Economic income is considered to be a better predictor of future cash flows than accounting income is.
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Economic income is considered to be a better predictor of future cash flows than accounting income is. A technique used by securities analysts to determine the degree of correlation between a firm’s accounting earnings and its true economic income is quality of earnings assessment.
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a. Discuss measures that may be used to assess the quality of a firm’s reported earnings.
b. Obtain an annual report for a large corporation and perform a quality of earnings assessment.
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a A major purpose of income reporting is to allow investors to predict future cash flows Despite the evidence that accounting earnings are good indica...View the full answer
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Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis Text and Cases
ISBN: 978-1118582794
11th edition
Authors: Richard G. Schroeder, Myrtle W. Clark, Jack Cathey
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