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 ...

For most investors, the proper way to account for your investing profits and losses is with the cost method of accounting. This method is not the only choice, however. For investments where the ...

A company may invest in another private or publicly traded company. The accounting for this investment depends on the level of control of the parent company in the subsidiary. The consolidated method ...

Assets, liabilities, and equity accounts are reported on the balance sheet, which utilizes financial accounting to report ownership of the company’s future economic benefits. International public ...

The first time she got a cold call from a private-equity investor, Paula Waggoner-Aguilar, CPA, was mystified. “We’re a small advisory and consulting firm, we stay in our niche, we don’t advertise a ...