creative accountancy

Frequency: 4.22.1 per million words

The use of accounting practices to create a misleadingly favorable impression of a company's financial health.

accountancyADJECTIVE + accountancy

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creative

Examples (10)

  • It had taken considerable creative accountancy on my part to produce a set of figures that showed us making any profit at all.
  • The company was accused of using creative accountancy to hide its massive debts.
  • Regulators are cracking down on firms that engage in creative accountancy.
  • Investors should be wary of companies whose profits rely heavily on creative accountancy.
  • The scandal revealed years of creative accountancy designed to inflate share prices.
  • He argued it was just smart financial planning, but critics called it creative accountancy.
  • Through some clever creative accountancy, the struggling business appeared to be thriving.
  • The auditor's report raised serious questions about the firm's use of creative accountancy.
  • There's a fine line between legal tax avoidance and illegal creative accountancy.
  • Learning about creative accountancy helps you spot red flags in financial statements.