Surgent's Annual FASB Update and Review
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price $159.00
Non-Member Price $224.00
Overview
This course provides a detailed discussion on the key topics related to financial reporting, though in a summarized format. The course will focus on recent ASUs issued by the FASB with a concentration on issues of greatest significance to most accounting practitioners. Specifically, the course will review recently issued FASB standards on leases and provide an update on the status of ASC 842 implementation and other hot button accounting issues, such as what is on the FASB’s technical agenda. This course is the place to go for a succinct but thorough update on the big topics impacting financial accounting and reporting.
Objectives
- Be aware of recent private company standard setting activities
- Review the latest FASB Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs)
- Understand the new lease accounting guidance found in Topic 842, Leases
- Recall key provisions of recently issued FASB Updates
Highlights
- Private company standard setting activities
- Recent FASB Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs)
- Topic 842, Leases
- ASC 326: CECL
Designed For
Practicing CPAs and their staffs, both in public accounting and business and industry, as well as controllers, accountants, and other financial accounting personnel involved in financial statement preparation and review
Prerequisites
Experience in financial accounting and reporting
Preparation
None
Notice
To access this program, log into your CTCPA account at https://www.ctcpas.org/my-cpe/upcoming and click on the orange “Launch Event” button.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Robert Wells, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC
Robert “Wayne” Wells has 50 years of experience in public accounting and annually instructs numerous continuing education seminars and in-firm training classes for continuing education providers in the areas of accounting, auditing, fraud, and taxation. Wells began his career in public accounting in 1970 with the national firm of what was then Touché, Ross & Co. in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1974, he joined a local firm in Nashville and provides accounting, auditing, fraud investigations, and tax services to small- and medium-sized businesses as well as extensive tax services to individuals. Wells graduated from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Economics. He holds a Certified Public Accountant certificate in Tennessee and is also a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a member of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a recipient of the Outstanding Discussion Leader Award presented by the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Outstanding Discussion Leader Award presented by the AICPA, and an Outstanding Discussion Leader Award presented by Surgent.
Non-Member Price $224.00
Member Price $159.00