Large-scale accounting scandals which were reflected to the world public opinion particularly in the 2000s (such as Enron, Lucent, Xerox, and Parmalat Bank for Reconstruction) carried the matter of fraudulent financ...Large-scale accounting scandals which were reflected to the world public opinion particularly in the 2000s (such as Enron, Lucent, Xerox, and Parmalat Bank for Reconstruction) carried the matter of fraudulent financial reporting which was made to deceive the financial statement users (Fraudulent Financial Report (FFR)) to the forefront in the agenda of the academicians, operators, and regulatory authorities. As in every crime action, the most effective measure to be taken in preventing FFR events is to try to prevent the FFR before arising. In order to achieve this, in the most effective manner, FFR events should be determined in the formation process. In this study, fraudulent financial statements are tried to be determined by using financial ratios. For this, financial statements of 22 companies which transact in the textile industry in Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) were examined. Twenty-three financial ratios were selected for the purpose of determining the risk of fraudulence in the financial statements of the selected companies. These ratios increased in value by multiple regression analysis. The findings which were obtained in the study indicated that some financial statements had the risk of fraudulence. It was concluded that the ratios of inventory/current asset, total debt ratio, and equity turnover rate were a good indicator in the determination of fraudulent financial statements.展开更多
文摘Large-scale accounting scandals which were reflected to the world public opinion particularly in the 2000s (such as Enron, Lucent, Xerox, and Parmalat Bank for Reconstruction) carried the matter of fraudulent financial reporting which was made to deceive the financial statement users (Fraudulent Financial Report (FFR)) to the forefront in the agenda of the academicians, operators, and regulatory authorities. As in every crime action, the most effective measure to be taken in preventing FFR events is to try to prevent the FFR before arising. In order to achieve this, in the most effective manner, FFR events should be determined in the formation process. In this study, fraudulent financial statements are tried to be determined by using financial ratios. For this, financial statements of 22 companies which transact in the textile industry in Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) were examined. Twenty-three financial ratios were selected for the purpose of determining the risk of fraudulence in the financial statements of the selected companies. These ratios increased in value by multiple regression analysis. The findings which were obtained in the study indicated that some financial statements had the risk of fraudulence. It was concluded that the ratios of inventory/current asset, total debt ratio, and equity turnover rate were a good indicator in the determination of fraudulent financial statements.