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Reciprocal or circular stockholding and accounting fictitious capital
[Participations réciproques ou circulaires et fictivité du capital]

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  • Jean Pouget

    (IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School)

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La fictivité du capital envisagée du point de vue comptable est radicalement différente du concept développé par Karl Marx. La fictivité du capital, d'un point de vue comptable, est un vice qui affecte la matérialité de l'apport monétaire lors de la souscription du capital social d'une société. Le capital social peut ne pas être encore totalement libéré, mais il devra l'être au terme fixé par la loi. Le capital fictif du point de vue comptable est un montage financier qui permet de réutiliser le même montant monétaire pour souscrire à au moins 2 fois au capital social de sociétés. C'est un capital qui a pour contrepartie comptable au moins un autre capital (participation réciproque), ce qui est une hérésie en matière de comptabilité en partie double. Autrement dit, c'est un capital qui n'existe pas autrement que dans une présentation comptable : il est fictif. Cet article montre par 3 exemples concrets comment cette fictivité du capital peut être mesurée, comment les comptes sociaux ignorent cette anomalie comptable et comment cette fictivité est neutralisée dans les comptes consolidés d'un groupe. Fictitious share capital in accounting is radically different from the Karl Marx's concept. Accounting fictitious stockholding capital affects viciously the materiality of the monetary contribution upon subscription of a company share capital. Share capital may be partialy paid or not, but i twill be sooner or later fully libérated. Fictitious share capital in accounting is a financial arrangement allowing to reuse the same monetary amount to invest at least 2 times or more in share capital of another company. From an accounting point of view, that is heresy. In other words, fictitious share capital is the monetary amount that does not exist otherwise than in accounting books. This is why it is considered as fictitious. This article shows through 3 examples from professional experience : - how fictitious capital is evaluated, -how financial statements are until today mute about this accounting abnomality - how group accounts offset fictitious share capital

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  • Jean Pouget, 1982. "Reciprocal or circular stockholding and accounting fictitious capital [Participations réciproques ou circulaires et fictivité du capital]," Post-Print hal-01389878, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01389878
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