New Accounting Standards

The Wall Street Journal published an interesting article detailing some potential upcoming changes to the financial accounting standards:

Profit as We Know It Could Be Lost With New Accounting Statements

See the draft layout of how the new rules could affect financial statements

While this may seem trivial the effective design of financial reporting can create more rapid and thorough insight into a company. You should spend as much time designing your financial reports as you would designing your estimating take-off / recap format. Using the standard, "canned" reports that come with your accounting system is unlikely to produce optimal results for your unique business.

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