Disclosure - The Key to Financial Statements [DKFS Fbx]

Aug 4, 2015
Time: 8-4

Subject:

Accounting

Credit Hours:

8.00

Price:

Member: $295.00
Non-member: $445.00

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Discussion Leader:

Gregory M. Clark, CPA    more info

Gregory M. Clark, CPA, CGMA, is a Principal with the Business Compliance & Controls Group (BCCG), an accounting and consulting firm specializing in technical audit and accounting training and consulting, employee benefit plan audits, compliance and training, internal controls consulting and training, and assessments, technical accounting consulting, and engagement quality control review services.

With more than 39 years of experience in the financial statement assurance and business compliance field, Greg has participated in all aspects of numerous attest engagements, including plan audit and business risk assessments, plan internal control assessment and design, plan regulatory compliance, financial reporting and quality control assessments, and administration contract compliance.  BCCG provides technical accounting and auditing consulting services, continuing professional education services, quality control and effectiveness reviews, and compliance assistance to small businesses and CPA firms performing attest engagements. 

Greg is a nationally known speaker on employee benefit plans, technical accounting and auditing, operational auditing and internal controls evaluations, integrated auditing, organizational risk assessments, and various other topics. In 2019, he received the Surgent Outstanding Discussion Leader Award because of his consistently high evaluations for knowledge and presentation skills. Greg currently serves on the AICPA EBP Expert Panel, the AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Conference Program, the Georgia CPA Society Southeastern Accounting Show Task Force, and the Georgia Employee Benefit Plan Conference Committee. Greg has worked with accountants and auditors from throughout the world; many Fortune 500 companies; and numerous local, regional, and national CPA firms and small business clients as well as more than 46 state CPA society CPE organizations.

 

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Website registration for this course closes on August 3, 2015. To register after this date please contact the society at akcpa@ak.net or 907-562-4334.

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Disclosure The Key to Financial Statements

August 4, 2015
Westmark Fairbanks Hotel
Fairbanks, AK
LATE REGISTRATION POLICY
For registrations received less than 21 days from the course date will be charged a late fee of $50 for each 8 hour course and $25 for each 4 hour course.

Keep your professional reputation stellar by making sure your financial statements are up-to-speed. This course will:
Explain and illustrate disclosure requirements
Clear up misconceptions on practice problems such as fair value
Correct disclosure deficiencies most frequently cited by peer reviewers

Major Topics:
This program does not discuss SEC requirements. Special emphasis is given to common disclosure deficiencies noted in practice Recent changes in subsequent events, going concern, loss contingencies, financial instruments, and fair value Risks and uncertainties and accounting policies Liabilities how debt violations impact
classification Uncertain tax positions Accounting changes, error corrections, and other categories in the income statement Cash flows statement

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to prepare disclosures necessary for privately held companies

Designed For: Practitioners in public practice and CPAs in industry who are responsible
for the preparation of non-public financial statements. This program is a must for those practitioners who will undergo peer review.

CPE Credits: 8, Accounting

Level of Knowledge: Basic

Prerequisite: Participants should be familiar with current accounting issues


Acronym: DKFS

Discussion Leader: Gregory Clark, CPA

Qualifies for the 24 hour Yellow Book requirement if an auditor has FASB Yellow Book clients. Determination as to the qualification of certain courses for the Yellow Book 24 hour requirement should be made on an auditor specific basis depending on that auditors Yellow Book clients. Note that the determination of course qualification is a matter of an auditors professional judgment in consultation with appropriate individuals in the audit firm. The 24 hours are a subset of the 80 hour requirement.