Webcast
PCAOB and SEC Update
Get up to speed on the latest PCAOB and SEC developments affecting audit quality, financial reporting, and public company disclosures. This course highlights current inspection trends, new standards, comment letter focus areas, and emerging reporting issues registrants and auditors need to watch.
$98.00
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Without FlexCast, you must start with enough time to finish. (1 Hr/Credit)
Secure Transaction CPE Credits
2 Credits: Auditing
Course Level
Overview
Format
Webcast
Course Description
Stay current on the latest developments shaping public company reporting and audit practice. This CPE webcast covers key PCAOB inspection themes, recurring audit deficiencies, new confirmation standards, technology-assisted audit considerations, and quality control developments, along with SEC priorities, comment letter trends, and evolving disclosure expectations.
You’ll also examine timely SEC and financial reporting issues affecting registrants, including segment reporting, non-GAAP measures, MD&A, digital assets, private credit, tariff-related disclosures, and the growing governance implications of AI and automation. Designed for accountants and other financial professionals working with public company issues, this session provides a practical update on where regulators are focusing and what that means for reporting quality and audit execution.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify current PCAOB inspection focus areas, recurring audit deficiencies, and recent standard-setting developments affecting audit execution and quality control.
- Recognize key changes related to confirmations, technology-assisted analysis, and the evaluation of relevant and reliable audit evidence.
- Distinguish common SEC comment letter and disclosure focus areas involving segment reporting, non-GAAP measures, MD&A, and financial statement presentation.
- Evaluate emerging public company reporting issues involving digital assets, private credit, tariffs, AI, and related transparency and governance considerations.
- Apply practical considerations for responding to SEC comments and improving the quality of financial reporting.
Course Specifics
WC1926478804
June 15, 2026
Basic knowledge of PCAOB and SEC matters.
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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