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Pro Forma

Definition: Pro forma refers to a set of financial statements that incorporate assumptions or hypothetical conditions regarding either past or future events. For example, pro forma statements can be constructed that extend an entity's financial statements through the end of its current fiscal year, containing assumptions regarding the final months of the year that have not yet occurred. Similarly, pro forma statements can include the results of a recent acquisition, as though it had occurred earlier, as of the beginning of the year.