Emil Lederer · 1920
This brief commission speaking turn records Lederer’s disagreement with Rathenau over whether increased depreciation constitutes falsification of the accounts. Lederer denies the charge; Rathenau interjects that it does. Lederer then challenges the inference:
Ist es denn eine Fälschung der Bücher, wenn er mehr abschreibt?
English translation: Is it really a falsification of the accounts if he writes off more?
The question distinguishes a larger write-off from fraudulent bookkeeping. The excerpt supplies neither the accounting circumstances nor a developed defence; its significance lies in identifying this disputed distinction within the coal-mining discussion.
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