Reading of Financial Statements under Indirect Taxes

Contents

1.Introduction.

2.Utility of reading AFS correctly.

3.AFS Areas not having IDT Impact. 

4.Indicators from Balance Sheet (BS) with Notes. 

5.Indicators from Profit & Loss (PL) with Notes. 

6.Other Inferences & Areas outside AFS.

7.Conclusion.

Introduction

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Background

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