Under-the-table deals, sham transactions and the like can be easily concealed. Holding CPAs to a standard that requires them to detect all material fraud puts them in a no-win situation and they know it. Still, auditors can certainly do a much better job than they've done in the past. -Joseph Wells

 

Under-the-table deals, sham transactions and the like can be easily concealed. Holding CPAs to a standard that requires them to detect all material fraud puts them in a no-win situation and they know it. Still, auditors can certainly do a much better job than they've done in the past.


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Untrained accounting graduates have been drafted to wage war against sophisticated liars and thieves. And as multi-billion dollar accounting failures have shown, it hasn't been much of a fight.

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Just ask the people holding accounting degrees. 'How much did you learn about fraud in college?' The shocking answer: little or nothing.

Joseph Wells

Under-the-table deals, sham transactions and the like can be easily concealed. Holding CPAs to a standard that requires them to detect all material fraud puts them in a no-win situation and they know it. Still, auditors can certainly do a much better job than they've done in the past.

Joseph Wells

[Finally, CPAs can only audit what is presented to them.] Under-the-table deals, sham transactions and the like can be easily concealed, ... Holding CPAs to a standard that requires them to detect all material fraud puts them in a no-win situation and they know it. Still, auditors can certainly do a much better job than they've done in the past.

Joseph Wells