Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8th Edition
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ISBN: 9781118953808
Author: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.17E
To determine
Annual Report
It is a comprehensive financial report that shows all the business activities that takes place throughout the previous financial year. Its purpose is to provide the complete financial information of a company’s financial activities to its users in order to help them analyze and take well informed decisions.
An annual report of the publicly traded company in Country U must contain the following information:
Financial statements - Management discussion and analysis (MD&A) section
- Notes to the financial statements
- An independent auditor’s report
To state: wherethe given items would be presented or disclosed in an annual report.
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