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Secure Transaction Earnings Management: Advanced Techniques
Format
Self-Study
Course Level
Overview
CPE Credits
1 Credits: Accounting
Course Description
This course provides an overview of advanced earnings management techniques and their ethical implications. This course addresses advanced methods such as financial engineering, tax planning, big bath accounting, accounting policy changes, and round-trip transactions. Throughout this course, the ethical considerations inherent in these techniques are addressed through a series of example situations.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify financial engineering techniques in advanced earnings management
- Distinguish legitimate tax planning from earnings management strategies
- Determine the impact of big bath accounting on financial reporting
- Differentiate permissible changes in accounting policies from manipulative adjustments
- Recognize risks associated with round-trip transactions in earnings management
Course Specifics
SS124394847
August 22, 2024
There are no prerequisites.
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Compliance Information
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Meet The Experts
Kelen is a recognized author and reviewer of CPE courses and has authored over 145 courses (350+ CPE credit hours) covering a range of accounting, auditing, financial reporting, regulatory, and ethics topics. Kelen remained involved in CPA exam content development for nearly 10 years and authored more than a thousand multiple choice questions for various sections of the CPA exam. He also serves as an Editorial Advisor for the AICPA’s Journal of Accountancy. Kelen has nearly 20 years of progressive finance and accounting experience. He currently serves as an Accounting Policy Advisor with HP. Prior to HP, he served in multiple …
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