General-purpose external financial reporting of a corporation focuses primarily on the needs of which of the following users?

A. The board of directors of the corporation. B. The management of the corporation. C. Investors and creditors and their advisors. D. Regulatory and taxing authorities.

Option C

Explanation:

Public financial reporting requires financial reports, financial abstracts and associated reports which are given outside the reporting agency to customers.

This knowledge is usually used by borrowers, shareholders, and investors to assess a business ' efficiency, and its debt repayment potential. External financial reports might be reviewed, in which particular instance the letter of opinion of the auditor shall accompany the financial information.

Therefore, from the above we can conclude that such information is provided by the management for the use for the external stakeholders such as investors and creditors as their invested money is on stake and they have the right to know the current situation of the money.