| Accounting & Auditing Update: A Complete Review of Key New Pronouncements |
| This comprehensive seminar explains how to implement recent pronouncements and anticipate future developments. You'll be brought up to date on the latest pronouncements from the FASB, EITF, ASB and AcSEC and gain the understanding to apply them effectively and efficiently. The seminar focuses on many areas including the most recent Codification updates...Independence and Ethics...international convergence...exposure drafts...and more. |
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| Accounting for Income Taxes: Level I |
| FAS 109 (ASC 740) is the standard for accounting for income taxes. Hence, financial statement preparers and their accountants need to understand its complexities. |
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| Business Combinations & Consolidations |
| The rules for business combinations and consolidations are complex. To ensure financial statement compliance, financial professionals must possess a firm grasp of these rules. |
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| Decoding the Codification: FASB's New Format for US GAAP |
| As of September 15, 2009 financial statement disclosures must be in accordance with FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification TM (ASC). Are you as familiar with the Codification as you need to be? |
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| Fair Value Accounting: Impact of FAS 157 & Beyond (ASC 820 & 825) |
| FAS 157 (ASC 820) on fair value accounting represents a dramatic shift away from historical cost accounting--one that could significantly impact companies' financial statements. This seminar presents an in-depth discussion of fair value and how the rules will affect existing accounting and disclosure practices. |
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| FAS 52 & Derivatives: Unraveling the Mystery of FX Accounting |
| Do you have a handle on accounting for foreign currency transactions? Do you have a clear understanding of the difference between translation and remeasurement? Are foreign currency derivatives still a mystery? |
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| FASB Hot Topics |
| Some FASB pronouncements remain burning issues for years, while others fade quietly into obscurity. This continually updated seminar focuses on the topics that are "top-of-mind" at FASB, be they new pronouncements or older edicts for which accountants continue to require guidance. |
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| FIN 48: A Practical Approach |
| For companies everywhere, recording income taxes in the financial statements presents a host of challenges. FIN 48 (ASC 740) takes those challenges to the next level with significant documentation and disclosure requirements. |
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| Financial Accounting & Reporting Update for Corporate Accountants |
| Increasingly complex and controversial accounting issues and disclosures burden busy financial executives. |
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| IFRS: A Comprehensive Two-Day Workshop |
| For financial professionals who need to get quickly up to speed on IFRS, this two-day workshop will give you the background you need to understand the critical technical accounting issues that arise when applying IFRS. |
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| IFRS: A One-Day Review & Update |
| With the SEC on record as supporting a transition to IFRS, financial professionals must begin to gain an understanding of this increasingly global set of accounting standards. |
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| Oil & Gas Accounting |
| Oil and gas companies are significantly affected by special accounting rules and are always at the mercy of the business cycle. Industry accountants must also wade through unique tax issues. |
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| Review of Recent GAAP |
| This continually updated seminar is designed for the accountant who wants to keep abreast of the latest rules and regulations affecting financial accounting and reporting. |
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| SEC Reporting--Advanced |
| Packed with reporting examples, this advanced seminar will give you an in-depth review of SEC requirements for periodic reports, Form 8-K current event reports and proxy statements. |
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| Selected Topics in GAAP |
| If you're looking for a primer on critical GAAP topics, this is the seminar for you. This continually updated course will refresh the accountant's knowledge of key pronouncements and cover an array of GAAP issues including: contingencies, uncertainties and guarantees...accounting for inventories...LIFO, FIFO, average cost and retail methods...purchase and sales commitments...when and how to use the equity method...accounting for leases and the FASB's current views on leasing transactions...comprehensive income...R&D and advertising...nonmonetary transactions...going concerns...FASB Codification...and international convergence. |
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| Software Revenue Recognition |
| Diverse business models, industry-specific sales practices and software-focused accounting literature make revenue recognition for software a real challenge. |
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| Stock-Based Compensation: Accounting Issues |
| The accounting rules for stock-based compensation require companies to recognize the fair value of share-based consideration on their financial statements. In this seminar, you'll learn what you need to do to comply and how expensing stock options and other share-based consideration will affect your accounting. |
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| The Credit Crisis--What Went Wrong |
| The "credit crisis" has precipitated the worst period of economic turmoil since the Great Depression. But how did we get here? Was it greedy Wall Street banks? Opaque investment products? Or was fair value accounting to blame? This seminar explores the answers to these questions and examines the accounting and reporting implications. |
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| Valuation for Financial Reporting |
| Like it or not, the fair value revolution is in full swing, making it critical for accountants to have a deeper understanding of how fair value measurements are developed and applied. The seminar will sharpen your valuation skills and enable you to correctly apply fair value in a variety of circumstances. |
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| Corporate Financial Planning, Budgeting & Control |
| This seminar provides a comprehensive understanding of the roles, interrelationships and the functions of strategic planning, budgeting and control. Using examples, you'll learn to plan, budget and position your organization within its competitive environment. Discuss such key topics as sources of competitive advantage... creating an effective planning environment...developing a strategic plan...the operating budget as integral to the planning process...structuring financial systems to support responsibility reporting and budgetary control...activity-based costing techniques...differences in business planning techniques for small- medium- and large-sized organizations...the budget as a control mechanism and controlling within an empowered organization. |
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| Forecasting: Latest Methods & Practical Applications |
| In the current economy, there is a need to do more with less. As a result, analysis has to be quick, efficient, and provide meaningful information. Accountants are creating more forecasts because of the fast-changing business environment, yet have less time to create forecasts. |
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| Spreadsheet Best Practices: Roadmap to Reduced Risk |
| The Sarbanes-Oxley era has put spreadsheet integrity squarely in auditors' sights. And whether it's due to a lack of time or a lack of formal training, the fact remains that sloppy spreadsheet practices abound in the modern workplace. |
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| The Role of Financial Statement Analysis in Management Decision-Making |
| This seminar provides a strategic approach to financial statement analysis for effective financial management. Understand why financial analysis for business decisions must start with strategy and business modeling. Review business decisions for: granting credit to customers, valuing a business, performance improvement strategies and development of a strategic financial plan. Also covered: methods for determining a company's financial strength...industry comparisons...cost of capital concepts...critical financial ratios...using free cash flow to determine a company's value...using financial analysis models...integrating financial forecasting into business plans...XBRL...financial statement trend and variance analysis...and using profitability, solvency, activity and liquidity ratios. |
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