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Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Live Webcast

Avoiding Legal Liability and Peer Review Deficiencies in Nonaudit Services, Including Bookkeeping and Preparing Financial Statements (X4-7274930)

6:00 PM - 9:37 PM EDT
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4 CPE Credits in AA
4 CPE Credits in MT

OVERVIEW

The majority of peer review deficiencies and malpractice claims result from nonaudit services. This course will provide best practices for avoiding legal liability and quality control concerns.

DESIGNED FOR

Anyone who performed nonaudit services

BENEFITS

  • Describe the nature of risks faced when performing nonaudit services for clients
  • Explain how to mitigate risks faced by all CPAs in performing nonaudit services
  • Apply best practices for maintaining quality control for nonaudit engagements

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Differentiating risks faced when performing nonaudit services, such as reviews, compilations, preparing financial statements, bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and similar
  • Best practices for preventing quality control concerns that could lead to peer review deficiencies or malpractice claims
  • Establishing an understanding with the client to minimize misunderstandings as to the nature and scope of engagements
  • Explain situations when independence should be appropriately safeguarded when performing nonattest services 

COURSE LEVEL

Basic

PREREQUISITES

None

ADVANCE PREPARATION

None

INSTRUCTOR

Jennifer Louis

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA

President

Emergent Solutions Group

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and instructing high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organization success. In 2003, she founded Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, where she focuses her energy on designing and delivering high-quality, practical, and engaging accounting and auditing training. She was most recently Director of Audit Product Development at Surgent Professional Education, and prior to that served as Executive Vice President/Director of Training Services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly-respected training and audit process consulting firm. Before joining AuditWatch, Jennifer was the Financial/Operational Audit Manager at AARP. At the start of her professional career, Jennifer was an Audit Manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she frequently served as a local and national instructor. Jennifer graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA-Accounting. Besides loving life on the lake with her husband in Charlotte, NC, she enjoys hiking with her little dog Frodo Beggins, and savoring any precious moments spent with her two young adult boys

PRICING

$129.00 - Member

$159.00 - Nonmember

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Note: Online pre-registration will close on September 2 at 5:30 PM.

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