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The objectives of financial statements and their usefulness to the general user groups

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We have now outlined a number of alternative approaches that the accountant could possibly take in preparing accounting reports. How are we going to choose between them? How are we going to go about deciding the precise content of the accounts we prepare? In the most general of terms, the correct approach was suggested on p. 21.

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Alexander, D. (1990). The objectives of financial statements and their usefulness to the general user groups. In: Financial Reporting. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7118-0_4

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