Accounting & Tax

Tax

OECD Takes Aim at Multinational Tax Shelters

A proposed tax overhaul would allow a country to tax the profits of a company even though it does not have a "physical presence" there.

Matthew Heller
October 9, 2019
Financial Performance

Domino’s Misses on Earnings, Launches Buyback

The pizza-delivery giant has been repurchasing shares as sales growth has slowed amid competition from third-party apps.
Strategy

Start-Up CFOs: Be Ready to Raise Capital, Recap, or Sell

It doesn’t matter if selling the company is or isn’t the ultimate goal — a CFO needs to be prepared to execute all three.
Strategy

HP to Shed up to 9,000 Jobs in Restructuring

The company is regrouping as it faces a decline in the printing business that was once its biggest moneymaker.
Credit

The Link Between Capital Structure and Financial Flexibility

New research shows that companies decrease leverage in anticipation of future investment shocks — good ones and bad ones alike.
Financial Reporting

Finance Avoids RPA for Financial Reporting

Finance departments are reluctant to remove humans from the financial reporting progress, but Gartner says that misses opportunities for efficiencies.
Capital Markets

Metric of the Month: Return on Invested Capital

Strategic CFOs know that smart investors look for organizations that effectively invest capital where it generates the best returns.
Financial Performance

Costco Shares Drop on 4th Quarter Sales Miss

The stock had risen 42% this year as the warehouse retailer benefited from strong consumer spending.
Cost Management

Fast and Easy G&A Cuts Won’t Cut It in the Next Downturn

Following the last recession, functional leaders learned the hard way that it can take years to recover from deep cost reductions.
M&A

Deals Made During Downturns Create More Value

While companies are naturally conservative with cash when the economy goes bad, it may be a good time to consider making acquisitions, research suggests.
Applications

AI Gets Real in Professional Services

Auditors are developing a level of speed and accuracy that would have been considered superhuman less than a decade ago.
Financial Performance

Pier 1 Shares Plunge as Quarterly Loss Doubles

The struggling retailer is expecting same-store sales and gross margin to start improving in the fourth quarter.
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