An effective budget provides more than a forecast or tracking of income and expenses. A small business can use its budget to stay on top of financial trends it can use to take advantage of ...

Facilities that focus on manufacturing and production track two kinds of costs: fixed costs and variable costs. The variable costs are those that change when production levels change: raw materials, ...

Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance ...

Many contractors don’t know their exact job costs, equipment costs, overhead budget and how much profit they should make. Without an understanding of your numbers, working hard in a financial vacuum ...

Microsoft Excel is a full-featured spreadsheet application with plenty of features for managing data. With its robust functions and commonly used calculations, it’s also a solid money-management tool.