Intermediate Accounting: Reporting And Analysis
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Author: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Explain the purpose of an income statement, and the information it provides. Identify at least one type of stakeholder that would be interested in the information on a company’s income statement.
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