Jewish Stocktake Edit Meaning

1.

The process by which a shopkeeper destroys their own shop in a self-lit fire, in order to claim insurance. The payout from the insurance is invariably higher than the projected profits from the shop.

Shopkeeper: "Business hasn't been doing so well the past two years."

Accountant: "Perhaps it's time for a Jewish Stocktake."

See insurance, business, fire, jew, stingy, arson, extheist