Webcast
2026 Hot Topics A&A Update
A focused, 4-credit update on the latest accounting and financial reporting developments—plus the audit, quality management, and ethics hot spots creating real-world risk for practitioners.
$196.00
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Secure Transaction CPE Credits
2 Credits: Auditing
2 Credits: Accounting
Course Level
Update
Format
Webcast
Course Description
Stay current on what’s changing—and what’s creating risk—in accounting, financial reporting, and audit/attest. In Part 1, Jennifer Louis walks through recent FASB activity and the practical “so what” for financial statement prep and disclosure, including new and emerging guidance on interim reporting disclosures and events, government grants, and other timely standards affecting recognition, measurement, and presentation decisions.
Part 2 shifts to today’s Audit & Attest pressure points: what firms need to do in the first year of AICPA quality management implementation, how to manage risk across audit and non-audit services (including independence considerations), and where peer review findings commonly reveal breakdowns in SSARS-related engagements—especially documentation, reporting, and analytical procedures. You’ll leave with a clearer line of sight on compliance expectations and the habits that reduce rework, findings, and exposure.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the participant will be able to:
- Recall highlights of recent accounting standards activity through ASU 2025-12.
- Identify key “hot topics” affecting current-period accounting and financial reporting, including disclosure-focused updates for interim reporting and other emerging areas.
- Recognize core recognition, presentation, and disclosure considerations for government grants received by business entities.
- Recognize how to manage risk associated with audit and non-audit services in light of changing professional, technical, regulatory, and ethical requirements.
- Distinguish attest from nonattest services and identify key independence implications in practice.
- Identify common peer review findings and frequent quality issues in preparation, compilation, and review engagements, including documentation expectations for analytical procedures.
Course Specifics
WC1926471957
April 1, 2026
Basic knowledge of SASs and SSARSs
None
Compliance Information
CFP Notice: Not all courses that qualify for CFP® credit are registered by Western CPE. If a course does not have a CFP registration number in the compliance section, the continuing education will need to be individually reported with the CFP Board. For more information on the reporting process, required documentation, processing fee, etc., contact the CFP Board. CFP Professionals must take each course in it’s entirety, the CFP Board DOES NOT accept partial credits for courses.
Meet The Experts
Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years experience in designing and instructing high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organization success. In 2003 she founded Emergent Solutions Group, which is dedicated to meeting organization’s professional training needs on a project or part-time basis. Jennifer serves a wide variety of clients, including public accounting firms, state CPA societies, private industry corporations, and public sector agencies.Previously Jennifer served as the Director of Audit Product Development at Surgent Professional Education for three years. Prior to that, Jennifer was Executive Vice President/Director of …
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