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the $1B charge does not hit the P&L >yet<. An accrual is a balance sheet item that is essentially a forced savings account for something that will hit the P&L in the future.

The charge is real and will eventually come from revenue in a P&L.

Post edit: not entirely accurate...it will come from revenue now, and impact P&L now...but the nature of the accounting entry at this point is internal..it comes from revenue and transfers to the balance sheet...(non cash meaning the cash isn't going out the door yet)...it will become a cash item when the expense is realized in 2013.
I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Expand Edited by beepster March 31, 2010, 12:39:07 AM EDT
New nit
If you increase liability now it impacts net profit now
If we torture the data long enough, it will confess. (Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, 1991)
New Ayup
which is why I added the edit.
I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
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             Not an increased fee - (mhuber) - (20)
                 Re: Not an increased fee - (boxley) - (19)
                     Look, a squirrel! - (crazy) - (18)
                         You're smart enough to know - (beepster) - (16)
                             What Bush Giveth, Obama Taketh Away - (crazy) - (7)
                                 Here is the rub for that... - (beepster) - (6)
                                     DING DING DING. - (folkert)
                                     Oh, how easy for you to say that - (crazy) - (4)
                                         Ah... - (beepster) - (3)
                                             No, it WILL affect me - (crazy) - (2)
                                                 This is not a conversation about the entire bill - (beepster) - (1)
                                                     So what are you looking for? - (crazy)
                             But a tax loophole is not a givaway - (mhuber) - (7)
                                 Re: But a tax loophole is not a givaway - (boxley) - (5)
                                     Re: But a tax loophole is not a givaway - (lincoln) - (4)
                                         like I said, money not held by the government - (boxley) - (3)
                                             Well, yeah - (crazy) - (2)
                                                 hey you elected em suck it up :-) -NT - (boxley) - (1)
                                                     No clue what this means -NT - (crazy)
                                 Not what I said - (beepster)
                         got yer squirrel swingin - (boxley)
         Donald Marron's take at CSMonitor - (Another Scott) - (22)
             dumass doesnt understand a balance sheet - (boxley) - (21)
                 Um... - (Another Scott) - (20)
                     those that cant do teach - (boxley) - (19)
                         Hmm... (Edit) - (Another Scott) - (18)
                             is their quartley profits higher or lower? - (boxley) - (17)
                                 Here in the real world ... - (drook) - (16)
                                     okay real world - (boxley) - (15)
                                         That's not what's happening. - (Another Scott) - (14)
                                             reread it yourself, its exactly whats happening -NT - (boxley)
                                             Fundamental misunderstanding - (beepster) - (12)
                                                 Not so. - (Another Scott) - (11)
                                                     More... - (Another Scott) - (10)
                                                         what does the price of stock have to do with P&L? - (boxley) - (7)
                                                             Nearly nothing - (beepster) - (6)
                                                                 GM's stockholders expected a $38B "adjustment"? <boggle> -NT - (Another Scott) - (5)
                                                                     they dont build all those pretty buildings in vegas - (boxley) - (4)
                                                                         We're talking past each other. - (Another Scott) - (3)
                                                                             No, you're still not there - (beepster) - (2)
                                                                                 nit - (boxley) - (1)
                                                                                     Ayup - (beepster)
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