Mostly positive - Revision history

imported>Doug Williamson: Add category.

2020-10-08T14:15:27Z

Add category.

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	*[[Model]]		*[[Model]]
	*[[Sign convention]]		*[[Sign convention]]

			[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
			[[Category:The_business_context]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Link with Sign convention page.

2017-05-21T11:42:13Z

Link with Sign convention page.

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	*[[Inflow/(outflow)]]		*[[Inflow/(outflow)]]
	*[[Model]]		*[[Model]]
			*[[Sign convention]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Remove duplicate link.

2017-05-21T11:41:25Z

Remove duplicate link.

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
			*[[B/(W)]]
	*[[Exception]]		*[[Exception]]
	*[[Inflow/(outflow)]]		*[[Inflow/(outflow)]]
	*[[Model]]
	*[[B/(W)]]
	*[[Model]]		*[[Model]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Add summary and link with Exception page.

2017-05-21T11:35:41Z

Add summary and link with Exception page.

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	A sign convention under which:		'Mostly positive' is a sign convention under which:

	#The ~~important~~ items~~, or the items which~~ there are most of, are designated as positive numbers.		#The items that there are most of, are designated as positive numbers.
	#Items to be deducted from, or netted off against, the positive~~-designated~~ items, are ~~designated as~~ negative numbers.		#Items to be deducted from, or netted off against, the positive items, are negative numbers.


	'Mostly positive' ~~would be~~ a sign convention used typically for a report of costs or liabilities.		The purpose of the 'mostly positive' convention is to reduce the number of negative figures in a report, to aid readability and identifying exceptions.


			'Mostly positive' is a sign convention used typically for a report of costs or liabilities.

	The costs or liabilities themselves would be positive numbers under this convention.		The costs or liabilities themselves would be positive numbers under this convention.
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	The consequence of adopting the mostly positive sign convention is that most items in the report, or a related sheet in a model, are positive numbers.		The consequence of adopting the 'mostly positive' sign convention is that most items in the report, or a related sheet in a model, are positive numbers.


	== See also ==		== See also ==
			*[[Exception]]
	*[[Inflow/(outflow)]]		*[[Inflow/(outflow)]]
	*[[Model]]		*[[Model]]
	*[[B/(W)]]		*[[B/(W)]]
	*[[Model]]		*[[Model]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Link with Model page.

2015-11-15T16:55:11Z

Link with Model page.

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	Under this sign convention, any credits against, or deductions from, the net costs or net liabilities in the report, would be negative numbers.		Under this sign convention, any credits against, or deductions from, the net costs or net liabilities in the report, would be negative numbers.


			The consequence of adopting the mostly positive sign convention is that most items in the report, or a related sheet in a model, are positive numbers.


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	*[[Model]]		*[[Model]]
	*[[B/(W)]]		*[[B/(W)]]
			*[[Model]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Differentiate from inflow/(outflow).

2015-11-15T16:53:21Z

Differentiate from inflow/(outflow).

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	A sign convention under which:		A sign convention under which:

	#The important items which there are most of are designated as positive numbers.		#The important items, or the items which there are most of, are designated as positive numbers.
	#Items to be deducted from or netted off the items ~~there are most of~~ are designated as negative numbers.		#Items to be deducted from, or netted off against, the positive-designated items, are designated as negative numbers.


			'Mostly positive' would be a sign convention used typically for a report of costs or liabilities.

			The costs or liabilities themselves would be positive numbers under this convention.

			Under this sign convention, any credits against, or deductions from, the net costs or net liabilities in the report, would be negative numbers.

imported>Doug Williamson: Link with Inflow/(outflow) page.

2015-11-15T16:00:11Z

Link with Inflow/(outflow) page.

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
			*[[Inflow/(outflow)]]
	*[[Model]]		*[[Model]]
	*[[B/(W)]]		*[[B/(W)]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Link with B/(W) page.

2015-11-15T15:57:43Z

Link with B/(W) page.

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:57, 15 November 2015
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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	*[[Model]]		*[[Model]]
			*[[B/(W)]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Link with Model page.

2014-05-28T09:41:39Z

Link with Model page.

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	#The important items which there are most of are designated as positive numbers.		#The important items which there are most of are designated as positive numbers.
	#Items to be deducted from or netted off the items there are most of are designated as negative numbers.		#Items to be deducted from or netted off the items there are most of are designated as negative numbers.



			== See also ==
			*[[Model]]

imported>Doug Williamson: Add "important".

2014-05-27T08:16:48Z

Add "important".

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	A sign convention under which:		A sign convention under which:

	#The items which there are most of are designated as positive numbers.		#The important items which there are most of are designated as positive numbers.
	#Items to be deducted from or netted off the items there are most of are designated as negative numbers.		#Items to be deducted from or netted off the items there are most of are designated as negative numbers.