Two divisions. Zero clarity.
A trucking company. Year one: 50/50 revenue split between divisions.
Year two: Revenue streams reclassified from division one to division two.
Year three: "We messed up." Revenue moved back — plus more shuffled in the other direction.
Every time we spotted a trend, the goalposts moved.
Three years of financials. So much movement between divisions that sustainable revenue, costs, and profits were impossible to pin down.
Multi-division businesses can hide a lot. And this is before I even get into intercompany transactions.
I made a video breaking down what we found: redacted