Source: www.LearningVideo.com via Flickr. What is the difference between deferred revenue and unearned revenue? Well, the short answer is that both terms mean the same thing -- that a business has ...

Business accounting practices often work with transactions that involve delayed payments for services rendered or products delivered. Deferred revenues consist of transactions involving delays in ...

You might not realize it, but every time you sign a credit card slip for your lunch, you are executing a promise to pay. If you are paying in advance for a catered employee luncheon to be delivered ...

Previously in this series, we discussed Salesforce’s (CRM) performance in its recent fiscal 4Q16 and 2016 results. In fiscal 4Q16, Salesforce reported deferred revenue of $4.29 billion. Its unbilled ...

Salesforce reports billions of deferred revenue and unbilled deferred revenue. Investors need to ensure they understand what these measures represent and when they will convert to revenue. Credit risk ...

Salesforce posted rapid deferred revenue growth when it last reported earnings, but there's a problem that investors need to know about. In the world of software-as-as-service, deferred revenue is ...

How does a company account for cash payments received in advance of delivering its goods or services? Under the "accrual-basis accounting" rules used by most companies, advance payments can't be ...

Apple reported net earnings of $7.5 billion for the quarter ending in September, but it also amassed more than $10 billion in deferred revenues that it hasn't yet declared as income. Apple's deferred ...

Salesforce.com Inc. posted a 29% jump in deferred revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter, a sign the business-software company continues to rack up customers moving computing operations to the cloud.