Practical Insights for Today's Accounting Professional
Total Credits: 8 including 6 Accounting & Auditing , 2 Regulatory Ethics - Technical
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- Categories:
- Accounting and Auditing | Industry | Tax
- Faculty:
- Dr. Chris Harper, CPA, MBA
- Course Levels:
- Basic
- Duration:
- 8 Hours
- License:
Description
CPAs operating in today's business climate are weathering a storm of major updates in professional standards. This course will provide useful tools, practical applications and strategies to implement in your accounting practice. We will cut through complicated jargon of professional standards to reveal plan-English insights. We will first tackle the topic of ethics and explore practical new insights from the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct. We will then focus on tools to enhance your audit and review engagements using analytical procedure applications and data analysis tools. Then to wrap up the day, we will apply accounting and auditing concepts with a technical review challenge case study where you become the concurring reviewer for a financial statement engagement.
Basic Course Information
Learning ObjectivesUpon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand real-world ethical insights from the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct Design, implement, and understand the AICPA's guidance for utilizing analytical procedures for professional engagements
- Better understand how to use data analytics in public accounting engagements
- Apply new insights into financial statement engagements
Major Subjects
- AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Discussion of analytical procedures in audit and review engagements, with practical examples
- The order of operations for accomplishing analytical procedures
- Exploration of new tools and client engagement techniques using data analytics
- Introduction of popular software tools
- Examination of the AICPA's five-step approach for data analytics
Course Materials
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| Q & A (12.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Faculty
Dr. Chris Harper, CPA, MBA Related Seminars and Products
Chris has been serving the tax and accounting needs of individuals and closely-held businesses since 1998. As a frequent speaker, he has taught a variety of continuing education courses for several state CPA societies. Chris is frequently interviewed by media outlets on a variety of financial, tax, and accounting topics.
Additional Info
Basic Course Information
Advanced PreparationNone
Course Developer
Doug Van Der Aa, CPA, JD
Designed For CPAs in public practice and members in industry.
Yellow Book
No
Original Recording Date
09/2020
Prerequisites
None.
Date Added to Catalog
09/2020
Additional Information
Complaint Resolution Policy Please contact Anne Taylor for any complaints. anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199).Course Registration Requirements Online Registration
Instructional Delivery Method Group Internet Based
Official Registry Statement Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org
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