This course will discuss the environmental factors, situations and motivations behind Creative Accounting to help you gauge the believability and reliability of financial reports.
Programme Objective
This course will discuss the environmental factors, situations and motivations behind Creative Accounting to help you gauge the believability and reliability of financial reports.
The common Accounting Cycles which are prone to Creative Accounting, as well as real-life case studies will also be highlighted for discussion.
Programme Outline
What is creative accounting?
Reasons for using creative accounting
Relationship between creative accounting and fraud
Situations where creative accounting is more likely
Types of creative accounting
Environmental factors influencing creative accounting
Earnings management and red flags
Five accounting cycles that are prone to creative accounting
Sales and accounts receivable
Expense and accounts payable
Human resource and payroll
Capital expenditure
Off balance sheet
Concealing creative accounting
Usefulness and limitation of financial statements analysis in detecting creative accounting
Case studies:
Xerox
Enron
Tyco
WorldCom
The Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) is the national accountancy body of Singapore. ISCA’s vision is to be a world-class accountancy body of trusted professionals, contributing towards an innovative and sustainable economy.
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