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Chapter 21



                           Limitations of financial statements and


                           ratio analysis



               5.1 Overview of limitations


                                                           No

                                                       predictive
                            Year-end                      value                     Ignore
                           figures not                                           management
                         representative                                             action






                                                   Limitations of
                                               financial statement

                                                       analysis




                         Distortion by                                               Window

                         related party                                             dressing by
                         transactions                  Different                  management
                                                      accounting

                                                        policies






                  Illustrations and further practice



                  More detail on limitations of financial statements and ratio analysis can be found
                  in section 7 of Chapter 21.












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