Question
State any two limitations of analysis of financial statements?

Answer

  1. Limitations of Financial Statements: Financial analysis is based on financial statements. But financial statements themselves suffer from certain limitations, hence the limitations of financial statements are also the limitations of their analysis.
For example:
  1. Sometimes the informations given in financial statements are incomplete and unauthentic.
  2. Financial Statements are based on accounting concepts and conventions.
As such, the utility of financial analysis is decreased due to the shortcomings of financial statements.
  1. Affected by Window-dressing: Some firms resort to window-dressing their financial statements to cover up bad financial position on the eve of accounting date. For example, they may not record the purchases made at the end of the year or they may overvalue their closing stock. In such cases, the results obtained by analysis of financial statements will be misleading.

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