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A Better Way to Gauge Profitability
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Return-on-equity (ROE) is the correct profit metric to evaluate the performance of a business. However, the primary emphasis on financial ratio analysis must be on operating performance. The “advanced” version of the DuPont model remedies the original model’s failure to cleanly separate the effects of operating and financing...
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The promise and peril of ChatGPT
Early adopters are finding uses for ChatGPT in accounting, but the chatbot raises concerns about security and accuracy.
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Get started with robotic process automation: Build your first bot
Follow this step-by-step guide to create a bot to automate simple business tasks.
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Digital documentation: Avoiding a business deduction disallowance
Common taxpayer lapses of substantiation can be remedied with a little awareness and versatile digital recordkeeping apps.
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James Tilk is Director of Solutions Strategy for BlackLine. He has eight-plus years of SaaS experience, helping customers across multiple industries solve their most pressing problems with cloud-based accounting and financial close solutions. Prior to that, he spent 10-plus years leading various finance and accounting functions and is an active certified public and management accountant.
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