Accounting Principles Regulatory Compliance Training - Live Webinars, Recordings & CDs

For years the IRS has struggled with the independent contractor and tax collection. In assessing opportunities to close the tax gap (taxes due but not reported or paid), one of the greatest opportunities comes from expanding the information reporting on taxpayers by payors – the 1099. This time-consuming reporting obligation can be streamlined in a number of ways. Join us to learn more…

This webinar will discuss common deficiencies that are discovered in compilation and review engagements, as a result of peer review. It will explain the difference between minor deficiencies and major deficiencies. Instructor will discuss how to avoid these common mistakes and what the most common deficiencies are.

This training program will answer questions related to IFRS financial statements and compare them to GAAP based statements using numbers from examples that come from every-day life. The course will also analyze the four key principles of IFRS and the cash flow statement, and discuss using financial statement notes to decode the numbers.

This training program will explore how the initiatives that have the most value and result in true continuous improvement efforts are often the ones that are developed by a specific operational area such as accounts payable. If a metrics program is developed by the business owner of an operation, the results will be well defined and will represent the process components very well and will help to drive results. With a real time dashboard, actions can be immediately taken based on the results.

This webinar will enhance your knowledge of SOX Section 404 (Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404) by helping you understand the elements of an internal controls system. Internal controls are a key part of any organization's continued growth, performance and success. With fraud at an all-time high, a well-designed internal control structure will enhance operations by improving your department's overall security and effectiveness. SOX Section 404 mandates that all publicly-traded companies must establish internal controls and procedures for financial reporting and must document, test and maintain those controls and procedures to ensure their effectiveness.

Revenue Recognition Rules are changing! Over the next three years companies will undergo a major change in recording revenue. This training program will help you to gain an understanding of the elements of New Revenue Recognition Rules, so you can prepare for this change by developing a program management team, updating business processes and internal controls, learning dependencies on data, and developing your revenue automation updates and IT involvement for the new standard.

This webinar training will explain the process of internal controls in account payable operation as per COSO framework, why it is required and how to effectively implement it across organisation. Participants will learn how to master internal AP controls : preventive and corrective, to mitigate risk, ensure information system security and prevent fraud.

This training on detecting and preventing accounts payable payment fraud will explain the several types of payment fraud that occur in today’s business environment. It will provide you the tools to safeguard your accounts payable process from potential fraud.

This training program is designed to ensure that businesses maximize the available deductions for travel and entertainment expenses. It is important to remain current on these regulations as the Internal Revenue Service focuses a fair amount of effort in this area during audits.

This training program will help attendees recognize the risks of failing to thoroughly vet the information received from a business loan applicant that project future revenues, profits and cash flows. Attendees will also learn to track cash through a business operation, dissect the cash cycle of the operation, and comply with SBA standards concerning expected cash flow attributes of loan applicants.

In this webinar, participants will learn how cash flows interact with financial statements. The Instructor will help in understanding cash flows in funding strategic initiatives. They will also learn about the bank reconciliations for various types of transactions and preparation of banking relationships for a merger.

This presentation will provide tax and compliance professionals with an understanding of the stages of an audit with potential criminal exposure. Panelists will discuss the sources of criminal tax cases and the evaluation and investigation involved in an “eggshell audit”. The panelists will also cover the coordination between the IRS civil team and IRS criminal investigation division.

This webinar training will explore B2B ACH payments. The instructor will explain how to isolate benefits and risks and discuss various options including Credit Push vs. Debit, and analyze critical authorization provisions. He will also investigate sound business practices to successfully managing business to business ACH payments.

In this webinar, you’ll learn about the role accountants can play in managing litigation and bankruptcy to reduce costs for their clients in cash distressed situations.

This training program will help attendees identify the differences in Excel 2016 from previous versions. Attendees will also learn which worksheet functions are available in Excel 2016 but not in other earlier versions of Excel. Understand the nuance involved between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Excel.

Regardless of company size or complexity, all successful financial close processes require continuous communication, comprehensive documentation and a flexible, responsive organization. This training program will focus on 10 critical methods that you can use to dramatically improve your Record to Report (R2R) process. The R2R or Financial Closing Process is the centerpiece of the controllership function. This program will examine the process that ranges from transaction processing through internal and external reporting, and it incorporates everything from internal controls, the corporate organizational hierarchy - its people, processes, and technology.

This training program will discuss the many advantages in obtaining a CIA designation. In addition to the vast audit and business knowledge you are exposed to, it can lead to promotions and pay increases. You become a valuable asset to your organization. And while the test is difficult, it is not impossible. It is meant to make sure that when you carry the CIA designation, people know that you have an excellent grasp of audit and business knowledge.

This training program leads to an understanding of the recently effective SSARS 21 which supersedes SSARS 19. It will provide insight for accountants in public practice and accountants in industry who will be engaged in compilation and review services with year ends after December 15, 2015.

This training program will help attendees discover the importance of segmenting accounts based on size and payment behavior and then using the right collection technique with the right customers. The course will also offer an understanding of the best practices that should be deployed around each of these collection techniques.

This SOX compliance training will help you become acquainted with the latest information regarding IFRS and will include an opportunity to practice applying these standards. International Financial Reporting Standards are changing how companies account for long-lived tangible assets on their financial statements.