"Big Bath Accounting" Describes a Company's Actions When It

question 20

Multiple Choice

"Big bath accounting" describes a company's actions when it:

• A) Manages its earnings in a downward direction in the year of a major acquisition or restructuring
• B) Optimizes the amount of Goodwill recognized upon paying a premium to acquire another company
• C) Manages its earnings by maintaining such a large number of discretionary items that it could "fill a bathtub," so to speak
• D) "Cleans its books," so to speak, of improperly recorded items in anticipation of a rigorous audit examination

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