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Refresher on financial statistics and metrics

Insufficient data analysis is often caused by too much information, not too little. A few well chosen statistics that highlight critical trends and pinpoint areas that require follow-up may be much more useful...

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Using internal control to prevent fraud

Anti-fraud controls mainly apply to the general area of accounting (purchasing, revenue, payroll, banking and treasury, inventory, assets, etc.), but they will also involve many specific areas of operations, such as sales, payments, expenses, receivables, travel, suppliers, taxes, promotions and much more.

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Generally accepted accounting principles for interim reporting

In many small and even medium-sized companies, financial reporting during the year does not include all of the adjustments made at the year-end (often in connection with the audit or review of the annual financial statements by an independent professional accountant).

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