The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network extended filing deadlines for reports of foreign bank and financial accounts (FBAR) for people in federally declared disaster areas of five storms. It also is delaying the filing deadline for people affected by terrorist attacks in Israel.
Forensic services
AICPA joins coalition to fight intensifying tax scams, schemes
The Coalition Against Scam and Scheme Threats (CASST), convened at the request of IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel, will work toward having new protections in place by the 2025 filing season.
How auditors can apply a forensic-like approach to fraud
Professionals with forensic and fraud expertise share techniques auditors can use when completing AU-C Section 240 requirements.
Tracking the top trends in fraud
Leading forensic accountants share their insights on the schemes most likely to affect CPAs and their clients.
AI and fraud: What CPAs should know
Artificial intelligence technology can be misused for fraud, but it is also a tool accountants can use to detect fraud. Find out how to manage AI-generated fraud risks.
The auditor’s approach to fraud: Enhanced with forensics
Professionals with forensic and fraud expertise share techniques auditors can use when completing AU-C Section 240 requirements.
A refresher on fraud and the responsibility for its detection
Reviewing the accountant’s responsibilities for fraud when
performing an assurance engagement.
A refresher on fraud and the responsibility for its detection
The opportunities, incentives, and rationalizations to commit fraud abound. Recall what the practitioner’s responsibilities are in an assurance engagement and be sure you are playing your part to ensure the work you do continues to help protect businesses and stakeholders.
Preventing fraud with internal controls: A refresher
CPAs at all levels can benefit from a review of the basic principles for stopping fraud inside an organization.
Fraud, football, and a viral video: A midsummer compilation
This episode is a midsummer look back at insights from selected 2023 podcast guests, from a Super Bowl CFO to the AICPA vice chair
Scams are surging in the summer, the IRS says
The IRS issued a warning for taxpayers to be wary of offers promising tax refunds or to “fix” tax problems, saying these emails or texts are part of a summer surge in tax scams.
What’s your fraud IQ?
Test your knowledge of ethics standards and how to properly administer and enforce ethics polices within an organization to promote ethical decision-making.
Won’t get fooled again: The who, what, and why of fraud
An accounting professor, speaker, author, and documentarian explains why some types of fraud perpetrators are viewed differently than others in this podcast episode with transcript.
Auditing best practices: What academic fraud research reveals
Complying with AU-C Section 240, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit, when conducting financial statement audits challenges practitioners’ professional skills and knowledge regarding identification, assessment, and response to fraud risks. Academic research reveals best practices for enhancing fraud-related financial audit performance.
Elder financial abuse: A true cautionary tale
CPAs providing services to elderly individuals play a role in protecting their clients from financial exploitation.
Fraud risk applies to all CPA firm services
Regardless of the services they provide, CPAs can face professional liability claims asserting that they failed to detect a theft or fraud at a client organization.
Using Benford’s Law to reveal journal entry irregularities
Benford’s Law can help uncover indicators of fraud — and anomalies that arise from legitimate business practices.
Fraud is suspected: Now what?
Follow these do’s and don’ts for auditors when potential wrongdoing surfaces.
Pique students’ interest in the profession with forensic accounting
A promising career option provides exciting real-world context for accounting studies.
From the archives: Lessons learned after a multibillion-dollar fraud
Aaron Beam, the former CFO at HealthSouth, discusses his tenure at the company and offers advice for professionals about fraud in this podcast episode with transcript from a 2018 conversation.
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