(a) The following are users of financial statements.
______Customers ______Securities and Exchange Commission
______Internal Revenue Service ______Store manager
______Labor unions ______Suppliers
______Marketing manager ______Vice-president of finance
______Production supervisor
Instructions
Identify the users as being either external users or internal users.
(b) The following questions could be asked by an internal user or an external user.
______Can we afford to give our employees a pay raise?
______Did the company earn a satisfactory income?
______Do we need to borrow in the near future?
______How does the company’s profitability compare to other companies?
______What does it cost us to manufacture each unit produced?
______Which product should we emphasize?
______Will the company be able to pay its short-term debts?
Instructions
Identify each of the questions as being more likely asked by an internal user or an external user.