Mileage Deduction

A discount is a reduction from the normal selling price, offered to customers for early payment, bulk purchases, promotional purposes, or other business reasons. In bookkeeping, discounts can be recorded as contra-revenue (reducing gross sales) or as an expense, depending on the type and purpose of

LIFO stands for Last In, First Out—an inventory costing method where the most recently purchased items are assumed to be sold first. When calculating cost of goods sold (COGS), LIFO uses the cost of your newest inventory purchases before moving to older ones. It's the opposite of FIFO and generally

A tangible asset is a physical item of value that your business owns and uses in its operations. Unlike intangible assets (like patents or trademarks), tangible assets have physical substance you can touch — equipment, vehicles, buildings, furniture, and inventory. They typically appear on the balan

A balance sheet is a financial statement that shows what your business owns (assets), what it owes (liabilities), and what's left over for the owners (equity) at a specific point in time. It follows the fundamental equation: Assets = Liabilities + Equity. Unlike the P&L, which covers a period, the b