Critical Issues That CPAs in Industry Will Need to Face This Year (CII4)
Overview
In this session we will tackle pressing issues at a “need to know” level and then discuss the practical implications. You will come away armed with the “big picture.” Preparedness is half the battle, so do not miss this critical briefing.
Highlights
The gig economy ASC 842, Leases General FASB update Relevant FASB ASUs Recent changes in workplace regulations: overtime, non-compete agreements, and employee/independent contractor
Prerequisites
Some experience as a CPA in a corporate environment
Designed For
Practicing CPAs with a need to stay on top of the issues and trends that will affect their practice this year
Objectives
Understand the impacts of recent accounting pronouncements and critical tax topics on CPAs in industry
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Robert Bedwell, Controller, Progressive Care, Inc
Bob is an accounting and finance professional with over 38 years of audit and accounting experience. Bob's experience includes a full range of corporate accounting and assurance services, including financial statement preparation, auditing, SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, due diligence, financing regulatory compliance, accounting system oversight, internal controls, IFRS conversions, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance advisory, and the independent review of external data.
Bob has been a discussion leader on numerous topics for Surgent Professional Education, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as well as for the firms for which he has worked, and has received high evaluations for his knowledge of topics and presentation skills.
Bob received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey, and has also earned a Masters in Accounting from Florida Atlantic University. Licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Florida, Bob is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has previously served as chairman of the FICPA Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee.
Subject areas for which Bob has served as a discussion leader include:
• Professional Ethics
• Accounting and Auditing Update
• Compilation and Review Update
• Governmental and Non-for-Profit Annual Update
• New Lease Accounting Standards (author and presenter)
• New Revenue Recognition Standard (author and presenter)
• Non-profit Accounting and Financial Reporting
• Applying the Uniform Guidance in Your Single Audits
• Audits of Employee Benefit Plans
• Auditing Workpapers: Documenting and Reviewing Field Work
• Recognizing and Responding to Fraud Risk in Governmental and Not-for-Profit Organizations
• The AICPA Financial Reporting Framework for Small and Medium Sized Entities (author and presenter)
Non-Member Price $234.00
Member Price $169.00