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SOX Difficulty of Assessing Material Impact and Significant Deficiency 2 Credits

SOX Difficulty of Assessing Material Impact and Significant Deficiency 2 Credits

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    February, 2024
  • Subject Area

    Auditing

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Learning Objective

  • To define a top-down accounting RA.
  • To identify the importance of entity-level controls.
  • To discuss the types of entity control.
  • To discover assertions and significant accounts.
  • How to link controls to financial statement assertions.
  • To examine COSO principles to evaluate the existence of required controls.
  • To identify controls.

Course Overview

Per AS5, the auditor must evaluate the severity of each control deficiency to determine whether the deficiencies, individually or in combination, are material weaknesses. The trick is…..what parameters should be considered when determining materiality.

In planning and performing the audit, the auditor is not required to search for deficiencies that, individually or in combination, are less severe than a material weakness. There are several definitions of materiality utilized in the profession that is promulgated by the AICPA, PCAOB, COSO, and others. This 2 CPE webinar will evaluate the various definitions such as COSO definitions of major deficiency, AU 325, and AS5 which are utilized by the Committee of Sponsoring organizations. Numerous examples related to Reconciliations, Standard Sales Contract,s, and several deficiencies will also be discussed during this 2 CPE webinar. 

This online CPE webinar will cover several aspects of the concepts of material weakness and significant deficiency.  We will evaluate recent cases of material weakness disclosures and updates from the PCAOB and its priorities.

Major topics covered in this online CPE webinar:

  • COSO definitions of major deficiency
  • AU 325 Definitions
  • AS5 definitions 
  • Assessing deficiency impact
  • Indicators of a material weakness
  • Examples 1 & 2 – Reconciliations
  • Examples 3 & 4 – Standard Sales Contract
  • Examples 5 & 6 – Several Deficiencies
  • Examples of recent Material Weaknesses
  • Deficiency communication
  • Deficiency history and restatement study
  • Study on the impact on earnings
  • August 2015 PCAOB update
  • PCAOB priorities

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Additional Information

Credits

2

Course Level

Basic

Instructional Method

QAS Self Study
Group Internet Based

Pre-requisites

None

Advance Preparation

None

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About Instructor

Advance Your Career with Lynn Fountain's CE/CPE/CPD Webinars
Lynn Fountain , CRMA

Owner, Lynn Fountain Consulting and Training

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Lynn Fountain has over 39 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance.  Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies.   In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees.  The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.

Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own consulting and training practice.  She has successfully executed on several consulting assignments spanning areas of accounting, risk, ERM and internal audit.  She is a highly sought-after trainer and international speaker and has produced hundreds of courses delivered through seminars, conferences and on-demand training.  She is the author of three separate technical books.  

  • Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations”.
  • Leading the Internal Audit Function
  • Ethics and the Internal Auditor’s Dilemma

Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials. 


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