Accounting Changes And Error Corrections

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Course Description
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Course Description

Overview

Accounting for the Change in Accounting Principle

3 mins
Justifying a Change in Accounting Principle

5 mins
Disclosures Required for Changes in Accounting Principles

12 mins
Change in Reporting Entity

14 mins
Internal Control Considerations

21 mins

Course Description

A company’s financial statements sometimes report significantly different results from year to year. This may be due to changes in economic circumstances, but it may also be due to changes in accounting methods or corrections of errors in recording past transactions. Changing the accounting method used can have a dramatic impact on a company’s financial statements.

This course covers the accounting, reporting, and disclosures associated with changes in accounting principles (method), estimates, and reporting entities as stipulated in ASC 250-10-05, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections: Overall (FAS-154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections—A Replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement No. 3).

Learning Objectives

To identify the different types of accounting changes and how they affect an entity’s financial statements
To recognize the differences between the requirements for the different types of accounting changes
To identify the steps involved in the required assessment for a correction of an error
To recognize the differences the iron curtain and rollover methods for quantifying a correction of an error

Who Should Attend?

Accountant
Accounting Firm
Accounting Managers
Accounting Practice Owners
Accounts Director
CPA - Mid Size Firm
CPA - Small Firm
CPA in Business
Entrepreneurial CPA
Senior Accountant
Staff of Accounting Firm
VP Accounts
Young CPA

Course Qualification

Webinar Qualifies For

3 CPE Credit for Certified Management Accountants (CMA)
3 CPE Credit of Accounting for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US)

Presenter

About Presenter

Kelen Camehl, CPA (US), MBA

Advisor Kelen Camehl CPA

Kelen is a recognized author and reviewer of CPE courses and has authored over 85 courses (225+ CPE credit hours) covering a range of accounting, auditing, financial reporting, regulatory, and ethics topics. His courses are available for purchase from many online CPE providers including the AICPA. Kelen has also remained involved in CPA exam content development for nearly 10 years and has authored more than a thousand multiple choice questions for various sections of the CPA exam. He also serves as an Editorial Advisor for the AICPA’s "Journal of Accountancy".

Kelen has over 15 years of progressive finance and accounting experience. He currently serves as an Accounting Policy Consultant with HP, Inc. in Dallas, TX. Most recently he was located in Budapest, Hungary on a three-year international assignment and served in the company’s Houston, TX location prior to this assignment. Prior to HP, he served in multiple accounting roles in the oil & gas industry with ConocoPhillips including technical accounting policy, SOX compliance, and internal audit. He also gained public accounting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, working with various clients in the energy, electric, power, gas, and utility sectors.

About Company

Kelen Camehl CPA

www.linkedin.com/in/kelencamehl

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