Financial Statement Analysis


What fraud risk do they face and what can they do about it?

One way to be a resource to your business borrowers is to understand the risks they face and point them in the right direction for assistance. In their Global Fraud Report, Kroll and The Economist

Posted Dec 21 2007 by Linda Keith

STOP: Spot Fraud Warning Signs

Wouldn't it be great if you had this guy to warn you? "Stop...these are fraudulent documents!" CPAs, in planning their audits, consider the risk of fraud with a variation on these three questions: Is the

Posted Oct 04 2007 by Linda Keith

Fraud? Or legitimate differences? Tax Returns vs Financial Statements

I just sent out my monthly Lender's Q&A answering this question from a lender: "Why are tax returns and financial statements for the same year sometimes so different?"   {If you want info on

Posted Sep 10 2007 by Linda Keith

Wells Fargo’s Happy-to-Grumpy ratio…the ‘new’ analysis tool?

No, 'happy-to-grumpy' is not taking its place next to current ratio and debt to equity. It is a metric in banking, however. In an article on Measuring Up, Scott Leibs, deputy editor of CFO magazine

Posted Aug 19 2007 by Linda Keith