June 19, 2015

Five Things Financial Statement Users and Litigators Should Know

Executive Summary Fraud in company financial statements is a problem that affects users in most countries today, and some believe that this problem is only getting worse. While independent auditors render opinions that give investors confidence in the accuracy of a company’s reported financial performance, when fraud is uncovered, resulting litigation often focuses on the…

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June 19, 2015

Five Strategies for Audit Committees to Rebuild Public Trust and Confidence in Financial Reporting

Management fraud and auditor failure to find that fraud have received the greatest share of attention to date; and relatively less attention has been directed at the role of audit committees in these financial reporting failures. The current cycle of financial reporting scandals has already caused further attention to be given to the issue of…

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Barry Jay Epstein, Ph.D., CPA

February 25, 2015

Singapore Budget Synopsis 2015

The 2015 Budget was unveiled in Parliament on 23 February 2015 by the Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Unlike past years, this year’s budget neither provides one-off generous SG50 celebratory goodies nor a pre-election carrot for all businesses as well as Singaporeans. It focused mainly on building Singapore’s future by taking…

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February 24, 2014

Singapore Budget Synopsis 2014

The 2014 Budget was unveiled by the Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Finance  Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on 21 February 2014. .Click here to read our synopsis on Singapore Budget Statement 2014.

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August 20, 2013

Litigation Risk

Auditor liability and malpractice, stemming from allegations of failure to appropriately respond to clients’ risk of material misstatements due to fraud, is an area ripe for litigation, specifically when fraud and material misstatements are subsequently revealed to have affected the financial statements.  Although a “clean” audit report is not an absolute guarantee of accuracy, auditors…

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Barry Jay Epstein, Ph.D., CPA