One Recognised Approach to Reducing the Level of Debt That

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Multiple Choice

One recognised approach to reducing the level of debt that has been adopted in the past was to:

• A) Attempt to report the debt as equity, often in the form of preference shares.
• B) Create reserves and draw on them later as a source of funding.
• C) Treat as many liabilities as possible as provisions.
• D) Record liabilities as an increase in cash and a decrease in revenues.
• E) None of the given answers.

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