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What is window dressing in accounting?

<p><em>Window dressing</em> in accounting is actions taken to improve the appearance of a company's financial statements. These actions are usually shortly before the end of an accounting period. Window dressing is particularly common when a business has a large number of shareholders, so that management can give the appearance of a well-run company to investors who probably do not have much day-to-day contact with the business. It may also be used when a company wants to impress a lender in order to qualify for a loan. If a business is closely held, the owners are usually better informed about company results, so there is no reason for anyone to apply window dressing to the financial statements.</p>

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تم إضافة السؤال من قبل Mijanur Rahman Mijanur , Officer- Accounts & Finance , Bangladesh WOmen Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BWCCI)
تاريخ النشر: 2014/10/30
Abdallah Abu Zeyad CMA
من قبل Abdallah Abu Zeyad CMA , Finance Account Manager , Toyota - Abdul Latif Jameel Motors - KSA

A company can use window dressing when preparing financial statements to improve the appearance of its performance or liquidity.  In this case, window dressing may consist of changing asset depreciation or valuation policies, making short-term borrowings, or engaging in sales and leaseback transactions at the end of a period. By doing so, management embellishes the company’s results or liquidity and obtains some benefits.

Ayyub khan Ibrahim Khan Deshmukh
من قبل Ayyub khan Ibrahim Khan Deshmukh , Finance Manager , Ahmad Al-Sarraf General Trading & Contracting Est.

Window dressing refers to actions taken or not taken prior to issuing financial statements in order to improve the appearance of the financial statements. Here is an example of window dressing. A company operates throughout the year with a negative balance in its general ledger Cash account.

Malik Khalid Mahmood
من قبل Malik Khalid Mahmood , Regional Finance Manager , Leosons International FZ LLC

Window dressing is to make the nagative balances into possitive before the issuance of financial statements like;

Negative bank balance = Reversal of outstanding and PDC Cheques to creditors accounts, bank balance will become possitive and so on

Pritesh Darji
من قبل Pritesh Darji , Senior Accounting & Finance Executive , Aaress Realty Pvt. Ltd

A strategy used by mutual fund and portfolio managers near the year or quarter end to improve the appearance of the portfolio/fund performance before presenting it to clients or shareholders. To window dress, the fund manager will sell stocks with large losses and purchase high flying stocks near the end of the quarter. These securities are then reported as part of the fund's holdings.

Zubair Jahangir
من قبل Zubair Jahangir , Cost Accountant , Rotana Hotels

Agree with all answers

Mir Mujtaba Ali
من قبل Mir Mujtaba Ali , Internal Audit Manager , Confidential

The actions taken to improve the appearance of a company's financial statements. These actions are usually shortly before the end of an accounting period.

Ijaz Ahmad
من قبل Ijaz Ahmad , Manager Finance , VIP Wears (Pvt) Limited

If any adjustment is being made in financial statement to reflect the desired facts and figures to reader of financial statement is "Window Dressing"

Rehan Tipu
من قبل Rehan Tipu , Senior Financial Accountant , MEWAH GROUP - Moi Foods Ivory Coast LTD.

Window dressing is basically refers to the action of the Business Manager Who is trying to exaggerate the business performance for the current period ( Short Term).Windows dressing is usually done through several means i.e. Recognition of future sales in current period,  delaying in accounting the current period expenses, Clearing payable from accounts as discount, wrongly capitalizing an expense.This is a misleading action for the Management and is not recommended.

Deepika Saha
من قبل Deepika Saha , Officer- BDU , First Abudhabi Bank

Window dressing refers to actions taken or not taken prior to issuing financial statements in order to improve the appearance of the financial statements.

Fatima ARGADI
من قبل Fatima ARGADI

Window dressing is to make the nagative balances into possitive before the issuance of financial statements like;

Mohammad Iqbal Abubaker
من قبل Mohammad Iqbal Abubaker , Jahaca Pty Ltd - Accounts Administrator , Jahaca Pty Ltd - Accounts Administrator

I agree with the answer given by Mir Mujtaba Ali   Internal Audit Manager

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