But that means adding to bad debt reserves or posting a special loss, hurting earnings.
And bad debt ratings mean the cost of borrowing money goes up and profits drop.
Banks, already struggling under a mountain of bad debt, find themselves teetering under freshly-soured loans.
The IRS audited Tax Year 1, including the issue of the bad debt loss.
So even if you take out the losses on bad debt, the profit was still down.
The enhancement in margin came on account of cost control, reduced bad debt and other factors.
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Bad debt is a common problem among child care centers, especially those in middle- to lower-income communities.
Ron Paul has attacked the move by the central banks as panic and buying up bad debt.
Two weeks ago, Merrill Lynch warned it would take a 50-cent-a-share loss from exposure to bad debt.
Among his first targets for investigation are the old mortgage lending boats of bad debt, Fannie and Freddie.
No, we will not go back to an economy weakened by outsourcing, bad debt, and phony financial profits.
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We can't go back to an economy that was weakened by outsourcing and bad debt and phony financial profits.
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This should roughly halve bad debt to 5% of outstanding loans by 2006.
The firms now start the painful process of working through the bad debt.
The segment reported profits due to a substantial reduction in bad debt expense.
Credit-card-fuelled consumer spending played a significant role in South Korea's economic recovery but left a legacy of bad debt.
The deal means Argentina has now settled 92% of the bad debt left from its sovereign default in 2001.
Yes bad debt remains on the credit report for 7 years and bankruptcy remains on the report for 10 years.
Their values, their book values, liquidate values, bad debt ratios, ROEs, ROAs, whatever you want to look at, were improving.
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If you are unable to collect any part those receivables, the bit that remains outstanding is a business bad debt.
McIntosh is producer of the Newport Boat Show, where a 50-foot cruiser named the "Bad Debt" was on sale recently.
Bad debt provisioning rises, handset prices fall and marketing costs increase as competitors try to grab any customer they can get.
Japan's real estate market collapsed, the country's banks were paralyzed by bad debt, and for 15 years Japan was economically stalled.
Since the global financial crash, banks have traveled a hard road of bad debt, volatile funding markets and an uncertain economy.
Just as in the mortgage market, the finance houses are looking to limit their exposure to bad debt and to increase margins.
C. to brief Chief Financial Officer Doug Maine on carrier bad debt.
If you are unable to get repayment from the builder or contractor, you can take a bad debt deduction for the amount.
But doing so would carry greater economic risks, potentially raising already-high levels of bad debt in the banks and curbing consumer spending.
Cut the level of bad debt by requiring banks to use their profits for the next five years to write off problem loans.
During the audit, the Taxpayer argued the loss should have been deducted as a worthless stock loss rather than a bad debt loss.
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