With SAS 136, the AICPA’s new audit standard for employee benefit plans (EBPs), effective, it is time to get up to speed on all the guidance you will need to perform your EBP audits for this year-end. Discuss what’s the same and what's different...
This course serves as a guide to the rules and regulations of the Georgia State Board of Accountancy. This CPE session qualifies for the one-hour of Georgia rules and regulations specific ethics now required for license renewal. The Georgia...
Peer review deficiencies and professional liability claims result from both audit and nonaudit services. Discuss best practices for avoiding legal liability and quality control concerns for various professional services public accountants offer.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...