Canadian Accounting and Assurance Update

Accounting: The session will review the status of exposure drafts, new standards and discuss common presentation and disclosure issues identified by practice inspectors and monitors.

Assurance: The session will review the status of exposure drafts, upcoming and recently issued standards, focusing on potential implementation issues. (i.e. going-concern, audit evidence) and well briefly discussing practice inspection hot topics.

Learning Objectives:

• Obtain an understanding of the changes to accounting and assurance standards.
• Understand key presentation and disclosure issues identified by inspectors and monitors.
• Discuss key quality management and assurance issues raised by inspectors and monitors. 

Program Information:

• CPE: 1.5 hour
  
• Field of Study: Auditing     
• Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
  
• Level:  Intermediate
• Prerequisites: Experienced CPA or CPA student with experience in performing assurance engagements.

Speaker Information

Marcus A. Guenther, CPA, CA, MBA

Marcus Guenther is the managing partner of FocusHGK LLP, which provides quality management, monitoring, EQCR and other consulting services on complex accounting or assurance matters. It is one of the few firms that is solely dedicated to providing services to CPA firms as opposed to making it a consulting service as part of their full-service assurance and tax practice.

Relevant Experience: Marcus an accomplished trainer in accounting and auditing, author and consultant. In particular he assists many accounting firms in monitoring their quality control systems, authors and presents training courses on accounting and auditing topics and assists with interpreting and applying professional standards on complex accounting and auditing issues.?  

Training:  Marcus has prepared and presented many accounting and assurance courses for CPA Canada, CPA Ontario, commercial training firms and individual firms over the years.  

Authoring: He was the co-author of the CPA Professional Engagement Guide (PEG) and the Quality Assurance Manual (QAM) and has authored other technical publications.  

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