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Businesses create financial statements to communicate the financial state of the business. The accountant prepares the financial statements on an accrual basis or on a tax basis. Accrual basis ...

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For investors, a company's financial statements offers insight into the health of the company. Depending on the size of a company and the complexity of its business, the financial statements may be a ...