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dirty surplus

noun

C2CEFR level
95/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Gains and losses routed directly to equity rather than through profit or loss, bypassing the income statement.

Analysts strip out the dirty surplus to recover the economic income the P&L never actually showed.

Topic: Accounting in Business English

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