Overview
There are many occasions when accounting professionals may be called upon to prepare forensic reports or give expert witness evidence in courts, tax appeals, and other fora.
Being properly prepared, understanding how to write reports, give expert evidence in a court or appeal, will greatly enhance the accountant`s professional identity, and their ability to add value to their work for their clients or employers.
Key features:
- What exactly is forensic accounting?
- Accepting Instructions
- Evidence – types
- Report & letter writing techniques
- Communications with lawyers
- Duties of the Expert Witness to the court
- Expert Witness Testimony
- Bias
- Handling pressure in “the witness box”
- How to handle questions
- Fees