Financial Shenanigans How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Report

Name: Financial Shenanigans How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Report
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ISBN: 9780070561311

ISBN-10: 0070561311

ISBN-13: 9780070561311

Edition: 1993

Authors: Howard M. Schilit

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Would a company with serious financial problems want to broadcast that fact in its corporate report? Of course not! Prospective investors and lenders should understand that some companies in hot water try to hide the fact with "creative accounting" techniques that provide a distorted picture of their financial health. Now a noted authority uncovers the gimmicks which can hide ailing finances. 20 illustrations.

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List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 191
Size: 6.33" wide x 9.27" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
What Are Shenanigans?	p. 1
Searching for Shenanigans	p. 15
Shenanigan No. 1: Recording Revenue Too Soon	p. 33
Shenanigan No. 2: Recording Bogus Revenues	p. 49
Shenanigan No. 3: Boosting Income with One-Time Gains	p. 59
Shenanigan No. 4: Shifting Current Expenses to a Later Period	p. 77
Shenanigan No. 5: Failing to Record or Disclose All Liabilities	p. 97
Shenanigan No. 6: Shifting Current Income to a Later Period	p. 111
Shenanigan No. 7: Shifting Future Expenses to the Current Period	p. 117
Cash Is King: Study the Statement of Cash Flows	p. 123
Keep Everything in Balance: Inventory, Sales, and Receivables	p. 131
Preventing Shenanigans	p. 147
A Century of Shenanigans	p. 157
Tutorial: Understanding the Basics of Financial Reporting	p. 167
Other Books of Interest on Financial Shenanigans	p. 186
Index	p. 187
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