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AICPA Peer Review Program: Overcoming Common Deficiencies

$197.00

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Description

The AICPA Annual Report on Oversight issued in May 2024 for peer reviews performed from 2021-2023 showed pass rates of 88 percent for system reviews and 67 percent for engagement reviews. Similarly, 8 percent and 33 percent of system and engagement reviews passed with deficiencies.

Accounting firms continue to wrestle with the ever-changing guidance issued by the AICPA and requirements that vary significantly depending on the type of engagement: Audit, Review, Compilation, Non-Attest, or Personal Financial Statement. Still, practitioners want to make the grade and obtain the coveted clean opinion from the reviewer.

Listen as Dean Beddow, Managing Director, Audit Risk Management at Grant Thornton, explains the latest AICPA pronouncements and how to ready your firm for peer review.

Presented By

Dean Beddow
Managing Director, Audit Risk Management
Grant Thornton

Mr. Beddow is a managing director on Grant Thornton’s Audit Risk Management team. He manages the firm’s Internal Audit Practice Review program and is the liaison for the external peer review and Department of Labor inspections. Mr. Beddow also supports the annual PCAOB inspection. He has more than 25 years of public accounting experience, including 10 years serving construction and distribution clients. Mr. Beddow was previously a senior technical manager at the AICPA, where he managed all aspects of the Peer Review Program, including drafting peer review standards, serving as a staff liaison to the AICPA Peer Review Board and overseeing the program’s operations.

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Credit Information

  • BARBRI is a NASBA CPE sponsor and this 110-minute webinar is accredited for 2.0 CPE credits.

Date + Time

  • event

    Wednesday, September 11, 2024

  • schedule

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  1. Peer review standards and your A&A practice
  2. Off and running - it's only a compilation
  3. Providing limited assurance: review engagements
  4. Common peer review deficiencies
  5. Other unique reporting and A&A areas
  6. Quality Management Standards

The panelist will prepare you for your upcoming peer review by:

  • Discussing the impact of recent developments involving compilations, reviews, auditing, and non-attest engagements
  • Highlighting potential weaknesses in peer reviews noted by the Annual Report on Oversight
  • Explaining compliance for unique reporting areas including personal financial statements and forecasts
  • Identifying steps to take to avoid common deficiencies found during the peer review

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify current standards for review engagements
  • Recognize deficiencies in peer reviews as identified by the Annual Report on Oversight
  • Determine specific compliance steps for unique reporting areas
  • Decide specific steps to take to avoid common deficiencies
  • Field of Study: Accounting
  • Level of Knowledge: Intermediate
  • Advance Preparation: None
  • Teaching Method: Seminar/Lecture
  • Delivery Method: Group-Internet (via computer)
  • Attendance Monitoring Method: Attendance is monitored electronically via a participant's PIN and through a series of attendance verification prompts displayed throughout the program
  • Prerequisite: Three years+ business or public firm experience at mid-level within the organization, preparing complex tax forms and schedules; supervisory authority over other preparers/accountants. Specific knowledge and understanding of AICPA Peer Review Program.

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