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.
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