What Else Do Financial Records Include? Other than the most common line items found in financial statements, investors can also read the lesser known items, such as the footnotes, which often contain ...

According to the American Bar Association's Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Points Studies, financial statement representations are universally required from sellers in private company ...

Income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements. If you're running a business, you probably have some knowledge of basic financial statements and how to use them. But do you know why ...

Investors need to be aware of the signs of financial statement manipulation by a company when evaluating its stock.

Goulston & Storrs M&A attorney Dan Avery is a nationally recognized expert on M&A deal point trends. In partnership with Bloomberg Law, Dan has developed a series of 25 articles looking at these ...

A balance sheet is a type of financial statement that lists a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity. The assets should be in "balance" and equal the total liabilities and ...

More than just paperwork, audited financial reports show that the numbers for your business add up. Knowing what goes into an audited statement and why it matters can help you gain confidence with ...

After a bank loans money to a private company, one that isn't required by regulation to produce financial statements, how does the bank keep tabs on the company's finances? About half the time, a bank ...

What if analyzing complex financial statements took seconds instead of hours? Imagine an investor reviewing a company’s balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow report, tasks that traditionally ...

GASB issued a revised proposed concepts statement Tuesday that would guide the board when it establishes requirements for notes to financial statements for state and local governments. The proposal ...