Financial Accounting
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Author: Carl Warren, Jim Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
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Chapter 16, Problem 4CP
The Commercial Division of Tidewater Inc. provided the following information on its
The manager of the Commercial Division provided the accompanying memo with this report:
From: Senior Vice President, Commercial Division
I am pleased to report that we had earnings of $945,000 over the last period. This resulted in a
Comment on the senior vice president’s memo in light of the cash flow information.
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Financial Accounting
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