In response, the workers argued that the ADEA prohibits age discrimination in all forms of employee benefits, including pension benefit accruals.

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They offer great benefits, paid time off accruals and discounts on clothes.

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So this Northern surplus is purely theoretical (irrecoverable accounting accruals), as the South that bought the goods cannot pay back the accumulated dept.

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The accounting version will analyse whether a company "sticks out from the pack" in areas such as accruals, which are non-cash entries that can be manipulated by management.

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Audit problems can be gauged by factors like the size of the discretionary accruals that firms are allowed to make and the frequency with which accounts are restated.

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This is what all the stuff about accruals and liabilities is about, recognising that money will have to be handed over but just not yet: and that of course extends all the way through the accounts, not just the tax side of it.

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Despite the varying prohibitions, some Shariah banks find creative ways to make the equivalent of market interest rates by other means, such as by pegging debtor repayment rates to his or her future profits, or when a bank offers a "hibah, " or gift to those who open an account in essence a way of attracting new customers in lieu of interest accruals on savings.

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