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Friday, January 17, 2020 LiveEssex Chapter

Risk Assessment, Independence and Leases Update (E2001229)

8:30 AM - 12:10 PM EST

Registration: 8:00 AM EST

The Hanover Manor

16 Eagle Rock Avenue
East Hanover , NJ 07936

4 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

Gain an understanding of the New Lease Accounting standard. This is the most significant change to lease accounting in 40 years. Virtually all leases will appear on the balance sheet/statement of financial condition. Learn what you need to know.

Hear an update of risk assessment and independence and how to apply the audit risk formula to your engagements.

BENEFITS

Earn 4 CPE credits in Accounting and Auditing.

HIGHLIGHTS

Lease Accounting Standard
Frank Boutillette
Frank will demonstrate how this change will impact the balance sheet. Using a comparison of Current GAAP and the New Lease Accounting attendees will gain an understanding of how to apply this new standard.

Primary Objective of Risk Assessment Standards
Brad Muniz, CPA - SobelCo.
To enhance the auditors' application of the audit risk model by requiring:

  1. A more in‐depth understanding of the entity and its environment, including its internal control. Use this understanding to identify the RoMM in the financial statements and the entity's efforts to mitigate those risks.
  2. A more rigorous assessment of the RoMM on the understanding of the entity and its environment, including its internal control.
  3. Improved linkage between assessed risks and the nature, extent, and timing of audit procedures performed in response to those risks.

COURSE LEVEL

Intermediate

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

ADDITIONAL NOTES

$14 late fee will be applied after 1/8. Season Pass holders must register for each event.



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INSTRUCTORS

Frank Boutillette

Frank R. Boutillette, CPA, CGMA
(4.7)

Partner Emeritus

WithumSmith+Brown

Frank is an emeritus partner of Withum with over 35 years of accounting and auditing experience. He is licensed in New York and New Jersey, and has significant experience working with SEC registrants and small and large private entities in various industries, including working with hedge funds, private equity funds and finance companies. Frank is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and was a former member of the AICPA Peer Review Board, which is the senior technical committee that established and conducted a program for AICPA member firms engaged in the practice of accounting and auditing. He was a past president of the NJCPA, and was a former Treasurer, chair of the NJCA Peer Review Executive Committee, and chair of the NJCPA Accounting & Auditing Standards Interest Group. Frank is a frequent lecturer on accounting and auditing and is a co-author of three accounting books.

Brad Muniz

Brad E. Muniz, CPA
(4.7)

Principal

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

Brad is an assurance principal at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP). He has significant experience in financial reporting, tax compliance and planning for closely held businesses, SEC registrants, nonprofit organizations and strategic business planning, and in industries, such as real estate, construction, architectural and engineering, retail, hospitality and manufacturing. Brad is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the NJCPA, and was a former NJCPA president. He hosts its A&A Update with Brad Muniz, an IssuesWatch Podcast. In addition, Brad has served as an adjunct professor of accounting at William Paterson University and the College of Saint Elizabeth.