Financial Accounting and Reporting Update 2025

Start: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 8:45AM
End: Thursday, November 20, 2025 4:45PM

We continue to see significant accounting changes and rules interpretation from US and international standard-setters. This conference will address the latest developments in key areas. Big Four and other technical experts will lead the discussion.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Understand the latest accounting changes in key areas
Recognize the timelines and key factors
Begin to assess the effects of these standards on your company or clients
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Cost: $545 (save $150 off the regular price of $695 if you register by May 9th).
This event will run 8:45-4:55p (Pacific Time) each day.

REGISTER NOW »

Register any one of three ways:
1. Register online using a credit card and click the orange button
2. Register by phone at (610) 789-3110 
3. Email your contact info to be invoiced to mtarman@acslive.com

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Agenda: DAY 1
8:45 11:00 Financial Accounting Update
Recently Issued and newly proposed Accounting Standard Updates (ASU)
Key elements of proposed ASUs and how they may impact your company
11:00 11:15    Break
11:15 12:20    Financial Accounting Fraud Trends and Cases
Key SEC Enforcements Trends and Cases
How to manage or mitigate the risk of fraud
12:20 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 2:25 Tax Update
The new state of play in Washington
The Trump Tax platform so far
Tax Issues on the table
2:25 2:35 Break
2:35 3:35 SEC Update
SEC Rulemaking agenda
Proposed rules
Pay vs Performance
Staff Guidance
Comment Letter trends
MD and A
ESG
Climate disclosures status
XBRL Tagging Issues
3:35 3:45 Break
3:45 4:45 GenAI Use Cases in Accounting and Finance
Define key AI terms
Demystifying the different forms of AI
Practical use-cases today
Exciting use-cases for tomorrow
Strategies for approach AI adoption
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Agenda: DAY 2
8:45 10:15 SOX and Internal Controls Update
Risk assessment refresh
Significant transactions and events
SOX modernization and optimization
Information used in controls
Deficiencies and severity assessment
10:15 10:30    Break
10:30 11:50    CFO Survey Results
Key global trends
Revenue growth optimism
Improved financial forecasting
Digital finance transformation
Regional insights
11:50 12:30    Break
12:30 2:00 ESG Update
Application of regulations
Regulatory updates
The new climate accounting journey
The SOXification of ESGk
2:00 2:10 Break
2:10 3:30 Revenue Recognition: Evolving Issues
Contract modifications
Identifying performance obligations
Significant financing component
Contingent revenue
Performance obligations over time
Costs to obtain a contract
3:30 3:40 Break
3:40 4:45 Cybersecurity Update
New SEC Guidance on Information Security
Cautionary tales - examination of recent cases
What we are seeing: weak passwords, social media exposure, breach list exposure, linkedin scraping, lack of MFA, missing patches, insecure storage of credentials
Social engineering attacks
What you can do - active management