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activation des déficits

English translation: convert deficits into assets

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French term or phrase:activation des déficits
English translation:convert deficits into assets
Entered by: David Hollywood

12:28 Mar 24, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting
French term or phrase: activation des déficits
"La question de l’activation des déficits n’est pas abordée aucune latitude existant au regard de l’historique trop court de retournement de tendance des sociétés déficitaires pour activer leurs déficits"
katieker
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:01
convert deficits into assets
Explanation:
I think the idea is to turn deficit items into asset items for accounting purposes
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David Hollywood
Local time: 20:01
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2capitalisation of losses / to capitalise losses
Steffen Walter
4use of losses to offset income
lenkl
3convert deficits into assets
David Hollywood


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
activation des déficits
convert deficits into assets


Explanation:
I think the idea is to turn deficit items into asset items for accounting purposes

David Hollywood
Local time: 20:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
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Thanks!
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
activation des déficits
capitalisation of losses / to capitalise losses


Explanation:
... I would have thought, as we're talking accounting here.

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 01:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Lalevee: yes definitely.
12 mins
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
51 mins
neutral  lenkl: Possibly, but the capitalisation of losses is an unusual and in certain instances questionable financial accounting practice.
3 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
activation des déficits
use of losses to offset income


Explanation:
What they seem to be talking about here is the use of accumulated losses from earlier periods (or from other entities in a group) to offset income and reduce taxes. They are saying that entities that used to post losses have not been profitable long enough to warrant the use of losses carried over from previous periods.

lenkl
Local time: 01:01
Specializes in field
PRO pts in category: 53

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Steffen Walter: which would be losses carried forward for tax purposes - I'm not sure whether they're referring to this here
17 hrs
  -> You're correct, although losses are not carried forward for tax purposes only. A term frequently used in relation to taxes is "loss carryover"
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