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What is ‘Work in Progress’ and Why is it Important for Accounting?
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What is ‘Work in Progress’ and Why is it Important for Accounting?
Interior design firms have complex bookkeeping and accounting processes compared to most other industries. That’s for a variety of reasons, including that projects can span over multiple acc...
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Margot LaScala
June 15 2022
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5 min read
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