To Compute Ending Retained Earnings on the Statement of Retained

question 141

Multiple Choice

To compute ending Retained Earnings on the Statement of Retained Earnings:

• A)net loss is added to the beginning Retained Earnings and declared dividends are subtracted from the beginning Retained Earnings.
• B)net income and dividends are both added to beginning Retained Earnings.
• C)net loss and dividends are both added to beginning Retained Earnings.
• D)net income is added to the beginning Retained Earnings.

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