This course will start with the Accounting Standard Updates effective in 2024 for public entities, private entities, and nonprofits. We'll then switch our attention to the items coming down the pike, including a look at the projects identified by the FASB's Invitation to Comment:
Agenda Consultation. We'll also review year 2 considerations for leases including modification accounting. Then we will switch gears, switching to the audit side of the house. We'll review the impact of the changes to auditing group audits as well as the status of the AICPA's quality management project management. This course will keep auditors up to date on the work of the ASB. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:

• Accounting Standard Updates
• Projects identified by the FASB's Invitation to Comment:
  Agenda Consultation.
• Year 2 considerations for leases including modification accounting.
• The impact of the changes to auditing group audits
• The status of the AICPA's quality management project management.
• The current work of the ASB.

Who will benefit:

Accountants in public practice and industry

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

A well-organized chart of accounts supports robust responsibility reporting, makes it easy to answer "what if?" questions and helps eliminate data entry errors. However, many organizations cling to the primitive practices of a half-century ago that impose barriers to developing budgets, holding people accountable, gathering useful data and keeping errors from creeping into their financial statements. Best practices today look little like the examples you may have seen in business school. If you sense that your general ledger could do far more, this session will show you how to fix your problems This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Current Chart of Accounts Best Practices

• Why developing a chart of accounts begins with studying your organizational chart
  
• How to identify your account segments
  
• Determining the order of your account segments
• Best practices for numbering account bases
  
• How to avoid memorization
  

Fixing Your Current Chart of Accounts

• How big company and small company software differs
  
• Two key approaches for preserving your historical data
  
• What to know when making major chart of accounts changes

Who will benefit:

Anyone with responsibility for a General Ledger System

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Financial statements are a window into what is going on in the day-to-day operations of the company. They help us see what the company's strengths and weaknesses are. However, financial statements can often have different messages depending on the user. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

• Purpose of Financial Statement Analysis
• Comparing Actuals vs. Expectations & Benchmarking
• Case Studies 1 & 2
• Ratio Analysis
• Case Study 3
• Analysis of Statement of Cash Flows
• Case Studies 4 & 5
• Other Uses of Ratios

Who will benefit:

Controllers or accountants who are involved in the financial reporting functions of their companies and looking to improve their review skills.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Recall lessons learned and practical implementation challenges and complexities with the FASB's Accounting Standard Update for Leases (ASC Topic 842). Identify key differences between ASC Topic 842 and ASC Topic 840, Practical Expedients, remeasurement-triggering events. Session will go beyond the basics and will apply to specific examples. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

• FASB's Accounting Standard Update for Leases (ASC Topic 842)
• Key differences between ASC Topic 842 and ASC Topic 840
• Implementation options, entries, practical expedients, and remeasurement-triggering events
• FASB ASU 2023 - 01 - Leases (Topic 842):
  Common Control Arrangements

Who will benefit:

Accountants in business and in public accounting.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

A well-designed internal controls system can and will drive all entity objectives. Too many times control creators focus too much on security. It is important to properly balance protection-based measures with those designed to enhance efficiency. This session works to illustrate the power of a strong and well supported control system. It also discusses steps to take in order to establish such a system. This material is becoming more and more beneficial as companies strive to address many new business challenges such as evolving markets, the rapid rate of change in the business world and the notable increase in governmental and industry-based regulation. Those that desire a balanced and workplace enhancing control system should strongly consider this session. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics covered in this course include:

• An overview of control frameworks and concepts
• Strategic considerations that can be incorporated into control development
• Understanding and controlling risk that arises when organizations change or choose not to
• The COSO Internal Control Framework and the COSO ERM Framework

Who will benefit:

Accounting and other business professionals that wish to know more about controls that drive all entity objectives.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

This session revisits managerial accounting techniques that you may not have considered for many years, even though they could be invaluable for CPAs in both business and public accounting. You will appreciate a fresh perspective of concepts you may not have considered since your college days. We will illustrate concepts with practical examples that you can immediately bring back to the office! This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics covered in this class include:

• Target profit analysis
• Break-even analysis
• Relevant costs and decision-making
• Standard costs and variances
• Activity-based costing
• Segment reporting and analysis

Who will benefit:

Accountants who have not recently considered managerial accounting techniques and proficient managerial accountants who desire fresh, practical illustrations of managerial accounting analysis and related decisions.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Derivatives, embedded derivatives and mining (Bold)

Complexities with digital assets increase when you move away from the fundamentals and start evaluating contracts to determine if they involve derivatives or have embedded derivatives.

In addition, recording mining revenue has many unique considerations, especially if you have questions about differences related to transaction fees and block rewards or if you or your client are mining independently or within a mining pool.

Part three of a series (bold)

This webcast is part three of a series that will bring to life the content incorporated in the AICPA practice aid Accounting for and Auditing of Digital Assets.

This webcast will walk you through:

- A specific fact pattern when evaluating whether or not there is an embedded derivative within the contract

- The difference between recording revenue for transaction fees and block rewards

- A flow chart for determining how to recognize revenue when participating in a mining pool

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Whether you’re a CPA working with clients or an industry accountant responsible for corporate accounting policy, this webcast will give you a clear path to help your clients or entity by applying the appropriate accounting standards to your digital asset derivative and mining activities.

Detailed examples and use cases will demonstrate the real-world application of this guidance.

Note:
FASB issued ASU No. 2023-08, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60):
Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets, which is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. This ASU is not yet reflected in this webcast.

Learning Objectives:

· Recognize the accounting considerations of a derivative or an embedded derivative in a transaction involving digital assets.

· Identify the accounting considerations when revenue is recognized by mining entities.

Who will benefit:

· Public accounting professionals

· Management accountants

· Consultants with financial clients

· Financial services professionals

THIS IS AN AICPA HOSTED WEBCAST. YOU WILL LAUNCH THE COURSE FROM YOUR OSCPA LEARNING PORTAL. AICPA WILL ISSUE AND MAINTAIN YOUR CREDITS. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR CPE CERTIFICATE FROM AICPA WEBCAST PORTAL AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE WEBCAST.

Companies operating in today's business climate are weathering a storm of major FASB updates. Companies and their advisors may want to consider non-GAAP options as they develop strategies involving revenue recognition, leasing, credit losses, and other FASB pronouncements. This session will provide an overview of special purpose frameworks that may present salient alternatives to U.S. GAAP for certain entities. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics covered in this class include:

• Review of special purpose frameworks
• Discussion of non-GAAP options for financial reporting
• U.S GAAP alternatives for certain entities

Who will benefit:

CPAs in public practice or members in industry.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

For many small businesses, the standards issued by the FASB may have little to no effect as they impact topics that do not reflect the type of transactions that these entities most frequently experience. This class will focus on the Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) that are most likely to impact small businesses with a focus on ASUs initiated by the Private Company Council (PCC). We'll then look at alternative reporting options to GAAP including FRF for SMEs and IFRS for SMEs for entities who don't necessarily need to prepare GAAP financial statements but want to use accrual accounting. Finally, we will transition to audit standards that small business auditors will need to implement. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Who will benefit:

Accountants in public practice or industry

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

For many businesses, preparing financial statements using a special purpose framework may provide an alternative to the complexity of U.S. GAAP. This course will provide you with an overview and hands-on application on preparing financial statements using common special purpose frameworks such as tax basis and cash or modified cash basis financial statements. You will learn the unique measurement and disclosure requirements of various Special Purpose Framework (SPF) options using example financial statements and illustrative disclosures. The course also includes common practice issues encountered when preparing SPF financial statements, including disclosure and reporting requirements. We will also review recent updates to both audit and SSARS standards that impact engagements performed on SPF financial statements.

Learning Objectives

• Review the limited authoritative and non-authoritative literature covering special purpose frameworks

• Learn how to prepare SPF financial statements using the cash, modified cash, and tax basis of accounting

• Be aware of SPF accounting and presentation issues

• Review the disclosure requirements for SPF financial statements

Major Topics

• An introduction to special purpose frameworks

• Authoritative and non-authoritative guidance used to prepare SPF financial statements

• Common issues in preparing SPF financial statements

• Cash basis and modified cash basis financial statements

• Income tax basis financial statements

• The AICPA’s special purpose framework – FRF for SMEsTM

Designed For

Practitioners and staff involved with the preparation of cash and tax basis financial statements

This virtual seminar is being offered through our partnership with Midwest State CPA Societies. You will launch from your MyOSCPA learning center day of and be prompted to enter in name and state society at time of entering.