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CFOs want to spend more, but access to capital is the challenge, per the CFO Alliance sentiment report.
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| January 26, 2023
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The Economy
Could This Be the Recession That Wasn’t?
Even as key corporate financial indicators continue to fall, some hope may be emerging that forecasts of an impending recession will prove inaccurate.
By
David McCann
| March 1, 2019
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Corporate Finance
Tax Reform’s Success Hangs On Capex, Expert Says
If the U.S. Tax Cuts and Job Act doesn’t push companies to invest more in capex, a “stagflation scenario” could ensue.
By
David Katz
| February 2, 2018
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Tax
Deferred Taxes Could Drive Big Earnings Swing
The new tax cuts will make winners out of companies with big deferred tax liabilities and losers of those with large tax assets, an expert forecasts.
By
David Katz
| December 22, 2017
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GAAP and IFRS
CFOs Pump Out Free Cash Flow
But big, public, non-financial companies are generating cash partly by cutting capex, study finds.
By
David Katz
| July 14, 2017
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Financial Reporting
What’s Behind Financial Statement Placement Order?
The order in which a company presents financial statements may present clues about how it wants to be viewed by investors and analysts.
By
David McCann
| March 13, 2017
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Financial Reporting
The Cash-Flow Clash
After years of neglect, cash-flow statements get FASB’s attention.
By
David Katz
| September 7, 2016
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GAAP and IFRS
With Focus on Revenue, FASB Eyes Nonfinancial Assets
FASB launches a proposal to fill in gaps in its revenue recognition standard.
By
David Katz
| June 29, 2016
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Supply Chain
Revenue and Profit Declines Reveal ‘Weak and Sputtering Recovery’
Median revenue for 3,000 companies has dropped 8% since December 2012.
By
David Katz
| July 23, 2014
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Risk & Compliance
Flat Capex Weakens Economic Recovery
Although revenues are finally rising, companies haven’t increased capex in a year, a cash-flow review finds.
By
David Katz
| April 23, 2014
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Tax
Tax Rates: the Haves and Have Nots
Comparing corporate tax rates can be hard, given all the tax terminology that's out there. But a new study reveals what real rates companies are paying.
By
Kathy Hoffelder
| April 17, 2013
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Management Accounting
Free Cash Margin Slows, Economy Grows?
Free cash margin drops as corporate spending rises.
By
Kathy Hoffelder
| October 8, 2012
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Management Accounting
What Slowing Economy? Free Cash Margins Say Otherwise
Some U.S. companies have lower free cash flow these days, but it&spamp;rsquo;s for a good reason.
By
Kathy Hoffelder
| August 9, 2012
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Risk Management
Key-Person Insurance: A Cash-Flow Caveat
Classifying premiums paid on company-owned life insurance policies as an operating use of cash can distort operating and free cash flows, says a new study.
By
David McCann
| May 15, 2012
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Risk Management
Key-Person Insurance: a Cash-Flow Puzzle
Classifying premiums as an operating use of cash rather than an investing use can distort reported cash flow and free-cash flow. But GAAP is silent.
By
David McCann
| April 4, 2012
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Management Accounting
Capex, Inventory Spend Squeeze Cash: Study
Companies are starting, in the smallest of ways, to increase their outlays on inventory and plant and equipment.
By
David Katz
| July 27, 2011
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