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<p>Fraud has existed throughout history. Yet, it is estimated that today's occurrence has a huge impact on global revenues, highlighting the importance of fraud examination and forensic accounting. Although the roles of the two disciplines appear to be similar (e.g. litigation support), they differ significantly in their objectives, with the goal of fraud auditing being to determine whether fraud has occurred and, if so, who is responsible. Forensic accounting has the additional objective of assessing the financial consequences and determining whether the allegations have a factual basis by analyzing the financial evidence.</p>
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Fraud has existed throughout history. Yet, it is estimated that today's occurrence has a huge impact on global revenues, highlighting the importance of fraud examination and forensic accounting. Although the roles of the two disciplines appear to be similar (e.g. litigation support), they differ significantly in their objectives, with the goal of fraud auditing being to determine whether fraud has occurred and, if so, who is responsible. Forensic accounting has the additional objective of assessing the financial consequences and determining whether the allegations have a factual basis by analyzing the financial evidence.

Forensic Accounting vs Fraud examination: Roles, Importance and Differences

Journal of Forensic Accounting Profession

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Fraud has existed throughout history. Yet, it is estimated that today's occurrence has a huge impact on global revenues, highlighting the importance of fraud...

Forensic Accounting vs Fraud examination: Roles, Importance and Differences

Publié en ligne: 18 janv. 2022

Pages: 29 - 47

Reçu: 19 nov. 2021

Accepté: 20 déc. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jfap-2021-0007

Mots clés
Fraud Examination, Forensic Accounting, Fraud, Fraud Investigation

© 2021 Metka Tekavčič et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Forensic Accounting vs Fraud examination: Roles, Importance and Differences

Publié en ligne: 18 janv. 2022

Pages: 29 - 47

Reçu: 19 nov. 2021

Accepté: 20 déc. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jfap-2021-0007

Mots clésFraud Examination, Forensic Accounting, Fraud, Fraud Investigation

© 2021 Metka Tekavčič et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Fraud Examination, Forensic Accounting, Fraud, Fraud Investigation