"Big bath accounting" describes a company's actions when it:
A) Manages its earnings in a downward direction in the year of a major acquisition or restructuring
B) Optimizes the amount of Goodwill recognized upon paying a premium to acquire another company
C) Manages its earnings by maintaining such a large number of discretionary items that it could "fill a bathtub," so to speak
D) "Cleans its books," so to speak, of improperly recorded items in anticipation of a rigorous audit examination
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