Horizontal Analysis of Comparative Financial Statements Includes the

question 106

Multiple Choice

Horizontal analysis of comparative financial statements includes the

• A) development of common size statements.
• B) calculation of liquidity ratios.
• C) calculation of dollar amount and percentage changes from financial statements over a period of time, as compared to a base year.
• D) evaluation of financial statement data that expresses each item in a financial statement as a percentage of a base amount.

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