Sentences with phrase «accounting gimmick»

A fiscal 1992 appropriations bill that is nearing final passage includes a new accounting gimmick that obscures the amount actually allocated for the Education Department — and for which competing explanations have been offered.

In an opinion piece published in The New York Times, Miner called that effort an «accounting gimmick.»

Instead, it would let municipalities push payment of today's ballooning pension costs into the future, in what amounts to an accounting gimmick.

Most famously, Miner wrote an op - ed article for The New York Times in February 2013 chiding Cuomo for a lack of leadership and calling one of his proposals an «accounting gimmick.»

Its an accounting gimmick that only works when you can make your own money.

«The Astorino administration negotiated with an airport management vendor behind closed doors, likely to avoid scrutiny for the newest accounting gimmick,» said county Legislator Ken Jenkins, a Yonkers Democrat who has already announced his plans to run for county executive in 2017.

It's easy for you Mr. DiNapoli to say Pension Smoothing is an accounting gimmick that would leave pension funds exposed, but in the end it's likely the last window of opportunity that a City like Syracuse, NY had to get their house in order.

Last week, Miner wrote an op - ed piece that called Cuomo's pension proposal an accounting gimmick and said the state lacks leadership.

Syracuse, NY - Mayor Stephanie Miner made her boldest statement yet against the popular Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo when she said his plan to help cities with pension costs was an accounting gimmick and that the state lacks leadership.

Miner called it an «accounting gimmick» and wrote an op - ed in The New York Times.

That they chose the «accounting gimmick» instead makes a strong case that they were actively seeking a wedge issue to weaken the Church and its teachings, as well as the Catholic vote.

Charles Krauthammer called it an «accounting gimmick,» as did Paul Rahe of Hillsdale College, writing for National Review Online, where he said Obama's compromise was a «farce,» a «snare and a delusion» designed to permit «bishops, priests, and nuns to save face while, in fact, paying for the contraception and abortifacients that the insurance companies will be required to provide.»

«It's essentially an accounting gimmick,» said Mitchell.

Sidestepping the Fraud Issue: Bailing out fraudsters instead of saving America's economic base Recent federal bankruptcy proceedings have exposed Lehman's deceptive off - balance - sheet accounting gimmicks such as Repo 105 to conceal its true position.

So is there an authoritative source for these «accounting gimmicks»?

He imposed accounting gimmicks on the state's school boards that are forcing them to bear the burden of borrowing money until next year, when Pawlenty apparently thinks new sources of funding will magically appear, enabling the state to pay the schools what they've promised.

Cuomo's budget division says it will cover most of the $ 3.5 billion deficit with unspecified cuts (and some accounting gimmicks, no doubt, like re-classifying certain spending programs) that hold operating spending growth to 2 percent.

The budget he delivered this week is chock full of accounting gimmicks and plugging holes with one time funding sources.

But that's only thanks to accounting gimmicks that mask the true jump, which a Citizens Budget Commission analyst suspects is over 4 percent.

No Small Change: Some of New York's oldest businesses used clever accounting gimmicks to reap rewards meant for brand - new businesses.

The mayor published an opinion piece in The New York Times accusing Cuomo of offering cities «accounting gimmicks» rather than real leadership.

Expenses cut, revenues juiced (and I don't mean accounting gimmicks) etc..

«For most investments, much can go wrong, including numerous factors beyond an investor's control: the economy, the markets, interest rates, the dollar, war, politics, tax rates, new technology, labor problems, competition, litigation, natural disasters, fraud, dilution, accounting gimmicks, and corporate mismanagement.

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According to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R - TX), today's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will add $ 1.51 trillion to the debt, before accounting for interest or possible gimmicks.

This was not achieved in trials and it will seem to be a marketing gimmick to get you open your account with them.

Moreover, the gimmicks adopted by the millionaire matchmaker websites can easily lure one into making an account.

You know that the promised psychological profiling isn't just a cheap gimmick if the site itself asks you to stop the account creation to take a long gaze at your hand.

The cat suit is just a gimmick and new power - ups only account for a fraction of a game's newness.

As a result, viewers may be surprised to find that gimmick aside, the film offers a simple account of a father and son cultivating a connection, with the machines adding to the fantasy of the youth - oriented action adventure effort.

However, the way Governor Malloy and the Connecticut General Assembly played with State Account 35416 is a prime example of the type of budget gimmicks that were used to help create this year's projected «surplus.»

Having said that, we know that «gimmicks» account for a vast percentage of consumer spending each year, so maybe the Optimus 3D is yet to have its day.

This was not achieved in trials and it will seem to be a marketing gimmick to get you open your account with them.

A no - frills account with a Visa ® debit card that makes it easy to access your money; no gimmicks, no hidden fees.

He didn't do it with gimmicks like an app that rounds up credit card purchases to the nearest dollar and deposits the difference in an investing account, giving you the impression you're saving while you're actually spending.

It only works with Gmail or Office 365 accounts, and while their chatbot concept is probably going to be built into all email apps one day, for now, it's a bit of a gimmick.