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Re:AccountingBench: Evaluating LLMs on real long-horizon bus... by OtherShrezzing on Monday July 21, 2025 @04:24PM (#44640010)
No, I think in this particular case the proper response is for honest companies to avoid any systems which invent nonexistent transactions to reconcile books.

Most businesses don’t want to misrepresent their books, irrespective of the existence of shady accountants.

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Re:AccountingBench: Evaluating LLMs on real long-horizon bus... by lazide on Monday July 21, 2025 @10:48PM (#44642788)
It is really really common for book keepers to create transactions to reconcile books. Not okay, but ‘journal entries’ are pervasive.
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Re:AccountingBench: Evaluating LLMs on real long-horizon bus... by kqr on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @02:56AM (#44643954)
Called plug entries: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_(accounting)
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