More deferred revenue connected with volume shipments to new customers in the Middle East and Africa.
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He says stock options--which are not subject to the deferred compensation cap--could be one way to make up for the cap on deferred revenue.
By the end of the March quarter, the impact of the accounting switch on Accelrys' recognized revenue and deferred revenue will have run its course.
Analysts focus on a balance-sheet liability called deferred revenue.
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Each additional licensing agreement for both companies adds to deferred revenue and rising deferred revenue means better not only earnings visibility but good cash generation given robust margins associated with patent licensing agreements.
If you buy and hold Facebook credits (used to buy virtual goods in games on Facebook) Facebook treats the purchase as deferred revenue the same way a retailer would book the sale of a gift card until you spend your credits.
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For years, the Mets and Sterling used Mr. Madoff's firm as a virtual bank account, depositing everything from ticket revenue to deferred compensation for players to Sterling employees' 401(k) money with the firm, according to a person familiar with the team's finances.
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Since 1978 it had barred the Internal Revenue Service from issuing regulations covering "nonqualified" deferred comp.
In 2009, UBS obtained a deferred prosecution agreement for conspiring to defraud the US of tax revenue by creating more than 17, 000 secret Swiss accounts.
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Future revenue for software subscriptions that should have been deferred or recorded as coming in the future but not yet booked were stripped out and booked all at once.
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Indeed, last week, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy Eric Solomon warned that even revenue raisers that have passed just one tax-writing committee (such as the restrictions on deferred compensation the Senate Finance Committee embraced) are likely to reemerge.
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