Forensic Accounting For DummiesA practical, hands-on guide to forensic accounting Careers in forensic accounting are hot-US News & World Report recently designated forensic accounting as one of the eight most secure career tracks in America., Forensic accountants work in most major accounting firms and demand for their services is growing with then increasing need for investigations of mergers and acquisitions, tax inquiries, and economic crime. In addition, forensic accountants perform specialized audits, and assist in all kinds of civil litigation, and are often involved in terrorist investigations. Forensic Accounting For Dummies will track to a course and explain the concepts and methods of forensic accounting.
Whether you're a student pursuing a career in forensic accounting or just want to understand how to detect and deal with financial fraud, Forensic Accounting For Dummies has you covered. |
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Getting to Know the Most Common Fraud Schemes | 33 |
Dealing in subprime and predatory lending | 38 |
Forensic Accounting Minus the Fraud | 51 |
Working with logical collections | 205 |
Who Wants to Know? Reporting on Your Findings | 213 |
Following the report Preparing Oral Reports with Care Crafting Advocacy Reports | 224 |
Preparing for Trial Business Litigation | 227 |
Whistleblowersplaintiffs | 229 |
Assisting with discovery Managing documents and data | 239 |
Organizing Evidence and Serving as an Expert Witness | 243 |
Peeking Inside Federal Government Fraud Cases | 255 |
The forensic accountants role Calculating Business Interruption Costs for Insurance Purposes | 59 |
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The Anatomy of Occupational Fraud | 70 |
Investigating Inventory Fraud | 83 |
Preventing and Unearthing Inventory Fraud | 90 |
Cooked Books Finding Financial Statement Fraud Chapter 6 Investigating Inventory Fraud Chapter 7 Examining Revenue Recognition Problems | 93 |
Getting to Know Types of Revenue Fraud | 96 |
Other revenue frauds | 102 |
Studying Securities Fraud | 107 |
Its All in the Family Fraud | 121 |
Protecting Estates Trusts and the Elderly | 133 |
Presenting a forged will or hiding the will | 140 |
Recognizing Real Estate Fraud | 143 |
The square footage scheme The landlord as retail partner | 153 |
Meeting Your Methods of Investigation | 159 |
Conducting interviews | 166 |
Tracing the Flow of Money | 171 |
Analyzing financial statement basics | 172 |
Going to the Source Obtaining Records | 183 |
Tapping into Electronic Evidence | 199 |
Preventing Occupational Fraud Chapter 20 Helping Small Businesses Prevent Fraud | 273 |
Establishing Effective Internal Controls | 280 |
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Keeping Employees Honest and Happy | 305 |
Gauging Employee Satisfaction Or Lack Thereof Doing some informal testing Testing more formally for employee satisfaction | 313 |
Applying Technology to Fraud Prevention | 315 |
The Part of Tens Chapter 24 Ten Entertaining Portrayals of Fraud 331 | 331 |
Ten Fairly Common and Unsuspected Frauds | 337 |
Ten Truly Strange Fraud Stories | 343 |
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