cookie jar accounting

cookie jar accounting definition - finance
An accounting technique that involves setting aside reserves during good years and using the reserves during unprofitable years. This makes earnings appear more even and helps create the impression of consistency, which investors are keen to see.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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