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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effect in the first year would be an equal decrease in both the numerator (adjusted net income) and the denominator (average total assets) of ROA. Because net income is substantially smaller than average total assets‚ the percentage decrease in the numerator would be greater‚ and ROA would be understated. However‚ in the next two years‚ net income would be overstated because it is not burdened by a depreciation charge‚ average total assets would remain understated‚ and ROA would be overstated. b.
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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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be helping us understand financial statement analysis in a much broader way. It will also help us understand the implications of financial statement analysis to the management. This report will contribute additional knowledge on how to analyze the financial position of a company to determine if it is earning or losing. II. OBJECTIVES 1. Know and explain the various ways financial statements are analyzed. 2. Know and explain the objectives of financial statement analyses. 3. Know
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3101AFE TUTORIAL 2 - Semester 2 2013 Deegan Topics 2 and 3: The financial reporting environment and Regulation of financial accounting 2.1 What expectations do accounting standard-setters have about the accounting knowledge of financial statement readers? Accounting standard-setters have an expectation that the readers of general purpose financial reports have a ‘reasonable knowledge’ of accounting. Specifically‚ the IASB Framework states that ‘users are expected to have
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Financial statements are essential accounting tools which include balance sheets‚ cash flow statements‚ and income statements that provide information on a company ’s past and present financial history. Information on financial statements can be used by any number of public and private entities to determine if an organization ’s financial status is healthy. Burger King and McDonald ’s are two organizations that use financial statements in conducting business. Further‚ this paper will discuss the
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Graduate School of Management ACCT 551 Course Project Notes to Financial Statements Table of Contents I. Cover Page 1 II. Table of Contents Page 2 III. Tropical Pool Cleaning Income Statement Page 3 IV. Tropical Pool Cleaning Balance Sheet Page 4 V. Notes to Financial Statements Page 5 VI. Reference Page 9 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements NOTE 1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 1
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________________________________ Financial Statement Analysis Financial statement analysis (or financial analysis) the process of understanding the risk and profitability of a firm (business‚ sub-business or project) through analysis of reported financial information‚ by using different accounting tools and techniques. Financial Statement Analysis Tools Financial statements are usually the final output of companies accounting operations. These statements contain information relating to the revenues
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS for Policy regarding expansion in future: Analyzing financial statements involves evaluating three characteristics: a company’s liquidity‚ profitability and solvency. A short-term creditor such as a bank is primarily interested in liquidity – the borrower to pay obligations when they come due. A long-term creditor‚ such as a bondholder‚ looks to profitability and solvency
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Stakeholders’ and Financial Statements Carol Watts Intermediate Accounting I ACC305 In today’s day and age there is no easy way of telling which companies are doing well and which are almost down in the dumps. Banks‚ lending facilities‚ and/or external stakeholders are greatly interested in seeing where companies are in the market compared to their competitors. These companies take the most risk by investing their monies into entities that are not started‚ maintained‚ or organized by
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