Meeting Documentation Requirements in Your Workpapers [MDR2]
Subject:
Time: 2:30pm - 4:15pm
Credit Hours:
2.00Price:
Member: $75.00
Non-member: $115.00
Discussion Leader:
Rebecca Lee, CPA, CGMARebecca 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
Meeting Documentation Requirements in Your Workpapers (MDR2)August 13, 2019
BP Energy Center
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.
Peer reviewers have a saying If its not documented, the performance of procedures is considered not to have been done! This can lead to a non-conforming engagement. Various standard-setting bodies have expanded the requirements for both workpaper preparation and retention. This, coupled with recurring documentation deficiencies noted in peer review, increases the importance of adopting best practices for engagement documentation.
Major Topics:
- What workpapers must be prepared in a preparation service, compilation, or review
- Audit documentation required by AU 230 and the risk assessment SASs
- Common documentation problems
- Workpaper retentionwhat and how long?
- Samples of key workpapers will be included in the manual
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to prepare workpapers for preparations, compilations, reviews, and audits that meet professional standards.
Designed For: Accountants in public practice.
CPE Credits: 2, Accounting & Auditing
Level of Knowledge: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Acronym: MDR2
Discussion Leader: Rebecca Lee, CPA, CGMA