Updating the Professional Accountant
40th Annual Seminar, December 7-11, 2020, and Tuesday, December 15
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. And you’ll earn 40 hours of CPE credit by attending all five days. (Or four hours credit for each half-day)
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NOTE ABOUT COVID-19:
Due to COVID-19, our traditional in-person event will change to an online webinar. The program is arranged in 4-hour segments, consisting of two-2-hour presentations - an AM (morning) segment and a PM (afternoon) segment. You may register for a minimum of 4 hours or for the full 40 hours.
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 attest, and accounting theory and practice.
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 2020 must complete two hours of state-specific ethics. This conference offers two hours of state-specific ethics.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7
Auditing
- 8:20 - FINANCIAL REPORTING: THE CONTROL CENTER OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Todd Lilly, Partner, Formos Consulting
(Auditing)
- 10:20 - CASE STUDIES IN FRAUD
Kevin Monroe, Partner-in-Residence, Lipscomb University, College of Business
(Auditing)
- 12:40 - CYBERSECURITY CONTROLS
Jacob Arthur, Formos Consulting, and Lipscomb University
(Auditing)
- 2:40 - FRAUDS WORTH TALKING ABOUT
Dennis Dycus, CPA, CFE, CGFM
Consultant
(Auditing)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8
Auditing, Accounting and Specialized Knowledge
- 8:20 - FINANCIAL REPORTING - PANDEMIC
Kris Bybee, Vice President and Controller, Tractor Supply Company
(Accounting)
- 10:20 - ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING STANDARDS UPDATE
Jeffrey McInturff, VP and Chief Accounting Officer
HCA
(Accounting)
- 12:40 - RETIREMENT PLANNING
Bob Sircy, Southwestern
(Specialized Knowledge)
- 2:40 - A CASH MANAGEMENT SUCCESS STORY
Brian Fox, Capital Confirmation
(Auditing)
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9
Accounting, Auditing and Specialized Knowledge
- 8:20 - CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS: A & A
Michael Brand, BMSS, LLC
(Accounting)
- 10:20 - CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS: A & A
Michael Brand, BMSS, LLC
(Auditing)
- 12:40 - CFO RESPONSIBILITIES
Steve Little, Principal, Disruption Lab and Chairman,
LifeFilez; Panel: Steve Meek, Josh Bowling, Burt Nowers, Jeff Whitehorn
- (Specialized Knowledge)
- 2:40 - TSCPA / AICPA UPDATE
Doug Warren, Senior Partner and CEO
WarrenJackson CPAs
(Accounting)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10
Ethics, Auditing, and Specialized Knowledge
- 8:20 - ETHICS – STATE SPECIFIC
Dr. Perry Moore, Professor
Lipscomb University College of Business
- 10:20 - DATA ANALYTICS UPDATE
Allison Leonard, Deloitte
(Auditing)
- 12:40 - POWER EXCEL UPDATE
Jeff Mankin, Julio Rivas, Lipscomb University
(Specialized Knowledge)
- 2:40 - TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
Tim Agee, CISA, CGEIT, QSA
Partner, Formos Consulting
(Specialized Knowledge)
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11
Taxation
- 8:20 - ESTATE PLANNING / TENNESSEE TAXES
Michael Sontag, Stephen Jasper, Michael Cottone
Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC
- 10:20 - INDIVIDUAL TAX UPDATE
John Connors, JD, CPA, LLM
Tax Educators’ Network (TEN), Inc.
- 12:40 - INDIVIDUAL / BUSINESS TAX UPDATE
John Connors, JD, CPA, LLM
Tax Educators’ Network (TEN), Inc.
- 2:40 - BUSINESS TAX UPDATE
John Connors, JD, CPA, LLM
Tax Educators’ Network (TEN), Inc.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15
Additional day of professional education – 8 hours of CPE available
- AM – 4 hours
- PM – 4 hours
TECHNOLOGY RISKS AND CYBER SECURITY CONTROLS
Auditing
- 8:20 - WHAT EVERY CPA SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CYBERCRIME
Scott Augenbaum
Consultant, FBI-Retired
- 10:20 - SECURITY AWARENESS AND CONTROLS
Jacob Arthur
Lipscomb University and Formos Consulting.
- 12:40 - HARDWARE / SOFTWARE CONTROLS
Tim Agee
Formos Consulting
- 2:40 - TECHNOLOGY: COMPONENT TO CORE
Andy Flatt, CIO, National HealthCare Corporation Darrell Thompson, SVP/CIO, Coca-Cola Carman Wenkoff, EVP/CIO, Dollar General
Cost: $115 per 4-hour session
Refund Policy and Contact Information: No refund after November 27, 2020. For more information, please call 615-966-5795 (Dr. Perry Moore) or email Charles Frasier at charles.frasier@lipscomb.edu.
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 a link prior to the appropriate session
- Presentation material will be posted on the web page, available to registered participants
- On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, two 4-hour webinar sessions (4 presentations) will address the topic of Technology Risks and Cyber Security Controls. This is a one-day offering in the week following our traditional week-long 40-hour CPE program.