Assets are quantifiable items — tangible or intangible — that add to your company’s value. Liabilities are what your company owes to others, whether that’s a vendor or a bank that issued a loan.

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. "Tangible personal property" is a tax term that refers to personal property that can be felt ...

Top personnel that make a business unique or different constitute an intangible asset in the common sense of that phrase. In fact, if your business has a founder, designer or other employee who is ...

Late last year, the IRS released a new set of temporary regulations on tangible asset costs that will likely affect most businesses, especially manufacturers and distributors. With permanent ...

The tangible common equity ratio is the ratio of a company’s tangible equity to its tangible assets. It doesn’t follow generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, and hence the method of ...

Businesses today have challenges capturing innovation and even more of an uphill battle with intangible asset valuation and management. These non-tangible assets are over 80% of the average business’ ...