STATEMENT OF RETAINED EARNINGS Definition

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STATEMENT OF RETAINED EARNINGS is one of the four basic financial statements; the Statement of Retained Earnings is a reconciliation of the Retained Earnings account. Information such as dividends or announced income is provided in the statement. The Statement of Retained Earnings provides information about what a companys management is doing with the companys earnings.

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VOSTRO ACCOUNT is a local currency account maintained with a bank by another bank. The term is normally applied to the counterpartys account from which funds may be paid into or withdrawn, as a result of a transaction.

RELEVANT ASSERTION, in accounting, is a financial statement assertion that has a reasonable possibility of containing a misstatement or misstatements that would cause the financial statements to be materially misstated.

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