CPE Catalog & Events
Current Issues in Performing Yellow Book Audits WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Latest developments relevant to Yellow Book audits. Be prepared to avoid the most commonly misapplied concepts on audits performed in conformance with Government Audit Standards.
Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial statement preparation. Common mistakes made in preparing financial statements. GASB financial statement preparation standards.
Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial statement preparation. Common mistakes made in preparing financial statements. GASB financial statement preparation standards.
2024 Single Audit Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Review of the impact of the 2024 Compliance Supplement on Single Audits. Review of the changes to the Uniform Guidance. Review of common audit deficiencies found in Single Audits.
Limited-Scope Audits of 401(k) Plans: ERISA Section 103 (a)(3)(C) WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Auditing and reporting requirements to meet when the client selects the ERISA Section 103(a)(3)(C) limited scope audit option. AICPA AU-C 703 forming an opinion and reporting on financial statements of employee benefit plans subject to ERISA. AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide ' Employee Benefit Plans '. Testing participant data.
Accounting, Audit, and Attest Update for Practitioners with Small-Business Clients WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Private company standard setting activities. Small and medium-sized business-related ASUs. Lease accounting update. Lessons adopted from the adoption of Topic 606. Special purpose frameworks -- cash, modified cash, and tax basis. Common small and medium-sized business financial statement errors and deficiencies. Newly issued SSARS and SSAE standards. SASs effective for 2022 year-end audits.
Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial statement preparation. Common mistakes made in preparing financial statements. GASB financial statement preparation standards.
IRS Audits of the Employee Retention Credit WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Employee Retention Credit details. Employee Retention Credit Audit process and preparation. Update on the market.
Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial statement preparation. Common mistakes made in preparing financial statements. GASB financial statement preparation standards.
Internal Control: Understanding and Testing WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Review of the audit requirements stated in the auditing standards regarding internal control activities. Analysis of the control environment, concentrating on privately-owned businesses. A detailed discussion of an effective system of internal control and related control activities as detailed in the updated COSO report. Sample risk assessment procedures to determine control risk for all major assertions. Discussion of how to reduce control risk to below maximum. Specific tests of controls that can be beneficial to a financial audit. Discussion of the requirements to test controls for governmental audits.
The Impact of ESG Matters on Financial Reporting and Audits WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of the impact environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters have on the financial world. Evolving guidance from the AICPA and other stand-setters related to ESG matters. Risks of material misstatement in financial statements and related disclosures emerging from ESG matters.
Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial statement preparation. Common mistakes made in preparing financial statements. GASB financial statement preparation standards.
Audit 103: Adapting to the Engagement - Complying with SSARS WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Compare and contrast the basis and requirements of preparing financial statements, compilations, reviews, and audits. Critical elements of compilation, review, and audit reports. Impact of special purpose accounting frameworks and other special issues. Exercise on designing inquiries and analytics in a review. Case study differentiating the scope of various non-attest and attest services. Avoiding litigation risks in accounting services.
Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial statement preparation. Common mistakes made in preparing financial statements. GASB financial statement preparation standards.
Cybersecurity 101 for CPAs WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The typical IT architecture and technology components that reside in an IT environment. Specific cybersecurity controls that are applied at each layer within an IT environment. An overview of common cybersecurity frameworks used within the industry to establish and assess cybersecurity controls.
Risk Assessment for Small Business Audits WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Each element of the risk assessment process. Understanding the client's business and industry in which it operates. Internal control. Assessing the magnitude and likelihood of risk. Linking risk assessment to substantive audit procedures.
Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial statement preparation. Common mistakes made in preparing financial statements. GASB financial statement preparation standards.
Auditing Standards Update and Best Practices WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Designing and performing sufficient audit procedures required for all audits, particularly when auditing privately-owned companies. Identify controls that exist, especially when those controls are not clearly identified or formalized. Evaluate if those controls prevent or detect material misstatements in financial statements. Design effective audit procedures (including testing of controls where appropriate) in response to the auditor's assessed risk of the potential material misstatements in the financial statements.
Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial statement preparation. Common mistakes made in preparing financial statements. GASB financial statement preparation standards.
Audits Under Uniform Guidance-Single Audit and NPOs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Concepts of the Single Audit under the Uniform Guidance. Performing the compliance audit of federal awards, including testing auditee compliance and internal control over compliance. Auditor reporting responsibilities including the compliance audit reports, the report on the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, and schedule of findings and questioned costs. Requirements for the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, known as the SEFA. Update on the OMB Compliance Supplement.
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