No discussion of conservative methods vs. aggressive methods would be complete without a clear definition of what we mean by these two categories of methods.  Therefore, let’s start there: Conservative accounting methods are those that report lower net income in the current period, and (potentially) higher net income in future periods. Aggressive accounting methods are […]

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