cash flow
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Pay Right and in Time, but Don’t Pay Twice
Imagine that you run a department like Accounts Payable. You hire more or less the right number of people. They focus on processing invoices. You pay suppliers more or less in time. From time to time minor issues occur, but your suppliers are happy in general. Time later, the company, like any other business, goes…
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The Concept of Value
I have a friend who works as an electrician. Once he was called to fix a switch that wasn’t working. He looked at it, and in less than five minutes he fixed it. After that, he charged him for his services. His customer pointed how come he had to pay that much for a job…
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What is Wealth?
The answer to this questions might seem a little abstract. Usually, when we think about wealth, things like money, properties and other sort of assets come to our minds. However, the definition of wealth is much broader than that. Some books refer to it as the time that you would be able to live in…
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Revenues and Costs, Some Aspects
I’ve been living abroad for a while, as many people are doing these days. A common topic of discussion among expats is the salary you can earn in a certain country. It is funny to see people who move to countries like the United Kingdom, the Netherlands or Germany to find not only opportunities but…
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Value-added Tax (VAT)
When I check social media, I hear often freelancers or small businesses complaining about having to pay the VAT they charge to their customers. In countries like in Spain, from the moment you start a business, you’re obliged to collect this tax to your customers and pay it to the tax authorities. In other countries,…
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