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Record Nr.

UNINA9910841393403321

Autore

Woolf Emile

Titolo

Audit and accountancy pitfalls [[electronic resource] ] : a casebook for practising accountants, lawyers, and insurers / / Emile Woolf, Moira Hindson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, U.K., : John Wiley and Sons, 2011

ISBN

0-470-97150-9

1-119-20928-5

1-282-98982-0

9786612989827

0-470-97643-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HindsonMoira

Disciplina

657.45

657/.45

Soggetti

Accounting fraud

Forensic accounting

Auditing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Audit and Accountancy Pitfalls; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Auditors' Failure to Detect Theft, Embezzlement and Financial Crime; 3 Negligent Audit Work Not Involving Theft of Company Assets; 4 Professional Pitfalls for Accountants; 5 Tax Related Claims; 6 The Disciplinary Framework; Appendix: From the archives; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Auditors and accountants face many challenges as the fallout from the financial crisis continues. Companies and individuals who have incurred losses are likely to turn the spotlight on their financial advisors who failed to keep them out of trouble. The enormous rise in fraud due to the recession will undoubtedly give rise to the age-old cry 'Where were the auditors?'  Audit and Accountancy Pitfalls is a one-of-a-kind casebook of professional negligence claims against auditors and accountants. Written as a practical reference for accountancy practitioners and their advisors, the au