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MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS | MAY – JUNE 2017
ACCOUNTING FOR THE TAX PRACTITIONER CONFERENCE – LIVONIA
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 (COURSE CODE 58481)
REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 8 A.M. n PROGRAM RUNS 8:30 A.M. TO 5 P.M. n LAUREL MANOR n 39000 SCHOOLCRAFT ROAD, LIVONIA 48150 n EARLY BIRD ETHICS STARTS AT 7:30 A.M. ($40 MEMBERS/ $65 NON-MEMBERS) (COURSE CODE: 58482) RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT: 8 HOURS, INCLUDES ACCOUNTING & AUDITING AND ETHICS
Want to show clients the true value you bring to the table as a professional? Al Anderson of ACCOUNT-ability Plus, delivers a keynote discussion that allows you to connect to what clients and your management really want from you. Then explore other issues including:
n CPAs’roleinevaluatingtheeffectivenessoforganizations’cybersecurity.
n ChangesandadditionstoFASB’sincometaxdisclosurerequirements
n Findingleaseaccountingandcapitalizationrulesinthesubtletiesofserviceagreements. C
FEATURING KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS ON:
BEYOND FINANCIAL REPORTING: WHAT MANAGEMENT AND CLIENTS REALLY WANT FROM CPAs. You’ve seen it before. The slightly vacant, glazed expression of clients and stakeholders when you drop one to many pieces of accounting jargon... Don’t worry, this disconnect is an opportunity for you to improve your skills and draw attention to the true value you add to the equation. Break down the barriers by starting with what management and clients really want in regards to financial reporting and then define, develop and communicate the value you add during an audit and in other engagements. ALAN W. ANDERSON, CPA – President, ACCOUNT-ability Plus, LLC, Minneapolis, MN
PASSING THE CYBERSECURITY TEST. The past few years have been a game of battleship for cybersecurity with each organization planning (and hoping) not to be sunk by a direct hit. It comes as no surprise that with breaches of the IRS, NASDAQ and Invest Bank- global confidence in financial services’ cybersecurity lands and uninspiring C- on the grading scale. Enter the AICPA’s new guide for Trust Services Criteria of firms performing attestation services. This common set
of criteria marks a new engagement that CPAs can use in evaluating the effectiveness of an entity’s cybersecurity risk management operations. Explore this new tool and learn how to incorporate it into your assurance services.
GREG FRAZIER, CPA.CITP – Owner, Greg Frazier, CPA, PLLC, Detroit
REGISTER TODAY: Visit micpa.org/ATPCG17 and view all session descriptions (available April 11)
$230 for MICPA / $380 for non-members
(add $30 for printed materials)
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING
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