Equity accounting is a method of reporting a company's profits from the operations of an affiliated company that it has an interest in but does not own outright.

A corporation initially books the investment in another company's shares as a noncurrent asset with a value equal to the purchase cost. Whenever the investee issues an earnings report, the investor ...

Managing the financial accounts for one company is tough. If your business invests in another business, keeping the books becomes even more complicated. If, say, you buy one of your suppliers, do you ...