annual report

annual report — annual re·port n: a written report distributed to shareholders each year by a corporation that sets forth financial information (as an auditor s report, the selling prices of the corporation s stock, and the yearly profit) as well as statements… …   Law dictionary

Annual report — Accountancy Key concepts Accountant · Accounting period · Bookkeeping · Cash and accrual basis · Cash flow management · Chart of accounts  …   Wikipedia

Annual Report — 1. An annual publication that public corporations must provide to shareholders to describe their operations and financial conditions. The front part of the report often contains an impressive combination of graphics, photos and an accompanying… …   Investment dictionary

Annual report — Yearly record of a publicly held company s financial condition. It includes a description of the firm s operations, its balance sheet and income statement. SEC rules require that it be distributed to all shareholders. A more detailed version is… …   Financial and business terms

annual report — Yearly record of a publicly held company s financial condition. It includes a description of the firm s operations, as well as balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement information. SEC rules require that it be distributed to all… …   Financial and business terms

annual report — a document reporting to stockholders on management and operations and containing fiscal information, published yearly by a publicly held corporation as required by federal law. * * * annual report noun The report, including the annual financial… …   Useful english dictionary

annual report — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms annual report : singular annual report plural annual reports business a document that gives details of the financial activities of a company or other organization over the past year …   English dictionary

annual report — A report for stockholders and other interested parties prepared by corporation once a year; includes a balance sheet, an income statement, a statement of changes in financial position, a reconciliation of changes in owners equity accounts, a… …   Black's law dictionary

annual report — A report for stockholders and other interested parties prepared by corporation once a year; includes a balance sheet, an income statement, a statement of changes in financial position, a reconciliation of changes in owners equity accounts, a… …   Black's law dictionary

annual report — /ˌænjuəl rəˈpɔt/ (say .anyoohuhl ruh pawt) noun a summary of a company s activities for the past financial year, containing the auditor s report, the audited accounts and an address by the chairperson, and usually presented at the annual general… …   Australian-English dictionary

annual report — See: annual accounts …   Accounting dictionary