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Activities of a general purpose government that provide the basis for GASB's financial accounting and reporting framework consist of governmental, business-type, and fiduciary. a. True b. False

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financial accounting and reporting framework consist of governmental,
business-type, and fiduciary.
a. True
b. False

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