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Deceptive Accounting Practices: Revenue and Expense Manipulation (Course Id 2420)

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Author:

Kelen Camehl, CPA, MBA

Course Length:

Pages: 34 ||| Word Count: 13,378 ||| Review Questions: 6 ||| Final Exam Questions: 10

CPE Credits:

2.0

IRS Credits:

0

Price:

$17.95

Passing Score:

70%

Course Type:

Text
Deceptive Accounting Practices: Revenue and Expense Manipulation - CPE course for CPAs

Technical Designation:

Technical

Field Of Study:

Accounting

Approved Audience:

NASBA QAS - NASBA Registry

Key Takeaways:

This course explores deceptive accounting practices companies use to manipulate revenue and expenses, along with the ethical and legal consequences of these techniques.

  • Covers revenue recognition manipulation techniques such as premature revenue recognition, channel stuffing, and bill and hold arrangements.
  • Explains expense manipulation techniques including capitalizing expenses, shifting expenses, and misclassifying expenses.
  • Highlights the ethical implications and legal consequences of these deceptive accounting practices.
  • Worth 2.0 CPE credits in Accounting as a self study text course on deceptive accounting practices involving revenue and expense manipulation, requiring a 10 question final exam preceded by 6 review questions (optional) and a 70% passing score.

Frequently Asked Questions:

The Deceptive Accounting Practices course identifies premature revenue recognition and channel stuffing as manipulation techniques.

This course recognizes capitalizing expenses as a technique to conceal or misstate expenses.

This course identifies areas of U.S. GAAP most susceptible to manipulation.

This Deceptive Accounting Practices Revenue and Expense Manipulation course is a Technical, self study text course in Accounting worth 2.0 CPE credits, requiring a 10 question final exam preceded by 6 review questions (optional) at a 70% passing score. CPEthink is approved by NASBA as a CPE sponsor and lists this course on the NASBA site as a courtesy for CPAs to search https://nasba.org.

Description:

This course explores deceptive accounting practices used by companies to manipulate revenue and expenses. Participants will learn about specific revenue recognition techniques such as premature revenue recognition, channel stuffing, bill-and-hold arrangements. Participants will also learn about expense manipulation techniques such as capitalizing expenses, shifting expenses, and misclassifying expenses.  The course includes detailed examples and highlights the ethical implications and legal consequences of these practices.

Usage Rank:

89545

Release:

2024

Version:

1.0

Prerequisites:

None.

Experience Level:

Overview

Additional Contents:

Complete, no additional material needed.

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Advance Preparation:

None.

Delivery Method:

QAS Self Study

Intended Participants:

Anyone needing Continuing Professional Education (CPE).

Revision Date:

27-Nov-2024

NASBA Course Declaration:

Participants must complete the final examination within one year of purchase and with a minimum passing grade of 70% or better to receive CPE credit unless otherwise noted on the Course History page (i.e. California Ethics must score 90% or better). After logging in click on the Course History links on your My Courses page for the Begin date and Expire date for the Final Exam.

Keywords:

Deceptive Accounting Practices: Revenue and Expense Manipulation - CPE course for CPAs

Learning Objectives:

Course Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
  • Recognize the key motivations behind deceptive accounting techniques
  • Identify areas of U.S. GAAP that are most susceptible to manipulation
  • Identify techniques used by companies to manipulate revenue in financial statements
  • Recognize techniques used by companies to conceal or misstate expenses

Course Contents:

Chapter 1 - Deceptive Accounting Practices: Revenue and Expense Manipulation

Course Learning Objectives

Introduction

U.S. GAAP Susceptible to Deceptive Accounting

Enron & WorldCom

Revenue Recognition Manipulation Techniques

Premature Revenue Recognition

Round-Tripping Transactions

Channel Stuffing

Bill-and-Hold Arrangements

Review Questions

Expense Manipulation Techniques

Capitalizing Expenses

Shifting Expenses

Misclassifying Expenses

Overstating Asset Lives

Review Questions

Glossary of Key Terms

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