Assets generate income and appreciate in value, while liabilities drain resources and depreciate over time. Do you want to improve your net worth? Probably so. But if you’re like many people, you ...

The value of your business on any given day is the difference between your assets and liabilities. While many assets have intangible benefits, such as goodwill, recipes and patents, liabilities are ...

Your balance sheet lists your company's assets, liabilities and equity; it is sometimes called your statement of net worth. A classified balance sheet is merely one that has been arranged so that key ...

A liability is a financial obligation or debt owed. Liabilities are key elements on every company’s balance sheet, and therefore, important to stock and bond investors. Learn more. In finance and ...

What are assets? A asset is something of value that you own and can convert to cash. Your car or your house are assets, because you could sell either and receive its value in cash. An asset is ...

These are examples of assets not normally easily disposed of. Key Takeaway: Formally, if an asset isn't expected to be cashable within a year, it isn’t considered a current asset. In business, a ...

Julia is a writer in New York and started covering tech and business during the pandemic. She also covers books and the publishing industry. With over a decade of editorial experience, Rob Watts ...

In the United States, companies can maintain two separate sets of books for financial and tax purposes. Since financial and tax accounting rules differ, temporary differences can arise between the two ...

If we care about how work gets done, not just what’s accomplished, we need to change how we measure and reward it. Operating on outputs. Measuring KPIs. Rewarding sales. Managers point to these ...

Carla Tardi is a technical editor and digital content producer with 25+ years of experience at top-tier investment banks and money-management firms. Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) publishes data on financial assets and liabilities of households across India. A disturbing trend it shows is net financial savings of households, as a percentage of ...