Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

Your adjusted gross income is more complicated because self-employed individuals receive certain income tax deductions not available to standard employees. Your adjusted gross income equals your total ...

When calculating the return on investment of a security, you’ll review the appreciation of that stock over a certain period. As you do, you’ll need to know whether you’re looking at closing prices or ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Adjusted gross income is a significant number to understand when filing your taxes. It plays a vital role in the amount you owe in taxes and can impact other aspects of your financial life. This ...

Tax terminology can often feel like a foreign language, but there are a few standard terms a taxpayer will benefit from understanding. Adjusted gross income, or AGI, is one of these terms, and most ...

Unadjusted and adjusted accounting balances are part of the accounting cycle for any business that reports its financial records. Accountants take the unadjusted accounting numbers and create adjusted ...

In recent weeks, I’ve shown how investors who use traditional valuation metrics like price-to-book and price-to-earnings are led to buy low-quality, overvalued stocks. These aren’t the only ...

Managements, analysts and investment services are increasingly using adjusted earnings instead of GAAP earnings. Twenty five of the most commonly used earnings adjustments are analyzed to determine ...