Both the Currency and Accounting number formats in Excel are used to display monetary values, including the symbol for the chosen currency. However, in this article, I'll explain their subtle ...

Although Excel, the Microsoft Office spreadsheet program, has a few specialized financial formulas built in to the software program, the accounting format for spreadsheet cells has the most general ...

IMGCAP(1)]Last week I wrote about my introduction to QuickBooks and how we took our entire staff to a training course for it. Today I am writing about training for the most basic software we use: ...

Ever feel like you’re spending more time wrestling with Excel than actually analyzing your data? For accounting and finance professionals, the pressure to deliver accurate, insightful reports—often ...

Q. I have used the filter feature in Excel, but what does the Advanced Filter feature do? A. There is a simple filter feature available in Excel, which is very useful. However, sometimes you may need ...

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D espite its age, Excel continues to evolve with new functions being added over time. There are newer better Excel functions ...

Using AI charts of accounts in Excel, then import to QuickBooks or Xero with fewer errors using clear prompts, human review, ...

Auditors know that journal-entry testing is one of many procedures they can use in addressing client data completeness and, hence, audit risk (see AU-C Section 240, Consideration of Fraud in a ...

Almost every article or report you read today talks about the advantages and sometimes the necessity of business owners to incorporate technology into every aspect of their business. But an accounting ...