Financial Statements with Data for Two or More Successive Accounting

question 165

Multiple Choice

Financial statements with data for two or more successive accounting periods placed in columns side by side, sometimes with changes shown in dollar amounts and percents, are referred to as:

• A) Period-to-period statements.
• B) Controlling statements.
• C) Successive statements.
• D) Comparative statements.
• E) Serial statements.

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