The Retained Earnings Account on the Balance Sheet Does Not

question 135

True/False

The retained earnings account on the balance sheet does not represent cash.Rather,it represents part of the stockholders' claim against the firm's existing assets.Put another way,retained earnings are stockholders' reinvested earnings.

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