Accounting Red Flag 6: Debt & Interest Charges.

Опубликовано: 06 Сентябрь 2026
на канале: Behind the Balance Sheet
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In this video, we look at how the interested charge can reveal a balance sheet which has been the subject of window dressing.

If the interest charge looks very high relative to the year-end debt, this is usually a sure fire signal that the debt at year-end has been manipulated. This was very obvious at UK tour operator Thos Cook, as we explain in the video.

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