Due diligence procedure
Due diligence: definition and history of precautionary risk assessment
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By definition, due diligence is pretty much risk assessment undertaken with great care. Anyone who buys a company, or has shares in a company or in real estate, should carry out due diligence procedures to protect themselves from unpleasant legal or financial consequences. Although this examination can sometimes be complex and expensive, failing to do so and paying the price later is usually more...

Due diligence: definition and history of precautionary risk assessment
Performance reviews
Performance reviews: this is how to make the most of them!
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Performance reviews should consist of more than just pragmatic feedback from HR or bosses. Both employees and their bosses can benefit from open and honest performance reviews. In order for this to succeed, it makes sense to prepare well, and to have a guideline for orientation. Here we introduce the most important facts about employee reviews, as well as helpful tips and examples.

Performance reviews: this is how to make the most of them!
Communication in the workplace
Communication in the workplace: What should you pay attention to?
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Good communication is one of the main pillars of productive work environments and this can only be created when colleagues talk to each other in a friendly, constructive way.A company can quickly become more successful than its competitors if everyone, from managing directors to interns, communicates properly with each other. But what does good effective communication in the workplace actually...

Communication in the workplace: What should you pay attention to?
CRM tools: customer care made easy
CRM tools: software for customer care
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Customer care is one of the corner stones of a successful company – whether you are running an online store or offering bank accounts. Even smaller companies can benefit from the use of CRM tools, which help to organize customer- or buyer data. These software systems automate and optimize the process of customer relationship management.

CRM tools: software for customer care
Trial Balance
Trial Balance: everything you need to know about stock
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A properly prepared trial balance is the key to accurate company valuations and is also the basis of your annual balance sheet. For this reason, it is very important that there are no errors. Your trial balance should consist of a list of all assets and liabilities. But what exactly is a trial balance? We will explain what you need to look out for and show you an example of what your trial balance...

Trial Balance: everything you need to know about stock
Cash book accounting done right
Keeping a cash book: The basics of cash book accounting
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For companies, there is no sweeter sound than when the cash drawer jingles. But the IRS requires a detailed listing of your operating revenue and expenditures at the end of each year. This includes cash transactions. A cash book will help you to keep track of your cash drawer. This guide explains how to properly keep a cash book and what benefits you can enjoy by using professional software.

Keeping a cash book: The basics of cash book accounting
Overhead costs
Overhead costs
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Would you like to judge the price of a product or service appropriately, but you don’t know its corresponding overhead costs? In contrast to direct costs, overheads such as factory rental costs cannot be directly assigned to a product or service. Instead, you must calculate the overhead rate to determine the appropriate percentage of overhead costs and, subsequently, the total expenses which...

Overhead costs
Cash discount: Advantages of the price reduction
What is a cash discount and how is it calculated?
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The option to make use of a cash discount is an incentive for both customers as well as sellers to promptly pay an invoice. Offering a cash discount is not a requirement, but rather an act of goodwill on the part of the supplier or seller. The size of the cash discount and its deadline varies. In order to make use of a cash discount, it’s sometimes even advisable to take on credit with a bank...

What is a cash discount and how is it calculated?
Fair Value – An Introduction
What is Fair Value?
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There is no doubting the fact that financial statements can be complex and hard to understand. At the core of an accurate statement are accurate values and figures. This is where fair value comes into play. Fair value accounting is of great importance when it comes to financial statements (balance sheets), the selling of assets, or transferring liabilities between two companies. For investors,...

What is Fair Value?
Order confirmation template: Basics and Tutorial
Order confirmations: Write them perfectly with a template
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If a customer accepts an offer that you’ve submitted, you should formally confirm the order. In theory, an oral communication is sufficient, but a written confirmation of the agreed services and conditions is much more serious and secure. With templates for Word, Excel, and others, you can create such order confirmations in just a few minutes.

Order confirmations: Write them perfectly with a template