ACCOUNTING CUSHION
It is the overstatement of a company’s expense provision to create a cushion for future results. Its is used to understate income in a current period by overstating liability or allowance accounts. This can be achieved by increasing allowances for bad debts in the current period, without any indication that bad debts will actually rise.
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