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Monday, July 31, 2017 Live

Financial Instruments: Mastering the New FASB Requirements (E1707153)

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Registration: 8:00 AM EDT

APA Hotel Woodbridge

120 Wood Avenue South
Iselin , NJ 08830

8 CPE Credits in AA

OVERVIEW

How does the guidance in the new financial instruments standards differ from current GAAP? This seminar addresses that question by examining the core principles of the new standards. The FASB’s financial instruments projects reconsider classification and measurement of financial instruments, as well as issues related to impairment of financial instruments. Learn the background, purpose, and main provisions of the new financial instruments standards. Specifically, address transition guidance, disclosure requirements, and implementation guidance.

DESIGNED FOR

Accountants in public practice and industry who need an update on the latest financial instruments guidance.

BENEFITS

  • Identify changes to FASB ASC 825, Financial Instruments, as a result of the new financial instrument standards on classification and measurement and impairment
  • Recall key points related to the simplification of accounting requirements
  • Recall significant points related to the single credit loss model for financial assets for the recognition of losses
  • Identify related disclosure requirements

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Transition and implementation guidance
  • Classification of financial Instruments
  • Measurement of financial instruments
  • Impairment of financial assets

COURSE LEVEL

Intermediate

PREREQUISITES

Experience in the application of accounting standards.

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

ADDITIONAL NOTES

  • *AICPA members deduct an additional $30 from applicable price.

INSTRUCTOR

Renee Rampulla

Renee Rampulla, CPA, CGMA

Renee Rampulla, CPA, CGMA has over 30 years of professional experience. She writes and lectures on technical accounting and auditing issues. Renee has experience in the auditing of public and privately held entities ranging from the manufacturing and service sectors to financial services.

She was a partner in a regional accounting firm in the northeast in charge of the firm’s accounting and auditing practice and their quality control group. She is the founder of Rampulla Advisory Services, LLC. Her clients include nationally recognized professional organizations, accounting firms, companies, publishers, and others. By devoting several years of her career to both regional and Big Four accounting firms Renee accumulated a wealth of technical and practical knowledge. In addition, while working for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), she performed professional ethics investigations; collaborated closely with senior technical committees; presented technical guidance before standard setters; and authored and updated several AICPA publications.

Renee Rampulla is a frequently requested speaker and is an instructor and author of several continuing professional education (CPE) courses for the AICPA, numerous State CPA Societies, and other organizations, covering a variety of FASB and IFRS accounting guidance along with private and public company auditing standards. She has taught over 1,000 CPE courses.

She is a five-time recipient of the AICPA’s Outstanding Instructor Award and a recipient of the 2016 New Jersey Society of CPAs “Women of Note”.

Renee Rampulla is a national standard setter, who currently serves as a member of the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board (ASB). She just completed a three-year term as a member of AICPA council and served on the AICPA’s Ethics Enforcement Committee. She has served as Vice President of Professional Issues for the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA), is a past member of the NYSSCPA Executive Committee and former NYSSCPA Director at Large board member. Renee Rampulla also served as the chair of the NYSSCPA’s Professional Ethics Committee from 2015 – 2017, and in 2018 was the President of the NYSSCPA’s Staten Island Chapter. Previously she served in the capacity of several leadership positions for the NYSSCPA Staten Island chapter, including chapter Vice President. She is a member of the NYSSCPA’s Financial Accounting Standards Committee; Sustainability Committee; and Professional Liability Committee and a past member of the International Accounting and Auditing Committee. Renee chaired the NYSSCPA’s 2014 Nominating Committee and was a recent member of that committee in 2021. She served on the New Jersey Society of CPA (NJCPA) Audit Committee from 2015 - 2018; was the 2012 – 2014 Chair of the NJCPA Accounting and Auditing Standards Interest Group and previously served as the 2011-2012 Vice-Chair. She has also served as co-chair of the NJCPA Accounting Standards and IFRS sub-committees of the Accounting and Auditing Standards Interest Group. Renee Rampulla has also chaired two NYSSCPA Task forces, the CPA Evolution Task Force, and the CPA Exam Task Force.

For several years Renee was an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College, a City University of New York City, teaching various undergraduate accounting, auditing, and research courses.

PRICING

$399.00 - Nonmember

$299.00 - Member

AICPA members receive a discount of $30 for this event.

Pre-Registration Closed

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ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

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COURSE DEVELOPER

American Institute of CPAs