One Recognised Approach to Reducing the Level of Debt That

question 44

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.

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