Accounting Articles

Audit Working Papers

Get my free accounting and auditing digest with the latest content. The preparer should sign off on each workpaper  (so it’s clear who created it). If the person creating the work paper can’t state the purpose, then maybe there is none. The. Read more

A Beginner’s Guide to the Post-Closing Trial Balance

Mary Girsch-Bock is the expert on accounting software and payroll software for The Ascent. The accumulated depreciation account is a debit account that reflects a negative balance of the depreciation accumulation of all fixed assets. If you’re using the wrong credit or. Read more

Pro forma Wikipedia

For publicly-held companies, the SEC requires an introductory paragraph showing the proposed transactions, the company, the period covered, and what the pro forma information describes. The SEC also requires the pro forma balance sheet, pro forma income statement(s), and explanatory notes. Read more