Last year I helped a growing client with their first budget. They are in construction, a highly seasonal business, and they were doing their accounting on the cash basis. I helped them understand that the cash basis was not very helpful to them in managing their business. See my blog Cash or Accrual? What’s the Difference? Very simply, I told them at the time that the cash basis says you recognize a sale when you get paid, but the accrual basis says you recognize the sale when you send an invoice to ... [continue reading]


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