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MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS | MAY – JUNE 2017
WEST MICHIGAN ACCOUNTING & AUDITING SYMPOSIUM – GRAND RAPIDS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017 (COURSE CODE 58478)
REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 7 A.M. n PROGRAM RUNS 8:00 A.M. TO 5 P.M. n JW MARRIOTT n 235 LOUIS STREET NW, GRAND RAPIDS 49503 n EARLY BIRD ETHICS STARTS AT 7:30 A.M. ($40 MEMBERS/ $65 NON-MEMBERS) (COURSE CODE: 58479)
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT: 8 HOURS, INCLUDES ACCOUNTING & AUDITING AND ETHICS
Audit quality serves as the symposium’s central theme although the elements of proper sampling, risk assessment and documentation make their way into other critical issues of the day. Stay current on:
n RecognizingthechangesnewrevenuerecognitionisbringingtoALLorganizations. n Howdataanalyticsarebeingincorporatedintotheauditprocess.
n Painpointsandwinsinleaseaccountingimplementation.
FEATURING KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS ON:
PASSING THE CYBERSECURITY EXAM. 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.
SANDRA L. HERRYGERS, CPA – Partner, Global Assurance Leader, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Detroit
THE AUDIT QUALITY CORNERSTONE. Strong foundations are based upon cornerstones, and the cornerstone of the audit profession is quality performance. Without the audit quality assumption, stakeholders and the public may not rely on audited financial statements. The AICPA’s Jim Brackens provides the latest updates on audit quality, addressing challenges the profession has experienced, the underlying causes of those challenges, and what your firm can do to take action.
JAMES W. BRACKENS, JR., CPA, CGMA – Vice President – Ethics & Practice Quality — Public Accounting, AICPA, Durham, NC
REGISTER TODAY: Visit micpa.org/WMAASG17 and view all session descriptions (available March 29)
$230 for MICPA / $380 for non-members
(add $30 for printed materials)
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY SEIDMAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
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