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Accounting cycle 101

The accounting cycle tracks a transaction until it's added to your company's financial statement. Follow this eight-step process to organize the data.
Learn how trade date accounting records transactions on the agreement date, its benefits over settlement date accounting, and its impact on financial statements.
Accountants record transactions between buying companies and selling companies differently depending on when the transfer of purchased goods actually occurs. Which company pays for shipping charges to ...