I'm trying to describe being on top of things accounting-wise but can't quite find the words. Is there some kind of idiomatic antonym for "cooking the books"?
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I'm trying to describe being on top of things accounting-wise but can't quite find the words. Is there some kind of idiomatic antonym for "cooking the books"?
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In colloquial use "keeping clean books" is a phrase that is often used and would be widely understood.
(Technically, you could say "following generally accepted accounting principles" or "using GAAP" but that's only idiomatic in accounting and finance.)