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July 09, 2006

Accounting, IKEA style

Here's an interesting piece of financial sleuthing about the "tax-efficient" setup of privately held IKEA:Lebst Du schon - oder schraubst Du noch?

2 Comments:

Blogger The Big Finn said...

I read that article. The accounting creativity involved is absolutely amazing!

14/7/06 18:22  
Blogger Chris said...

Isn't it. One wonders though whether this sorcerer's stone doesn't have any unpleasant side-effects. One of the most obvious ones would be structural rigidity, I assume, with a very limited access to capital markets. But as long as the business goes as it does, that's probably not so much of an issue.

15/7/06 18:13  

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