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Fight Fraud by Staying Current on Your Company’s Bank Reconciliations

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. One of the most effective ways for a business to help prevent fraud is, according to one of the top… Read more »

Forensic Accountants Can Help Assure Timeliness and Completeness of Royalty Payments

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. Have you or your clients licensed the use of intellectual property in return for royalty fees?  Are you or your… Read more »

Forensic Accountants Can Bring Value in Termination, Discrimination Cases

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. Among the many duties a forensic accountant may be asked to undertake in a typical work cycle is calculating damages… Read more »

Forensic Accountants Can Help Effectively Referee Family Inheritance Battles

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. Any parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle, or other guardian is quite familiar with the squabbling that can take place among young… Read more »

Charities and Non-Profits Might Be More Exposed to 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. While charitable and non-profit organizations focus on serving the general good, they’re quite often themselves the focus of fraudsters who target… Read more »

Why Business Owners Should Have a Transition Plan

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including business valuation, fraud investigation, and fraud deterrence programs in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. The statistics are astounding. Over the next 10 years, more than 4.5 million privately owned businesses will… Read more »

Divorced or Considering Divorce? You Need to Know About These Tax Changes

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. Prior to the December 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), when one spouse paid alimony (or separate maintenance… Read more »

How Differing Standards and Premises of Value Can Affect the Valuation of a Business

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including business valuation, fraud investigation, and fraud deterrence programs in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Can a business be simultaneously worth $10 million, $60 million, $72 million, and $100 million?  It can… Read more »

Tips for Fighting Non-Digital Identity Theft

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including fraud deterrence, business valuation, and fraud investigation in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. When most people hear the words “Identity Theft,” they think about spam and/or phishing e-mails, malware and computer… Read more »

Close the Door on Business Fraud Before Your Money Has Disappeared

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including fraud deterrence, business valuation, and fraud investigation in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley.  “Don’t shut the stable door after the horse has bolted.” This idiom can be traced to the 1390… Read more »

Two Valuation Issues to Consider Regarding Privately Held Businesses

David Anderson is principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides a full range of forensic accounting services including business valuation, fraud investigation, and fraud deterrence programs in Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley. Under what conditions does $4 million divided by four NOT equal $1 million? When you are a… Read more »

Anderson to Speak on the Role of the Business Valuation Expert in Collaborative 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. On Tuesday, April 24, David Anderson, principal of David Anderson & Associates, a Philadelphia forensic accounting firm that provides… Read more »

Key Issues Regarding Marital vs. Non-Marital Assets in 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.  One of the key tasks in a divorce is identifying the marital versus the non-marital assets of the divorcing… Read more »