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GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENT [1 record]

Record 1 1998-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
DEF

Financial statements purporting to provide sufficient information to accommodate the needs of most interested parties.

OBS

Terms usually used in the plural.

OBS

Compare to "special purpose financial statements".

Key term(s)
  • general purpose financial statement
  • general-purpose financial statement
  • all-purpose financial statement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
DEF

États financiers (ou comptes) destinés à répondre, autant que faire se peut, aux besoins de tous les utilisateurs.

OBS

Ces termes sont habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • état financier à vocation générale
  • compte à vocation générale
  • état financier à usage général
  • compte à usage général

Spanish

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