A 2010 study on fraudulent financial reporting by COSO notes the many ways in which long-lived assets

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A 2010 study on fraudulent financial reporting by COSO notes the many ways in which long-lived assets can be fraudulently overstated, including:
Fictitious assets on the books (WorldCom)
Improper and incomplete depreciation (Waste Management)
Failure to record impairment of assets, especially goodwill (Sun Microsystems)
Expired or worthless assets left on a company's books (Millacron)
Assets overvalued upon acquisition, especially in the purchase of a company (WorldCom) What substantive audit procedures might have detected these frauds?

Goodwill
Goodwill is an important concept and terminology in accounting which means good reputation. The word goodwill is used at various places in accounting but it is recognized only at the time of a business combination. There are generally two types of...
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Auditing a risk based approach to conducting a quality audit

ISBN: 978-1133939153

9th edition

Authors: Karla Johnstone, Audrey Gramling, Larry Rittenberg

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