This event is a recorded ACCA webinar available for on demand purchase. This is not a live event. CPD points are available and resources are available on the ON24 platform. You will have access to the recording and resources through the ON24 link once registered.
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
Speaker:
Dermot Madden
Former Commissioned Higher Grade Inspector of Taxes, Revenue Commissioners, B. Comm (Hons)., FCCA, FCPA, Dip IFRS, DIP Insolvency, Dip Forensic Accounting, Cert UK & Irish GAAP, Accredited Media
Dermot Madden has over forty years’ experience working at senior levels in the Revenue Commissioners and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE). He is a former Commissioned Inspector of Taxes who lead the DIRT enquiry audits on behalf of the Revenue Commissioners. He was the senior Forensic Accountant in the ODCE for over fourteen years. He has substantial and unique courtroom experience in giving expert witness testimony. He has authored grounding affidavits in major white collar criminal cases. He has lectured and examined Forensic Accounting in Trinity College Dublin. He will bring his unique experiences, insights and advices to accounting and auditing professionals, to enhance their understanding of day-to-day Company Law and Tax issues and relationships.