Give suggestions to avoid payroll related fraud in companies

Explain the difference between earnings management and financial statement fraud.

As a high fraud-risk area, payroll data is used to conduct fraud tests. Which of the following is a fraud test for ghost employees? O Payroll processed for employees before their start dates or after their termination dates Comparison of timecard data to payroll data to identify variances Comparison of wages earned to employee job classification O Cumulative payroll journal

if a manager is incharge of the Credit Right Software Corp department which involves sells leading account sooftare product and two of his employess commited fraud. How should the manager prepare himself to understand what causes individuals to commit fraud and how it happens?

Two very common ways that employees commit fraud against their employers is the misstatement of reimbursable expense accounts and the misuse of office supplies for personal purposes. Although these schemes are usually not individually significant, their magnitude can be damaging if these practices are widespread. Please comment on these types of fraud (and other examples of employee fraud) and what internal controls they would put in place in an organization to curb this activity.

Explain how exception reporting would be invaluable to the manager of a credit department.