With the onset of the COVID-19 virus and the shutdown of the worldwide economy government accountants and auditors face many new challenges and issues. New issues include reduced tax revenue, benefits fraud, employees working remotely, quarantines, increased expenses, social distancing, remote audit work, etc. This course is designed to review new issues that have occurred because of the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss ways to address the issues.
Publication Date: August 2020
Designed For
CPAs, CFEs, CMA, CIAs, CFFs, MAFF, CGMAs, CFOs, CEOs, business owners, business managers, internal auditors, external auditors, government accountants and risk management personnel.
Topics Covered
- Government Accounting & Auditing
- COVID-19 issues
- The Crisis's Impact on Budgets
- Revenue Issues
- Review of General Government Risks
- Education Issues
- Unemployment Program Issues
- Expanded Unemployment Benefits
- Unemployment Fraud
- Federal Paid Leave for COVID-19
- Quarantine & Shutdown Issues
- Medical Issues
- Medicare Frauds
- Cybersecurity Risk Factors
- Federal County Priorities in Response to COVID-19
- COVID-19 Frauds
Learning Objectives
- Identify issues and opportunities for government accountants and auditors related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Recognize which individuals generally qualify for extended unemployment coverage
- Identify an example of an activity used to gain personal or business information
Level
Basic
Instructional Method
Self-Study
NASBA Field of Study
Accounting (Governmental) (1 hour), Auditing (Governmental) (1 hour)
Program Prerequisites
None
Advance Preparation
None
Instructor
Robert K Minniti
DBA, CPA, CFE, Cr.FA, CVA, MAFF, CFF, CGMA, PI
Dr. Minniti is the President and Owner of Minniti CPA, LLC. Dr. Minniti is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Forensic Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Valuation Analyst, Certified in Financial Forensics, Master Analyst in Financial Forensics, Chartered Global Management Accountant, and is a licensed private investigator in the state of Arizona.
Dr. Minniti received his doctoral degree in business administration from Walden University, received his MBA degree and Graduate Certificate in Accounting from DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management, and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Phoenix. Dr. Minniti taught graduate and undergraduate courses in forensic accounting at DeVry University, Grand Canyon University, Kaplan University, Northwestern University, and the University of Phoenix. He designed graduate and undergraduate courses for Grand Canyon University, Northwestern University, and Anthem College.
He is a writer and public speaker. He has experience in forensic accounting, fraud examinations, financial audits, internal audits, compliance audits, real estate valuations, business valuations, internal control development, business continuation planning, risk management, cyber security, privacy laws, data security, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance work and business consulting. In addition to his practice Dr. Minniti is an instructor teaching continuing professional education classes for a variety of providers and CPA Societies.
Dr. Minniti is currently serving as a board member on the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts' (NACVA) Litigation Forensics Board (LFB) and as a committee member on the Arizona State Board of Accountancy's Law Review Advisory Committee.