Are you up to speed on the new recognition standards and the audit procedures to use to ensure your audit client is compliant with the new revenue recognition standards? This course is designed for individuals who would like to obtain a better understanding of auditing for revenue recognition or who would like to review the standards. Although we will touch on cash basis accounting to show the differences this course will concentrate on GAAP accounting, specifically the revenue recognition requirements in ASC 606. We will review the revenue recognition standards and the audit procedures for auditing revenue recognition under GAAP.
Publication Date: February 2023
Designed For
CPAs, CMAs, CGMAs, internal auditors, CIAs, external auditors, managers, CFOs and others responsible for revenue recognition decisions.
Topics Covered
- Revenue
- Revenue vs Gains
- Revenue Recognition Standards - GAAP
- Audit Sampling
- Revenue Recognition Issues
- Revenue Recognition Audit Procedures
Learning Objectives
- Identify revenue recognition requirements per GAAP
- Identify revenue recognition audit procedures
- Describe acceptable ways to estimate the standalone selling price in a contract
- Recognize how to differentiate types of contracts and how they apply in various scenarios
- Recognize what should be recorded as revenue for a company
- Describe the five core principles for revenue recognition
- Identify requirements of a customer contract
- Describe standalone selling price
- Recognize requirements in a contract for recognizing revenue
Level
Basic
Instructional Method
Self-Study
NASBA Field of Study
Auditing (2 hours)
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.