2-Day Program

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Overview

Why You Should Attend

Make your CPE time count with a midyear update from current and former SEC staff and leading experts on GAAP, disclosure, and audit!  Attendees will learn about the standard-setting agendas of the FASB and PCAOB, as well as updates on rulemaking, interpretive guidance, frequent comments, and enforcement actions emanating from the SEC. Our expert faculty will provide practical approaches to new and complex accounting and disclosure requirements.

What You Will Learn

  • Updates on rulemaking and interpretive guidance in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, plus other hot topics in their comment process, including comments on the adoption of the leases and revenue recognition standards
  • Revision to the smaller reporting company rules and who can now qualify as a smaller reporting company
  • SEC’s final rule on disclosure simplification
  • The latest on cybersecurity, including internal accounting controls for cyber threats
  • Key accounting developments from the FASB: new accounting standards updates and projects in process
  • Post implementation issues from the FASB’s leases standard
  • Status of the credit losses standard implementation, including SAB 74 disclosures
  • PCAOB update, including critical audit matters and the likely effects on auditors and their clients
  • Key focus areas and hot topics throughout

Who Should Attend

SEC reporting professionals, including those involved in the preparation of financial statements, partners of public accounting firms and their staff, lawyers and corporate legal staff, investor relations professionals, audit committee members, and others involved in preparation or review of the financial statements.

Program Level: Overview

Intended Audience: SEC reporting professionals, including those involved in the preparation of financial statements, partners of public accounting firms and their staff, lawyers and corporate legal staff, investor relations professionals, audit committee members, and others involved in preparation or review of the financial statements.

Prerequisites
We recommend first attending the SEC Reporting Skills Workshop or prior experience with the SEC reporting process and use of the Instructions to Forms, and Regulations S-K and S-X.  

Advanced Preparation: None

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