A fraud audit: Do you need one?

Thomas Buckhoff, Leslee Higgins, Debra T. Sinclair

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Abstract

This paper differentiates between a fraud audit and a financial statement audit and suggests that small businesses usually need a fraud audit although they engage a financial statement audit. A CPA trained in fraud examination and forensic accounting should conduct the fraud audit.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalDefault journal
StatePublished - Jan 1 2010

Keywords

  • Fraud
  • Audits
  • Forensic Accounting
  • Asset Misappropriation

Disciplines

  • Accounting
  • Business

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