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Click to DOWNLOAD Fall/Winter Brochure Register For Classes    CLASSES BY LOCATION   Costa Mesa   Los Angeles   San Fernando Valley   San Gabriel Valley   COURSES BY CATEGORY   Auditing & Accounting   Communications   Ethics (Monthly)   Fraud (Monthly)   Special Knowledge   Tax   VENUE DIRECTIONS   Costa Mesa   Los Angeles   Pasadena   San Diego   Woodland Hills   If you have questions,   please call: 310.202.1669 or 888.FER-1841         Handling Fraudulent Activities At Your Client's Perception Vs Reality in Business Operations Dates & Locations 05/01/08 LAX 07/30/08 Woodland Hills Classes meet 9:00am-5:00pm taught by Alex Kwechansky Only $240! Lunch is always included 8 CPE Hours Overview No Prerequisites No Advance Preparation Intermediate (NASBA: AU, MN) "Instructor has a significant amount of experience and great stories."       - Sam Sippl, CPA - Squar Milner Now that you have detected that fraud has been perpetrated in your client's business operations, you must properly address the ramifications. Learn how to handle and attempt resolution of the situation. This seminar is about protecting the client's interests, your practice and your license. Private companies can defraud their lenders, investors, suppliers and customers quietly and privately. This silent crime uses trust and deception as the weapons. Both public and private companies are victims as well as perpetrators. The seminar will be held in an open forum format and cases used will include private companies not reported in the news. Participants may discuss their own experiences. Overview - Stages of Fraud Detection from Suspicion to a Resolution Suspicion Detection Is there a Money Trail? Approaching the Client… Even when the client is under suspicion Resolution Recovery of Normalcy Protecting Your License Topics to be Discussed: Looking for the signs of manipulation and deception-discovering and exposing the cover-up. Determining the "at risk" client that can cause ethical issues and fraudulent actions. Who may be involved or reliant on the client's operation. The CPA's potential accusers. Audit trail looks clear, until you hit a wall: Manipulation begins at the source, not the Financial Statements. Manipulating the auditor away from the trail and up the garden path. Detecting the real suspect. Diversionary tactics to place the blame elsewhere. The Glass Wall in fraud investigation. Dealing with resistance and diversion tactics. "Don't go there" acts of fraud. The reality and manipulation of some dependent businesses when the cure may be worse than the disease. Industries to be covered: Manufacturing, Retail, Service, Distribution/Import Click course name below for information on other FER courses. 1031 Tax Deferred Like-Kind Exchanges: From Using An Accommodator To Preparing Form 8824 A&A For The General Practitioner With An Overview Of The New Audit Risk Standards Applications Of Common Issues For C & R Engagement Bankruptcy: What Every CPA Needs To Know Death and Taxes 1: A Workshop For Preparing Form 1041, A/B Trust Funding and The Living Trust Death and Taxes 2: The Mechanics Of Preparing Form 706 And Key Interrelated After-Death Topics Effective Business Writing For CPAs Ethics for CPAs FAS 109: Tax Provision Fundamentals and Key Issues Fed Up With Fraud GAAP & GAAS Update Hot A & A Topics Hot Tax Topics Other Comprehensive Basis Of Accounting: Cash and Income Tax Basis Reporting (OCBOA) Partnerships: Current Developments & Intersting Issues Practical Approach for Financial Statement Preparation and Review Using QuickBooks® Accounting Software Tax & Financial Issues Related To Disasters Tips, Traps & Tactics On Communication & Negotiaton Skills for CPAs Unmasking and Outsmarting the Culprits Defrauding a Business Understanding & Planning For 1031 Tax-Deferred Exchanges When The Economy Turns Down, Deception Turns Up Why Forensic Accounting? …Disputes, Divorce, Valuations, Testimony © 2008 F.E.R. All rights reserved.