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Monday, December 18, 2023 Live Webcast

Accounting and Auditing Update for Small Businesses (E2312431)

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Registration: 8:45 AM EST

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8.0 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

Geared toward practitioners who provide accounting and auditing services to small businesses, this course updates you on the new accounting, auditing, compilation, preparation, and review standards, and other professional guidance that impact small businesses and their auditors. Materials include practical applications of the topics covered to help you understand and apply the standards to real-life scenarios. With the rate of change in today’s regulatory environment, you must stay current on the topics impacting the profession.

DESIGNED FOR

CPAs who require a review of recent accounting and auditing pronouncements

BENEFITS

  • Identify recently issued FASB, ASB, and ARSC guidance and standards that impact small businesses.
  • Identify key concepts related to exposure drafts and other projects in accounting and auditing.
  • Recognize small business audits: who needs them and why.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Accounting standards updates, including an update on leases, financial instruments, and revenue recognition
  • Latest activity from FASB, ASB, and ARSC
  • An update on audit and attest standards
  • Private company financial reporting
  • Types of small business audits

COURSE LEVEL

Intermediate

PREREQUISITES

Previous auditing and accounting experience

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Thomas Newell

Thomas E. Newell, CPA

AICPA/Professional Development Institute

Thomas E. Newell, Jr., CPA Newell and Newell, P.C. / Columbus, Georgia Thomas E. Newell, Jr. (Tom) is a shareholder in the firm of Newell & Newell, P.C., which is located in Columbus, GA. Tom started the firm with his wife, Silvia Newell, CPA in 1986. Prior to that, his public accounting experience included both local firms and international firms. Tom has performed hundreds of peer reviews and has been involved with the peer review program since 1989. Tom served on the Georgia Society (GSCPA) peer review committees from 1989 to 1993. In 1993, he was selected to be one of the technical reviewers for the Georgia Society Peer Review Program and served for nine years. During his time as technical reviewer, Tom worked with the GSCPA to move the peer review committee from in-person to online meetings. Tom has also served several years on the accounting and auditing committee at the Georgia Society. Tom has been a presenter at conferences and CPE courses for over 30 years. He has been a frequent presenter for the Georgia Society of CPAs at the Southeastern Accounting Show, Tax Forum (A&A topics), and the Accounting Institute. Tom is also a discussion leader for various continuing education courses on A&A topics for other state societies. He has made presentations at Fortune 500 companies and several government agencies on accounting and auditing, internal controls, and cybersecurity. As a presenter, Tom has been described as a dynamic speaker who is able to take a boring topic (accounting and auditing) and make it interesting. He was awarded the Surgent Outstanding Discussion Leader Award in 2015, 2016, and 2018, as a result of these skills. Tom was recognized in 2018 by the AICPA as an Outstanding Facilitator for his consistently high evaluations of knowledge and presentation skills. As the world of presentations has been changing, Tom has been a champion of moving to virtual presentations. He was involved in the early years of simulcasting by various state CPA societies, as well as the recording of video and audio self-study courses. Tom is now prepared for the next wave of change toward the totally virtual classroom that simulates a true live classroom experience. Tom graduated cum laude from Georgia Southwestern College in Americus, GA in 1980.

PRICING

$289.00 - Member

$439.00 - Nonmember

AICPA members receive a discount of $30 for this event.

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Note: Online pre-registration will close on December 18 at 8:45 AM.

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American Institute of CPAs