This includes sessions from the conference: 2023 AICPA & CIMA Forensic & Valuation Services Conference
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, business leaders cannot misunderstand the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation. Explore with us, how AI and automation can translate into tangible business value for privately held companies. Through real-world examples and practical insights, participants will gain an understanding of how technology applications can significantly influence growth strategies, business operations, customer and employee engagement, and financial performance. Learn and explore with us the vast opportunities to discover hidden business value.
This session will discuss recent court cases relating to valuation techniques and methodologies. The session will review the relevant details of recent cases and discuss how the cases may affect valuation professionals. The session will cover a variety of valuation cases including gift and estate tax, marital separation and shareholder disputes.
Denise Harding, Forensic Accountant, and TJ Regan, Cyber Intelligence Specialist, work together to trace funds through FinTech accounts, traditional financial institutions, and cryptocurrency. Using examples from their joint investigations at NCIS, they will provide transactions from PayPal, Zelle, CashApp, traditional checking and credit card statements, and Bitcoin and Ether blockchains to demonstrate the flow of funds from one platform to another. Mr. Regan will discuss requesting transaction information from cryptocurrency exchanges and current cryptocurrency obfuscation techniques, including peel chains, bridges, mixers, chain hopping, and decentralized exchanges. Ms. Harding will discuss the application of money laundering statutes and how different transaction types and patterns are indicative of money laundering.
In this breach of contract case study, our presenters discuss tips and recommendations for developing and executing a strategy to present both lost profits and disgorgement damages effectively to a jury. Participants will gain an understanding of how to analyze a breach of contract case for a plaintiff from the perspectives of both parties to the contract.
As experts, we are responsible for complex accounting analyses , but we often find ourselves in a position of managing the human and emotional element of a stressful situation. We are more than just accounting experts, we are educators, process managers, anxiety counselors and objective truth-sayers. This session will discuss how to deal with difficult clients, navigate challenging situations and successfully manage client expectations, all while responding to case needs and meeting deadlines.
The presentation will provide participants with an overview of current challenges for transaction-related valuations under ASC 805, with a focused dive into quantifying company-specific risk premiums and reconciling WACC, WARA, and IRR.
A panel of BV Professionals share insights and alternative viewpoints regarding common issues and challenges encountered in various aspects of the appraisal process, with discussions ranging from engagement management to nuances encountered in estate and gift, compliance, divorce, M&A, and litigation. The panel will share experiences from the front lines as they unveil triumphs and missteps they have encountered throughout their journey.
This session will focus on strategies related to building the workforce of tomorrow. Specifically, the panel will address the current state of the talent pipeline in valuation and forensic specialties and the evolution of today’s workface. The panel will explore how firms can increase success with recruiting new talent as well increase engagement with existing talent. In addition, the panel will explore the role of DEI programs in support of these efforts and discuss sample metrics organizations are establishing to track DEI progress.
Attend this session to hear from a panel of experts who have experienced the challenges and rewards of starting their own forensic accounting practices. Our presenters will share with you the technical skills and non-technical skills that you should consider before starting your own practice. Participants will gain an understanding of the various areas of practice development that should be considered in order to confidently and successfully begin a forensic accounting practice.
This presentation focuses on risk management best practices when conducting forensic accounting, business valuation and litigation support services. The session offers lessons gleaned from CAMICO’s decades-long history defending CPAs from claims and provides important dos and don’ts to protect CPAs and their clients. Participants will learn risk management steps and testifying tips to reduce or avoid professional liability exposure when practicing in these arenas.
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) present a tremendous opportunity for CPA firms. Whether it is consulting, valuation, audit, or tax work, CPA firms will benefit from developing a knowledge-based ESOP practice. Class attendees will gain an understanding of ESOPs and how services they already provide can be tailored to this grow niche.
The IRS was to receive $80 billion dollars and add 87,000 employees over the next 10 years. This has been reduced by $20B. Mike takes a look at the IRS strategic plan, public information available from the Treasury Department and IRS, and shares with you his insights of what this may mean overall and with a specific look in more detail at the IRS Engineering Program where the business valuers are located as an example of implementation.
You don’t need a computer science degree to build a database for a complex data analysis. In this hands-on session, learn how to unlock Excel’s under-utilized data transformation and data analysis capabilities. With Excel’s Power Query and Power Pivot, you can perform more advanced tasks including data modeling, automation and business intelligence. Unlock Excel’s big data capabilities, where millions of lines of data can be loaded into a single spreadsheet.
While forensic accountants and damages experts may feel right at home with numbers and complex analyses, judges and juries do not. This presentation will focus on differences between expert analysis, reports and deposition testimony on the one hand, and effective trial testimony on the other. The session will include mock testimony demonstrating ineffective and effective approaches to educating the trier of fact.
The alternative asset management industry has experienced significant growth over the past decade with current assets under management estimated to be more than $14 trillion. Valuation of such portfolio company investments present unique challenges in an ever-changing marketplace. In this webinar, we’ll examine the current industry trends and best practices regarding the valuation of investments in both equity and debt instruments of privately held enterprises for complying with ASC 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies, and applying ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement.
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