Construction Accounting - The Impact of the New Standards [CCA4]

Subject:

Aug 15, 2019
Time: 8:30am - 12:00pm
Accounting & Auditing

Credit Hours:

4.00

Price:

Member: $150.00
Non-member: $225.00

Discussion Leader:

Rebecca Lee, CPA, CGMA
Rebecca Lee, CPA, CGMA, is a Group Practice Leader for LOSCALZO ASSOCIATES LTD. and a
Principal with Brooke, Freeman & Lee, having offices in Anniston and Birmingham, Alabama.
She serves as the assurance, quality control and compliance principal with responsibilities for
the audit practice.
She has served on numerous AICPA and state society committees including the AICPA
Management Consulting Service Professional Practice Subcommittee, Small Business
Consulting Practices Subcommittee, Council of the AICPA and is a past member of the Institute’s MAS
Executive Committee and Personal Financial Planning Executive Committee. She has chaired both the
Management Advisory Committee and the Personal Financial Planning Committee of the Alabama Society of
CPAs. She currently serves on the South Carolina Association of CPAs’ Peer Review Committee and the
Continuing Professional Education Committee.
She holds a BS degree in Accounting from Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, along with a
Masters Degree in Accounting from Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama.
Ms. Lee is a group practice leader for all staff level audit training programs, as well as other accounting and
auditing technical courses. She is a frequent speaker at CPA conferences, and has lectured extensively in the
area of management advisory services at professional meetings and seminars for state societies and the
American Institute of CPAs. With more than 30 years of experience in the audit and accounting field, Rebecca
has served as a discussion leader, technical reviewer and author of courses for audit and accounting technical
courses. Ms. Lee has served as professor of management accounting in the graduate studies (Master in Public
and Private Management) program at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a
member of the Alabama Society of CPAs, the South Carolina Association of CPAs and the AICPA.

Rebecca Lee, CPA, CGMA, is a Group Practice Leader for LOSCALZO ASSOCIATES LTD. and aPrincipal with Brooke, Freeman & Lee, having offices in Anniston and Birmingham, Alabama.She serves as the assurance, quality control and compliance principal with responsibilities forthe audit practice.

She has served on numerous AICPA and state society committees including the AICPAManagement Consulting Service Professional Practice Subcommittee, Small BusinessConsulting Practices Subcommittee, Council of the AICPA and is a past member of the Institute’s MASExecutive Committee and Personal Financial Planning Executive Committee. She has chaired both theManagement Advisory Committee and the Personal Financial Planning Committee of the Alabama Society ofCPAs. She currently serves on the South Carolina Association of CPAs’ Peer Review Committee and theContinuing Professional Education Committee.

She holds a BS degree in Accounting from Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, along with aMasters Degree in Accounting from Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama.

Ms. Lee is a group practice leader for all staff level audit training programs, as well as other accounting andauditing technical courses. She is a frequent speaker at CPA conferences, and has lectured extensively in thearea of management advisory services at professional meetings and seminars for state societies and theAmerican Institute of CPAs. With more than 30 years of experience in the audit and accounting field, Rebeccahas served as a discussion leader, technical reviewer and author of courses for audit and accounting technicalcourses. Ms. Lee has served as professor of management accounting in the graduate studies (Master in Publicand Private Management) program at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. She is amember of the Alabama Society of CPAs, the South Carolina Association of CPAs and the AICPA.

Full Description

Construction Accounting The Impact of the New Standards (CCA4)

August 15, 2019

Sheraton Anchorage Hotel & Spa / Yukon Room
Anchorage, 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 and $12.50 for each 2 hour course.

This program explains and illustrates special accounting and auditing issues related to the construction industry, contractor specific disclosure rules, and current accounting and auditing developments. It includes the new revenue recognition and lease standards as well as up-to-date guidance from the AICPAs Transition Resource Group.

Major Topics:
- Using the 5-step revenue recognition process in construction contracts
- Over and under billings
- New lease standard for construction contractors
- Consolidation of variable interest entities
- Deferred income taxes
- Disclosure of risk and uncertainty
- Audit program for contract related items, applying risk analysis to construction contractors operations, and required disclosures

Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
- Understand the definition of long term contract
- Present a contractors financial information in accordance with U.S. GAAP Topic 606Revenue from Contracts with Customers
- Calculate work in process schedules
- Efficiently audit a contractor
- Plan financial transactions to assure maximum bonding capacity
- Advise contractors on how business decisions affect financial statements
- Comply with new accounting rules

Designed For: CPAs in public practices and accounting and financial professionals in the construction industry who prepare GAAP based financial statements.

CPE Credits: 4, Accounting & Auditing

Level of Knowledge: Intermediate

Prerequisite: Accounting experience

Acronym: CCA4

Discussion Leader: Rebecca Lee, CPA, CGMA