AICPA Peer Review Program: Overcoming Common Deficiencies
Recording of a 110-minute CPE video webinar with Q&A
This course will prepare accounting firm professionals for its required AICPA peer review. The panelist will outline best practices for undergoing reviews and discuss recent developments including the AICPA's latest issued standards.
Outline
- Peer review standards and your A&A practice
- Off and running - it's only a compilation
- Providing limited assurance: review engagements
- Common peer review deficiencies
- Other unique reporting and A&A areas
- Quality Management Standards
Benefits
The panelist will prepare you for your upcoming peer review by:
- Discussing the impact of recent developments involving compilations, reviews, auditing, and non-attest engagements
- Highlighting potential weaknesses in peer reviews noted by the Annual Report on Oversight
- Explaining compliance for unique reporting areas including personal financial statements and forecasts
- Identifying steps to take to avoid common deficiencies found during the peer review
Faculty
Dean Beddow
Managing Director, Audit Risk Management
Grant Thornton
Mr. Beddow is a managing director on Grant Thornton’s Audit Risk Management team. He manages the firm’s... | Read More
Mr. Beddow is a managing director on Grant Thornton’s Audit Risk Management team. He manages the firm’s Internal Audit Practice Review program and is the liaison for the external peer review and Department of Labor inspections. Mr. Beddow also supports the annual PCAOB inspection. He has more than 25 years of public accounting experience, including 10 years serving construction and distribution clients. Mr. Beddow was previously a senior technical manager at the AICPA, where he managed all aspects of the Peer Review Program, including drafting peer review standards, serving as a staff liaison to the AICPA Peer Review Board and overseeing the program’s operations.
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