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Especially important aspect of national accounting regulation harmonization on the international and regional level concerns education and professional training of accountants, improvement of accountant's skills, as well as necessity for accountants' continuing education and licensing. Hence,...
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Both in US common law or in French codified law, Forensic Accountants aim to serve justice by illuminating technical, financial facts in the context of a dispute or a trial.According to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Forensic accounting services..."generally...
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Hundreds of studies have been published in forensic accounting journals over the past 15 years on various topics using a variety of research methods. But the basic question has yet to be addressed – what is the purpose of research in forensic accounting? Forensic accounting and forensic...
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Adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has come to stay in Nigeria as all Public Listed Entities and Significant Public Interest Entities are by now expected to be with full compliance of the relevant provisions if the standard. This paper examined the adoption of...
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the market for audit services for publicly traded companies operating in the US for-profit (FP) healthcare sector. Complex national and local healthcare laws and regulations suggest the importance of assessing fee effects of joint national-level and city...
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We investigate potential differences in audit reporting outcomes between Circular A-133 audits performed by governmental auditors vs. those performed by certified public accounting (CPA) firms. Specifically, we investigate the association between auditor type and the likelihood of...
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An analytic framework is provided for incorporating different user perspectives on materiality into the audit process. The framework serves as a tool for disaggregating materiality to specific accounts based on materiality criteria for accounts and account combinations. To improve audit...
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Many profession-changing events have occurred in the 25 years since Sikka, Willmott, and Lowe (1989) published Guardians of Knowledge and Public Interest, among them the collapse of Enron and other international corporate frauds and failures along with the demise of Arthur Anderson; the creation...
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Resolving the incident of fraudulent activities is not a job for half-baked professional accountant, it involves complicated activities and forensic steps as the complexity of infraction demands the involvement of highly experienced forensic accountants/fraud examiners. Investigation is employed...
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Forensic accounting and forensic audit are not new concepts, however, their acceptability are just gaining momentum in Nigeria because of their perceived roles in National development and transformation. This paper presents various acceptable definitions and concepts of forensics and forensic...
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