Principles of Financial Accounting · free preview
Fraud in Financial Statements and Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements
Financial statement fraud schemes such as fictitious revenue, premature recognition, and concealed liabilities mislead investors, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act responds with independence rules, audit committee authority, and personal accountability for executives.
1. What financial statement fraud looks like
What financial statement fraud looks like
2. Why statements get manipulated
Why statements get manipulated
3. Sarbanes-Oxley answers
Sarbanes-Oxley answers
4. The act's impact on reporting culture
The act's impact on reporting culture
5. Fictitious revenue
Which scheme records sales that never occurred?
6. Section 302 and 906
What do Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act require?
7. Auditor independence purpose
Why does Sarbanes-Oxley restrict the consulting work an audit firm may perform for its audit client?
8. Channel stuffing
What is channel stuffing? Use the figures from the worked example in this lesson and state the result in the requested units.
9. Act name and year
The ____ Act of 2002 reformed corporate reporting after major frauds. Give the act's surname only.
10. Statement fraud share of cases
According to fraud examiners' reports, which category of occupational fraud, asset misappropriation, corruption, or financial statement fraud, is the least common but causes the greatest median loss? Two words.
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