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Friday, August 22, 2025 Live Webcast

Current Issues in Accounting and Auditing: An Annual Update (E2508062)

9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Registration: 8:30 AM EDT

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4 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

Designed for accounting, auditing, and attestation practitioners at all levels in public accounting and business and industry, this course provides a detailed review of the multitude of FASB and AICPA standards and reports issued over the past few years, including a discussion of the FASB’s Stage 3 PIR report on ASC 606. It also provides an overview of recent PCAOB inspection report findings and SEC rulemaking activity. Through hands-on examples and illustrations, this course will help you apply the guidance in practice. We further discuss other important A&A practice matters to be aware of, including an update on the quality management standards and soon-to-be-effective requirements for engagement quality reviews.

This course features a live instructor and has been specifically designed for the NJCPA.

DESIGNED FOR

Accounting and attestation practitioners at all levels desiring to remain up to date on recent pronouncements and other standard setters’ activities

BENEFITS

  • Recall and apply recently issued and proposed FASB and AICPA pronouncements
  • Understand the key findings of the FASB’s PIR report covering revenue recognition in ASC 606
  • Understand the main provisions of SASs No. 146 to No. 149
  • Identify other important A&A practice matters to be aware of
  • Understand the key findings in recent PCAOB inspection reports
  • Utilize hands-on examples and illustrations to demonstrate an overall understanding and application of the material

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Recently issued but newly implemented Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs), the PCC Update, and items on the FASB’s Technical Agenda
  • New ASUs covering disaggregated expenses, crypto assets (e.g., cryptocurrency), and business combinations
  • Results and findings of the FASB’s Final (Stage 3) Post-mplementation Review (PIR) Report on Topic 606
  • Recently issued SASs and other AICPA activity through SAS No. 149
  • Detailed review of the three new Statement on Quality Management Standards (SQMS 1, SQMS 2, and SQMS 3)
  • Other important A&A practice matters

COURSE LEVEL

Update

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Robert Bedwell

Robert P. Bedwell, CPA
(4.5)

Bob is an accounting and finance professional with over 39 years of audit and accounting experience. Bob’s experience includes a full range of corporate accounting and assurance services, including financial statement preparation, auditing, SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, due diligence, financing regulatory compliance, accounting system oversight, internal controls, IFRS conversions, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance advisory, and the independent review of external data. He is currently director of administrative services at Progressive Care Inc. in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Bob has been a discussion leader on numerous topics for Surgent Professional Education, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as well as for the firms for which he has worked, and has received high evaluations for his knowledge of topics and presentation skills. Subject areas for which Bob has served as a discussion leader (and, in some cases, author) include: professional ethics; fraud risk; and a variety of accounting and auditing overviews and standards updates. Bob received his Bachelor of Science in accounting and finance from Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey, and has also earned a master’s degree in accounting from Florida Atlantic University. Licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Florida, Bob is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has previously served as chairman of the FICPA Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee.

PRICING

$199.00 - Member

$274.00 - Nonmember

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Note: Online pre-registration will close on August 22 at 12:30 PM.

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