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Forensic and Investigative Accounting (Third Edition)

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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.

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.

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.

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