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Grand Hyatt accounting-method change

Grand Hyatt accounting-method change

contradicted
Promised
Trump described his business record as evidence that he could turn projects from vision into completion.Open cited record · 1 source
The record
The hotel partnership changed the accounting treatment used to calculate rent linked to project income.Open cited record · 1 source
Who paid
City auditors concluded that the change lowered the rent due to New York City.Open cited record
  • Grand Hyatt partnership
  • New York City
Audit finding
contradicted

The audit supplies government-attributed evidence that an accounting change reduced public rent receipts; the hotel partnership disputed parts of the city's analysis.

Causal strength: source attributed

Evidence chronology

  1. promisedocumented

    Trump described his business record as evidence that he could turn projects from vision into completion.

    Open underlying ledger entry
  2. actionreported

    The hotel partnership changed the accounting treatment used to calculate rent linked to project income.

    Open underlying ledger entry
  3. payerdocumented

    City auditors concluded that the change lowered the rent due to New York City.

    Open underlying ledger entry
  4. limitationreported

    The partnership disputed the city's position, and the reporting does not establish that every accounting issue was finally adjudicated.

    Open underlying ledger entry

Responses, legal status, contrary evidence, and limitations

  • limitation

    The partnership disputed the city's position, and the reporting does not establish that every accounting issue was finally adjudicated.