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creative accounting

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creative accounting
The use of aggressive and/or questionable accounting techniques in order to produce a desired result, generally high earnings per share. Creative accounting may include selling assets with a low cost basis, shipping unusually large quantities of product near the end of the year, and failure to write down inventories that have declined in value.
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Elsewhere in his book, Shortt delves into such topics as grade inflation with the concurrent trend of dumbing down the curriculum, and how education officials across the country have used creative accounting on their states' test results to continue receiving federal money.
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