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(SSAA113/27) Surgent’s Compilations, Review, And Attestation Engagements

Most CPA firms perform some level of compilation and review engagements. And some perform engagements under attestation standards. Building off what you learned in the training in Level 1, Module 4, this course offers builds provides a deeper dive into the most frequently missed issues in compilations and reviews engagements. We will also focus on...
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(SSAA265/27) Surgent’s Surging Auditors: Professional Skeptic

Participants play the role of an auditor collecting information, making inquiries, and documenting findings around the audit of Home D?cor and More. They develop professional skepticism skills as they analyze data obtained from an interview with Courtney the Controller, comparing, confirming, and corroborating it against information provided by the CFO. Some things aren't matching up...
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(SSAA130/27) Surgent’s Effective Communications with Management and Those Charged with Governance

As a byproduct of the audit, the auditor has a responsibility to communicate certain information to management and those charged with governance, primarily related to risk and internal control deficiencies. In some cases the auditor may be required to report outside the entity, for example, when fraud is identified. Some of these communications to management...
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(SSAA189/27) Surgent’s Fraud Basics: Protecting the Company Till

The focus of this course is reducing the overall risk of fraud. To that end, instruction will cover the factors that play a role in turning honest employees into fraudsters. Discussion will touch on integrity and ethics, as well as how the reactions of people in certain situations may impact the prevalence of fraud. The...
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(SSAA255/27) Surgent’s Performing an Effective Audit Risk Assessment

Recent feedback from the AICPA has emphasized the importance of performing an effective risk assessment to identify and evaluate the risk of material misstatement in a financial statement audit. SAS 145, the 2023 amendment to AU-C 315, makes significant changes to the extant risk assessment standard and certain changes to other standards as well. The...
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(SSAA183/27) Surgent’s Compilation and Review Overview

Specifically designed for practitioners and their staff wanting an overview of compilation and review engagements, this course will introduce you to the objectives of compilation and review engagements, SSARS No. 21, Clarification and Recodification, which is currently applicable and is the most significant change to the compilation and review standards since their inception over thirty...
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(SSAA133/27) Surgent’s Quality Management and Peer Review

Regulators, investors, other capital markets stakeholders and users of the financial statements need accurate and transparent financial information for decision making. One reason that why the capital markets are as efficient as they are today, is that users believe that they can trust audited financial statements, in part, due to the fact that they are...
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(SSAA249/27) Surgent’s Preparation and Compilation Engagements Under the SSARS

Be the go-to person on financial statement compilation and preparation engagements. Specifically designed for those performing preparation and compilation engagements, this course will provide you with a hands-on application for performing preparation and compilation engagements under AR-C Section 70 and 80, respectively. You will learn the ins and outs of applying SSARS No. 21, Clarification...
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(SSAA105/27) Surgent’s Auditing Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Debt

This module will discuss the audit of accounts payable, accrued liabilities and typical debt arrangements found in nonpublic entities. Contingencies, income taxes and more complex debt arrangements are covered in other modules. The audit of liabilities normally focuses on the timing of a purchase of an asset, recognition of expense or recording of a deposit...
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(SSAA134/27) Surgent’s Advanced Audits of 401(k) Plans: Best Practices and Current Developments

Looking to improve the quality of your 401(k) benefit plan audits? This is the course for you. Based on recent data from the U.S. Department of Labor and peer reviews on employee benefit plan audits, we know auditors need to up their game to meet stakeholder demands and provide the best possible audit services.In this...
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