ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL DEBTS Definition

ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL DEBTS see ALLOWANCE FOR BAD DEBTS.

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BIG BATH is a business strategy in which a company manipulates its income statement to make poor results look even worse. Strategy being that the following year will show significant improvement. Big bath is sometimes employed by new CEOs to make their first years results more impressive by employing big bath accounting to prior year results.

CAPITAL STOCK is the ownership shares of a corporation authorized by its articles of incorporation, including preferred and common stock.

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