Learn about Financial Statements

Understand your business's financial health with our guide to financial statements. Learn how to analyze and interpret balance sheets, income statements, and more.

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  • From Idea to Break-Even: How to Create a Financial Model for Your Business

    From Idea to Break-Even: How to Create a Financial Model for Your Business

    Andrew Blackman
  • What Is an Annual Report? (With Definition & Top 2025 Business Examples)

    What Is an Annual Report? (With Definition & Top 2025 Business Examples)

    Sharon Hurley Hall
  • All Financial Statements content:

    1. When You Need to Hire a Small Business Accountant

      When You Need to Hire a Small Business Accountant

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn whether it's a good idea to hire an accountant for your business. Here's what small business accountants do, the benefits of hiring them, and much more.

    2. 20 Best Free Purchase Order Word Templates to Download 2025

      20 Best Free Purchase Order Word Templates to Download 2025

      Tutorial Beginner

      Looking for a purchase order template Word document? Here's some purchase order templates you can download now, including a selection of free printable...

    3. 20 Best Free Price Bid Quote MS Word Templates to Download 2025

      20 Best Free Price Bid Quote MS Word Templates to Download 2025

      Tutorial Beginner

      If you need a professional price bid quote, but don't know how to make a professional quote template in Word, get a professionally-designed one with these...

    4. 15+ Best Annual Report Layout Design Ideas for Great Results in 2025

      15+ Best Annual Report Layout Design Ideas for Great Results in 2025

      Tutorial Beginner

      A great annual report layout design attracts readers. The best annual report design layouts are interesting and easy to use. Learn what makes a good annual...

    5. From Idea to Break-Even: How to Create a Financial Model for Your Business

      From Idea to Break-Even: How to Create a Financial Model for Your Business

      Tutorial Beginner

      You’ve got a good idea for a business. Congratulations! But turning ideas into reality can be expensive. Learn how to create a financial model for your new...

    6. How to Read a Cash Flow Statement

      How to Read a Cash Flow Statement

      Tutorial Beginner

      By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be clear about what a cash flow statement tells you and feel confident reading the cash flow statement of any firm.

    7. How to Read an Income Statement

      How to Read an Income Statement

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn how to read an income statement for any company in the world, and feel confident that you understand the story the company is telling.

    8. What Is an Annual Report? (With Definition & Top 2025 Business Examples)

      What Is an Annual Report? (With Definition & Top 2025 Business Examples)

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn what an annual report is, what needs to be included, and how you can use it to tell the story of your business achievements. This article also includes...

    9. How to Track Stock Data in Google Sheets - With GOOGLEFINANCE Function

      How to Track Stock Data in Google Sheets - With GOOGLEFINANCE Function

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Learn to use Google's web-based spreadsheet tool for accurate and easy financial information. Work with the GOOGLEFINANCE Function to track stock data...

    10. The Best Online Accounting Software for Your Small Business

      The Best Online Accounting Software for Your Small Business

      Tutorial Beginner

      Here's the ten best online accounting software solutions that no small business should be without. If you need accounting or bookkeeping software to help...

    11. A Freelancer’s Guide to Basic Bookkeeping

      A Freelancer’s Guide to Basic Bookkeeping

      Tutorial Beginner

      In this tutorial I'll give a basic introduction to the key records you need to keep as a freelancer, and how you can organize things. We’ll start by looking...

    12. Cash Vs. Accrual Accounting: What's the Difference, and Does it Matter?

      Cash Vs. Accrual Accounting: What's the Difference, and Does it Matter?

      Tutorial Beginner

      When your business earns or spends money, when do you record that on your books? There are two approaches: cash or accrual accounting. In this tutorial we...