The accounting process is over 500 years old. Modern accounting differs very little from that begun by Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli, mathematician and father of modern accounting, in the 1400s. The ...

As a busy business owner, you may not have much interest in basic accounting principles, such as maintaining a general ledger. While most accounting activities are best left to your accountant, ...

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The general ledger is a vast historical data archive of your company’s financial activities, including revenue, expenses, adjustments, account balances, and often much more. The detailed transactions ...

Accounting and bookkeeping are complex practices that require the ability to keep track of countless transactions. There’s always money coming in and going out of a business. To ensure it’s all ...