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Hollywood accounting

Hollywood accounting noun: a form of creative accounting practiced by the entertainment industry that reduces reported profit in order to reduce owed royalties and taxes.

Noun

Hollywood accounting (uncountable)

  1. A form of creative accounting practiced by the entertainment industry that reduces reported profit in order to reduce owed royalties and taxes.
    • Supposedly, it also avoids “Hollywood accounting,” whereby a film generates a fortune in ticket sales but never shows a profit for the producer who sank millions into it.2007, Johnnie L. Roberts, “Hollywood’s New Moguls Shake Things Up”, in Newsweek

Synonyms of Hollywood accounting

Questions about Hollywood accounting

What does Hollywood accounting mean?
Hollywood accounting means a form of creative accounting practiced by the entertainment industry that reduces reported profit in order to reduce owed royalties and taxes.
What part of speech is Hollywood accounting?
Hollywood accounting is a noun.

Words near Hollywood accounting in the dictionary

  1. Hollyshit
  2. Hollywater
  3. Hollyweird
  4. Hollywoke
  5. Hollywood
  6. Hollywood accounting
  7. Hollywood bed
  8. Hollywood beds
  9. Hollywood bookkeeping
  10. Hollywood cerise
  11. Hollywood ending

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