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Financial accounting and reporting
Financial accounting and reporting

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Financial accounting and reporting

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This free course was written by Professor Jane Frecknall-Hughes.

This OpenLearn course provided a sample of level 2 study in Business & Management.

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1.1.1: Portrait of Luca Pacioli (c. 1445–c.1514). © The Bridgeman Art Library

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