Cookin' the Book$: Say Pasta La Vista to Corporate Accounting Tricks and Fraud

This was an easy-read book. It was very understandable and gave precise metaphors/analogies. I had to read it for my graduate accounting class but overall I enjoyed the contents and am going to hang onto the book for awhile. I recommend this book to those of you who are not accounting literate.

Don Silver has cooked up a little gem. I plan to give copies to recently hired auditors charged with finding where deadbeat companies have hidden the money. Written at about the level of the Sunday funnies, a couple of hours with Cookin' the Book$ will give you the basics of Enron and WordCom style techniques. Sections include a Brief History of Cookin', Four Copoprate Recipes for Cookin' the Books, 10 Ways Corporations Cook Revenues, Ways Corporations Cook Expenses and A Financial Defense 'Menual.' Chapters are a bite sized 2-5 pages. Silver's storeyline for this work of fiction is a corporate chef''s gift of advice to his son. I'll have to admit, I was initially turned off by a presentation that seemed too basic to even skim. However, I soon found myself reading every page and picking up bits of spoonfed knowledge with no effort. With Silver's examples, I can now explain the fundamental techniques of modern corporate fraud to novices.

Don Silver has cooked up a little gem. I plan to give copies to recently hired auditors charged with finding where deadbeat companies have hidden the money. Written at about the level of the Sunday funnies, a couple of hours with Cookin' the Book$ will give you the basics of Enron and WorldCom style techniques.Sections include a Brief History of Cookin', Four Corporate Recipes for Cookin' the Books, 10 Ways Corporations Cook Revenues, 10 Ways Corporations Cook Expenses and A Financial Self-Defense 'Menual.' Chapters are a bite sized 2-5 pages. Silver's storyline for this work of fiction is a corporate chef''s gift of advice to his son. I'll have to admit, I was initially turned off by a presentation that seemed too basic to even skim. However, I soon found myself reading every page and picking up bits of spoon fed knowledge with no effort. With Silver's examples, I can now explain the fundamental techniques of modern corporate fraud to novices.

Cookin' the Book$: Say Pasta la Vista to Corporate Accounting Tricks and Fraud by Don Silver is an invaluable and very strongly recommended corporate guide to accounting fraud which takes the form of an advice guide on how to spot and avoid typical fraud secrets in corporate accounting. This primer on deceptive accounting practices will prove an easy read, and an important eye-opener for many, with its specific examples and insights.