CPE & Event Catalog

Sales and use tax accounting. Sales tax nexus. The South Dakota vs. Wayfair case. Sales tax exceptions. Streamline sales and use tax agreement. Use tax. Buying and selling a business. Sales tax audits. Additional sales and use tax topics.

Determining the extent of testing controls, testing compliance, and tests of substantive detail.

Auditing overview. Planning an audit. Audit performance.

Small audits made easy and profitable. Saving time with quality control. Developing cost-beneficial audit strategies on small audits. Audit planning for profits. Understanding internal control and making it pay. Understanding risk assessment standards and financial assertions, and more.

Best practice techniques for strengthening substantive analytic procedures.

Generally accepted audit requirements related to testing controls for operating effectiveness. Identifying key controls that may prove effective and efficient to test in a control reliance strategy. Responses when deviations are discovered when evaluating the design or operating effectiveness of internal control. Leveraging audit evidence available through Service Organization Control (SOC1) Reports. General computer control considerations when evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.

Materiality. The audit report. Structure of the report. Related parties. Fraud.

Properly identifying, evaluating, and deciding how to respond to risk in a financial statement audit.

The audit risk model. Outcomes of risk combinations. The reasonable assurance requirement. The nature of audit evidence. Sources of audit evidence. Evidence obtained from the work of others. The audit sampling process. The audit plan.

ESG.

Tax impact - not GAAP. Tax terms - accounting method. Internal revenue code. Treasury regulations. Internal revenue manual.

Types of audit engagements. The nature of GAGAS requirements. Independence and professional judgement. Competence. Quality control and peer review. Standards for financial audits. Compliance with GAGAS.

Determining an appropriate sense of quantitative and qualitative materiality. Identifying the critical components of the financial statements that matter most to financial statement users. Evaluating where the financial statements are most likely to contain material fraud and error and ensuring adequate internal control and monitoring to mitigate those risks.

What is a true sale opinion, and when does it come into play. True sale opinion language. What are the audit impacts from restrictions on use. Conditions for sale accounting.

Revenue and earnings manipulation. Non-recurring items. Detecting improper use of non-recurring items. Deferred revenue. Detecting intentional misstatements in deferred revenue. Backdating transactions. Detecting backdating. Fraudulent journal entries, and more.

Fraud overview. Fraudulent financial reporting. Misappropriation of assets. Conditions for fraud. Management and fraud risks. Management override of controls. Ethical responsibilities and legal considerations.

SQMS 1. SQMS 2. SAS. SSARS 26. 8 components and differences from SQCS 8.