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Cash Transactions Can Complicate a Business Valuation During a Divorce

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including fraud investigation and fraud deterrence programs in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. The decision to end a marriage is a messy affair that becomes undoubtedly more complicated when the division of… Read more »

Forensic Accountants Make Cash Transaction Fraud More Difficult

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, fraud deterrence, litigation support, and expert witness testimony services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. There are several reasons why the owner or principal of a business – typically a retail business –… Read more »

Effective Oversight of Petty Cash Operations Can Cut Down on Fraud

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, fraud deterrence, litigation support and expert witness testimony services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. While a company’s petty cash account is designed to provide reimbursement quickly and easily for such small expenditures… Read more »

Always Remit Taxes You Collect in a Timely Manner

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, fraud deterrence programs and forensic accounting services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Almost every organization is responsible for collecting and remitting taxes. These taxes, which occur on the Federal, state, county, or… Read more »

Forensic Accounting Tips to Help Avoid Costly Revenue Recognition Fraud

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. As noted in my recent six-part series on the state of fraud in 2024 based on the Association of Certified Fraud… Read more »

Adjusting Executive Compensation in Business Valuations

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Establishing the fair value of a business requires a business valuation expert to adjust the revenues and expenses of the business… Read more »

Latest ACFE Study Reveals the State of Fraud in 2024 – Part Six

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This blog, the last in my series of six blogs, concludes my discussion of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)… Read more »

Latest ACFE Study Reveals the State of Fraud in 2024 – Part Five

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This blog continues my discussion of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) “Occupational Fraud 2024 – A Report to the… Read more »

Latest ACFE Study Reveals the State of Fraud in 2024 – Part Four

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This blog continues my discussion of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) “Occupational Fraud 2024 – A Report to the… Read more »

Latest ACFE Study Reveals the State of Fraud in 2024 – Part Three

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This blog continues my discussion of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) “Occupational Fraud 2024 – A Report to the… Read more »

Latest ACFE Study Reveals the State of Fraud in 2024 – Part Two

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This blog continues my discussion of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) “Occupational Fraud 2024 – A Report to the… Read more »

Latest ACFE Study Reveals the State of Fraud in 2024 – Part One

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and marital dissolution services in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Every two years, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) commissions a survey of fraud in the United States and abroad…. Read more »

Tricks of the Trade: Unearthing the Fraud Buried Beneath the Numbers

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including fraud investigation, fraud deterrence, business valuation, and marital dissolution in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. This blog is the final in a series of four posts that are examining the so-called… Read more »