External users (stakeholders) use accounting information to make decisions about the entity. In this question you need to identify 5 external stakeholders for businesses and explain why each of these stakeholders would be interested in the overall performance of the business. Remember to use your own words and do not copy statements from books or the internet (even if it is quoted correctly). You must convince the marker that you have given this question some thought and have crafted the answer from what you have learnt in class and from your reading. Demonstrates that you have a basic understanding of the decisions for which external stakeholders use accounting information. Is written clearly with accurate spelling, grammar and sentence and paragraph construction Has not copied text from other sources