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Unearned Revenue: What it is and What it Means for Subscription Businesses

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The concept of unearned revenue can easily trip up SaaS companies that offer subscription services and products on a recurring basis. Unlike when selling ordinary products, you cannot recognize the revenue earned from a subscription all at once. So, what differentiates ‘earned’ versus ‘unearned revenue’?

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Stop Pulling All-Nighters: Avoid the scramble for due diligence, audits, and month-end close

SaaSOptics

Avoid the scramble for due diligence, audits, and month-end close. Board meetings, due diligence requests, month-end close, auditor requests—how many all-nighters have you endured to ensure your company is well represented? Real-time updated SaaS subscription metrics. Real-time updated SaaS subscription metrics.

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Xero vs QuickBooks Online: Which Accounting Software is Best for Your Business?

Stax

Most small business owners hunting for cloud accounting software will find themselves trying to choose between the two most popular names: Xero and QuickBooks Online. These two giants in the small business accounting software space are equally adored in the business community. Generally good, average rating 4 stars.

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The Top 10 Important Finance Mistakes First Time Founders Make

SaaStr

With that, I asked my first controller at my first start-up, Anita Kutlesa, who has since gone on to be CFO at several SaaS and software companies, from Pipedrive to Coverity and more, to share her suggestions and learnings: … The Top 10 Important Finance Mistakes First Time Founders Make. Anita Kutlesa. But don’t.

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SaaS Financial Audits: What to Expect and How to Prepare

SaaSOptics

Your auditors will request a random sampling of your customer data for review. . Your auditor will want to see all relevant data pertaining to that customer including the contract, invoices, revenue schedule, deferred revenue, etc for the previous fiscal year. . Random selections are just what they sound like.

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Rev Up Your Business with Revenue Intelligence: The Power of Deferred Revenue and Expansion Revenue

SmartKarrot

This is where revenue intelligence comes into play, helping companies to gain valuable insights into their revenue performance, identify growth opportunities, and drive profitability. In this blog, we will explore two key areas of revenue intelligence: deferred revenue and expansion revenue.

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Revenue Realization vs Revenue Recognition: Explained for SaaS Businesses

OPEXEngine

All the money generated from the sale of goods or services by a business is called revenue. For example, in a SaaS company, revenue would be from the sale of monthly or annual subscriptions. Revenue is different from income, which is a concept on its own but often gets used interchangeably.