Ever found yourself staring at a pile of financial paperwork, wondering whether you need a financial advisor, an accountant, or maybe both? You’re not alone. These two professions often get confused, ...

An accountant has many responsibilities, but these depend on who hires them and under what conditions. Accountants can be employed by large scale firms or individual clients who want their financial ...

An accountant performs financial functions related to the collection, accuracy, recording, analysis and presentation of a business, organization or company's financial operations. In a smaller ...

It doesn’t happen very often, but it can be devastating to a small business when it does. Tax examinations, penalties, ruined credit and bankruptcy are the possible results when a business owner hires ...

Financial advisors and accountants are both financial professionals who assist clients with different aspects of their financial lives. While both jobs involve financial analysis, there are ...

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Accountants often talk about booking an accrual journal entry or having to accrue a transaction, and if that is not your industry, you might wonder what they mean by this. In short, Accountants need ...