accountant to overlook certain financial figures from a balance sheet that may portray the business in a bad light to the public and investors. Omission may not seem like a significant breach of accounting ethics to an accountant because it does not encompass direct operation of numbers or records. This is specifically why an accountant must remain ethically cautious to circumvent falling into such a trap. Accountants need to be educated on what forms of financial statements frauds can be committed and
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Module 1 Case Test Discussion Case 2-39 a. There are three factors that should be considered when illegal activity occurs. The first factor an auditor should consider is how the occurrence effects the financial statement and the penalty‚ if any‚ for the issue. The second factor to be considered is the integrity of the management staff and their reaction to the illegal occurrence. The last factor for an auditor to consider when an illegal occurrence happens is the internal controls
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Britannia Industries Ltd. & Nestlé India Ltd. A comparison of financial statements Submitted to: Prof. Seshadev Sahoo Submitted By: Group 1 Chandan Gupta Sona Sood Shivaki Deshwal Samuel Nigg Nishant X. Jeyaraj PGP28086 PGP28068 PGP28202 IEP14002 PGP26029 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT LUCKNOW 5th September‚ 2013 Table of Contents 1. Overview of the companies (only financial‚ profitability‚ activity-sales‚ market cap and other significant aspect)
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The analysis of financial information refers to the process of the critical examination of the financial information contained in the financial statements in order to understand and make the decisions regarding the operations of the firm. There are four kinds of analysis namely; external analysis‚ internal analysis‚ horizontal analysis and vertical analysis. The external analysis is done by outsiders who do not have access to the detailed internal accounting records of the business firm. When it
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Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory Vol. 30‚ No. 2 May 2011 pp. 19–50 American Accounting Association DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-50009 Financial Statement Fraud Detection: An Analysis of Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms Johan Perols SUMMARY: This study compares the performance of six popular statistical and machine learning models in detecting financial statement fraud under different assumptions of misclassification costs and ratios of fraud firms to nonfraud firms. The results show‚ somewhat
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2002:53 Financial Statement Fraud - Recognition of Revenue and the Auditor’s Responsibility for Detecting Financial Statement Fraud - Tiina Intal and Linh Thuy Do Graduate Business School School of Economics and Commercial Law Göteborg University ISSN 1403-851X Printed by Elanders Novum Abstract Financial reporting frauds and earnings manipulation have attracted high profile attention recently. There have been several cases by businesses of what appears to be financial statement fraud
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Analysis of Financial Statements: | Best Buy | By: Ashley Lorenzo08/15/2013Intermediate AccountingProfessor Odonnell | Table of Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….2 Introduction Best Buy is a multinational retailer of consumer electronics. They include mobile phone products‚ computing‚ entertainment products‚ appliances and related services. They operate retail stores and call centers that are very successful. This report analyzes their financial statements
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A. Published financial statements are prepared to satisfy the needs of the different users of accounts‚ of which investors form part. While the statements provide useful information to investors‚ they are not without limitations. The usefulness of using financial statements and its limitations are discussed below. Usefulness of published financial statements Financial statements provide information about the net worth of a business at a specific point of time and its trading performance during
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) Brief for the City of Topeka‚ Kansas Abstract The comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) is prepared by governments—state‚ city‚ county‚ or municipalities—that allows the citizenry the opportunity to review the performance of fiscal responsibilities with all funds and activities of the primary government. Although CAFR is not mandated‚ it is encouraged‚ with adherence and publication for prepared statements and disclosures in accordance with
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ASSESSING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1 Assessing Financial Statements Kimberly Adcock ACC/230 December 4‚ 201\4 Cynthia Kacmar ASSESSING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2 The company that I have chosen to
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