Webcast: 2025 Annual Update for Accountants and Auditors
196 | Webcast | Update | Scheduled
Description
While the pace of FASB's standard setting has slowed in recent years, the standards that have been issued will be impactful for many organizations. This course will begin with a review of standards effective in 2025 for public, private and nonprofit organizations. From there, we'll explore upcoming standards, FASB exposure drafts and ongoing projects to ensure you're prepared for what's next in financial reporting.
The second half of the course will shift focus to developments at the AICPA. From quality management to ethics standards and the talent pipeline, there's no shortage of activity. We'll start with a detailed look at the quality management standards effective this year and their impact on firms, including changes to the Peer Review Program. Next, we'll cover essential ethics standards and the latest SSARS updates. We'll also examine common deficiencies in employee benefit plan (EBP) audits and discuss the initiatives of the National Pipeline Advisory Group (NPAG).
Credits
| Number of Credits | Type of Credits |
|---|---|
| 3.00 | Auditing |
| 3.00 | Accounting |
Prerequisites
Prior experience with GAAP and GAAS
Objectives
Key Takeaways:
- Gain clarity on standards effective in 2025 and those on the horizon
- Understand the impact of quality management standards and related peer review changes
- Stay informed on ethics updates, SSARS developments and ongoing AICPA initiatives
- Learn about common EBP audit deficiencies and strategies to address them
Stay ahead of the curve with this comprehensive update for accountants and auditors.
Upon completing this course, a learner will be able to:
- Recognize the impact of Accounting Standards Updates effective in 2025 on financial reporting
- Identify proposed changes to ethics requirements
- Recognize proposed changes to GAAP
- Identify the components of quality management
- Identify the impact of recently issued ethics interpretations on independence
- Recall deficiencies identified by the DOL for EBP audits
- Recognize changes to the peer review process
- Identify the recommendations made by the NPAG to improve the accounting pipeline
- Recall key projects of the Auditing Standards Board
- Recognize the impact of recent standard setting on the applicability of AR-70
Prices
- Member (Early Bird)
- $229.00
- Non-Member (Early Bird)
- $349.00
- Member
- $229.00
- Non-Member
- $349.00
Instructors
Melisa F. Galasso, CPA
Melisa Galasso is the founder and CEO of Galasso Learning Solutions LLC. A CPA with nearly 20 years of experience in the accounting profession, Melisa designs and facilitates courses in advanced technical accounting and auditing topics, including not-for-profit and governmental accounting. She also supports essential professional development, audit level training, and train the trainer efforts.
Melisa is a Certified Speaking Professional, a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD), and has earned the Association for Talent Development Master Trainer™ designation. Her passion for instructional design and adult learning techniques is one of the differentiators that set her apart from other CPE providers.
Within the industry, Melisa serves on the FASB's Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC), AICPA Council, and the VSCPA's Board of Directors. She previously served on the AICPA's Technical Issues Committee (TIC) and is a past-Chair of the NCACPA's A&A committee. Melisa also authors the AICPA's State and Local Government Guide and serves as a SME for the Center for Plain English Accounting.
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