Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Financial Accounting & Reporting Update" conference to their offering.

We are seeing an unprecedented level of major accounting changes from US and international standard-setters. This conference will address the latest developments in key areas. Experts from the Big Four and regional firms will lead the discussion.

Learning Objectives:

- Understand the latest accounting changes in key areas

- Recognize the timelines and key factors

- Begin to assess the effects of these standards on your company or clients

Agenda:

DAY 1

8:00 - 8:45 - Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:45 - 10:00 - SEC Update

- What to expect under the new administration

- SEC hot buttons

- Dodd Frank future?

10:00 - 10:15 - Break

10:15 - 11:45 - M&A and Valuation Update

- M&A activity

- Financial reporting and valuation overview

- Valuation industry developments

11:45 - 12:45 - Lunch

12:45 - 2:15 - Negotiation Skills

- Influence

- Negotiating styles

- Positions and interests

- Tools for effective communications

- Collaborative negotiations

2:15 - 2:25 - Break

2:25 - 3:35 - Tax Update

- After the election: Federal Tax Legislative Outlook for 2017

- Preparing for the financial statement impact of tax reform

- State Tax: significant legislative, regulatory and case law updates

3:45 - 3:40 - Break

3:40 - 5:30 - Revenue Recognition

- Key provisions of new standard

- Considerations and illustrative examples for collectibility, contingent revenue,

- sales to distributors, performance obligations over time, elimination of VSOE

- for software transactions, use of residual approach, term licenses, time value

- of money, disclosure implications

DAY 2

8:30 - 10:00 - Accounting for Leases: New Rules

- Identification of a Lease

- Key Concepts

- Lease Classification

- Lessee and Lessor Accounting

- Examples

10:00 - 10:55 - Financial Accounting Roundup

- FASB-IASB convergence - a look back

- Overview of current FASB agenda

- Significant ASUs

10:55 - 12:25 - Accounting for Business Combinations

- Overview - the basic model

- Practice topics:

- Definition of a business

- Applying the acquisition method

- Contingent consideration

- Valuation overview

- Pushdown accounting

- Step acquisition accounting

12:25 - 1:25 - Lunch

1:25 - 2:45 - Cybersecurity Update

- What can you do?

- Recent trends

- Who is targeting you?

- Methods of Attack

- Phishing, Malware, Physical, Through Business Partners and Via New Technologies

2:45 - 3:00 - Break

- 3:00 - 4:00 - SOX & Internal Controls Update

- Impact of new revenue recognition standard

- Continuing evolution of COSO

- Survey results

For more information about this conference visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/pqfr86/financial.