Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and finance from DePaul University. Katrina Ávila Munichiello is an experienced editor, ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. David ...

The best way to make the most of your money is to understand how you earn, spend and save. One of the best tools for this is a personal financial statement listing all the relevant information. If you ...

Financial statements generally contain sensitive and important data about your business or personal income and assets. Because of the data's importance, you must follow standard protocol when ...

The days begin to lengthen, Punxsutawney Phil emerges from his burrow, and we undertake the annual chore of filing our taxes. Granted, some of these happenings are more pleasant than others, but they ...

While you may consider a balance sheet to be an essential financial statement for a company, assessing your own personal assets, equity and wealth in a well-laid-out financial report is equally ...

The AICPA released an exposure draft (tinyurl.com/nam43yy) of a proposed Statement on Standards in Personal Financial Planning Services on June 11 as part of an ...

One of the biggest problems most young professionals face is that they do not start saving from the day they receive their first check. If you've just earned that degree and secured the perfect job ...

There are four key financial statements your company may have: a balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement and statement of owners' or shareholders' equity (retained earnings). A balance ...

Mr. Trump filed his first personal financial disclosure in June. Mr. Trump slammed Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernard Sanders for requesting an extension to file his “small” financial ...