managed earnings

managed earnings definition - business

managed earnings

Corporate earnings that have been manipulated in order to produce a desired result. Earnings can be managed utilizing a variety of both acceptable and questionable accounting methods. For example, a company might time gains and losses from asset sales to produce steadily rising earnings.

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