Editing Accounting (section)

===Forensic accounting===
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Forensic accounting is a specialty practice area of accounting that describes engagements that result from actual or anticipated disputes or [[litigation]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is a Forensic Accountant? {{!}} Forensic CPA Society |url=https://www.fcpas.org/about-us/what-is-a-forensic-accountant/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> "[[Forensic science|Forensic]]" means "suitable for use in a court of law", and it is to that standard and potential outcome that forensic accountants generally have to work.