Information in the Income Statement Does NOT Help Users to

question 78

Multiple Choice

Information in the income statement does NOT help users to

• A) evaluate the past performance of the enterprise.
• B) provide a basis for predicting future performance.
• C) help assess the risk of not achieving future cash flows.
• D) calculate the exact amount of future dividends.

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