Advanced Update for Compilation, Review and Accounting Services

If you manage a compilation, review, and accounting service practice, this course is an absolute must, as it enables a partner to ensure that current year engagements conform to all applicable professional standards. A practice-oriented review of the latest developments, cases, and lively discussion among the experienced participants make this class informative and practical. The material covers the entire spectrum of partner concerns: current professional standards, independence rules, engagement and representation letters, field work, disclosure, reporting, documentation, quality control, engagement administration, specialty engagements, and peer review.

May 18, 2010

Doug Logan

Alabama Society of CPAs Office - Montgomery

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2nd Annual Women’s Summit

May 20, 2010

6 hours Other CPE
Wynfrey Hotel—Birmingham

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Shine up your magnifying glass and dust off your trunk full of disguises to "Uncover Your Hidden Potential." The spy theme will play out in decor, topics and activities. Members will see what the sassy fashion secret agents are wearing this year at the lunchtime fashion show and will also engage in a networking quest. Speakers will assist you in unleashing your inner Nancy Drew.

Tips and Traps for Dealing with the IRS: From Start to Finish

Are you prepared to face the IRS all the way from preparing a client's return through the audit and collection processes? This course gives you practical insights on everything needed to choose or reject a tactic when dealing with the IRS. It will help you represent your client with confidence and show you how to evaluate your client's options. Recognize what triggers an audit, how to negotiate, settle on appeal, and how to qualify for an IRS collection program. Develop a tax compliance strategy by focusing on the rules the IRS must follow and the latest tax court cases. Evaluate the pros and cons of installment agreements, offers in compromise, and other strategies. Keep up to date on the latest laws, regulations, rulings, and cases.

May 18, 2010

Mike Frost, CPA - MDA Professional Group, P.C.

Alabama Society of CPAs Office - Montgomery

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Young CPAs, We Need You!

The Young CPA Board is looking for volunteers to help during the annual Young CPA Golf Tournament. If you are interested in networking with fellow Young CPAs, spending time on the golf course, and lending a hand for a good cause, contact Rachel Barwick at rbarwick@ascpa.org or (334) 834-7650.

Coming to Your Town Soon: CPE Clusters

If you’re tired of juggling your CPE classes, join the ASCPA for the greatest Clusters on Earth! It might seem like an illusion but we’re offering eight Cluster series with over 100 seminars this year.  Our attractions include current topics, knowledgeable instructors, and convenient locations. It will be a spectacle for all to see, so don’t be a clown, jump in the ring and join us this year.

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ASCPA offers you up-to-date reviews at a great price.

Both courses qualify for 8 hours of CPE for $165.

ASCPA's Tax Update

Patrick D. Kelley, CPA

This timely update includes a review of recent tax legislation, regulations, rulings and case law, with emphasis on matters likely to affect clients of small-to-medium sized firms. The course includes a comprehensive review of new legislation, and other important areas in the tax arena. The instructor will review recent tax legislation, regulations, rulings and case law, with emphasis on matters likely to affect clients of small-to-medium sized firms.

ASCPA's Accounting and Auditing Update

Dr. Steve Grice and Dr. Rick Turpen

Practitioners will become familiar with current Accounting & Auditing issues including FASB statements, Statements on Auditing Standards, and Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review services issued during the preceding year. The Accounting and Auditing Update is designed to provide its participants with a comprehensive, in-depth review of what’s happening at the FASB, AICPA, and other professional bodies who may impact accounting and auditing this year, including FASB Statements and Interpretations, Statements on Auditing Standards, Auditing Interpretations, Audit Guides, Statements of Position, exposure drafts and projects in progress, with emphasis on the practical application and impact on practitioners in small to medium sized firms and members in industry.

Is There a Gap in Your GAAP?

Unlike accounting and auditing updates and recent GAAP seminars, which focus upon the most recently issued, current US accounting and auditing pronouncements and literature, this course will refresh and update the seminar attendees' knowledge of all U.S. GAAP topics. Since a significant number of seminar attendees tend not to be practicing in public accounting, this topical seminar will re-familiarize the attendees with knowledge that they may not have seen in quite some time. Yet, as they advance in their corporate environments and careers, their need to know even the basics of these topics becomes important, especially in light of the forthcoming convergence of U.S. accounting principles and standards with international accounting principles and reporting standards.