CPA Ethics in a Crisis World: Tales From the Front

Overview

Based on real life experiences! This program addresses the many issues impacting CPA practice with a world in crisis. The unique challenges facing practitioners are related through actual practice situations - and then analyzed for their ethical implications.

Prerequisites

None

Objectives

• Identify ethical guidelines of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct
• Identify ethical guidelines of the IRS Circular 230
• Explore numerous practice situations occasioned by the world in crisis and relate them to various ethical authorities.

Highlights

• "Tales from the Front" - practice issues CPAs are dealing with in these extraordinary times
• Review of AICPA Code of Professional Conduct
• Review of IRS Circular 230
• Review of client tax return disclosure rules (Sec. 6103)
• Crisis impacts on engagement letters, contingent fees, independence, consulting services, attest and non-attest services, billing, and collections