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Monday, December 18, 2017 Live

A Complete Guide to the Yellow Book (E1712421)

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Registration: 8:00 AM EST

APA Hotel Woodbridge

120 Wood Avenue South
Iselin , NJ 08830

8 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

The Yellow Book is a comprehensive document containing general standards, performance standards, and reporting standards for audit and attestation engagements. Using a highly illustrative format to increase concept comprehension and retention, this seminar will increase your confidence and proficiency in performing Yellow Book engagements through a thorough understanding of the standards.

DESIGNED FOR

Auditors performing Yellow Book engagements.

BENEFITS

  • Thoroughly understand the requirements of the 2011 Yellow Book revision
  • Excel in the Yellow Book auditing arena
  • Save time on Yellow Book engagements via an in-depth knowledge of the requirements

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The purpose and applicability of the Yellow Book (a.k.a. Government Auditing Standards or GAGAS)
  • Ethical principles in Yellow Book engagements
  • Types of Yellow Book audit and attestation engagements
  • The use of terminology to define the Yellow Book requirements
  • The Yellow Book’s general requirements, including the new independence requirements, professional judgment, competence (including CPE), and quality control and assurance (including peer review)
  • The Yellow Book performance and reporting standards for financial audits
  • Additional considerations related to Yellow Book financial audits, such as materiality and early communication of deficiencies
  • The Yellow Book requirements for attestation engagements (examinations, reviews and agreed-upon procedures) and performance audits

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

Basic audit knowledge.

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • Qualifies for Yellow Book.

INSTRUCTOR

Charles Borek

Charles A. Borek, CPA, J.D., M.B.A.

Surgent Professional Education

Charles A. (“Chuck”) Borek, CPA, J.D., M.B.A., Chuck Borek is the founder of the Borek Group, LLC, a professional education and consulting firm located in Columbia, Maryland, where he serves as CEO and chief counsel. In addition to his professional education and consulting activities, he continues to practice tax and business law as Of Counsel to the law firm of Davis, Agnor, Rapaport, & Skalny, LLC and regularly appears before the IRS and in U.S. Tax Court. He is an attorney, CPA, author, and frequent lecturer on a variety of topics associated with law, accounting, and taxation. Borek served as editor-in-chief of law review and was awarded the 1993 Law Faculty Award for outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service at the University of Baltimore. After practicing law for several years in Baltimore, he was appointed associate professor of accounting and business law at Prince George’s Community College and later served as a visiting assistant professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and, following the conclusion of his visitorship, he practiced public accounting as a principal in a Washington D.C.-area CPA firm for five years. In 2015 and 2016, he received the Surgent Outstanding Discussion Leader Award because of his consistently high evaluations for knowledge and presentation skills. He currently holds an appointment as adjunct professor of law at American University’s Washington College of Law. Borek received his joint law degree and MBA summa cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law and Merrick School of Business.

PRICING

$299.00 - Member

$399.00 - Nonmember

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