Proactive Fraud Auditing End of Chapter 4 in Albrecht FRAUD DETECTION Recognizing the Symptoms of Fraud Identify Risk Exposures Proactively Look for Symptoms & Exposures 1 2 Actg 537 Identify Fraud Symptoms for Each Exposure 3 4 Investigate Identified Symptoms Symptoms of Fraud What are some irregularities in source documents to look for? Missing Documents Payee Names & Addresses = Employee “Stale Items” on Bank Items” Reconciliation Excessive Voids or Credits
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Financial Statements Analysis Interpretation of Financial Ratios Financial statements analysis is the process of examining relationships among elements of the the company’s "accounting statements" or financial statements (balance sheet‚ income statement‚ statement of cash flow and the statement of retained earnings) and making comparisons with relevant information. Financial statements analysis is a valuable tool used by investors‚ creditors‚ financial analysts‚ owners‚ managers and others in their
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Analyzing Financial Statements July 6‚ 2009 Ellen Tobey MMPBL/503 Mr. William Mellett Introduction Financial statements are created to give the small business owner a clear understanding of how their company is performing. Accurately prepared financial statements are important to manage the business‚ borrow money and pay the correct amount of tax. The three basic financial statements are the balance sheet‚ the income statement and statement of cash flows; each tells something different
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I - A. " Representational faithfulness is accomplished when transactions and events affecting the entity are presented in financial statements in a manner that is in agreement with the actual underlying transactions and events" (CICA‚ Financial statement Concepts 1000.21 (a)‚ 2003). It means that all of information in the financial statement such as numbers and descriptions must be factual. The independent auditors checked the computer ID tags on each piece of equipment to confirm the actual numbers
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Introduction Occupational fraud is said to be that fraud perpetrated by an employee of an organization against his organization. According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)‚ “occupational fraud is the use of one’s occupation for personal enrichment through the deliberate misuse or misapplication of the employing organization’s resources or assets.” (ACFE‚ 2006). These perpetrators use deceit and or trickery to misuse and or steal the resources of the organization for their
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Financial Statements: Industry Comparison University of Phoenix BSA 500: Business Systems I Instructor: May 28‚ 2007 Financial Statements: Industry Comparison More often managers are exposed to financial data and the need exists to develop knowledge and understanding of financial accounting concepts and principals. Nearly all companies prepare financial statements of some type and the complexity of those statements will vary. The analysis and interpretations of financial statements
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DANONE Case - Financial analysis of Danone group PENG Bo (e113110) GE Chuxiao(e113051) JIANG Yihong(e113066) Fiancial Statement Analysis – Danone Case Agenda • Introduction • Capital structure • Profitability • Return • Liquidity • Solvency • Conclusions & Recommendations Fiancial Statement Analysis – Danone Case Introduction of DANONE Group History Initiate in 1966‚ DANONE evolved from the original glass manufacturer to the international leader in fresh diary products.
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ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Chapter Outline I. Reasons to analyze financial statements of foreign companies include: • making foreign portfolio investment decisions‚ • making foreign merger and acquisition decisions‚ • making credit decisions about foreign customers‚ • evaluating foreign suppliers‚ and • benchmarking against foreign competitors. II. There are several problems an analyst might encounter in analyzing foreign financial statements‚ including: • finding
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Financial Statement Analysis Project The Boeing Company November 11‚ 2004 Table of Contents I. Firm‚ Industry‚ and Environment 4 A. Description of firm and environment 4 B. Discussion of competitive environment 6 C. Economic climate and outlook 8 D. Other relevant factors‚ e.g. governmental regulations‚ labor relations‚ litigation‚ etc. 8 II. Evaluation of Balance Sheet 10 A. Description of asset structure 11 a. Current Assets 11 b. Customer and commercial financing 12 c.
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The Ponzi scheme Bernard L. Madoff entered a federal courtroom back in March of 2009 to admit that he had run a vast Ponzi scheme that robbed thousands of investors of their life savings. A Ponzi scheme is when potential investors are wooed with promises of usually large returns‚ usually attributed to the investment manager’s savvy skill‚ or some other “secret sauce”. Returns are repaid‚ at least for a time‚ out of the new investors principal‚ not from profits. This can continue as long as new
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