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''Financial reporting - US - US GAAP''.
''Law - statute.''


Under US accounting, a statement which explains the total net change in shareholders’ equity for the reporting period.
A statutory duty is one imposed by a written law.


It includes the net earnings (or net loss) for the reporting period, gains or losses not reported in the net earnings figure, and dividends.


Comparable statements under UK accounting and international accounting are the Statement of total recognised gains and losses and the Statement of recognised income and expense.
Written laws are known also known as statutes.


For example, the Companies Acts in many jurisdictions.


== See also ==
 
* [[Financial reporting]]
==See also==
* [[Statement of recognised income and expense]]
* [[Companies Act]]
* [[Statement of total recognised gains and losses]]
* [[Jurisdiction]]
* [[US GAAP]]
* [[Risk reporting]]
* [[Statute]]
* [[Statutory]]
* [[Strategic Report]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]

Latest revision as of 10:36, 16 March 2021

Law - statute.

A statutory duty is one imposed by a written law.


Written laws are known also known as statutes.

For example, the Companies Acts in many jurisdictions.


See also