Emerging Issues in Financial Accounting 2024
3.00 Credits
Member Price $129
Non-Member Price $169
Overview
Recognize the impact of emerging issues, including the increasing divergence of private company accounting standards, the pace and complexity of new standards being issued, and the usefulness of non-GAAP reporting. We’ll discuss current issues, including accounting for crypto assets, the controversy over ESG reporting, going concern disclosures and impairment testing, and accounting for internally developed intangibles, including research and development. The course also includes an update on the FASB and PCC agendas.
Highlights
- Are we equipped to deal with a resurgence in financial accounting fraud?
- Private company accounting standards, options and elections
- The latest on crypto and ESG
- Accounting and auditing for SAAS arrangements, impairments and going-concern, and debt modification accounting
- FASB and PCC agenda
Prerequisites
Working knowledge of accounting standards.
Designed For
Anyone interested in emerging issues in accounting.
Objectives
- Identify current issues in financial accounting including accounting for SAAS arrangements
- Determine how to advise your client on accounting standards
- Prepare for items on FASB and PCC agenda
- Enhance fraud awareness
- Gain awareness of current issues in ESG reporting
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Nancy Rix
Nancy Rix is a partner at Dickerson Rix & Company, LLP, a full-service audit and tax firm in San Diego. A former senior manager at Ernst & Young and PWC, Nancy works with clients in a variety of industries, including distribution, health care, manufacturing, and non-profit. Nancy is a CPA, has an MBA from the University of Chicago, is a member of the AICPA and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, is a member of the CalCPA state AP&AS committee, and is a speaker on various A&A topics, including revenue recognition.
Non-Member Price $169
Member Price $129