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FMN Auditing | Format:
Sustaining the Auditing Profession: What Needs To Be Done?
Course Overview
While accurate and transparent financial reporting is vital to the integrity of our capital markets, there is little doubt that a strong auditing profession is essential for a well-functioning reporting system. Kenneth Goldmann, director of the SEC group at J.H. Cohn LLP, analyzes the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession for sustaining a strong and vibrant auditing profession.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this segment, you should be able to:
identify the tradeoff between financial statements that are reliable and those that are timely;
explain why business, accounting and government leaders believed that it was essential to study the auditing profession at this juncture;
distinguish between the needs of investors in using financial statements and the demands of the judicial system in examining financial statements;
describe how human capital issues, such as the supply of accountants, affect the quality of audits.
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| Catalog Number: |
FMN788-FM |
| Credits: |
2 NASBA / 2 QAS |
| Author: |
FMN Online
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Prerequisites/
Advanced Preparation: |
Work experience in auditing or financial reporting, or an introductory course in accounting |
| Course Level: |
Update |
| Field of Study: |
Auditing |
| Content Partner: |
FMN Online |
| QAS: |
QAS Certified based on 50 minute hours. |
| Course Type: |
New Standards |
| Soft/Hardware Reqs.: |
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| Release/Expiration Dates: |
Sep 09, 2008 / Apr 13, 2010 |
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