Updating the Professional Accountant
42nd Annual Seminar, December 5-9, 2022, and Tuesday, December 13
Growing professionally.
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) is required for CPAs to maintain their professional competence and provide quality professional services. Lipscomb University’s accredited College of Business presents its annual accounting and auditing CPE conference—Updating the Professional Accountant—designed to keep you up to date and informed with the latest industry regulations, developments and techniques. From fraud issues and accounting updates to tax planning and tax updates, you’ll hear first-hand from some of the area’s most noted business leaders throughout the week. You can earn up to 48 hours of CPE credit by attending all six days, or as few as 4 hours by attending one morning or afternoon session.
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Format of Program:
The program is arranged as an online webinar, consisting of two, 2-hour presentations with a 4-hour morning session and a 4-hour afternoon session. You may register for a minimum of 4 hours or the full 48 hours. All CPE hours qualify as technical fields of study. The webinar is NASBA-approved under the format "Group Live Presented Virtually."
CPE is required of all active licensees: 80 hours each two-year period with a minimum of 20 hours in each year.
Forty (40) hours (of the 80) must be completed in technical fields of study: Accounting, Accounting-Govt, Auditing, Auditing-Govt, Business Law, Economics, Finance, Information Technology, Management Services, Regulatory Ethics, Specialized Knowledge, Statistics, or Taxes, with a minimum of 20 hours each year. All hours qualify as technical fields of study.
If you engage in the attest function (including compilations), you must complete at least 20 (of the 40) hours in areas of accounting and auditing.
If you are engaged as an expert witness in the areas of accounting, attest, management advisory services, or tax, you should obtain at least 20 hours (of the 80) in the these subject area(s) relating to such testimony.
Licensees who renew in 2022 must complete two hours of state-specific ethics. This conference offers two hours of state-specific ethics.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2022
Auditing , Accounting and Taxes
- 8:20 - GOVERNMENTAL AUDIT/ACCOUNTING UPDATE
David Hunt - Moderator
Crosslin PC
(Auditing - Govt)
- 10:20 - FINANCIAL PLANNING WITH REAL ESTATE
Laura L. Vaught, KR (Kious Rodgers)
(Accounting/Taxes - 1 hour each)
- 12:40 - DOES INVESTIGATING FRAUD PAY?
Scott Nalley, Josh Hedrick, Matt Barnes, Kraft CPAs PLLC
(Auditing)
- 2:40 - AUDITING IN A REMOTE WORLD- FIRM AND CLIENT PERSPECTIVES
Ryan Myers, Michael Lange, APRIO
(Auditing}
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2022
Accounting, Business Law, and Specialized Knowledge
- 8:20 - BUSINESS LAW FOR ACCOUNTANTS
Brian Masterson, Butler Snow, Moderator
Rowan Leathers, Butler Snow
Andy McQueen, American Physicians Partners
(Business Law)
- 10:20 - SELECTED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Jeffrey McInturff, HCA
(Accounting)
- 12:40 - OPERATIONAL ACCOUNTING & CONTROLLERSHIP
Mike Sansom, Asurion, Moderator
(Accounting)
- 2:40 - RETIREMENT PLANNING
David Morgan, LBMC, Moderator
(Specialized Knowledge)
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2022
Accounting and Auditing
- 8:20 - CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS: A & A
Michael Brand, BMSS, LLC
(Accounting)
- 10:20 - CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS: A & A
Michael Brand, BMSS, LLC
(Auditing)
- 12:40 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR ENTERTAINMENT & MUSIC INDUSTRY
Kerry O'Neil, O'Neil Hagaman, Moderator
(Accounting)
- 2:40 - TSCPA / AICPA UPDATE
Doug Warren, Senior Partner and CEO
WarrenJackson CPAs
(Accounting)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8
Ethics, Auditing, Specialized Knowledge and Information Technology
- 8:20 - ETHICS – STATE SPECIFIC
Perry Moore, Professor
Lipscomb University College of Business
(Ethics - State Specific)
- 10:20 - TENNESSEE STATE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY UPDATE
Kevin Monroe, Wendy Garvin, TN State Board of Accountancy
(Auditing)
- 12:40 - LBMC BUSINESS OUTLOOK
John Mark McDougal, LBMC, Moderator
(Specialized Knowledge)
- 2:40 - TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
Tim Agee, CISA, CGEIT, QSA
Consultant
(Information Technology)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2022
Taxes
- 8:20 - ESTATE PLANNING / TENNESSEE TAXES
Michael Sontag, Stephen Jasper
Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC
- 10:20 - INDIVIDUAL TAX UPDATE
Ryan Blankenship, Cherry Bekaert, Moderator
- 12:40 - BUSINESS / CORPORATE TAX UPDATE
Bonnie Brown, Lipscomb University
- 2:40 - MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS UPDATE
Brian Masterson, Butler Snow LLP
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13
Information Technology and Auditing
- 8:20 - POWER EXCEL UPDATE
Jeff Mankin, Julio Rivas
Lipscomb University College of Business
(Information Technology)
- 10:20 - CYBERSECURITY UPDATE
Jacob Arthur
Lipscomb University and Formos Consulting
(Auditing)
- 12:40 - TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Damon Work, Formos Consulting, Moderator
(Auditing)
- 2:40 - AUDIT ANALYTICS UPDATE
Allison Leonard, Audit Quality Director
BDO, Moderator
(Auditing)
Cost: $125 per 4-hour session
Refund Policy and Contact Information: No refund after November 25, 2022.
The seminar will be presented online each day as scheduled. If you are unable to attend on your registered day(s), you may switch to another day with sufficient notice.
For more information, please call 615.966.5795 (Perry Moore) or 615.482.7738 (Charles Frasier). Perry Moore can also be reached by email at Perry.Moore@Lipscomb.edu.
Please review your equipment, audio, video, and internet connections.
Webinar Information:
- To register, please follow the Registration link
- A valid email address is required
- In accordance with NASBA policies, the webinar will require 3 interaction activities per hour per attendee, e.g, polling, multiple-choice Q&A, or other activities. Failure to document 3 activities will void CPE for that hour.
- Your paid registration will authorize us to provide you with a link prior to the appropriate session
- Presentation material will be posted on the web page, available to registered participants
Lipscomb University is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE sponsors here.