pedalada fiscal

English translation: fiscal trick, fiscal maneuver

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Portuguese term or phrase:pedalada fiscal
English translation:fiscal trick, fiscal maneuver
Entered by: mopc

23:03 Oct 21, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: pedalada fiscal
Pedaladas fiscais do Governo Federal em 2014 alteraram as metas do orçamento
mopc
Brazil
Local time: 04:27
fiscal trick, fiscal maneuver
Explanation:
In Brazilian Portuguese the term "pedalada" has the meaning of trick, maneuver etc.

It probably has origin in a football slang:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ginga

My suggestion is: fiscal trick, fiscal maneuver

Newman/Kerry's tax credit fiscal trick - Progressive Populist
www.populist.com/04.9.newman.html
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Nathan Newman. Kerry's Tax Credit Fiscal Trick. Democrat John Kerry said April 21 that if elected president he will cap federal spending and acknowledged that ...

New TCU chief promises close watch over government ...
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New TCU chief promises close watch over government fiscal maneuvers. 12:00 AM (GMT -03:00) – Dec 09 2014. At a moment when the government faces ...
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 09:27
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Summary of answers provided
4fiscal trick, fiscal maneuver
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4fudging public accounts
Arthur Dias
4cooking the books
airmailrpl
3(delayed) (holding back) spending/expenditure
Ana Vozone


  

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(delayed) (holding back) spending/expenditure


Explanation:
Suggestion based on the description below:

http://infograficos.estadao.com.br/public/economia/pedaladas...


    https://books.google.pt/books?id=C360RPj-0SUC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=%22holding+back+expenditure%22&source=bl&ots=AyYBOPCwP_&sig=wYH9Kh_ptiaUri
Ana Vozone
Local time: 08:27
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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fiscal trick, fiscal maneuver


Explanation:
In Brazilian Portuguese the term "pedalada" has the meaning of trick, maneuver etc.

It probably has origin in a football slang:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ginga

My suggestion is: fiscal trick, fiscal maneuver

Newman/Kerry's tax credit fiscal trick - Progressive Populist
www.populist.com/04.9.newman.html
Oversett denne siden
Nathan Newman. Kerry's Tax Credit Fiscal Trick. Democrat John Kerry said April 21 that if elected president he will cap federal spending and acknowledged that ...

New TCU chief promises close watch over government ...
www.valor.com.br/.../new-tcu-chief-promises-close-...
Oversett denne siden
New TCU chief promises close watch over government fiscal maneuvers. 12:00 AM (GMT -03:00) – Dec 09 2014. At a moment when the government faces ...


Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 09:27
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 19
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fudging public accounts


Explanation:
Esta foi a solução utilizada pelo jornal The Guardian ao explicar a situação política atual do Brasil.


    Reference: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/15/brazil-impeachm...
Arthur Dias
Local time: 04:27
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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cooking the books


Explanation:
pedalada fiscal => cooking the books

Cooking the Books - Quest - World of Warcraft - Wowhead
www.wowhead.com/quest=39003/cooking-the-books
The phrase "cooking the books" is accounting slang for altering financial information to appear more financially stable than you would otherwise, usually to perpetuate some sort of fraudulent activity.


DEFINITION of 'Cook The Books' A buzzword describing fraudulent activities performed by corporations in order to falsify their financial statements. Typically, cooking the books involves augmenting financial data to yield previously non-existent earnings.
Cook The Books Definition | Investopedia
www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cookthebooks.asp

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 04:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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