What is Sales Margin? and How to Calculate it

For instance, the study showed that the hotel/gaming sector had an average net profit margin of -28.56% while banks in the money center had an average net profit margin of 32.61%. Operation-intensive businesses like transportation that may have to deal with...

What is a cost center?

For example, the patient relations center at a large hospital would be considered a cost center, since its purpose is to maintain good relationships with patients. While this is an important task that can indirectly increase revenue by keeping patients happy, the...

Assets that Can and Cannot Be Depreciated

This bonus “expensing” should not be confused with expensing under Code Section 179 which has entirely separate rules, see above. Taxpayers use Form 4562 to report their depreciation expenses. IRS Publication 946 lays out the complicated rules for applying...

Accounting and financial statements

At worse, it can lead to an audit and expensive tax trouble in the future. You also want something that can be picked up by anybody and understood. You don’t want a tax official, VC, bank, or anyone else confused by your work. After assessing what debit and credit...