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Accounting and Financial Reporting in a Post-COVID Economy

  • ITEM SKU
    8200
  • CPE Hours
    4
  • Full Course Price
    $39.50
Exam Questions: 20
Course Level: Basic
Pages: 132 | Content: 124, Supplemental: 8
NASBA Area of Study: Accounting and Auditing
Not Acceptable for: Enrolled Agents
Version: 8200A

The objective of this course is to address the accounting and financial reporting for the current post-COVID economic climate including the effects of inflation, supply-chains, rising interest rates, and other events on company financial statements for 2023 and 2024.

Topics include: Disclosures of risks and uncertainties related to supply-chain concentrations; going-concern reporting and disclosure issues; impairment issues related to goodwill and real estate; accounting for variable consideration revenue and onerous contracts; dealing with inventory costs and stock market investment losses; collectibility of trade receivables; exit and termination benefit obligations; contingencies; use of LIFO; and accounting and audit engagement matters. The course also discusses the accounting for selected tax changes affecting 2023 and 2024 financial statements. *** PLEASE NOTE: This course qualifies for 2 Accounting hours and 2 Auditing hours. Not accepted for Enrolled Agents. All course material provided. No prerequisites. Course level: Basic.

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Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Accounting and Auditing Issues Related to the Post-COVID Economy
  • Disclosure of Risks and Uncertainties - Supply-Chain Concentrations
  • Asset Impairments - Long-Lived Assets - 2023 and 2024 Issues
  • Write-Downs, Write-Ups, and Disclosures of Stock Market and Bond Investments
  • Inventory Costs and Valuation Issues
  • Trade Receivables and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
  • Exit and Termination Costs
  • Post-COVID Contingencies and Exposure to Third-Party and Employee Claims
  • Business Interruption Insurance Recovery and Presentation- Post-COVID Damage
  • Going Concern in the 2023-2024 Inflationary Economy
  • Joint and Several Risk- Multi-Employer Plan Obligations
  • Revenue and Contracts
  • Loan Modifications and Covenants in Light of Higher Interest Rates
  • Remote Engagements
  • LIFO in a New High-Inflation Environment
  • GAAP Income Tax Issues- 2023 and 2024
Objectives
  • To recognize some types of concentrations that might require disclosure under the risk and uncertainty rules
  • To identify the definition of near term
  • To recall the frequency in which an entity should test goodwill for impairment
  • To recognize some exit and disposal costs
  • To recall how to classify business interruption insurance proceeds on the financial statements
  • To recognize the relationship a change in interest rates has on real estate values
  • To identify the benchmark used to determine going concern
  • To recognize how to report on going concern in an audit engagement
  • To identify a method that can be used to measure variable consideration revenue
  • To recognize an example of a construction-type contract
  • To identify an advantage of remote auditing
  • To identify whether the LIFO IPIC approach is acceptable for GAAP
  • To recall the net operating loss rules

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