Sign convention - Revision history

imported>Doug Williamson: Add link.

2023-03-16T13:28:20Z

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	In reporting and modelling, a decision about the meaning of positive and negative numbers.		In reporting and modelling, a decision about the meaning of positive and negative numbers.

	Many errors and failures of understanding result from not establishing sign conventions, or not following them consistently.		Many errors and failures of understanding result from not establishing sign conventions at all, or not following them consistently.


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	*[[Convention]]		*[[Convention]]
	*[[Financial model]]		*[[Financial model]]
			*[[Financial reporting]]
	*[[Income/(expense)]]		*[[Income/(expense)]]
	*[[Inflow/(outflow)]]		*[[Inflow/(outflow)]]

2022-07-23T12:25:11Z

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	*[[Inflow/(outflow)]]		*[[Inflow/(outflow)]]
	*[[Mostly positive]]		*[[Mostly positive]]
			*[[Reconciliation]]
	*[[Spreadsheet risk]]		*[[Spreadsheet risk]]
	*[[Variance analysis]]		*[[Variance analysis]]

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

2022-07-23T12:23:04Z

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2020-10-08T14:15:49Z

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	*[[Spreadsheet risk]]		*[[Spreadsheet risk]]
	*[[Variance analysis]]		*[[Variance analysis]]

			[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]

2017-07-04T20:48:51Z

Link with Spreadsheet risk page.

2017-05-21T15:35:21Z

Link with B/(W) page.

2017-05-21T11:15:30Z

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	Many errors and failures of understanding result from not establishing sign conventions, or not following them consistently.		Many errors and failures of understanding result from not establishing sign conventions, or not following them consistently.


			Examples of sign conventions include:
			*Assets / (liabilities)
			*Income / (expense)
			*Inflow / (outflow)
			*Mostly positive

2016-12-18T10:11:43Z

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	In reporting, a decision about the meaning of positive and negative numbers.		In reporting and modelling, a decision about the meaning of positive and negative numbers.

	Many errors and failures of understanding result from not establishing sign conventions, or not following them consistently.		Many errors and failures of understanding result from not establishing sign conventions, or not following them consistently.

2016-12-18T10:10:06Z

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2016-12-18T09:46:59Z

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	In reporting, a decision about the meaning of positive and negative numbers.		In reporting, a decision about the meaning of positive and negative numbers.

	Many errors and failures of understanding ~~flow~~ from ~~a failure to establish and follow~~ sign conventions ~~and then~~ following them consistently.		Many errors and failures of understanding result from not establishing sign conventions, or not following them consistently.