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Beyond the Basics of SSARS and Nonattest Services ON DEMAND

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4.0 Credits

Member Price $58.00

Non-Member Price $67.00

Overview

Practitioners that provide non-audit services must strike the right balance between complying with relevant professional and regulatory standards, providing value-added client service, and mitigating litigation and other practice management risks. This audit CPE course takes a practical approach, containing many case studies to reinforce best practices for managing the accounting, reporting, and performance issues associated with the attest services of compilations. The auditing CPE course reviews where reports are issued, as well as the SSARS preparation of financial statements service and other nonattest engagements.

Highlights

SSARS and nonattest services.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

CPAs.

Objectives

Describe practice management risks associated with non-audit services. Properly apply relevant professional standards and regulations for non-audit services to minimize litigation and peer review risk. Leverage information obtained on engagements to enhance the quality of client service. Be familiar with the numerous illustrations, examples, and exercises related to practical guidance to implement important key learning points.

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