Are the financial reports contained in the annual report considered financial accounting reports or management accounting, clarify this and provide evidence to prove it? Can the costs contained in the income statement be used to analyze the relationship between cost, volume and profit (CVP), if the answer is yes, then the tools that can be used in this CVP analysis are clarified, and if this analysis cannot be used, the reasons will be clarified?

Are the financial reports contained in the annual report considered financial accounting reports or management accounting, clarify this and provide evidence to prove it? Can the costs contained in the income statement be used to analyze the relationship between cost, volume and profit (CVP), if the answer is yes, then the tools that can be used in this CVP analysis are clarified, and if this analysis cannot be used, the reasons will be clarified?

Contemporary Auditing

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