> Revenue is absolute. Money either came in or it didn't. Sadly nothing is that absolute. Plenty of revenue scandals out there. A typical example of this: a

> Revenue is absolute. Money either came in or it didn't. Sadly nothing is that absolute. Plenty of revenue scandals out there. A typical example of this: a large supermarket hasn't made enough money for the year, and asks its suppliers to book future sales that (very likely) will come next year as real sales now. The suppliers do this, and actually pay up, because they want to stay on good terms with the big supermarket. So the supermarket has the "absolute revenue" now, but has a hidden liability behind it. It's not theoretical: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37536538 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37536538 "Auditors found that the inflated profit figure was the result of Tesco booking payments from suppliers before the company had been due the money."