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The statement of cash flows is one of the financial statements investors rely on to gauge a company's financial strength. Strong cash flow puts the company in a good position to expand its business, ...

The cash flow statement describes how cash enters and leaves a company for the period. The statement contains sections for operating, investing and financing activities. The direct method pertains to ...

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The difference between the available cash at the beginning of an accounting period and that at the end of the period. Cash comes in from sales, loan proceeds, investments and the sale of assets and ...

Many contractors can build better cash flow using accounting options that until passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) were unavailable to them. Nevertheless, there remains a surprising number of ...

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Calculating the IRR for a project with an initial outlay and single cash flow is very easy to do. It's also very practical for measuring the returns on investments in collectibles, commodities, ...