On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our
Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law. The Act was approved by
Congress in late March. A primary goal of the JOBS Act is to
improve small companies’ access to public capital markets. The Act
amends a number of provisions of the securities laws to ease the
process and costs associated with raising capital from the
public.
To encourage private companies to complete initial public
offerings (IPOs) of their equity, the Act creates a new...
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Most companies use financial statements either to acquire financing
or as an integral business tool. However, many companies don’t
fully understand their statements. We get many questions from
clients regarding accounting statements and standards. Financial
statements should be tailored so owners or management of a business
can use them to run the business -- they are their scorecard.
Forget about what a third party may need; you should use it to see
how you are doing on a daily, weekly, monthly...
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