This is a guide to the legitimate techniques which allow companies to manipulate the figures they publish in their annual report. It shows how businesses are able to beef up their balance sheets and pad out their profit and loss accounts, and describes all the dodges dreamed up by the financial minds in London and New York.

This is a guide to the legitimate techniques which allow companies to manipulate the figures they publish in their annual report. It shows how businesses are able to beef up their balance sheets and pad out their profit and loss accounts, and describes all the dodges dreamed up by the financial minds in London and New York. Essential reading for shareholders and financial directors alike.