Accounting for Digital Assets WEBINAR

Overview

The use of digital assets including cryptocurrencies and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) continues to proliferate, raising new accounting and financial reporting related challenges. The course will provide an overview of various types of digital assets and highlight the current application of U.S. GAAP to digital assets as well as an update of the current FASB project designed to address the basic accounting for fungible crypto assets. Finally, the course will highlight some of the key audit-related risks for auditing a digital asset.

Highlights

Overview of the digital assets and evaluating ownership and various rights and obligations. Status of the FASB Project on Digital Assets. Financial statement presentation and disclosures for acquisitions and sales and when receiving digital assets as consideration from a contract with a customer. Highlights from the industry resources. Key audit risks and internal control considerations.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

CPAs in industry and public practice.

Objectives

Distinguish how digital assets are being used in businesses. Recognize their various structures. Identify rights, obligations and risks. Recognize audit challenges of the digital asset marketplace. Identify applicable accounting and financial reporting requirements.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.