Retained Earnings Account on the Balance Sheet Does Not Represent

question 18

True/False

retained earnings account on the balance sheet does not represent cash.Rather, it represents part of stockholders' claims against the firm's existing assets.This implies that retained earnings are in fact stockholders' reinvested earnings.

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