Selected Comparative Income Statement Amounts for a Company Are Shown

question 19

Multiple Choice

Selected comparative income statement amounts for a company are shown below. Using 2013 as the base year for a horizontal analysis, compute the account with the most significant change.

• A) Sales.
• B) General and administrative expenses.
• C) Interest expense.
• D) Miscellaneous expense.
• E) Cannot be determined from the given data.

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