Formulas & Fun
This Excel feature helps prevent users from entering invalid data.
What is data validation?
What account is used to track money owed to a company by customers?
What is Accounts Receivable?
This is a phrase Michelle constantly says when talking about "entering into the danger."
I balance but I'm not a gymnast.
I prove things without arguing.
What am I?
What is a reconciliation?
The year B.A. Harris was founded.
What is 1998?
This Excel tool summarizes large datasets without writing formulas.
What is a Pivot Table?
This is recorded when an expense is incurred but not yet paid.
What is an accrual?
This account is often blamed or used by a client when something doesn’t tie out.
What is Ask My Accountant?
I balance at zero, I'm neat and precise,
Debits and credits must match me twice.
What am I?
What is a trial balance?
This is the CAS team's theme for Q2 2026.
What is The Climb?
This function prevents errors like #N/A from showing up in formulas.
What is IFERROR?
What accounting principle requires expenses to be recorded in the same period as the revenues they help generate?
What is the Matching Principle?
This simple habit helps prevent errors before anything is posted.
What is performing a self-review?
I’m always missing when you need me,
Magically appear when you don’t,
And live in everyone’s inbox.
What is support?
This is our first priority, according to our website.
What is Service?
This function allows you to pull data from multiple columns based on a value.
What is VLOOKUP?
This is the accounting equation that must always stay in balance.
What is Assets = Liabilities + Equity?
This is what you rely on when someone says, “We’ve always done it this way,” and you need to verify that’s not the problem.
What is professional skepticism?
I increase with credits, which might feel odd,
But that's just accounting's quirky facade.
What am I?
What is revenue?
This is the year the CAS (then CAAS) department was formally developed at BAH.
What is 2022?
What symbol is used to make a cell reference absolute?
What is $?
This is the deadline frequency for most federal payroll tax deposits for small employers.
What is monthly (depositor)?
This document supports account balances and explains how amounts were calculated.
What is a workpaper?
I'm an expense, but no cash leaves your hand,
Still I reduce income just as planned.
What am I?
What is depreciation or amortization?
The four core values that we operate the Firm on.
Honor all relationships with gratitude and respect.
Be authentic and responsive.
Commit to developing our people.
Make a good life, not just a good living.