Auditing - Webinar

The auditor uses four phases to meet the overall objective of the audit, which is to express an opinion on the fairness with which the financial statements present fairly. Every audit requires planning, which occurs during the first of the four audit phases. Audit Planning  is a webinar that has been broken down into 5 separate sessions, with each session covering a different aspect of the audit planning process. This webinar series will discuss the importance of evaluating materiality and risk, which will impact the auditor's planned audit evidence. This webinar series will describe how to develop a preliminary judgment about materiality and consider the most appropriate risks for each engagement. This webinar series will also review the eight steps involved in creating the audit plan.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 2

The auditor uses four phases to meet the overall objective of the audit, which is to express an opinion on the fairness with which the financial statements present fairly. Every audit requires planning, which occurs during the first of the four audit phases. Audit Planning  is a webinar that has been broken down into 5 separate sessions, with each session covering a different aspect of the audit planning process. This webinar series will discuss the importance of evaluating materiality and risk, which will impact the auditor's planned audit evidence. This webinar series will describe how to develop a preliminary judgment about materiality and consider the most appropriate risks for each engagement. This webinar series will also review the eight steps involved in creating the audit plan.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 3

The auditor uses four phases to meet the overall objective of the audit, which is to express an opinion on the fairness with which the financial statements present fairly. Every audit requires planning, which occurs during the first of the four audit phases. Audit Planning  is a webinar that has been broken down into 5 separate sessions, with each session covering a different aspect of the audit planning process. This webinar series will discuss the importance of evaluating materiality and risk, which will impact the auditor's planned audit evidence. This webinar series will describe how to develop a preliminary judgment about materiality and consider the most appropriate risks for each engagement. This webinar series will also review the eight steps involved in creating the audit plan.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 2

The auditor uses four phases to meet the overall objective of the audit, which is to express an opinion on the fairness with which the financial statements present fairly. Every audit requires planning, which occurs during the first of the four audit phases. Audit Planning  is a webinar that has been broken down into 5 separate sessions, with each session covering a different aspect of the audit planning process. This webinar series will discuss the importance of evaluating materiality and risk, which will impact the auditor's planned audit evidence. This webinar series will describe how to develop a preliminary judgment about materiality and consider the most appropriate risks for each engagement. This webinar series will also review the eight steps involved in creating the audit plan.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 1

The auditor uses four phases to meet the overall objective of the audit, which is to express an opinion on the fairness with which the financial statements present fairly. Every audit requires planning, which occurs during the first of the four audit phases. Audit Planning  is a webinar that has been broken down into 5 separate sessions, with each session covering a different aspect of the audit planning process. This webinar series will discuss the importance of evaluating materiality and risk, which will impact the auditor's planned audit evidence. This webinar series will describe how to develop a preliminary judgment about materiality and consider the most appropriate risks for each engagement. This webinar series will also review the eight steps involved in creating the audit plan.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 1

Audit Sampling and Sampling Risk is a CPE webinar that will review SAS numbers 37, 39 and 42. This webinar will review the reporting responsibilities of an independent accountant and discuss subsequent event procedures. This webinar will provide guidance for planning, performing, and evaluating audit samples as provided by SAS No. 39. This webinar will review sampling risks in performing substantive tests of details and performing test of controls. Finally, this webinar will discuss reporting in a client-prepared document on condensed financial statements and selected financial data.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 2

Auditing - Ability to Continue as a Going Concern is a CPE webinar that will review the auditor’s responsibility in evaluating an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. This webinar will review the procedures that may identify conditions and events which may indicate there could be substantial doubt and outline what the auditor should document in these cases. This webinar will review circumstances in which an auditor may express a qualified versus an unqualified opinion. This webinar will discuss the factors related to the principal auditor’s decision to make or not make reference to another auditor and the necessary procedures in either case. Finally, this webinar will review several questions and interpretations within the scope of SAS No. 64.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 3

Auditing – Considering Management Plans and OCBOA Reports is a CPE webinar that will review SAS numbers 59 and 62. This webinar will discuss the auditor’s responsibility in evaluating an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. This webinar will review auditor’s considerations relating to management’s plan and its effective implementation. This webinar will define comprehensive basis of accounting other than GAAP which may be used for preparation for financial statements as outlined in SAS No. 62 and discuss what should be included in financial statements prepared in conformity with OCBOA. Finally, this webinar will review circumstances that require explanatory language in the auditor’s special report.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 2

Auditing - Fraudulent Reporting and Misappropriation of Assets is a CPE webinar that will discuss the different categories of fraudulent cash disbursements. This webinar will describe the differences between fraud and an error and define the three conditions of fraud. This webinar will describe the auditor’s role when dealing with fraud and identify the different ways of “cooking the books”. This webinar will describe the different types of inventory fraud and explain the conditions that are required in order to recognize revenue for sellers of goods. Finally, this webinar will define he specific fraud issues related to money laundering.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 3

Auditing – Internal Auditors, Confirmation Procedures, and Processing Transactions is a CPE webinar that will discuss the various ways of assessing the competence and objectivity of the internal auditor. This webinar will describe procedures the auditor should perform to evaluate and test the effectiveness of the internal auditor’s work. This webinar will define the confirmation process according to SAS No. 67. This webinar will describe confirmation procedures and alternative procedures. This webinar will discuss the assessment of control risk at the user organization. Finally, this webinar will review what should be contained in a service auditor’s report when expressing an opinion on a description of controls placed in operation at a service organization.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 3

Auditing – Issuing Letters for Underwriters and Other Requesting Parties is a CPE webinar that will discuss the review the guidance provided by SAS No. 72 concerning comfort letters. This webinar will describe the format and contents of a typical comfort letter and to whom it may be addressed. This webinar will review what should not be included in a comfort letter. This webinar will discuss when or when not to give positive and negative assurance. Finally, this webinar will define what should be included in the concluding paragraph to avoid misunderstanding of purpose.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 2

Auditing – Limiting Auditor Liability is a CPE webinar that will discuss the specific recommendations made by the Chamber of Commerce to save the audit profession. This webinar will explain the recommendations made by the Big Four report on how to change the global financial reporting and public company audit procedures. This webinar will list the AICPA’s top 10 technology issues affecting auditors. Finally, this webinar will discuss the growing problems with Sarbanes including the significant costs, proposed changes, and its specific impact on small businesses.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 2

Auditing - Obtaining and Evaluating Audit Evidence is a CPE webinar that will review SAS numbers 57 and 58. This webinar will review internal controls related to accounting estimates in accordance with SAS No. 57.  This webinar will describe the procedures in evaluating whether management has identified all accounting estimates that could be material to the financial statements. This webinar will describe key factors and assumptions necessary in evaluating the reasonableness of an estimate. This webinar will discuss the basic elements of the auditor’s standard report as defined by SAS No. 58. Finally, this webinar will review the type of opinions the auditor may express and discuss prior-period financial statements.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 3

Auditing – Planning and Risk Assessment is a CPE webinar that will identify the three types of engagement risk and the factors that an auditor should consider when planning an audit. This webinar discuss two cash flow ratios are effective in assessing liquidity: Funds Flow Coverage (FFC) Ratio and Cash Interest Coverage Ratio. This webinar will review the auditing procedures that should be performed to determine if inventories are properly valued and define the two changes to ARB No. 43. This webinar will discuss the risks related to the recognition of revenue. Finally, this webinar will review the risks related to the improper recording of restructuring charges.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 2

Auditing - Supplementary Information, Client Illegal Acts and Analytical Procedures is a CPE webinar that will review SAS numbers 51, 52, 54 and 56. This webinar will discuss reporting standards defined by SAS No. 51 for financial statements prepared for use outside of the United States. This webinar will describe the procedures to be applied to supplementary information required by FASB, GASB, or FASAB as provided by SAS No. 52. This webinar will review SAS No. 54 and audit procedures in response to possible illegal acts. Finally, this webinar will discuss the guidance provided by SAS No. 56 concerning analytical procedures and review factors influencing the auditor’s consideration of the reliability of data for purposes of achieving audit objectives.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 2

Auditing in Volatile Times is a CPE webinar that will discuss key areas in which an auditor should focus to deal with volatility in the business climate. This webinar will describe how to compute the four working capital ratios on which an auditor should focus. This webinar will list the common pitfalls that continue to expose accountants to loss in litigation and identify the top ten actions to minimize the risk of being sued. This webinar will provide suggestions on how a firm can reduce time and increase audit efficiency in an audit engagement. This webinar will discuss the auditors’ responsibility for subsequent events and describe the requirements that should be followed in a re-audit engagement. Finally, this webinar will describe to requirements of SAS No. 84 in changing auditors.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 3

Auditing Procedures for Public Warehouses is a CPE webinar that will discuss controls that required for warehouses and the storages of goods. This webinar will describe the difference between terminal warehouses and field warehouses. This webinar will define the two general approaches to audit sampling: non-statistical and statistical sampling. This webinar will discuss the application of professional judgment in assessing sampling risk. This webinar will review audit procedures in determining the possible existence of material related party transactions as provided by SAS No. 45. Finally, this webinar will discuss performance and reporting standards as defined by SAS No. 50.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 2.5

Auditing – Using Specialists and Issuing Comfort Letters is a CPE webinar that will discuss the review the guidance of SAS No. 73 in respect to the use of a specialist in an audit. This webinar will identify procedures an auditor may consider performing to access laws and regulations that may affect the audit of a governmental entity. This webinar will discuss how the auditor should proceed in instances where noncompliance could have a material effect on federal financial assistance programs. This webinar will define the applicability of SAS No. 76 in regards to comfort letters in compliance with SEC requirements.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 3

Compliance Audits is a CPE webinar that will discuss audit compliance requirements and the utilization of risk assessment procedures. This webinar will review compliance in reporting and documentation as defined by SAS No. 117. This webinar will discuss the auditor’s responsibility in relation to other information in documents containing audited financial statements and the audit report. This webinar will discuss the auditor’s role when material inconsistencies are identified. This webinar will identify the auditor’s responsibility for financial and nonfinancial information and review the procedures necessary to determine whether supplementary information is fairly stated. Finally, this webinar will review required supplementary information procedures and reporting guidelines.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 2

Fraud Auditing is a CPE webinar that examines the types of fraud considered by auditors when auditing financial statements: fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriations of assets. This webinar describes the way auditors gather information to assess fraud risk in every audit and develop appropriate responses to identified fraud risks, after considering the effectiveness of management's antifraud programs and controls. This webinar focuses on the typical fraud techniques and highlights areas that are subject to greater risk of fraud. Once the auditor suspects fraud, it is their responsibility to gather additional evidence, often through inquiry. This webinar also describes the auditor’s responsible for making certain communications about suspected or detected fraud to senior management and the audit committee.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 2

Fraud Auditing Part 1 is a CPE webinar that examines the types of fraud considered by auditors when auditing financial statements: fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriations of assets. This webinar describes the way auditors gather information to assess fraud risk in every audit and develop appropriate responses to identified fraud risks, after considering the effectiveness of management's antifraud programs and controls. This webinar focuses on the typical fraud techniques and highlights areas that are subject to greater risk of fraud. Once the auditor suspects fraud, it is their responsibility to gather additional evidence, often through inquiry. This webinar also describes the auditor’s responsible for making certain communications about suspected or detected fraud to senior management and the audit committee.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 1

Fraud Auditing Part 2 is a CPE webinar that examines the types of fraud considered by auditors when auditing financial statements: fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriations of assets. This webinar describes the way auditors gather information to assess fraud risk in every audit and develop appropriate responses to identified fraud risks, after considering the effectiveness of management's antifraud programs and controls. This webinar focuses on the typical fraud techniques and highlights areas that are subject to greater risk of fraud. Once the auditor suspects fraud, it is their responsibility to gather additional evidence, often through inquiry. This webinar also describes the auditor’s responsible for making certain communications about suspected or detected fraud to senior management and the audit committee.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 1

Information and Documents Included in the Auditor's Report is a CPE webinar that will discuss the guidance concerning other information and documents included in addition to audited financial statements and the independent auditor's report. This webinar will review the procedures an independent auditor should consider in regards to SAS No. 12 Inquiry of a Client’s Lawyer Concerning Litigation, Claims, and Assessments. This webinar will discuss the auditor’s responsibility in expressing an opinion in the auditor’s report or stating that an opinion cannot be expressed. This webinar will review SAS No. 29 and its guidance on reporting on information accompanying the basic financial statements in auditor-submitted documents. Finally, this course will discuss supplementary information required by GAAP in terms of SAS No. 29.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 3

Responsibilities and Functions of the Independent Auditor is a webinar that will discuss the role and function of an independent auditor. This webinar will discuss the requirements for an auditor’s proficiency and level of required training. This webinar will examine adherence and application of generally accepted accounting principles. This webinar will discuss the process to be taken by principle auditors and the factors when deciding whether to reference to the audit performed by a previous auditor. This webinar will define the term subsequent events and describe the two types of subsequent events. This webinar will discuss the auditor’s responsibility in terms of the discovery of facts existing at the date of auditor’s report. Finally, this webinar will discuss the dating of the independent auditor’s report.

Field of Study: Auditing - Webinar

CPE Hours: 3