Updating the Professional Accountant
44th Annual Seminar, December 9-13, 2024, and Tuesday, December 17
Growing professionally.
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) is required for CPAs to maintain their active CPA license. 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 updates. From fraud issues and accounting updates to tax planning and technology updates, you’ll hear first-hand from some of the area’s most noted business leaders. 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 one 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 Internet Based."
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. All hours in our program qualify as technical fields of study.
If you engage in the attest function (including compilations), you must complete at least 20 (of the 40) technical 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 subject area(s) relating to such testimony.
Licensees who renew in 2024 must complete two hours of state-specific ethics. This conference offers two hours of state-specific ethics.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2024
Auditing and Accounting
- 8:20 - GOVERNMENTAL AUDIT/ACCOUNTING UPDATE
Jack McKee, Brian Liffick
Cherry Bekaert
(Accounting - Govt)
- 10:20 - INTERNAL AUDIT UPDATE
Scott Nalley, KraftCPAs
Jessica Scouten, PYA,P.C.
(Auditing)
- 12:40 - AUDITING: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Ryan Myers, Moderator
APRIO LLC
(Auditing)
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- 2:40 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Kevin Monroe, Retired Partner, Deloitte
Steve Groom, Attorney
(Auditing}
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2024
Accounting, Business Law, and Specialized Knowledge
- 8:20 - CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: REVENUE RECOGNITION AND TAX PLANNING
Jim Lundy, Marcum - Moderator
(Accounting 50%, Tax 50%)
- 10:20 - BANKING UPDATE & ECONOMIC FORECAST
Stacey Bell, Economist and First Horizons Bank
(Specialized Knowledge)
- 12:40 - AI AND FINANCIAL CONTROLS
Todd Lilly, Formos Consulting
(Accounting)
- 2:40 - INVESTMENT / RETIREMENT PLANNING
Dave Frederick, Blake Harrison, LBMC
(Specialized Knowledge)
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2024
Accounting, Auditing and Specialized Knowledge
- 8:20 - CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS: ACCOUNTING & AUDITING
Mike Brank, BMSS, LLC
(Accounting)
- 10:20 - CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS: ACCOUNTING & AUDITING
Mike Brand, BMSS, LLC
(Auditing)
- 12:40 - VALUATION & EXPERT TESTIMONY
Glenn Perdue, Josh Hedrick, KraftCPAs
(Auditing)
- 2:40 - TSCPA / AICPA UPDATE
Kara Fitzgerald, CEO, TSCPA
(Accounting)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024
Ethics, Auditing, 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
Wendy Garvin, Kevin Monroe, TN State Board of Accountancy
(Auditing)
- 12:40 - AUDITING STANDARDS BOARD UPDATE
Michael Glynn, Senior Manager, Audit and Attest Standards, AICPA
(Auditing)
- 2:40 - TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
Tim Agee, CISA, CGEIT, QSA
Consultant
(Information Technology)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2023
Taxes
- 8:20 - ESTATE PLANNING / TENNESSEE TAXES
Michael Sontag, Stephen Jasper, Bass Berry & Sims
- 10:20 - INDIVIDUAL TAX UPDATE
John Connors, Professional Tax Speaker
Tax Educator's Network
- 12:40 - BUSINESS / CORPORATE TAX UPDATE
John Connors, Professional Tax Speaker
Tax Educator's Network
- 2:40 - CASE STUDY: SUCCESSION PLANNING PART II
Brian Masterson, Frost Brown Todd
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2024
Information Technology, Auditing and Accounting
- 8:20 - POWER EXCEL UPDATE
Jeff Mankin, Finally Learn
Julio Rivas, Lipscomb University
(Information Technology)
- 10:20 - CYBERSECURITY UPDATE
Jacob Arthur
Lipscomb University and Formos Consulting
(Auditing)
- 12:40 - AI UPDATE: EFFECT ON REPORTING AND OPERATIONS
Andy Flatt, NHC, Moderator
(Accounting)
- 2:40 - ESG UPDATE: REPORTING & DISCLOSURES
Susan Galbreath, Professor, Lipscomb University
Dodd Galbreath, Consultant, Corey King, Partner, KPMG
(Accounting)
Cost: $125 per 4-hour session
Refund Policy and Contact Information: No refund after November 29, 2024.
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 REGISTER 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 the Zoom link prior to the appropriate session. Link to be provided on day preceding your session.
- Link to presentation material will be emailed to you.
- Please contact Charles Frasier at 615-482-7738 if questions arise during registration process
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.