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Audit Reporting Fundamentals - Introducing Core Concepts in the Audited Financial Statement Drafting and Issuance Process ON

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2.0 Credits

Member Price $58.00

Non-Member Price $67.00

Overview

The ultimate objective of a financial statement audit is to issue an auditor’s report. This financial audit CPE course provides tips and techniques necessary for issuing and reporting on high-quality financial statements prepared under any applicable financial reporting framework.

Highlights

Objective of financial reporting and Inter-relationships of financial statements and disclosures. Special purpose framework financial statements and the impact on audits. Types of audit reports, including reasons for modification. Financial statement drafting and issuance process. Performing a final quality control check before report release.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

CPAs.

Objectives

Recall the inter-relationship of basic financial statements and disclosures. Explain the financial statement drafting and issuance process. Perform a quality control check of draft financial statements. Explain the key elements and variations of the auditor’s report. Describe special considerations for financial statements prepared under a special purpose framework.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Jennifer Louis, Surgent McCoy CPE LLC

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and presenting high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical accounting, auditing, and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organizational success. She is the principal author of audit and attest related courses for Surgent and a frequent speaker at Surgent live programs and seminars. Ms. Louis is also the president of Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, a company she founded in 2003, dedicated to developing and delivering a wide variety of accounting and auditing training services, including audit staff training, audit productivity improvement, and value-added auditing. Prior to that, she was executive vice president/director of training services at AuditWatch, Inc. Before joining AuditWatch, Ms. Louis was the financial/operational internal audit manager at AARP. While at AARP, she served as one of their specially trained facilitators available as a resource throughout the organization for designing and leading strategic meetings and training sessions. Ms. Louis was also an audit manager for Deloitte and Touche, LLP. During her years in that firm’s Washington, D.C. office, she served as an instructor for the firm’s national “Train the Trainers” program. Ms. Louis graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA in accounting.

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Non-Member Price $67.00

Member Price $58.00