line, and businesses can do that through […]