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Demystify the Lehman Shell Game
the Lehman Shell Game On Thursday April 1, 2010, 11:32 pm EDT Making unattractive assets disappear from corporate balance sheets was one of the great magical tricks performed by accountants over the...
 
Newbie alert: LLC, mortgage accounting question
Newbie alert: I don't have a background in accounting. That being said, here's a quick summary of the back-story: There are three beneficiaries to a land-rich, but cash-poor estate. The estate was...
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Forming and LLC, start new books??
I'm probably a little late in asking this question but...... I filed papers to organize as a Limited Liability Company and changed the name of the company at the same time. The papers are back from...
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Weighted Average Income Statement of 326 Profitable Companies
1.21883E+13 $1.00000 REVENUES 6.69200E+12 $0.54905 COGS 2.79314E+12 $0.22917 SGA + R&D + Marketing 5.77263E+11 $0.04736 DEP/AMOR 1.30299E+12 $0.10691 INT 2.88004E+11 $0.02363 TAX 1.16534E+13 $0.95612...
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Cost Accounting Analysis Methods
I will appreciate a reference to a comprehensive list of cost allocation methods used in industry, specifically relating to activity based costing. I am doing some research on a possible new method,...
 
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WANTED: Free stock screener with exporting capabilities
in the past, msn had an EXCELLENT stock screener that was in java format. i could easily download all the information from the S&P 500 into excel. from here, i could determine average weighted CFO,...
 
I missed a clue
I missed a clue when answering a tax-prep online screen partially because I had forgotten that since tax year 2006 I have had to file the long form for state (NY) in order to get a credit for long...
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Insurance Professionals and Mortgage Brokers Solution
Leading Providers is a service of Goldline Research. Goldline Research is a leading marketing and information services firm. Goldline Research's mission is to empower consumer choice by researching...
 
What are good reasons to NOT want to go public
Rod, he isn't talking about some fireworks stand or adult video store your family ran. So, Rod, you know why Brin went public? It isn't always about making more money. At some point another few...
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How is it that BRK has PP&E but no depreciation expenses?
Berkshire Hathaway has 52,657,000 in Property Plant and Equipment. However, they don't have one dollar in depreciation expenses. What's up with this?
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Shorthand way to report stock trade losses?
I have a nephew who has a small stock market account (in the U.S., through TD Ameritrade). He is a high school age minor, so it is a custodian account. He started out with about $7,000 in the account...
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StatMax - One Weapon for All Calculations
StatMax - One Weapon for All Calculations Hey Guys, Check this cool Accounting Software StatMax Component, containing over 70 computational tools, is an ActiveX in process server (DLL) or DCOM...
 
3k Capitol Deduction
I know that only 3k of capitol losses can be deducted from income, however, consider this: If I had 6k in capitol gains in 2008, and 6k in capitol losses in 2009, can I deduct the whole 6k for 2009...
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