Tommie W. Singleton - Böcker

FRAUD AUDITING AND FORENSIC ACCOUNTING With the responsibility of detecting and preventing fraud falling heavily on the accounting profession, every accountant needs to recognize fraud and learn the tools and strategies necessary to catch it in time. Providing valuable information to those responsible for dealing with prevention and discovery of financial deception, Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting, Fourth Edition helps accountants develop an investigative eye toward both internal and external fraud and provides tips for coping with fraud when it is found to have occurred. Completely updated and revised, the new edition presents: Brand-new chapters devoted to fraud response as well as to the physiological aspects of the fraudsterA closer look at how forensic accountants get their job doneMore about Computer-Assisted Audit Tools (CAATs) and digital forensicsTechnological aspects of fraud auditing and forensic accountingExtended discussion on fraud schemesCase studies demonstrating industry-tested methods for dealing with fraud, all drawn from a wide variety of actual incidentsInside this book, you will find step-by-step keys to fraud investigation and the most current methods for dealing with financial fraud within your organization. Written by recognized experts in the field of white-collar crime, this Fourth Edition provides you, whether you are a beginning forensic accountant or an experienced investigator, with industry-tested methods for detecting, investigating, and preventing financial schemes.

Praise for Managing the Audit Function"The corporate governance issues, accounting irregularities, and legislative actions that have taken place over the past two years have elevated the role and importance of the internal audit function. Managing the Audit Function provides a valuable guide and reference tool for those charged with either executing or overseeing this function."-- Daniel S. Kaplan, Business Risk Services PartnerErnst & Young LLP"It was refreshing to read Internal Audit literature with the appropriate focus on information systems and information systems auditing, since computer systems play such a key role in the processing of accounting transactions and the performance of business operations in today's business environment."-- William J. Powers, Partner, National DirectorInformation Systems Assurance ServicesBDO Seidman, LLP"Cangemi and Singleton have created a knowledge management tool for the creation of quality audit manuals and functions. Managing the Audit Function is an important book for all audit managers, and with the addition of new and updated material, including information on the implications and requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, it provides the information to keep pace with changing conditions affecting the audit function."-- Robert S. Roussey, Professor of AccountingLeventhal School of Accounting, University of Southern CaliforniaInternational President, Information Systems Audit and Control Association" This is basically a procedures manual for an internal auditing department that has been prepared by two of the world's most knowledgeable IT auditors. The book is a handy tool because examples are given throughout of relevant audit documents, such as audit reports, responses to reports, responses to delinquent responses, matrices, checklists, and flowcharts. Every audit department should have this book as a reference manual."-- Dale L. Flesher, PhD, CPA, CMA, CIA, CFE, CGFMProfessor of Accountancy and Associate DeanUniversity of Mississippi