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In order to analyze operating activities, you must determine if the balance sheet items or revenues and expenses reported are valid. Unfortunately, there are many ways to manipulated earnings and other reported amounts.

Discuss how earnings misstatements can affect your analysis process. ( focus on what you would do differently in analyzing a company- not how earnings management affects earnings) what cab you do to try to avoid being mislead by unintentional or intentional mistatements?