Charles W. Mulford, Eugene E. Comiskey

Creative Cash Flow Reporting (eBook, ePUB)

Uncovering Sustainable Financial Performance

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Successful methodology for identifying earnings-related reporting indiscretions Creative Cash Flow Reporting and Analysis capitalizes on current concerns with misleading financial reporting on misleading financial reporting. It identifies the common steps used to yield misleading cash flow amounts, demonstrates how to adjust the cash flow statement for more effective analysis, and how to use adjusted operating cash flow to uncover earnings that have been misreported using aggressive or fraudulent accounting practices. Charles W. Mulford, PhD, CPA (Atlanta, GA), is the coauthor of three books, including the bestselling The Financial Numbers Game: Identifying Creative Accounting Practices. Eugene E. Comiskey, PhD, CPA, CMA (Atlanta, GA), is the coauthor of the bestselling The Financial Numbers Game: Identifying Creative Accounting Practices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470893524
• Artikelnr.: 37300150

Autorenporträt

CHARLES W. MULFORD, PHD, CPA, is Invesco Chair and Professor of Accounting in the College of Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He has coauthored three books, including the bestselling The Financial Numbers Game, published by Wiley. He has appeared on numerous broadcast networks, including CNBC, ABC News, and Bloomberg TV. He regularly consults with major domestic and international commercial banks and money management firms on issues related to credit and investment decision-making. EUGENE E. COMISKEY, PHD, CPA, CMA, is Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Callaway Chair, and Professor of Accounting in the College of Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. For more than twenty years, he has consulted with commercial banks around the world. He is the coauthor of three books, including The Financial Numbers Game, and has published numerous papers in a wide range of professional and academic journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Preface. About the Authors. 1. Seeking Sustainable Cash Flow. An
Artificial Boost to Operating Cash Flow. Classifying Cash Flow. Sustainable
Cash Flow. Creative Cash Flow Reporting. Ignoring the Statement of Cash
Flows. Cash Flow Analysis. Plan of This Book. Summary. 2. Structure of the
Statement of Cash Flows. Historical Background. Arrival of the Statement of
Cash Flows. Non-GAAP Measures of Cash Operating Performance. International
Differences in the Statement of Cash Flows. Summary. 3. Is It Operating or
Investing Cash Flow? Investing Cash Flow. GAAP Flexibility: Is It Operating
or Investing Cash Flow? Beyond the Boundaries of GAAP. Summary. 4. Is It
Operating or Financing Cash Flow? Financing Cash Flow. GAAP Flexibility: Is
It Operating or Financing Cash Flow? Beyond the Boundaries of GAAP.
Summary. 5. Income Taxes and the Statement of Cash Flows. Tax Reporting
Essentials. Classification of Tax-Related Cash Flow. Nonrecurring Income
Tax Cash Flows. Summary. 6. Nonrecurring Sources and Uses of Operating Cash
Flow. Characteristics of Nonrecurring Items of Operating Cash Flow.
Examples of Nonrecurring Cash Sources and Uses. Management Identification
of Nonrecurring Operating Cash Flow. Locating Nonrecurring Items of
Operating Cash Flow. Cash Flow Tracking. Summary 7. Measuring Sustainable
Operating Cash Flow. Sustainable Operating Cash Flow. Calibrating Operating
Cash Flow Adjustments. Measuring Sustainable Operating Cash Flow. Completed
Sustainable Operating Cash Flow Worksheet. Frequency and Size of Adjustment
Items. Summary. 8. Using Operating Cash Flow to Detect Earnings Problems.
Relationship between Earnings and Operating Cash Flow. Earnings Supported
by Artificial Means. Excess Cash Margin. Summary. 9. Analyzing Operating
Cash Flow. Cash Flow Analysis Statement. Using the Cash Flow Analysis
Statement. Cash Flow Drivers. Closer Look at Core Operating Cash Flow.
Summary. 10. Understanding Free Cash Flow. Uses of Free Cash Flow. What Is
Free Cash Flow? Free Cash Flow to Common Equity: A Closer Look. Capital
Expenditures. Acquisitions and Free Cash Flow. Summary. Glossary. Subject
Index. Company Index.