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Annual Report
Government Report
Types of Report Academic/Educational Report
Audit Report
Committee Report

i. Annual Report
It is a report prepared by a company, corporation or
other institution at the end of each fiscal year to evaluate the
performance progress during the year. It is prepared once in
a year. Annual report is a must for a company to submit to
the annual general meeting of the shareholders for getting
approval. The directors of a company prepare it by mentioning
the progress and achievement of annual targets and the
problems and difficulties faced during the performance. It also
includes the annual financial statements i.e. the income and
expenditures statement, balance sheet, etc. An annual report is
an important tool for performance appraisal. Annual report

Key Point The report which is prepared by the companies, constitutional bodies and
others organizations after completion of a year disclosing the part progress,
problems during the year, activities done in a year, achievement, etc. is
known as annual report.

ii. Government Report
A report prepared by a government authority mentioning
about the plan, its expenditure and achievement for public
knowledge is known as government report. The government
of any country launches a number of programmes and
projects in different public welfare sectors in order to render
services to its people. It incurs a large amount of expenditure
and different costly resources in such programmes. It should
publish the detail statement of the programme regarding its
income and expenditures and the achievement from time to
time for public knowledge. Collection of revenue, budget
of country, expenditure of budget, achievement of goods
and plans, service to the public, etc. are the examples of Government report
government report.

Key Point The report which is prepared by the government to give information to
the public about government plans, policies, programmes, activities done
by government, budget, etc. is called government report.

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