"Forensic accounting" is a growing area of practice in which the knowledge, skills and abilities of advanced accounting are combined with investigative expertise and applied to legal problems. Forensic accountants are often asked to provide litigation support where they are called on to give expert testimony about financial data and accounting activities. In other more proactive engagements, they probe situations using special investigative accounting skills and techniques. Some even see forensic accounting as practiced by skilled accounting specialists becoming part and parcel of most financial audits--an extra quality control step in the auditing process that will help reduce financial statement fraud. CCH's Forensic and Investigative Accounting (3rd Edition) is a complete and readily teachable text on today's most timely accounting topics. Written by three top accounting and forensic teachers, this text covers all the important underpinnings, as well as the substance of forensic accounting. It covers both litigation support and investigative accounting, examining the practical aspects of these two areas, as well as many of the newer technological areas. Forensic and Investigative Accounting explains and demonstrates how an effective forensic accountant needs a solid understanding of accounting, investigative auditing techniques, criminology, and courtroom procedures, as well as excellent communications skills, both written and oral. In today's litigious and highly regulated climate, all accountants--external, internal, forensic consultants, and corporate accountants--must possess this knowledge base and develop these techniques. This intriguing text provides unparalleled guidance to help develop the mindset and the skillset to meet the evolving challenges facing accountants today.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for Students. Learn more |
| ||||||||||||||||||
 Sell Back Your Copy for $2.70
Whether you buy it used on Amazon for $6.45 or somewhere else, you can sell it back through our Book Trade-In Program at the current price of $2.70.
Used Price$6.45
Trade-in Price$2.70
Price after
Trade-in$3.75 |
Book Description
Special Offers and Product Promotions
- Buy $50 in qualifying physical textbooks, get $5 in Amazon MP3 Credit. Here's how (restrictions apply)
Frequently Bought Together
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
D. Larry Crumbley, CPA, Cr.FA, is the KPMG Endowed Professor in the Department of Accounting, Louisiana State University. He has published more than 300 articles in accounting journals and authored more than 45 books. He is the long-time editor of the Oil, Gas & Energy Quarterly and founder of the Journal of Forensic Accounting, Auditing, Fraud & Taxation. Lester E. Heitger, CPA, is a Professor in the Department of Accounting, Indiana University, Bloomington. where he teaches forensic accounting. Professor Heitger has served as a forensic accountant and/or testified as an expert witness in more than 30 cases over a 20-year period. G. Stevenson Smith is a Professor of Accounting at West Virginia University. He is a CMA and a CPA, as well as a Certified Cost Analyst. Professor Smith received his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas and his M.B.A. from Michigan State University. He has authored numerous articles on accounting education, e-commerce, and managerial issues. He writes a column for the Journal of Forensic Accounting, Auditing, Fraud & Taxation entitled "Black Tech Forensics." His professional experience includes working for the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC, as a financial analyst. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia and a Visiting Professor at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You want to be a Forensic Accountant?,
By HMC (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Forensic and Investigative Accounting (Third Edition) (Hardcover)
I developed and taught the Forensic & Investigative Accounting Certificate program at Cal State Fullerton based on this text. The text is invaluable to every CPA wanting to pursue the Certified Forensic Accountant (CrFA) designation from the American College of Forensic Examiners. The current edition continues to provide the best foundation available for a rewarding career as a forensic accountant.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great for starter course...not for the accounting committed,
This review is from: Forensic and Investigative Accounting, 4th edition (Hardcover)
I own this edition and the previous edition of Forensic and Investigative Accounting and while the text serves as a reasonable introduction to fundamental discovery, the reader should not expect to cover the 'meat and potatoes' of 'forensic' accounting. Accounting for matters of the law typically involves either the discovery of blatant violations of GAAP or legislative/administrative rules (civil and criminal prosecutions with the government as the plaintiff), or complex valuations involving assets or losses associated with assets or transactions (damages) that are typically the focus of civil prosecutions undertaken by private parties (such as divorcing spouses). I have done both (US Treasury) and now in private practice I am primarily engaged in valuation. This book will serve as a great primer for an undergraduate in accounting (it provides a basic foundation and sources of information) but it will not provide you with the information that leads to the more rigorous exercises in valuation (i.e. heuristic valuation of complex assets).
If you are already certified, stick to trade publications and CPE. If you are just getting familiar, this edition will help you navigate through basic concepts that you will revisit in auditing, accounting, and risk management.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
lots of missprints,
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Forensic and Investigative Accounting, 4th edition (Hardcover)
I used this textbook for a course in graduate school. I was glad to have the most recent version of the book, and I think it covers pretty much everything related to forensic accounting, which is a developing and changing field. I was frustrated with this book many times because of the many missprints--errors in the index, and operators missing from mathematical formulas, especially.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
(learn more)
detecting fraud, litigation services provided, business valuations, financial statement audit, computer forensics, retained earnings, audit technique guides, proposed statement, auditing standards, hedonic damages, league dues, audit environment, current liabilities, general fund, fraud risk factors, forensic and investigative accounting, fuel sale profits, measuring economic damages, net wage loss, store operating data, nonbusiness checks, performing litigation services, abusive earnings management, controlling interest value, reconstructing income Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Federal Rules of Evidence, John Wiley, Ohio Grocery, Arthur Andersen, The Misappropriation of Assets, Payroll Services, Using the Internet, Lakeside County, Office Expenses, Legal Issues, Cybercrime Management, Proper Evidence Management, Supreme Court, Astro Travel, Internet Forensics Analysis, Profiling the Cybercriminal, Cayman Islands, Seminole Catering, Consideration of Fraud, Indirect Methods of Reconstructing Income, Ben Hill, Real Wood Furniture Company, Media Too Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
detecting fraud, litigation services provided, business valuations, financial statement audit, computer forensics, retained earnings, audit technique guides, proposed statement, auditing standards, hedonic damages, league dues, audit environment, current liabilities, general fund, fraud risk factors, forensic and investigative accounting, fuel sale profits, measuring economic damages, net wage loss, store operating data, nonbusiness checks, performing litigation services, abusive earnings management, controlling interest value, reconstructing income Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Federal Rules of Evidence, John Wiley, Ohio Grocery, Arthur Andersen, The Misappropriation of Assets, Payroll Services, Using the Internet, Lakeside County, Office Expenses, Legal Issues, Cybercrime Management, Proper Evidence Management, Supreme Court, Astro Travel, Internet Forensics Analysis, Profiling the Cybercriminal, Cayman Islands, Seminole Catering, Consideration of Fraud, Indirect Methods of Reconstructing Income, Ben Hill, Real Wood Furniture Company, Media Too Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
