Tag Archive for: forensic accounting

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When in Divorce Do You Need an Asset Investigator? A Forensic Accountant? Or Both?

In doing our investigations for assets in divorce, we often work with a forensic accountant. Sometimes they bring us into the case and sometimes it’s the reverse. When do you need one, the other, or both? If you have all the pertinent…
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Maybe Next Year: Delaying Income to Make Business Seem Worse

PROBLEM: The debtor shows you some accounts from his business, and business is bad. However, that is because he is putting off booking income this year to make himself look worse-off financially than he is. Once the divorce is final, all that…
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Forensic Investigations: Due Diligence Done Correctly

What’s the difference between a forensic audit and a regular audit? We think we know the difference when we see it, but what is it?  The issue came up before a short talk I was giving to some accountants last week, and the answer…