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Last week10 min read
Reconcile your budget vs actual to the cash that left your account
A month can beat its budget and still leave the bank lower than it started. Four outflows never reach a profit and loss budget, and an eight-row bridge shows which one took the cash.
Everett Sandoval
4 weeks ago15 min read
Debt service coverage ratio counts a business loan payment your books call an expense
A lender will compute this ratio from your books whether or not you have. Here is which report and which line each term comes from, and why one common way of coding a loan payment drops the answer by a full point.
Everett Sandoval