Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781118162286
Author: Kimmel, Paul D.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Chapter 4, Problem 33Q
To determine

Earnings Management – The strategy used by the management of business to boost or smooth out the net income by planning the timing of revenues, expenses, gains and losses is called earnings management.

Quality of Earnings – Quality of earnings furnishes complete and crystal clear information that prevents confounding and deceiving the users of financial statements.

To Explain: Earnings Management and Quality of Earnings

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Financial Accounting

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