COOK THE BOOKS
Buzzword for fraudulent activities by companies. Companies provide false information in its financial statements. Normally, it entails falsifying financial data to generate non-existent earnings. Some examples of cook the books include accelerating revenues, deferring expenses, executing synthetic leases, and manipulating pension plans.
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Mutual Exclusion Doctrine
A reciprocal agreement between federal and state and local taxing bodies that mandates mutual exclusion in taxation. The interest earned on federal ...
Stockbroker
1. Company serving as an agent on behalf of its client, charging a commission to the customer for rendering its services.
2. Agent which ...
Cascade Tax
Tax imposed on a good at every production process until it is being sold to the end user. This turnover tax has each successive transfer being taxe ...
Electronic Check
Payment form via the internet designed to perform the same function as a traditional paper check. Since it is in electronic format, it gives greate ...
KGS
Currency abbreviation for Kyrgyzstan (also called Kyrgyz Republic). A fraction of a som is a tiyin, the functional equivalent of a US cent. The pap ...
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