In general, a business accounting system is designed to keep track of where money comes from and where it goes. Usually, businesses will keep both a journal and a ledger for accounting purposes. The ...

When one company has an interest in another company it has equity in that company. Under certain circumstances, the appropriate way for the company to account for that investment on its own books is ...

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The Ray Ball Journal of Accounting Research Conference occurs annually each May at the University of Chicago. The conference is funded by the Chookaszian Accounting Research Center. The 61st Annual ...