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Financial shenanigans
Title:
Financial shenanigans
Author:
Schilit, Howard Mark, 1952-
ISBN:
9780071386265
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, c2002.
Physical Description:
vii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Preface: Must Be a Sign of the Times -- Pt. 1. Establishing the Foundation -- Ch. 1. You Can Fool Some of the People All of the Time -- Ch. 2. Seek and Ye Shall Find -- Ch. 3. Searching for Shenanigans -- Pt. 2. The Seven Shenanigans -- Ch. 4. Shenanigan No. 1: Recording Revenue Too Soon or of Questionable Quality -- Ch. 5. Shenanigan No. 2: Recording Bogus Revenue -- Ch. 6. Shenanigan No. 3: Boosting Income with One-Time Gains -- Ch. 7. Shenanigan No. 4: Shifting Current Expenses to a Later or Earlier Period -- Ch. 8. Shenanigan No. 5: Failing to Record or Improperly Reducing Liabilities -- Ch. 9. Shenanigan No. 6: Shifting Current Revenue to a Later Period -- Ch. 10. Shenanigan No. 7: Shifting Future Expenses to the Current Period As a Special Charge -- Pt. 3. Techniques for Detecting Shenanigans -- Ch. 11. Database Searching -- Ch. 12. Analyzing Financial Reports -- Pt. 4. Problem Areas -- Ch. 13. Acquisition Accounting Tricks -- Ch. 14. Revenue Recognition.

Pt. 5. Looking Back ... Looking Forward -- Ch. 15. History of Financial Shenanigans -- Ch. 16. Leading the Battle to Combat Shenanigans -- Ch. 17. As Bad As It Gets -- App. Tutorial. Understanding the Basics of Financial Reporting.
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