Financial Performance Indicators of Fraud: Red Flag Checklist (Excel)
54 warning signs in financial results across 9 fraud types, each with a plain-English explanation and how to check it.
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Look at an entity's numbers with a questioning mind and decide where to dig deeper. The workbook lists 54 indicators in financial results that may point to large-scale embezzlement, bribery and corruption, bid rigging, price fixing, tax evasion, or financial statement fraud aimed at profit, revenue or working-capital targets. Each indicator explains what it means, why it matters and how to check it, with columns for your response, evidence, follow-up and conclusion. The Summary sheet counts what you find by area as you go. No fraud experience needed. Editable Excel.
What's inside
- Read Me: purpose and how to use the workbook
- Key terms explained in plain language
- 54 indicators in 9 areas, from embezzlement and bribery to tax evasion and profit targets
- Each item: what it means in plain English and how to check it, with an example
- Columns for your response, evidence, follow-up and conclusion
- Summary sheet: results by area, updated automatically
Topics: Fraud and Ethics · Accounting
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