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The World's Worst Accounting Scandals
Accounting crimes have cost the global economy billions of dollars in losses. Transparently.AI breaks down the world's...
How to use AI to detect accounting fraud
Accounting fraud is hard to prove and prosecute. Learn how AI and machine learning can be used to detect accounting...
What is accrual accounting?
A detailed study of how accrual accounting is used in accounting manipulation. Find out the different types of accrual...
Incentives to cheat on ESG are growing
ESG metrics are becoming an increasingly big component of executive pay. Find out why that's a problem.
Will Country Garden be the next Chinese developer to fail?
Could Country Garden fall next? The Transparently.AI system shows Country Garden has displayed risky accounting signals...
Switzerland has cleanest accounting, Sri Lanka not so much
The Transparently.AI Global Accounting Manipulation Rankings reveals which country has the highest and lowest risk of...
What is deferral accounting?
We explore what is deferral accounting, different types of deferrals and examples of how companies use deferrals to...
What is income smoothing?
Companies use income smoothing to reduce earnings variability. We look at the types of income smoothing and why...
What is accounting fraud?
Find out what accounting fraud is, how difficult it is to define and the different types of accounting fraud.