Hold On To Your Goods – Preventing & Detecting Inventory Fraud 2 Credits 2 Credits
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Inventory is one of the biggest assets on a manufacturer’s balance sheet. It’s also one of the hardest assets to measure and track. Thousands of transactions flow through the inventory account each year — and many of these journal entries require subjective estimates, such as overhead allocations, write-offs, and valuation adjustments. In addition, many employees have direct daily access to inventory or inventory accounting records, providing an ongoing temptation to steal or cook the books. The retail industry estimates shoplifting losses at roughly $50 billion per year. Meanwhile, the ACFE estimates that 8% of occupational fraud involves the purchasing or warehousing and custody of inventory. With a total of $4.5 trillion, or 5% of GDP lost to occupational fraud, this is an additional $360 billion for a total of over $400 billion lost to inventory-related fraud each year.
Inventory fraud can occur during the acquisition, storage, manufacture, or sale of inventory. Unanticipated inventory shortages due to theft, overpayment for inventory due to collusion with a supplier, and over-ordering inventory due to a conflict of interest can have a devastating effect on a business and may be the difference between success and failure. The examples mentioned above are only a few of the many schemes related to inventory fraud. It is incumbent on management to protect inventory and to make certain that goods conforming to the entity’s needs are acquired at reasonable prices and are used as intended to avoid a competitive disadvantage.
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This CPE Auditing webinar will explore the ways inventory fraud may be committed and both common controls intended to prevent them as well as unconventional controls that may prove more effective when it comes to fraud prevention. In addition, we will also discuss information from which expectations can be derived to develop analytical procedures and management reports useful for detection.
Cases involving inventory losses will be used to highlight various schemes and controls.
| License details | Credits | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Auditing for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) | 2 CPE | Approved |
| Auditing for CPA in Canada | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| Internal Auditing for Certified Internal Auditors (CIA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Internal Audit Practitioner (IAP) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| Chartered Accountant - ICAEW | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| Auditing for Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Certified Financial Forensics (CFF) | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting for Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Master Analyst In Financial Forensics (MAFF) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Detect and mitigate fraud for Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) | 2 CE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting for Certified Controls Specialist (CCS) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Chartered Accountants - Ireland (CAI) | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| Chartered Accountants - Scotland | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| CPA - Ireland | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| License details | Credits | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Auditing for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) | 2 CPE | Approved |
| Auditing for CPA in Canada | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| Internal Auditing for Certified Internal Auditors (CIA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Certified Management Accountants (CMA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Fraud Risk Assessment for Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Delaware Licensed Public Accountant (DE-LPA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Internal Audit Practitioner (IAP) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| Chartered Accountant - ICAEW | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| Auditing for Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Fraud prevention, detection and response for Certified Financial Forensics (CFF) | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting for Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Master Analyst In Financial Forensics (MAFF) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Iowa Licensed Public Accountant (IA-LPA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Auditing for Maine Licensed Public Accountant (ME-LPA) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting for Certified Controls Specialist (CCS) | 2 CPE | Eligible |
| Chartered Accountants - Ireland (CAI) | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| CPA - Ireland | 2 CPD | Eligible |
| Chartered Accountants - Scotland | 2 CPD | Eligible |
Credits
2
Course Level
Basic
Instructional Method
QAS Self Study
Group Internet Based
Pre-requisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
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Mark provides CPE and technical staff training for CPA firms, private industry, state CPA societies, and government organizations. His topics include accounting, SSARS, ethics, fraud, internal and external auditing, internal control development (COSO), entrepreneurship, and developing a business plan. Mark is in the process of initiating a new entity, The Internal Control Institute, which will be offering CPE and staff training related to internal controls, and in conjunction with professors from Claremont Graduate University, will be providing internal control consulting.
Mark is also an expert witness in the defense of CPAs in cases involving primarily ethics, fraud, and compliance with standards in the performance of professional services.
Mark also provides consulting services to CPA firms with an A & A practice that do not have an expert on GAAP or requirements of Professional Standards within the firm. He addresses such matters as conformity with GAAP, adequacy of disclosures, compliance with professional standards, risk assessment, development and performance of audit and review processes, engagement documentation, compilation and preparation engagements, ethics and independence requirements, assessing and enhancing internal controls for the firm and clients, preparation for peer review, and staff training and CPE. He also provides consulting services related to client management and marketing.
Mark’s public accounting experience includes working with Kenneth Leventhal & Company and more recently, he was a partner at NSBN, a Beverly Hills CPA and business consulting firm. Mark’s industry experience includes serving as assistant controller of a large trucking and warehousing firm along with controller and Vice President of Finance and Administration for major real estate development companies. Mark also spent nearly 30 years as an entrepreneur, operating a company that prepared individuals for the CPA exam nationwide.
Mark has been involved in accounting education at CSU Northridge, CSU San Bernardino, Loyola Marymount University and UCLA. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in accounting from CSU Northridge. He obtained his Executive MBA at the Peter Drucker and Masatoshi Ito School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, where he previously had been a student of Dr. Drucker’s. He also obtained an Internal Control Certificate from COSO. Until recently, he authored “Knowledge Based Preparation, Compilation, and Review Engagements” for CCH and updated their checklists for SSARS engagements. He also served as Senior Editor for Roger CPA Review.
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RB
Mark gave a very interesting presentation on inventory fraud. He did a great job of keeping it practical with many real world examples of the concepts he was teaching about.
KP
This was informative, and well presented. It's a tough subject, and shocking at how much theft our retailers have to deal with.
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