Accounting and Auditing

Are you prepared for your next peer review? Stay ahead of the curve with our comprehensive 3-credit hour CPE course, “Passing Your Peer Review – The Latest Issues and Trends.” This dynamic and interactive course is designed for accounting professionals who want to ensure their practices meet the highest standards of quality and compliance.

In this course, you’ll explore the most recent developments in peer review processes, common pitfalls, and emerging best practices. Our expert instructors will guide you through real-world scenarios, helping you identify potential issues before they become problems. You’ll gain valuable insights into the latest regulatory changes, technology impacts, and quality control measures that can make or break your peer review.

Whether you’re a seasoned professional or new to the peer review process, this course will equip you with the knowledge and tools to approach your next review with confidence. Discussion Leader: Jennifer Louis

Upper-level reviewers have significant responsibilities for ensuring high-quality audit engagements. Unfortunately, deficient audits have serious negative consequences for both the CPA firm and the profession as a whole. This module highlights the most important considerations for those at all levels of the engagement team with quality control responsibilities on audit engagements. Discussion Leader: Jennifer Louis

Peer review deficiencies and professional liability claims result from both audit and nonaudit services. This course will provide best practices for avoiding legal liability and quality control concerns for a wide variety of professional services offered by public accountants. Discussion Leader: Jennifer Louis

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) has become a hot topic among standard setters. This session will look at the work of the FASB, GASB, and AICPA in the areas of ESG. We’ll also look at the types of engagements CPAs can provide to entities who want assurance around their ESG reporting. Discussion Leader: Melisa Galasso

This course will review common deficiencies identified by the AICPA and state boards of accountancy. It features discussion on a variety of topics, including analytical procedures, sampling, group audits and risk assessment. We will review the areas of concern and how you can overcome them by employing best practices. Discussion Leader: Melisa Galasso

Building on Part 1, this course will review the application of sampling in financial statement audits with a focus on sampling for tests of controls. We’ll also review the requirements for sampling in Single Audits with a focus on tests of controls and tests of compliance. Discussion Leader: Melisa Galasso

(Part 1 of 2) Sampling is often identified as a common audit deficiency in peer review. This course will review when is sampling applicable and basics of planning a sample. We’ll then focus on the application of sampling in financial statement audits with a look at sampling for substantive procedures. We’ll look at the use of monetary unit sampling and tools that can be leveraged to reduce bias in sampling. Discussion Leader: Melisa Galasso