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Saturday, March 21, 2026 Live Webcast

How to Get a Better Return on Yellow Book and Single Audits - Avoiding the Most Misapplied Audit Concepts (X4-7276473)

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM EDT
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8 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

Yellow Book and Single Audit reporting entities have complex and unique financial statement audit, compliance and reporting issues. Deficiencies in these types of audit engagements are common. This course will reduce the likelihood of noncompliance with relevant professional and regulatory auditing and reporting standards.

DESIGNED FOR

Any compliance auditor who wishes to learn how to be more effective and efficient on engagements

BENEFITS

  • Describe the differences in the auditor's responsibility between generally accepted auditing standards, generally accepted government auditing standards, and OMB Uniform Guidance
  • Explain common deficiencies in Yellow Book and Single Audit engagements
  • Apply best practices for designing and performing tests of internal controls and compliance with major federal programs
  • Discuss the special reporting requirements of Yellow Book and Single Audit engagements

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Discover the fundamental differences in the auditor's responsibilities between financial statement audits performed in accordance with the SASs and Yellow Book 
  • Understand risk assessment factors above those associated with a financial statement audit only
  • Learn what must be done beyond the financial statement audit in order to issue required Yellow Book and Single Audit reports on internal controls and compliance
  • Master designing, performing and documenting effective and efficient tests of compliance requirements
  • Practice identifying, documenting and communicating the impact of internal control deficiencies and compliance audit findings to the client
  • Common peer review deficiencies

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Jennifer Louis

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA

President

Emergent Solutions Group

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and instructing high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organization success. In 2003, she founded Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, where she focuses her energy on designing and delivering high-quality, practical, and engaging accounting and auditing training. She was most recently Director of Audit Product Development at Surgent Professional Education, and prior to that served as Executive Vice President/Director of Training Services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly-respected training and audit process consulting firm. Before joining AuditWatch, Jennifer was the Financial/Operational Audit Manager at AARP. At the start of her professional career, Jennifer was an Audit Manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she frequently served as a local and national instructor. Jennifer graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA-Accounting. Besides loving life on the lake with her husband in Charlotte, NC, she enjoys hiking with her little dog Frodo Beggins, and savoring any precious moments spent with her two young adult boys

PRICING

$225.00 - Member

$275.00 - Nonmember

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Note: Online pre-registration will close on March 21 at 10:30 AM.

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