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

Name: Financial Shenanigans How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Reports
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ISBN: 9780071386265

ISBN-10: 0071386262

ISBN-13: 9780071386265

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Howard M. Schilit

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This text gives a practical guide to interpreting financial reports and identifying accounting tricks to better assess the performance and value of any business.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 3/1/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Preface: Must Be a Sign of the Times	p. v
Establishing the Foundation	p. 1
You Can Fool Some of the People All of the Time	p. 3
Seek and Ye Shall Find	p. 23
Searching for Shenanigans	p. 41
The Seven Shenanigans	p. 61
Shenanigan No. 1: Recording Revenue Too Soon or of Questionable Quality	p. 63
Shenanigan No. 2: Recording Bogus Revenue	p. 83
Shenanigan No. 3: Boosting Income with One-Time Gains	p. 97
Shenanigan No. 4: Shifting Current Expenses to a Later or Earlier Period	p. 113
Shenanigan No. 5: Failing to Record or Improperly Reducing Liabilities	p. 137
Shenanigan No. 6: Shifting Current Revenue to a Later Period	p. 153
Shenanigan No. 7: Shifting Future Expenses to the Current Period As a Special Charge	p. 163
Techniques for Detecting Shenanigans	p. 177
Database Searching	p. 179
Analyzing Financial Reports	p. 185
Problem Areas	p. 207
Acquisition Accounting Tricks	p. 209
Revenue Recognition	p. 219
Looking Back ... Looking Forward	p. 233
History of Financial Shenanigans	p. 235
Leading the Battle to Combat Shenanigans	p. 245
As Bad As It Gets	p. 259
Appendix Tutorial: Understanding the Basics of Financial Reporting	p. 265
Index	p. 288
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