FP&A
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Christmas Cash
Our Christmas party is coming up and I want to give each person a few hundred dollars in cash. Looking at last year, the cash was categorizes as part of our travel and entertainment expense as a "company event". What is the best way to account for this?
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Does anyone have experience using Tableau?
We are SMB company looking to implement a BI tool to provide operational dashboarding capabilities and possibly use the tool to consolidate our financial statements. Has anyone used Tableau that could share their experience? Ease of implementation, use and overall performance?
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What are the greatest challenges in the month end and year end Financial Reporting Process?
I've been in the Accounting profession at various levels over the past 30 years. During that period, I have watched accounting systems advance and automate in many respects. In most cases it seems that the financial reporting module, in most business systems, seems to be the step-child. As a contro…
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Best way to receive payment from Japanese customers
Our company (small business) is planning on selling products on our own website to Japanese customers. What's the best way to collect payments? We are looking at 1) using Paypal 2) opening a yen bank account in Japan 3) opening a yen bank account in the US. Should we use US dollar or Japanese yen? …
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What should the salary and incentive pay package be for the president of a joint venture in Seattle?
We are launching an aviation related JV with a Chinese SOE here in the U.S. and are trying to figure out what to pay the president. The JV is will be a small operation in the U.S. with manufacturing in China. It is expected to have sales over $40mil in 5 years. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thx.
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Types of corporate culture
Our company's senior managment is just beginning to consider how being consciously pro-active in molding the company culture, versus just letting it happen, may pay productivity, innovation,collaboration, hiring and retention dividends. Looking for any insights borne of experience that may help wi…
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Rolling Forecasts and Incentive Plans
I am following up to a question posed in a webinar in December 2012...The question was regarding the issue that arises when moving away from budgets and towards rolling forecasts when typically incentive plans are tied to fixed budgets. I am curious if any other literature has been documented in re…
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ASC 718 Accounting for Stock Options
I have been telling my Controller about how the Proformative community helps me out with operational issues and he asked that I ask the group for assistance in finding whitepapers and other resources around Accounting for Stock Options Under FASB ASC 718
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Productivity KPI
Hello all, Just wandering what your opinion is on productivity KPI such as "how long does a user in general spend his/her time on closing an activity/issue' in a finance shared service centre (AP/AR). Also would you have an idea of what these KPI would be?? Thanks
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Acquiree's treatment of deal fees.
Taking a quick glance through the guidance, however in most cases it speaks from the perspective of the acquirer (see below). What does the acquiree do with the deal fees it's incurred? Are they simply recorded directly to equity as in a funding/issuance of equity or does the answer require a read …
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Where do I find the best Private Placement Memorandum template?
I want to raise $1 million for a new product launch. I already have accredited investors lined up.
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Do you have a Whistle-Blower policy?
While thumbing through the November 2013 CFO magazine (I still like paper), I came across their "Regulation" (page 14) column talking about the Dodd-Frank /SEC Whistle-Blower policy. While it may only apply to Public companies, many larger Privately -held companies have similar polices. Do you have…
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What are typical bridge loan terms for start-ups?
A start-up has a cash flow issue for the next few months. They have signed contract work with major payments coming in at the end the next quarter (about 4 months out), but need a little bit of money to make it there. I've been in discussions with them on providing this loan to them, but neither of…
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Workplace Ethics
What would you do if you find that the HR manager of your company is ripping your company off because she knows the lazy and submissive controller, my immediate boss, will approve any and every expenses she submits. For example, she would go to Costco buying the supplies for the company, she would …
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Net Present Value (NPV)
What does a positive net present value mean? Example: Initial investment : 555,000 Annual net cash flow : 200,000 Number of periods : 4 years Discount rate : 10% Net present value : 79,000 I know it's worth to invest in , but how can i prove that the same is expected to earn 10% in addition to the …
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Is customer stratification expensive to implement? (Webinar Attendee Question)
This question was asked by an attendee during the Proformative webinar "Using Customer Stratification and Cost to Serve Information in Your Sales Efforts to Maximize Profits" held on October 9, 2012. You can view a video of the webinar and access the presentation here: https://www.proformative.com…
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ExpensAble vs Microsoft Dynamics AX Expense Management Module Pros & Cons?
Comparative feedback/facts about the two expense management systems would be deeply appreciated. Thanks!
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How do companies that have a very tight and efficient close process deal with accruals?
Accurals can hinder the ability to close the books as errors cause delays and painful post close adjustments..
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What typically gets overlooked on a business acquisition due diligence checklist?
Or put another way, what often doesn't get the attention it deserves in a due diligence checklist?
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IPO Readiness Costs
If the Company I work for hires an outside consultant to help evaluate our IPO readiness such as SOX controls/governance, would these expenses be incurred right away or does anyone know if we can capitalize any of the expenses. My guess is to expense as incurred.
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How is my business plan protected.
Hello to everyone, I'm just interesting if I will send to potential private investor my idea and business plan, then he will not go thru with me but him self and he will use my know-how? Thanks
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