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Do accounting errors & fraud really affect small businesses?... ABSOLUTELY!

Accounting errors and fraud undermine financial decisions, result in monetary losses and in some cases even force companies to close. Read the TRUE STORIES below to see how REAL small businesses are affected by errors and fraud every day.

Defense in Depth

AuditMyBooks automatically analyzes small and medium business accounting records to detect errors and possible fraud.

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True Story Round-up for June 29

A true story round-up for June 29, 2010:

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Stealing is Centsless

AuditMyBooks automatically analyzes small and medium business accounting records to detect errors and possible fraud.

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True Story Round-up for June 22

A true story round up for June 22, 2010:

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Diary of a Bad, Bad Bookkeeper by Betty Bookkeeper

I recently discovered OneHourBookkeeper.com and E.T. Barton.  I really enjoy her writing, especially a recent post about a really bad bookkeeper…
Another day, another dollar or at least, another stolen dollar.
Well, I have had my own company for about two weeks now and made a couple thousand dollars skimming off the deposits.  The boss has [...]

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True Story Round-up for June 15

A true story round up for June 15, 2010:

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Thoughts on 2010 Global Fraud Report

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) recently published the 2010 Global Fraud Report.  For the first time since the study began in 1996, the ACFE included fraud data from around the world.  As with previous reports, the 2010 Study is chock full of interesting stats on fraud and the cost it levies against business [...]

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Paid for the Same Thing Twice?

AuditMyBooks automatically analyzes small and medium business accounting records to detect errors and possible fraud.

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Grow Your Business While Protecting Clients from Errors and Fraud

Next week I’ll be presenting a session at Scaling New Heights.  The topic is how to grow your business while protecting clients from errors & fraud.  Considering that almost half of all fraud in the U.S. is committed at companies with less than 100 employees, I think the topic is very relevant for the Intuit [...]

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Predicting Fraud in Small Businesses (Wrap-up)

Last week, I spoke at the Fourth Annual Fraud & Forensic Accounting Conference in Atlanta.   Thanks to all who attended the session, provided examples of real-world fraud cases and asked insightful questions.  If you missed the event, the theme of my presentation was Predicting Fraud in Small Business.  Given that small businesses suffer a [...]

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