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Push Down Accounting

Push down accounting is a bookkeeping method used by companies when they buy out another firm. The acquirer’s accounting basis is used to prepare the financial statements of the purchased entity. In the process, the assets and liabilities of the target company are updated to reflect the purchase cost, rather than historical cost.

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