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Dec 2019
14m 30s

17 - The Objectives of Financial Reporti...

JAMES STEWART
About this episode

I've read a lot of boring stuff so that you don't have to! Today we will summarize some of the useful information in the FASB Concepts Statements and other literature. 

This information will be useful as you move along to more advanced levels of accounting.

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