Theoretical Analysis of Creative Accounting: Fraud in Financial Statements

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Author(s): Christianna Chimonaki (University of Portsmouth, UK)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 17
Source title: Machine Learning Applications for Accounting Disclosure and Fraud Detection
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Stylianos Papadakis (Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece), Alexandros Garefalakis (Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece), Christos Lemonakis (Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece), Christiana Chimonaki (University οf Portsmouth, UK)and Constantin Zopounidis (School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Greece & Audencia Business School, France)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4805-9.ch005

Keywords: Accounting and Finance / Business Science Reference / Knowledge Management and Library Science / Machine Learning

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This chapter begins with the definitions of creative accounting, fraud and financial statement fraud and explains the relationship between them. Next, it presents the classical theories on the determinants of financial statement fraud. Section 1.4 presents the profile of accounting scandals. Section 1.5 presents the components of financial report fraud as well as the parties involved in in creative accounting. Section 1.6 presents the reasons and motivations for creative accounting. Specifically, the authors analyse manipulation practices, the methods and the opportunities for creative accounting and address why financial frauds occur. Finally, they offer conclusions in Section 1.7.

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