Financial Shenanigans

Name: Financial Shenanigans
Author: Schilit, Howard Mark

How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Reports

Gebonden Engels 2018 4e druk 9781260117264

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The bestselling classic from the “Sherlock Holmes of Accounting”—updated to reflect the key case studies and most important lessons from the past quarter century.
This fourth edition of the classic guide shines a light on the most shocking frauds and financial reporting offenders of the last twenty-five years, and gives investors the tools they need to detect:
•Corporate cultures that incentivize dishonest practices•The latest tricks companies use to exaggerate revenue and earnings•Techniques devised by management to manipulate cash flow as easily as earnings•Companies that use misleading metrics to fool investors about their financial performance•How companies use acquisitions to hide deterioration in their underlying business
This new edition focuses on the key case studies and most important lessons from the past quarter century, and brings you up to date on accounting chicanery in the global markets. Howard Schilit and his team of renowned forensic accounting experts expose financial reporting miscreants and unveil the latest methods companies use to mislead investors. You’ll learn everything you need to know to unearth deceptive reporting and avoid costly mistakes.

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ISBN13:9781260117264

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:gebonden

Aantal pagina's:336

Uitgever:McGraw-Hill Education

Druk:4

Verschijningsdatum:23-4-2018

Hoofdrubriek:Financieel management

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Preface: Reflections on My Last 25 Years

Part One: Establishing the Foundation
Chapter 1: 25 Years of Shenanigans
Chapter 2: Just Touch Up the X-Rays

Part Two: Earnings Manipulation Shenanigans
Chapter 3: Earnings Manipulation Shenanigan No. 1: Recording Revenue Too Soon
Chapter 4: Earnings Manipulation Shenanigan No. 2: Recording Bogus Revenue
Chapter 5: Earnings Manipulation Shenanigan No. 3: Boosting Income with One-Time or Unsustainable Activities
Chapter 6: Earnings Manipulation Shenanigan No. 4: Shifting Current Expenses to a Later Period
Chapter 7: Earnings Manipulation Shenanigan No. 5: Employing Other Techniques to Hide Expenses or Losses
Chapter 8: Earnings Manipulation Shenanigan No. 6: Shifting Current Income to a Later Period
Chapter 9: Earnings Manipulation Shenanigan No. 7: Shifting Future Expenses to the Current Period

Part Three: Cash Flow Shenanigans
Chapter 10: Cash Flow Shenanigan No. 1: Shifting Financing Cash Inflows to the Operating Section
Chapter 11: Cash Flow Shenanigan No. 2: Moving Operating Cash Outflows to Other Sections
Chapter 12: Cash Flow Shenanigan No. 3: Boosting Operating Cash Flow Using Unsustainable Activities

Part Four: Key Metrics Shenanigans
Chapter 13: Key Metric Shenanigan No. 1: Showcasing Misleading Metrics that Overstate Performance
Chapter 14: Key Metric Shenanigan No. 2: Distorting Balance Sheet Metrics to Avoid Showing Deterioration

Part Five: Acquisition Accounting Shenanigans
Chapter 15: Acquisition Accounting Shenanigan No. 1: Artificially Boosting Revenue and Earnings
Chapter 16: Acquisition Accounting Shenanigan No. 2: Inflating Reported Cash Flow
Chapter 17: Acquisition Accounting Shenanigan No. 3: Manipulating Key Metrics

Part Six: Putting it all Together
Chapter 18: The Unraveling
Chapter 19: The Forensic Mindset
Index
Acknowledgments