Indiana § 23-1-53-1 - Annual financial statements
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§ 23-1-53-1. Annual financial statements
Sec. 1. (a) On written request of any shareholder, a corporation shall prepare and mail to the shareholder annual financial statements, which may be consolidated or combined statements of the corporation and one (1) or more of its subsidiaries, as appropriate, that include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year most recently completed, an income statement for that year, and a statement of changes in shareholders' equity for that year unless that information appears elsewhere in the financial statements. If financial statements are prepared for the corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the annual financial statements must also be prepared on that basis.
(b) If the annual financial statements are reported upon by a public accountant, the public accountant's report must accompany them. If not, the statements must be accompanied by a statement of the president or the person responsible for the corporation's accounting records:
(1) stating the person's reasonable belief whether the statements were prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and, if not, describing the basis of preparation; and
(2) describing any respects in which the statements were not prepared on a basis of accounting consistent with the statements prepared for the preceding year.
As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.37. Amended by P.L.107-1987, SEC.26.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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