Any company, big or small needs to manage its cash flow well, just as much as its sales and expenditure. There are many giants that were seemingly doing very well with steeply rising sales and running massive projects, spending lavishly on research and development backed with advertising campaigns, only to see them crash almost overnight. What is the reason for such unexpected crashes? Since we are told that their sales were doing well and expanding, then the root cause has to be poor cash flow management. Cash flow is the difference between your receipts and payments (in cash, whether from bank

Book Keeping and Accounting is something foreign to many, maybe because they never cared to learn it thinking it is just a dull game of recording transactions using unnecessarily complicated terms and methods. Far from it, book keeping and accounting is a logical way of recording transactions in a professional manner so that the information could be used in the ascertainment of many other vital business criteria such as the profits or losses made, who owes you and how much; how much you owe others, or are you carrying enough cash in the business for meeting immediate commitments etc., just to

Most investors would agree that mutual funds are a great way to help create a nest egg, save for retirement or for your kids’ college education. There are, however, an entire series of taxes that are levied against investments of all kinds, including mutual fund investments. While they may not always seem fair, they are a fact of life and the more you know about all the various forms of taxes, the better prepared you’ll be to deal with them. While there are fees associated with some mutual funds when you open the account, and taxes for capital gains as the money appreciates within

Through my life I actually lived in the differenet style of the states: Eastern Socialism, Western Socialism, and American Capitalism. I like it here the most, as a matter of fact. And when the elected official from my state California plans to take part of my retirement to fund those who never worked for terms of everyone should be equal, it reminds my the nice communists slogans: take by force from rich, and give away to poor. I am not rich. I am working 12 hours every day, after that I am going home to study in online University at night to be able to work more effeciently. To be able to get

As long as humanity has had taxes there has been tax evasion and for wealthy Europeans the microstate of Liechtenstein has been happy to hide their money for centuries. To be honest I figure the only reason this postage stamp of a Principality still exists in modern Europe is as a tax-haven for the Uber-rich. New Money thinks having a Swiss bank account is something to brag about, but the Old Money of Europe knows better, puts their money in Liechtenstein and does not say a word.Unfortunately for them, somebody else leaked names recently and now this tiny country with more companies than people

Have you ever wondered where do you federal tax dollars go? It's time to find out, visit the Budgetgraph The graph contains over 400 programs and departments and almost every program that receives over 200 million dollars annually It will also give you a revealing look at our national priorities. If you pay taxes then you have paid for a small amount of everything in on that graph. Just left click on the graph to zoom in.