OVERVIEWThe Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)use inspections to reduce audit deficiencies, specifically processes that involve judgment calls and opinions—like revenue recognition, accounting estimates, and complex accounts or one-time transactions. SOX compliance efforts continue to be impacted by new and emerging influences – from the Financial Accounting Standards...

OVERVIEWThis session will present the fundamental workings of virtual currencies with an emphasis on bitcoin and the current state of the regulatory front. We will get your thinking caps energized as to how you might approach virtual currencies and some thoughts about what the future might hold for them. Banks are pumping huge amounts of money into systems designed to prevent money laundering, but the blockchain could help by recording each l...

OVERVIEWTactical Problem Solving is an analytical approach used to identify and solve problems. Analysis is presented in the Seven Basic Tools of Quality in addition to advanced methods used to increase organizations effectiveness, efficiency andreliability. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTENDTraditional methods of Process Improvement demonstrate high failure rates: Business Process Reengineering (BPR) 50% to 85%, Total Quality Management (TQM) 75% and Si...

OVERVIEWThe act has many facets from different housing programs but most importantly the fair housing portion of the act. Fair housing impacts the nation as far as discrimination is concerned. During the 1960’s there was much discrimination and, included under the auspices of the HUD development act, the fair housing act was signed into law protecting those most at risk of discrimination. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTENDThis seminar will give you...

OVERVIEWThis HIPAA & Privacy Act Training covers confidentiality beyond the privacy and other protections required by HIPAA. An in-depth overview of medical records keeping starts this webinar examining the state law sources and even contractual requirements of medical record keeping. The webinar proceeds to review exceptions to confidentiality that is most frequently encountered by mental health professionals who practice in a high-risk...

OVERVIEWOn August 29, 2017, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum informing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) of OMB's decision to initiate a review and immediate stay of the EEOC's collection of aggregate W-2 pay and hours-worked data on the EEO-1 report. At the same time, OMB expressly permitted the EEOC to continue collecting EEO-1 data identifying the race, ethnicity, and sex of workers, by jo...

OVERVIEWThe new IFRS 9 specifies some changes in many areas including initial measurement of financial instruments, subsequent measurement of financial assets, debt instruments, fair value option, equity instruments, other comprehensive income option, measurement guidance, subsequent measurement of financial liabilities, derecognition of financial assets, derecognition of financial liabilities, derivatives as well as embedded derivatives, rec...

OVERVIEWGenerally, staff within most companies will open a position without investigating why the previous person left to determine the root cause. Was the Job Description poorly written so sourcing identified the wrong talent? Was the manager inept? Did the incumbent get promoted? Wouldn’t it be nice to learn/review ways to look at the Recruiting Process in order to find the elusive passive candidate instead of the ever-posting despera...

OVERVIEWThe specialized exporting and import training that will address the supply chain and channel of distribution documentation that is used by importers, exporters and the U.S. customs regulations for filing and recording trading transactions.It focuses on how International Commercial Documents will affect the organization compliance procedures throughout the import and export process. Lastly, we address the International Insurance and C...