March 24, 2023

Webinar

2 Total CPE Credits

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Webinar (CPA Crossings): Financial Statement Shenanigans: Stop Them from Fooling You

  • Instructor

    Jay Giannantonio

Senior management yearns to report positive news and impressive financial results that will please investors, bankers and drive value higher. While most companies act ethically and follow prescribed accounting rules, some take advantage of gray areas in the rules or ignore them altogether in order to portray their financial results in a misleading way.

This session will discuss some common financial statement shenanigans to help prevent them from fooling you.

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Learning Objectives

After attending this presentation you will be able to…

  • Identify common ways that financial statement fraud fools users
  • Prevent financial fraud from fooling you

Major Topics

The major topics covered in this class include:

  • Factors that cause people to commit financial statement fraud
  • The seven most common ways of “cooking the books”
  • Specific corporate scandals which highlight “financial shenanigans”
  • Increasing your awareness of possible techniques to detect financial statement irregularities and potential fraud

CPE Credits Available

2
Total CPE
2
Auditing

Things to Know About This Course

Course Level

  • Intermediate

Prerequisites

Some audit experience is helpful, but not required

Advanced Preparation

This webinar is produced by CPA Crossings. You will receive your login link/instructions and Certificate of Attendance directly from this third-party vendor. It is important that you review your COCPA confirmation for details on receiving your login instructions and COA from said vendor.

Intended Audience

Corporate financial managers and public practice CPAs

Provider

CPA Crossings, LLC

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