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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Reader Question: Does the.

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Tuesday, August 06, 2013 10:19 AM. Reader Question: Does the Fed Balance Sheet Properly Reflect QE Announcements? The feds balance sheet doesnt reflect it. The balance sheet was up $720 billion from Aug 1, 2012 to Aug 1, 2013 ($309B in treasuries and $393B in MBS) but that is only $60B per month.

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Repair Regulations: Limiting Business Deductions

Women in Consulting

By: Renee Daggett In September 2013, the IRS released new rules regarding expensing repairs/supplies and depreciating assets. into office supplies, these items must now be put on the balance sheet and depreciated and tracked. Any purchase of non-consumable items over $200 must be separately tracked and depreciated.

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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business

Twitter reported a loss of $79 million before its IPO, yet it commanded a valuation of $24 billion on its IPO date in 2013. This becomes clear when you look at a company’s two most important financial statements: the balance sheet and the income statement. Let’s first look at the balance sheet.

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

Harvard Business

For example, at the end of its 2015 fiscal year, Apple’s balance sheet stated tangible assets of $290 billion as a contribution to its annual revenues, with approximately $141 billion worth of intangible assets — a combination of intellectual capital, brand equity, and (investor and consumer) goodwill.

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S-Corp Checklist

Women in Consulting

Some of the advantages are that they have a liability protection, if the business operates legitimately, as well as no double taxation with distributions and losses typically reduce other personal income. For 2013, the total amount that can be taken is $159,000. Because the entity has many options and advantages.

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Back in the Saddle, Just in the Nick of Time

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The bank has no plans to securitize its originations, and it won’t keep any servicing rights or build out a servicing operation, Ally spokeswoman Gina Proia said in an e-mail. In 2013, Ally agreed to contribute $1.95 As of June 30, 2013, Ally ceased new mortgage loan originations, the company said at the time.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

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factory activity grew last month at its slowest pace since May 2013 as manufacturers pared their stockpiles and cut jobs. Operating revenue decreased 15.9 Overoptimism 2011-2013 A notable feature of the SEP growth forecasts for 2011 through 2013 are the extremely high starting values—around 4% or higher. in September.