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Accounting for Held for Sale Assets ON DEMAND

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2.0 Credits

Member Price $29.00

Non-Member Price $33.00

Overview

This course provides an overview of the accounting for held for sale assets with a particular focus on the criteria that must be met for held for sale classification. This course also addresses considerations around the timing of held for sale classification, how held for sale assets are measured and presented, as well as how changes to a planned sale impact the measurement and presentation of held for sale assets. This course concludes with a brief discussion of the disclosure requirements related to held for sale assets.

Highlights

General impacts from held for sale accounting. Held for sale criteria. Active program to locate buyer. Significant changes to plan of sale is unlikely. Timing of held for sale classification. Measurement of held for sale assets.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

CPAs.

Objectives

Identify the types of assets within the scope of held for sale accounting. List the specific criteria that must be met for an asset to be classified as held for sale. Recognize the accounting and reporting impacts from held for sale classification. Identify disclosure requirements for held for sale assets.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Kelen Camehl, Western CPE

Kelen is a recognized author and reviewer of CPE courses and has authored over 85 courses (225+ CPE credit hours) covering a range of accounting, auditing, financial reporting, regulatory, and ethics topics. His courses are available for purchase from many online CPE providers including the AICPA. Kelen has also remained involved in CPA exam content development for nearly 10 years and has authored more than a thousand multiple choice questions for various sections of the CPA exam. He also serves as an Editorial Advisor for the AICPA’s “Journal of Accountancy”.

Kelen has over 15 years of progressive finance and accounting experience. He currently serves as an Accounting Policy Consultant with HP, Inc. in Dallas, TX. Most recently he was located in Budapest, Hungary on a three-year international assignment and served in the company’s Houston, TX location prior to this assignment. Prior to HP, he served in multiple accounting roles in the oil & gas industry with ConocoPhillips including technical accounting policy, SOX compliance, and internal audit. He also gained public accounting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, working with various clients in the energy, electric, power, gas, and utility sectors.

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Non-Member Price $33.00

Member Price $29.00