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extra-contabilisticamente

English translation: off the books


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Portuguese term or phrase:extra-contabilisticamente
English translation:off the books
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09:30 Jun 12, 2008
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Bus/Financial - Accounting / Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Portuguese term or phrase: extra-contabilisticamente
Uma vez que os referidos contratos definem que a Empresa emite facturas pelo valor líquido, ou seja, deduzido do valor relativo ao serviço prestado pela operadora, o registo do rédito pelo valor debitado aos clientes finais foi efectuado _extra-contabilisticamente_.

I get the feeling there's a set way of expressing this in English, but I can't find it... Any ideas much appreciated!
Solomon Wright
Germany
Local time: 05:31
off the books
Explanation:
off the books Also found in: Idioms
not recorded in the official financial records of a business; - usually used of payments made in cash to fraudulently avoid payment of taxes or of employment benefits.

off the books
without being included on official financial records. Waiters, cashiers, and busboys often work off the books, getting paid in cash.
Usage notes: sometimes used with keep or take: Officials have kept their expenses off the books.

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Alternative: Off-Balance-Sheet

Off-Balance-Sheet Financing
A form of financing in which large capital expenditures are kept off of a company's balance sheet through various classification methods. Companies will often use off-balance-sheet financing to keep their debt to equity (D/E) and leverage ratios low, especially if the inclusion of a large expenditure would break negative debt covenants.

Contrast to loans, debt and equity, which do appear on the balance sheet. Examples of off-balance-sheet financing include joint ventures, research and development partnerships, and operating leases (rather than purchases of capital equipment).

Operating leases are one of the most common forms of off-balance-sheet financing. In these cases, the asset itself is kept on the lessor's balance sheet, and the lessee reports only the required rental expense for use of the asset. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the U.S. have set numerous rules for companies to follow in determining whether a lease should be capitalized (included on the balance sheet) or expensed.

This term came into popular use during the Enron bankruptcy. Many of the energy traders' problems stemmed from setting up inappropriate off-balance-sheet entities.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/obsf.asp

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4 +5off the books
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4registered internally (not openly revealed)José Crespo


  

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registered internally (not openly revealed)


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not officially stated in the company accounting

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off the books


Explanation:
off the books Also found in: Idioms
not recorded in the official financial records of a business; - usually used of payments made in cash to fraudulently avoid payment of taxes or of employment benefits.

off the books
without being included on official financial records. Waiters, cashiers, and busboys often work off the books, getting paid in cash.
Usage notes: sometimes used with keep or take: Officials have kept their expenses off the books.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-06-12 11:36:30 GMT)
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Alternative: Off-Balance-Sheet

Off-Balance-Sheet Financing
A form of financing in which large capital expenditures are kept off of a company's balance sheet through various classification methods. Companies will often use off-balance-sheet financing to keep their debt to equity (D/E) and leverage ratios low, especially if the inclusion of a large expenditure would break negative debt covenants.

Contrast to loans, debt and equity, which do appear on the balance sheet. Examples of off-balance-sheet financing include joint ventures, research and development partnerships, and operating leases (rather than purchases of capital equipment).

Operating leases are one of the most common forms of off-balance-sheet financing. In these cases, the asset itself is kept on the lessor's balance sheet, and the lessee reports only the required rental expense for use of the asset. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the U.S. have set numerous rules for companies to follow in determining whether a lease should be capitalized (included on the balance sheet) or expensed.

This term came into popular use during the Enron bankruptcy. Many of the energy traders' problems stemmed from setting up inappropriate off-balance-sheet entities.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/obsf.asp



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