Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update CPE

June 21, 2010                                                    8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

8 CPE credit hours                                           Lunch provided

College Station Conference Center

$225 TSCPA member & non-CPA staff; $285 non-member

 

Instructor:           Mary Fischer, Ph.D, UT Tyler Professor of Accounting

Dr. Fischer also serves as an advisor to the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Government Accounting Standards Board, and an array of not-for-profit organizations nationwide.  She was TSCPA Outstanding Educator in 2002.

 

Description:

Keep up-to-date with changes in governmental accounting and auditing. This course will cover new rules from GASB:

New items in effect for June 30, 2010, reporting periods, including GASB 53 regarding Derivatives and GASB 51 regarding Intangible Assets;

GASB 54 for reporting fund balance in the fund reports in periods beginning after June 15, 2010;

proposed revisions to GASB 14, including an exposure draft for which the comment period ends June 30, 2010;

and various projects presently underway at the GASB Board, including GASB 58, guidance for Chapter 9 bankruptcies.  

Live instruction by knowledgeable and lively instructor.

 

Learning Objective(s):

Review all recently issued accounting standards relevant to Governments

Discuss any new or proposed audit guidance (AICPA, OMB, and GAO) for Governments

 

The method of presentation is group-live instruction and the program level is basic. There are no prerequisites for this course nor is there any advanced preparation required.

 

To register, contact Linda Johnson, Brazos Valley Chapter TSCPA Executive Director at Linda@bvcpa.org or 936-435-9989