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Which of the following is a limitation of financial statements?

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Does not reflect current situation
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Assets may not realise
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Bias
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All of the above
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Solution

The correct option is D All of the above

Financial Statements are the collective name given to Income Statement and Positional Statement of an enterprise which show the financial position of business concern in an organised manner.

Some of limitations of financial statements are as follows

Accounting information is sometimes based on estimates which may be unrealistic.

Window dressing may lead to faulty results. Window dressing means manipulation of accounts and Show easy picture of financial statements

Accounting ignores the effect of price level changes. Transactions recorded on historical cost. Examples, fixed assets recorded at historical cost.

Accounting information can be manipulated and thus cannot be considered as the true test of performance.

Accounting information may be Biased accounting information is not without personal influences or bias of accountant.


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