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This session will introduce attendees to the current activities of the Auditing Standards Board, including a discussion on recently issued standards and how they will impact planned audit procedures and reporting practices.
The pandemic has brought with it a pandemic of new fraud schemes. In this session, we'll look at the largest frauds of the year, the COVID-19-related fraud schemes, and what you can do to protect yourself and your organization.
Being audit-ready in today's remote work environment can be challenging, and requires an emphasis on improving controls surrounding the digital world. In this session, we've compiled examples of workflow automations and other tools that entities can use to not only improve internal controls but also strengthen communication and documentation in a remote work environment.
Uncertainty about the COVID pandemic’s current and long-term impact on the not-for-profit industry has continued into 2021. Cancelled fundraising events, loss of funders or corporate partners and challenges meeting funder requirements or grants/contracts with government agencies at risk are at the forefront of such top issues facing nonprofits. This session will cover some of the financial statement impacts, auditing considerations, federal grant compliance and operational challenges that organizations are enduring. The presenters will discuss federal relief funds, internal control impacts and various other topics based on their experiences with a wide range of not-for-profit organizations as auditors and as board members.
Don't miss this informative session on complex, odd and strange accounting issues faced by not-for-profit organizations. Accounting professionals will focus on types of transactions that require extensive research and judgement where authoritative guidance requires judgement.
With all the pressing matters of the past 18 months, your organization may be running on auto-pilot for tax matters. Many organizations do not take the time to do "Spring Cleaning" annually. Let's look at ten issues all organizations should consider, including those related to COVID, and use this as an annual checklist of tax topics to be assessed.
2020 and 2021 have brought numerous opportunities for NFPs to receive federal assistance by means of credits, grants, loans, deductions, and filing extensions. However, along with these opportunities have come many challenges. This session will survey many of the programs that NFPs have available to them such as PPP, ERC, HEERF, EIDL and tips and nuances regarding the technical reporting requirements that must be adhered to.
Technology is rapidly changing and organizations are having to make significant investments to keep up pace. We will discuss new technologies impacting not-for-profits, governmental organizations, and their CPAs. New technologies like the rising presence of digital assets and blockchain have also created new opportunities to accomplish your mission, make investments, as well as fundraise. We will also cover relevant cyber risks and common gaps organizations can identify and address.