Accounting Best Practices with Steve Bragg
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ABP #144 - Evaluating Capital Budgeting Proposals
Questions to ask when you evaluate a capital budgeting proposal
ABP #143 - Supply Chain Financing
Kyriba's Bob Stark discusses supply chain financing
ABP #142 - The Dividing Line Between Treasury and Accounting
Who should supervise payables, credit and collections
ABP #141 - The Value Proposition
How to create a valuable value proposition for investor relations
ABP #140 - The Cost Accountant Position
The correct structure of the cost accountant position
ABP #139 - A Lean System for Fixed Assets
How to reduce resource usage when accounting for fixed assets
ABP #138 - A Lean System for Accounts Payable
How to spend less time on accounts payable processing
ABP #137 - A Lean System for Cash Receipts
Operating cash receipts with minimal resources
ABP #136 - Goodwill Impairment Testing
Changes in the rules for the testing of goodwill for impairment
ABP #135 - Fine Tuning Your Control System
Techniques for customizing your control system
ABP #134 - Adding Value to Internal Audits
Methods for increasing the results of internal audits
ABP #133 - Accounting for Marketing Costs
How to account for various types of marketing costs
ABP #132 - Consolidation Software
What to look for in consolidation software
ABP #131 - Operating without a Budget
Alternatives to using a budget
ABP #130 - The Problems with Budgeting
Why a budget can be bad for your business
ABP #129 - Streamlining Payroll, Part IV
Payroll improvement implementation issues.
ABP #128 - Streamlining Payroll, Part III
Improving payroll calculations and paying employees
ABP #127 - Streamlining Payroll, Part II
How to automate payroll data entry and reduce the number of payroll deductions
ABP #126 - Streamlining Payroll, Part I
How to reduce the amount of payroll data entry
ABP #125 - Refinancing Debt
Things to consider before you refinance debt
ABP #124 - Lender Relations
Ways to improve the relationship with your lender
ABP #123 - The Controller Position
The many variations on the controller position
ABP #122 - Fixed Asset Disposals
A few issues to consider before you dispose of that fixed asset
ABP #121 - April 1st Podcast
The FASB gets a sponsor, accounting for drug runners, and putting the clergy on your board of directors.
ABP #120 - Obtaining Shareholder Votes
The difficulty of electing directors under NYSE Rule 452
ABP #119 - Overhead Allocation the Easy Way
How to simplify your overhead allocation calculations
ABP #118 - Building Customer Relationships
National Signing Day... and building relations with customers
ABP #117 - Cost Variability
The circumstances under which costs can change
ABP #116 - Disclosing Pro Forma Information About Acquisitions
New rules about disclosing pro forma information for business combinations
ABP #115 - Reporting of Pension Loans
The reporting of loans to participants by defined contribution pension plans
ABP #114 - Free Accounting Software
Outright CEO Kevin Reeth discusses their free accounting software
ABP #113 - Employee Spend Management Systems
Concur's Chris Juneau discusses employee spend management systems
ABP #112 - The Transition from Auditing to Industry
The pitfalls of switching careers from auditing to industry
ABP #111 - Variance Analysis and Horizontal Analysis
Why you should use horizontal analysis instead of variance analysis
ABP #110 - The National Investor Relations Institute
CEO Jeffrey Morgan discusses the role of the National Investor Relations Institute, as well as current investor relation issues.
ABP #109 - GAAP vs. IFRS for Fixed Assets
The fixed asset accounting differences under GAAP and IFRS
ABP #108 - XBRL Tagging
Patrick Quinlan, CEO of Rivet Software, discusses XBRL tagging
ABP #107 - The Milestone Method
How to recognize revenue under the milestone method
ABP #106 - GAAP vs. IFRS for Inventory
The inventory accounting differences under GAAP and IFRS
ABP #105 - Revenue Recognition for Multiple Deliverable Arrangements
John Carroll University's Professor Jerry Weinstein discusses recent changes in the standards for multiple deliverable arrangements.
ABP #104 - A Conversation with the PCAOB's Joseph St. Denis
A conversation with Joseph St. Denis, Director of the PCAOB's Office of Research and Analysis
ABP #103 - Cost Reduction Analysis
The right way to reduce expenses
ABP #102 - The Fund Raising Road Show
The mechanics of a fund raising road show
ABP #101 - Accounting Troubles at Lehman Brothers
The accounting shenanigans that contributed to the downfall of Lehman Brothers
ABP #100 - A Look Back at the Podcast
How the Accounting Best Practices show is recorded, and how it has changed over time
ABP #99 - The Non-Deal Road Show
Why you do non-deal road shows, and how to survive them
ABP #98 - Dealing with Investment Bankers
What an investment banker does, what he costs, and how to spot a good one
ABP #97 - Recording Revenue at Gross or Net
How to decide if you should record revenue at gross or net
ABP #96 - Recording Reimbursed Expenses as Revenue
Recording reimbursed expenses as revenue, and why this is a bad idea
ABP #95 - Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
Setting up a trading plan under Rule 10b5-1