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Tuesday, August 12, 2025 Live Webcast

What's Going on at the AICPA (2025) (X4-7077734)

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
webcast

Vendor Platform

1.5 CPE Credits in AA
1.5 CPE Credits in PE

OVERVIEW

The AICPA is buzzing with activity in 2025, and this course will ensure you stay ahead of the curve. We'll begin by exploring the new quality management standards which will be effect this year and their impact on practice management. From there, we'll dive into the latest ethics standards, recent SSARS updates, and changes to the Peer Review Program driven by quality management requirements. To round out the session, we'll examine common deficiencies in employee benefit plan (EBP) audits and highlight the initiatives of the National Pipeline Advisory Group to address the talent pipeline challenge. Don't miss this comprehensive overview of what's happening at the AICPA!

DESIGNED FOR

Accounting Professionals

BENEFITS

  • Identify the components of quality management
  • Identify the impact of recently issued ethics interpretations on independence
  • Recall deficiencies identified by the DOL for EBP audits
  • Recognize changes to the peer review process
  • Identify the recommendations made by the NPAG to improve the accounting pipeline
  • Recall key projects of the Auditing Standards Board
  • Recognize the impact of recent standard setting on the applicability of AR-70

HIGHLIGHTS

  • EBP Audits
  • Auditing
  • AICPA

COURSE LEVEL

Update

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Melisa Galasso

Melisa F. Galasso, CPA, CSP, CPTD, CGMA
(4.5)

CEO & Founder

Melisa is the founder and CEO of Galasso Learning Solutions LLC. A CPA with nearly 20 years of accounting experience, Melisa designs and facilitates CPE courses in advanced technical accounting and auditing, including not-for-profit and governmental accounting. She supports essential professional development, audit level training and train the trainer efforts. Melisa is a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and has earned the Association for Talent Development Master Trainer™ designation. She serves on the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC), American Institute of CPAs' (AICPA) Council, and the Virginia Society of CPAs' (VSCPA) Board of Directors. She was on the AICPA’s Technical Issues Committee (TIC) and is a past chair of the North Carolina Association of CPAs' (NCACPA) A&A committee. Melisa authors the AICPA’s State and Local Government Guide and is an SME for the Center for Plain English Accounting. She was a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award recipient and a CPA Practice Advisor “40 under 40” in 2017, 2018 and 2019. She was a 2019 Rising Star by her regional National Association of Women Business Owners' (NAWBO) chapter and won the Don Farmer Award for technical content instruction.

PRICING

$99.00 - Member

$129.00 - Nonmember

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Note: Online pre-registration will close on August 12 at 6:30 PM.

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