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Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

Finance -- Forecasting -- Accounting -- Standards -- United States; Business forecasting

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American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Forecasts And Projections Task Force;Review Of A Financial Forecast; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1979, Nov. 23, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Forecasts And Projections Task Force Jan 1979

American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Forecasts And Projections Task Force;Review Of A Financial Forecast; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1979, Nov. 23, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Forecasts And Projections Task Force

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

The proposed guide discusses procedures that an accountant should apply in a review of a financial forecast and provides guidance on the preparation of the accountant's report on the forecast. A financial forecast is defined in the proposed guide as an estimate of the most probable financial position of an entity, the results of its operations and changes in its financial position for one or more future periods. The "most probable" qualification means that the assumptions used have been evaluated by management and the forecast is based on management's judgment of the most likely set of conditions and its most …