Recent new auditing standards are designed to improve overall audit quality. Address the most common misapplied audit concepts in planning and performing effective and efficient financial statement audits.
Cover the significant provisions of the most recent and proposed pronouncements from the FASB, the Private Company Council, the Auditing Standards Board and the Accounting and Review Services Committee. Most of the class time will be spent...
Federal estate and gift taxes currently affect few clients, but there are many other issues involved in settling an estate or administering a trust. Clients who are beneficiaries of a trust or estate often turn to their financial advisors to...
Recent legislation in Congress has provided the IRS with substantially increased funding to bolster its human staff and purchase software that will allow the IRS to audit many more taxpayers more effectively. The IRS believes it can target the...
Accounting estimates are often some of the most challenging and subjective amounts in U.S. GAAP financial statements. Review the relevant auditing guidance related to auditing estimates, including the estimate for credit losses under ASC 326....
Audit documentation provides evidence that the audit was planned and performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) and applicable legal and regulatory requirements. It also serves other purposes, such as assisting the...
For roughly 90 percent of American retirees, Social Security income will be the foundation of their retirement income. Yet, many are ill-prepared and lack understanding of the critical aspects of making an informed claiming decision. Dispel...
In late 2022, Congress enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which provided many significant tax law changes tax practitioners should be knowledgeable about. This program will cover the tax legislation embodied in the IRA in detail...
Does it seem like you spend far too much time recruiting? Do your people leave just as they become productive? If you think your turnover is because Millennials are different from earlier generations, you probably need to look at the real source...
Through a comprehensive learning approach using examples and informative case studies, you will learn about real-world government and not-for-profit fraud, including cyber fraud, and your responsibilities when dealing with fraud. Since...
