Overview
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Defining financial statement fraud
7 mins
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Who commits financial statement fraud?
15 mins
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Conceptual framework for financial reporting
23 mins
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Fictitious revenues
33 mins
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Improper asset valuation
47 mins
Course Description
A series of corporate scandals where employees, investors, and other stakeholders suffered tremendous loss have made the world aware of the severity of financial statement fraud. Their motives were either to manipulate share prices for their personal gain or to gain incentives by showing good performance and hiding bad news.
In current times, due to pressure from owners, lack of internal controls, and integrity, financial frauds are common and it is a global scourge that harms the reputations of all industries and costs trillions of dollars in worldwide damages each year. Fraud is a persistent fact of business life. The risks of fraud are only increasing fueled by changes in corporate culture, competitive markets, and periods of economic difficulty. Effective fraud prevention and detection begins with awareness.
Major topics highlighted in the Auditing CPE webinar:
- What exactly is financial statements fraud?
- Why financial statement frauds are conducted?
- Who commit Financial Statement Frauds?
- How they are committed - Some general categories?
- How to detect if there is any fraud in financial statements using analytical methods?
The goal of this CPE course is to enhance professionals' abilities to recognize the fraudulent activities and develop strategies to deter the misconduct.
Disclaimer:
- The goal of this CPE course is not to teach you how to carry out financial statement.
- Analytical methods only show symptoms of fraud, there is no guarantee to detect all. Users and auditors need to dig deeper into financial statement details to uncover any financial statement fraud.
Learning Objectives
- To recognize the motivations to commit fraud
- To identify the symptoms of deceptive accounting practices
- To recognize common techniques used to manipulate earnings
- To identify strategies in reducing financial statement fraud
- To list down the categories of fraudulent financial reporting
- To discuss the responsibilities of different parties regarding financial statement fraud
Recommended For
- This ACFE approved course is appropriate for CPAs, CFEs, external auditors, internal auditors, CIAs, forensic accounts, CFFs, MAFFs, law enforcement personnel, risk managers, business owners, and others who might be interested in learning techniques to uncover fraud in financial statements.
- Accountants, Auditors and students having keen interest, excitement and enthusiasm for preventing, detecting and investigating frauds.
- This CPE course is good for CIA, CRMA, and all other titles governed by IIACPAs in either public or private practice with accounting, financial reporting, or attest responsibilities.
Who Should Attend?
- Accounting and audit managers/practitioners
- Auditors
- Certified Fraud Examiner
- Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- CPA (Industry)
- CPA - Mid Size Firm
- CPA - Small Firm
- CPA in Business
- Entrepreneurial CPA
- Forensic Accountant
- Fraud & Forensic Auditor
- Young CPA