Small Business Accounting & Auditing Update [SBAA Anc]

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Small Business Accounting and Auditing Update

August 18, 2010
Anchorage, Alaska

$295 AKCPA Member Fee
$370 Non Member Fee
$30 Discount for AICPA Members

Geared toward practitioners who provide accounting and auditing services to small businesses, this course updates you on the new standards in accounting, auditing, compilation and review and other professional standards that affect small businesses and their auditors. Cover practical applications of recent pronouncements, a compilation and review update, the latest insights on problems of financial statement fraud and professional ethics activities.

Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Apply recently issued FASB Statements and Interpretations to accounting issues
Apply recently issued Statements on Auditing Standards, Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services and Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements to accounting and auditing problems

Highlights
Practical applications of the pronouncements covered
Compilation and review update
Newly-released AICPA audit and accounting guides
Latest issues such as fair value accounting
Latest insights such as problems of financial statement fraud and the risk assessment process
Professional ethics update

Who Will Benefit
CPAs who require a comprehensive review of recent accounting and auditing pronouncements

Level: Update

CPE Credit Hours: 8 (Accepted for CMA and CFM continuing education credit)

NASBA Field of Study: Accounting & Auditing

Prerequisite: None

Acronym: SBAA

Discussion Leader: Jeffrey Lieman, CPA
Lieman Associates LLC / Owings Mills, Maryland
Jeff Lieman currently heads his own consulting firm in Owings Mills, Maryland. He provides consulting services, contractual assistance services, and training to CPAs, their firms and their clients on matters related to US and international accounting principles, auditing standards, governmental auditing standards, and business planning services. Jeffs previous experience included serving as the Chief Financial Examiner for the Maryland Insurance Administration and being a Director for Ellin & Tucker, Chartered. As the Chief Financial Examiner, Jeff was responsible for the solvency examination of the Maryland domestic insurance companies. While Jeff was a Director for Ellin & Tucker, Chartered, he developed two new niche areas for the firm and supervised numerous audit service engagements. Jeff trained staff in many areas of accounting, administration and consulting and provided training services on a national level to other organizations. He reviewed numerous accounting systems and assisted in the selection and implementation of automated systems, helped develop policies and procedures for technology usage, work paper development, administrative procedures and other office policies, and also provided Peer Review Services (SEC section). Jeff also served as a Senior Manager with KPMG/Baltimore. At KPMG he maintained client relations, marketed audit, tax and consulting services, and managed audit related services for publicly traded and privately held entities. His clients have included real estate ventures, printing and publishing companies, electronic manufacturers, wholesale distributors, retail stores, financial institutions, construction contractors, Governmental units, and various nonprofit organizations.
Mr. Lieman has been a national trainer for KPMG where he developed training materials for staff and instructors and is recognized nationally as a lecturer for various accounting, auditing and technology topics and has been quoted in various trade journals. He was elected Chairman of the Year by the Maryland Association of CPAs for chairmanship of the Computer Resources Committee.

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