- published: 10 Jul 2012
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An annual report is a comprehensive report on a company's activities throughout the preceding year. Annual reports are intended to give shareholders and other interested people information about the company's activities and financial performance. Most jurisdictions require companies to prepare and disclose annual reports, and many require the annual report to be filed at the company's registry. Companies listed on a stock exchange are also required to report at more frequent intervals (depending upon the rules of the stock exchange involved).
Typically annual reports will include:
as well as financial statements including:
Other information deemed relevant to stakeholders may be included, such as a report on operations for manufacturing firms or corporate social responsibility reports for companies with environmentally or socially sensitive operations. In the case of larger companies, it is usually a sleek, colorful, high gloss publication.
The details provided in the report are of use to investors to understand the company's financial position and future direction. The financial statements are usually compiled in compliance with IFRS and/or the domestic GAAP, as well as domestic legislation (e.g. the SOX in the U.S.).
see our leaders walk on all fours lower than puke on my bathrom floor they think they're not in any danger bodyguards frisk any stranger they almost passed a bill today to make the corporations pay see our leaders walk on all fours they're the prostitutes and whores they almost passed that bill today to make the corporations pay but that's a little much to ask to rock the boat is not their task there's no talk of revolution so helping people is no solution they think they're not in any danger slimy pigs frisk any stranger they think they can piss on anyone maybe it's not so bad that we can still buy guns!