A report prepared and presented according to the form and procedure laid down by law.
Prepared and presented at regular, prescribed intervals. They may be submitted annually, semi-annually, quarterly, monthly, fortnightly, weekly or even daily.
Prepared in a prescribed form and is presented according to an established procedure to a prescribed authority.
They are related to a single occasion or situation. Such as technical report of a particular product.
It analyses the facts, draws conclusions and makes recommendations.
Formal reports which are not required under any law but which are prepared to help the management in framing the policies.
These reports present facts about certain given activity in detail without any note or suggestions.
Usually in the form of a person-to-person communication. It may range from a short, almost fragmentary statement of facts on a single page, to a more developed presentation taking several pages.
Informal
Informative
Formal
Routine
Statutory
Interpretative
Non-Statutory
Special
