Click to DOWNLOAD Spring/Summer Brochure REGISTER FOR CLASSES  COURSES BY DATE CLASSES BY LOCATION   Costa Mesa   Culver City   Pasadena   San Diego   Woodland Hills COURSES BY CATEGORY   Accounting &    Auditing   Ethics (Monthly)   Fraud (Monthly)   Special Knowledge   Tax VENUE DIRECTIONS   Costa Mesa   Culver City   Pasadena   San Diego   Woodland Hills                               Dates & Locations 5/5/10 Pasadena 10/22/10 Costa Mesa Classes meet 9:00am-5:00pm taught by Mark Dauberman Only $229! Lunch is included with 8-hour classes 8 CPE Hours Overview No Prerequisites No Advance Preparation Intermediate (NASBA: AC) Hot A & A Topics Business Combinations & Variable Interest Entities When the Financial Accounting Standards Board Issued FIN 46R related to Variable Interest Entities (VIE), many believed that this was an issue that related exclusively to large organizations like Enron that might use special purpose entities to exclude information from their financial statements. Upon analysis, however, it quickly became clear that this pronouncement applies to any relationship between entities where one might be able to exercise financial control over another. This might range from a closely held corporation leasing property from an LLC owned by the stockholders to a large corporation entering into a contract with a small company that is so material to the latter that the former has effective control over it. Meanwhile, the FASB recently issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 141R related to business combinations, which provides guidance on how a business combination is to be reported. These principles apply when control is obtained over a VIE as a result of a contract, as well as when it is obtained when one entity acquires a majority equity interest in another. This program will provide accountants with a review of FIN 46R on Variable Interest Entities and coverage of FASB Statements of Financial Accounting Standards 141R on Business Combinations and 160 related to Noncontrolling Interests. Major topics will include: Identifying when FIN 46R should be applied Determining when a VIE relationship exists that requires consolidation Applying the purchase method to business combinations Determining goodwill or gain resulting from business combinations Reporting of a noncontrolling interest on financial statements Attendees will learn how to apply FIN 46R including how to perform a qualitative and quantitative analysis of a potential variable interest entity, how to apply the purchase method to a business combination. They will learn to determine when a combination results in goodwill or a gain on purchase, how to report acquisition related costs and contingent consideration, and how to report any noncontrolling interests. Key Topics in GAAP There are many issues that continue to present challenges in preparing financial statements. This program will review topics such as: revenue recognition, leases, nonmonetary transactions, accounting changes, contingencies and other uncertainties, fair value, asset impairments, accounting for income taxes and inventories. The course will be useful to anyone with financial reporting responsibility, whether in private industry or public accounting. Recent topics, as well as traditional ones, will be reviewed in depth assuring that financial statements will be prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, this program will cover methods for performing research into accounting principles, including the new FASB Codification. Attendees will learn: How to use the FASB Codification for effective and efficient research into accounting areas Topics of ongoing interest that continue to present challenges to those responsible for financial reporting How to make certain revenues are fairly presented How to analyze leases to determine whether it is a capital or operating lease and how to apply straight-line reporting to uneven rent payments or receipts How to determine when an asset must be evaluated for impairment and how to recognize an impairment when appropriate Click course name below for information on other FER courses. A&A For The General Practitioner Accounting For Non-Profits An Introduction To International Taxation Bankruptcy And Discharging Taxes: What Every CPA Needs To Know Business Writing for CPAs Casualties & Involuntary Conversions: Disaster Gains & Losses Compilation & Review Engagements Under The New Peer Review Requirements Death and Taxes 1: Form 1041 Tax Preparation Workshop Death and Taxes 2: A/B Trust-Funding Workshop Death and Taxes 3: Estate Tax Form 706 Workshop Developing Forensic Accounting For Practice Expansion And Revenue Production Ethics Education Ethics Regulatory Review Fed Up With Fraud Financial Meltdown: Fraud, Greed Or Stupidity GAAP & GAAS Update Hot A & A Topics Other Comprehensive Basis Of Accounting: Cash and Income Tax Basis Reporting (OCBOA) Net Operating Loss (NOL) Rules: Save Taxes & Improve Cash Flow Partnerships, S Corps, C Corps & LLCs: Tax Aspects Real Estate Reporting Done Right Road Map To Fraud Prevention SSARS Update Tips, Traps & Tactics On Communication & Negotiaton Skills for CPAs Understanding & Planning For 1031 Tax-Deferred Like-Kind Exchanges Unmasking and Outsmarting the Culprits Defrauding a Business Financial Education Resources is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. 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