Center for Economic Vitality

Western Washington University College of Business and Economics

Advancing the Economic Vitality of Our Communities

Business Resources

Financial Management

SBA - Financial Statements

The SBA offers a very thorough discussion of financial statements, how to use them and several templates for financial management.

Understanding Your Financial Statements

   Interactive tools that explain the relationship between a balance sheet and an income statement. Great Web site for understanding how bookkeeping entries are made.

Dinkytown Financial Calculators

   Web sites provides over 250 financial calculators and includes dynamic graphs and fully customizable reports.

IRS Recordkeeping

   An IRS list of records to keep for your business and how to keep them.

What is Depreciation?

   A great article on depreciating capital assets, why and how to do it. Very easy to understand!

Will My Business Make Money

   A step-by-step guide for conducting a break-even analysis.

AccountingCoach.com

   AccountingCoach.com provides FREE online educational material to help you learn the accounting concepts practiced in the United States. The site provides hundreds of pages of explanations, drills, exams, crossword puzzles, and a glossary of over 1,000 terms.