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ACPEN Signature: 2019 Financial Statement Preparation, Compilation & Review Update


Total Credits: 8 including 8 Accounting - Technical

Average Rating:
   181
Categories:
Accounting and Auditing |  ACPEN Signature
Speakers:
Laura A. Billingsley, CPA, MS Acc, MEd |  James A. Smith, CPA, CGMA |  Michael L. Brand, CPA, CGMA
Course Levels:
Update
Duration:
8 Hours
License:

Dates


Description

This course is designed to assist CPAs who perform financial statement preparation, compilation, or review engagements. Our panelists will provide an in-depth examination of the SSARS and will provide practice tips that will assist you in performing profitable standard compliant engagements.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Explain the requirements of the SSARS.
  • Review common peer review findings and SSARS application issues.
  • Share best practices for preparation, compilation and review engagements.

Major Subjects
  • Preparation Engagements
  • Compilation Engagements
  • Review Engagements

Course Materials

Speaker

Laura A. Billingsley, CPA, MS Acc, MEd's Profile

Laura A. Billingsley, CPA, MS Acc, MEd Related Seminars and Products


Laura A. Billingsley, CPA, MS Acc, MEd, is an executive editor of PPC products for the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters in Carrollton, Texas, where she is responsible for the technical content and annual update of several PPC products. She is a coauthor of PPC’s Guide to SSARS Preparation EngagementsPPC’s Guide to PCAOB AuditsPPC’s Guide to Religious OrganizationsPPC’s Practice Aids for Audits of Oil and Gas Entities, and PPC’s Guide to Fraud Risk Assessments; and a contributing author to PPC’s Guide to Compilation and Review Engagements, PPC’s Guide to Managing an Accounting PracticePPC’s Guide to Write-up ServicesPPC’s Guide to GAAS, PPC’s Guide to Audits of Financial Institutions, PPC’s Guide to Dealerships, and The PPC Accounting and Auditing Update newsletter. She has been an observer at the AICPA Accounting and Review Services Committee meetings for more than 20 years. Before joining Thomson Reuters, she was a senior audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she managed attest, business assurance, and consulting engagements for both small business and public company clients. Ms. Billingsley is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. 


James A. Smith, CPA, CGMA's Profile

James A. Smith, CPA, CGMA Related Seminars and Products

Managing Director

Smith, Jackson, Boyer & Bovard, PLLC


James A. (Jim) Smith, CPA, CGMA, serves as Managing Director of Smith, Jackson, Boyer & Bovard, PLLC, a Dallas Certified Public Accounting firm.  He practices extensively in tax compliance, planning and controversy representation for individuals and entrepreneurial businesses. He also is engaged in the preparation, compilation and review of financial statements; exit strategy planning for entrepreneurs; merger and acquisition planning and transactions; and forensic accounting and litigation services. 

Mr. Smith served as Chair of the Texas Society of CPAs (TSCPA) for the 2007-2008 year, and as a member of its Professional Standards and Federal Tax Policy Committees since their inception.  He served as a member of the AICPA Council 2007 through 2011 and from 2012 through 2015.  He also served as an appointed member of two of the AICPA’s key standard setting committees:  the Accounting and Review Services Committee from 2008 through 2011 and the Tax Practice Responsibilities Committee, 2014 to 2017.


Michael L. Brand, CPA, CGMA Related Seminars and Products

Johnson, Feigley, Newton & Brand, LLP, Athens, AL


Michael L. Brand is a partner in the firm of Johnson, Feigley, Newton & Brand in Athens, Alabama. For the past 23 years, he has been involved in all aspects of public accounting with in emphasis in accounting, auditing, and review services. He also teaches continuing education classes and has been a speaker at several conferences nationwide. He is the current chair of the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants Peer Review Committee and the Accounting and Review Services Committee.

Brand’s experience involves audits, reviews, and compilations of various for-profit industries, not-for-profits, and governmental entities. He was formally on the Peer Review Board, Joint Trial Board, and the Quality Control Standards Task Force. In 2010 and 2011 he received the Outstanding Discussion Leader Award.

Brand received his BS in accounting from the University of North Alabama.


Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites None
Advanced Preparation None
Designed For

Industry and Public Practice


Original Recording Date 08/21/2019
Yellow Book No
Course Developer Business Professionals' Network, Inc.
Date Added to Catalog 02/11/2019

Additional Information

Complaint Resolution Policy Please contact Anne Taylor for any complaints. anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199).
Official Registry Statement

Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org


Instructional Delivery Method Group Internet Based
Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


Refund/Cancellation Policy

Please contact the ACPEN help desk 1-877-602-9877 or help@acpen.com if you wish to cancel your attendance for a previously purchased webcast and are requesting a refund or transfer. 


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Total Reviews: 181

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Jessi W - xxx, Washington

"it was a great course "

Schermeen W - Arlington, Virginia

"Really enjoyed all 3 presenters' interaction and sharing real-life cases with us. This course was definitely better than the one I took last year with a different CPE provider! "

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Jesse S - Gate City, Virginia

"Great job!"

David A

"Great real life examples. Nice format and discussion."