Identify and Explain the Four Building Blocks of Financial Statement

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Essay

Identify and explain the four building blocks of financial statement analysis.

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Definitions:

Irrevocability

The quality of being irreversible or unchangeable, often used in legal contexts to describe contracts or decisions that cannot be revoked or undone.

Unilateral Contract

A contract in which one party makes a promise in exchange for the other party's performance, becoming binding once performance is completed.

Bilateral Promise

An agreement in which two parties make commitments to perform certain actions or obligations to one another.

Promissory Estoppel

A legal principle that prevents a party from withdrawing a promise made to a second party when the latter has reasonably relied on that promise to their detriment.