Companies of all sizes engage in barter. When large corporations do this, the transaction is most often referred to as a swap. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, recognizes barter as a ...

With many businesses struggling under the economic ravages of the pandemic, some are finding relief in bartering – a trade practice that’s been around for millennia but could prove to be a very old ...

You’ve cut expenses to the bone. But how do you keep operating when you simply have a lot less cash coming in? For many business owners trying to survive the Covid-19 pandemic, part of the answer is ...

A lightbulb moment for Bill Meacham almost 40 years ago led to a career of helping others trade what they have to get what they want. Meacham shifted careers from the restaurant industry in 1983 after ...

The growth of the Internet, coupled with periodic economic downturns, has spurred continual growth in the barter industry — with tax consequences that are often overlooked by taxpayers engaging in ...

HVAC businesses can utilize barter to boost sales production. It’s easy, it’s smart, and it works like a charm. Savvy HVAC contractors are discovering that bartering is a great vehicle for using ...

Bartering -trading what you have for what you want without using money -is the world’s oldest form of commerce and dates back to when hunters first traded animal skins for flint spears. But today, ...

From redesigning office space to paying for printing services, the costs to operate a business can add up, wreaking havoc on a small business owner's checkbook. Barter businesses offer an alternative ...

Russian firms, upended by a cascade of Western sanctions and financial isolation, are quietly returning to barter trade directly instead of using money. The new-old system, reminiscent of the chaotic ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When Rich Kazimir was getting his IT services firm off theground in early 2004, the former engineer knew he and his staffneeded sales ...

Many rural Americans engage in cashless barter systems to get food and firewood for heating and cooking. They value self-sufficiency, making them wary of government intervention. By Jana Meisenholder ...