Accounting Services, Compilations and Reviews: Effective Risk Management (111147A-12)
Description
Most sole practitioners and local CPA firms routinely provide write-up
and other accounting services to their clients, as well as compilations
and reviews of financial statements. Since these engagements do not
involve technical audit standards and issues, many CPAs view them as low
risk. They are not. These services can generate a surprising number of
significant malpractice claims: one case resulted in a judgment of one
million dollars! This course identifies the risks (and proven,
risk-mitigating practices) throughout the entire life-cycle of an
engagement, from client acceptance to engagement performance and
reporting, even withdrawal.
Learning Objectives
Identify
the risks inherent in write-up and other accounting services
Identify
the risks inherent in compilation and review engagements
Identify the
risk management practices available to mitigate the identified risks
Major Topics
Having critical conversations: engagement scope, firm
responsibilities, client responsibilities
Supervision of client
employees
Preventing engagement creep
Maintaining quality control
over accounting services
Performance requirements for compilations and
reviews
Consideration of fraud and illegal acts
Withdrawing from an
engagement
Numerous practice-proven examples of engagement letters,
client acceptance forms, work programs, rep letters and quality control
monitoring forms
Course Level
Intermediate
CPE Field of Study
Auditing
8
Prerequisites
Experience in accounting services, compilations and reviews