Fraud detection is among the highest priorities for the accounting profession, standard setters, regulators, and stakeholders in the financial reporting process. During planning, auditors are required to perform preliminary analytical procedures with the objective of identifying unusual or...

<heading id="h1" level="1" implicit="yes" format="display">ABSTRACT</heading>This study examines whether auditors can effectively use nonfinancial measures (NFMs) to assess the reasonableness of financial performance and, thereby, help detect financial statement fraud (hereafter, fraud). If auditors or other interested parties (e.g., directors, lenders,...