Category: Forensic Accounting
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Investigating Financial Fraud
Once you have discovered some manner of theft from your (or your client’s) company, it is important to handle the situation carefully and responsibly. Fraud investigations are complex and multifaceted processes that require a systematic approach throughout. Assemble a Team of Professionals The first step in assessing an internal fraud is to assemble a team…
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Key Qualities of an Effective Expert Witness
Engaging the right expert witness can be pivotal to the success of a case. Expert witnesses are called upon to help the court explain complex material to assist the court in understanding highly technical issues. Lawyers must consider these qualities to ensure that their witness is credible, persuasive, and reliable. The following are the most…
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Producing QuickBooks Online is Easy
If opposing counsel is claiming that producing QuickBooks Online accounting records cannot be done, or doing so would be difficult and overly burdensome, it is not. Producing a QuickBooks Online for litigation can be done in a few short minutes. There is no need to make any changes or modifications to the file, the company’s…
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Spoliation of QuickBooks Records
Story time Our experts once served on a case to critique the claimed replacement value of a destroyed piece of property. This is commonly known as a cost approach. To support their calculation, claimants produced their QuickBooks file. Earlier, claimants produced their financial statements. Based on their form, we knew that these financial statements had…
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Producing QuickBooks Desktop is Easy
If opposing counsel is claiming that producing QuickBooks Desktopaccounting records cannot be done, or doing so would be difficult and overly burdensome, it is not. Producing a QuickBooks Desktop file for litigation can be done in a few short minutes. Copy, paste. There is no need to make any changes or modifications to the file,…