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I wonder if this is why losses are written down with () instead of -.
by alexb_ 3y ago
I wonder if this is why losses are written down with () instead of -.
- kqr 3y agoYes, that's part of it. The lengths accountants will go to to avoid having to deal with negative numbers is a bit funny.
- inopinatus 3y agoit’s because they know it’s a slippery slope into allowing imaginary and irrational numbers, which is how accountants go to prison.
- PopAlongKid 3y agoIt's just to make it more visually apparent. A tiny preceding hyphen is easy to miss. Same reason why negatives are sometimes printed in red, leading to such phrases as "drowning in red ink".