Changes

===Difference in Standards===

===Difference in Standards===

====Private Sector====

====Private Sector====

Any meaningful analysis of a company's finances must include a review of its balance sheets for the current and past operating cycles. Because of the large amount of information that such a summary can provide, United States law requires that all publicly held and traded companies provide balance sheets at regular intervals (usually four times a year).  

Any meaningful analysis of a company's finances must include a review of its balance sheets for the current and past operating cycles. Because of the large amount of information that such a summary can provide, United States law requires that all publicly held and traded companies provide balance sheets at regular intervals (usually four times a year).  However, privately-held companies may only show balance sheets for a current year.

====Public Sector====

====Public Sector====