Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8e WileyPLUS (next generation) + Loose-leaf
Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 8e WileyPLUS (next generation) + Loose-leaf
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ISBN: 9781119491057
Author: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Publisher: Wiley (WileyPLUS Products)
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Chapter 4, Problem 34Q
To determine

Earnings management:

Earnings management practice is an intentional influence on the earnings by the management, to stabilize the net income, through planning the timing of reporting revenues, expenses, gains and losses.

Quality of Earnings:

Some company practices earnings management to present a positive view on the business activities, and the financial position, which depends on the quality of the earnings. The quality of earnings of the company may be high or low which depends upon the targeted earnings number.

To determine: The companies earning management.

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