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Financial accounting: Financial accounting is the process of recording, summarizing, and reporting all the financial transactions in the financial statement of the business over a period of time. The financial statement consists of the balance sheet, income statement, statement of
To Match: The given terms with the related definitions.
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Financial Accounting - Access
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