Reverse window dressing

Japanese: 逆粉飾 - ぎゃくふんしょく
Reverse window dressing

…Window dressing generally includes both overstatement and understatement of profits, but is sometimes used to refer to only overstatement. In that case, understatement of profits is called reverse window dressing. Reverse window dressing involves creating secret reserves within a company that represent assets that are not shown in the calculations, but because it causes less actual harm than window dressing, it is less likely to become a social problem. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "reverse window dressing" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…粉飾は,一般に,利益の過大表示と過小表示の双方を含むが,時として過大表示のみを示すものとして用いられることがある。その場合,利益を過小表示することは逆粉飾と呼ばれる。逆粉飾は,会社の中に,計算上示されない財産を意味する秘密積立金をつくるが,粉飾に比べて実害が少ないことから,社会的問題になりにくい面をもつ。…

※「逆粉飾」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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