Intermediate Accounting, Student Value Edition (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134732145
Author: Elizabeth A. Gordon, Jana S. Raedy, Alexander J. Sannella
Publisher: PEARSON
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ToExplain: The way firms account for a change in
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