Lowering the provision of doubtful debt will increase the net income as well as the assest on balance sheet (A/R)
This is definitely a violation, since the purpose is merely to manipulate the net income which is link to his bonus. The provision should be based purely on an objective judgement of collectibility of the debts. The general provision could be based on the historical bad debt percentage to the total revenue/sales. A specific provision could only be made based on solid evidence, verifiable by a third party (such as auditor)