2008 Spring Cluster
Enjoy Flexible CPE with
Eight 4 hour courses!
ST. LOUIS
MAY 21-22, 2008
PROGRAM LOCATION
Embassy Suites Airport
11237 Lone Eagle Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
Telephone: 314-739-8929
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Over a two-day period, you have the opportunity to experience top-notch CPE customized to fit your needs! Through a first-class offering of eight 4-hour courses, you have the chance to take as little … or as much CPE as you would like!
Registration Fee (each 4-hour class): Member $135; Non-Member $155
MAY 21, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Choose One:
Real World Business Ethics for CPAs in Business & Industry: How Will You React?
Discussion Leader: Ron Rael, CPA
Code: SCL1
This course helps you take a proactive, risk-avoidance stance by pointing out common pitfalls and presenting alternative courses of action. You will explore ethical issues encountered by your peers in business and industry from the perspectives of chief financial officer, controller, audit committee chair and counselor to management, in the context of actual regulatory and court proceedings
New FASB Developments for Business & Industry
Discussion Leader: Thomas Snell, CPA
Code: SCL2
Calling all CPAs in corporate management! Don’t miss your chance to gain expertise from a high-level approach to financial reporting issues. At this class you will analyze recent FASB and AICPA standards, explore PCAOB and SEC reporting requirements as well as Fair Value Accounting issues.
12:45 – 4:15 p.m.
Choose One:
Taking Planning and Budgeting to a Higher Level: Critical Skills to Make the Trip
Discussion Leader: Ron Rael, CPA
Code: SCL3
Budgeting is both an art and a science. In this workshop that covers both sides, you will learn how to apply leading edge tools and methods to make your planning process more strategic and your budget process more flexible.
Cash and Tax Basis Financial Statements—Alternatives to GAAP & Reporting Requirements
Discussion Leader: Thomas Snell, CPA
Code: SCL4
When there is a request to produce modified tax basis statements with disclosures omitted, are you confident your staff know what to do? They will after they take this course which explains OCBOA statements as well as how the basis of accounting affects compilation, review, and audit procedures and accountant or auditor reports.
MAY 22, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Choose One:
Controller's Update: Latest Trends for Today's Financial Manager
Discussion Leader: Ron Rael, CPA
Code: SCL5
Attend this course and learn all about leading-edge topics in managerial accounting and finance in a session that is packed with tips and how-to guidance that you can use immediately.
FIN 48 - Uncertainty in Income Taxes: A Must Know for Tax CPAs and Accountants/Auditors
Discussion Leader: Thomas Snell, CPA
Code: SCL6
FIN 48 adds major new tax documentation and disclosure requirements on a scale unseen since passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002. This course provides you guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition.
12:45 – 4:15 p.m.
Choose One:
Decision-Making Tips, Tools and Techniques for Today’s Financial Environment
Discussion Leader: Ron Rael, CPA
Code: SCL7
CPAs and all financial professionals are required to take an active, if not leadership, role in numerous activities for their organizations. This course is designed to introduce analytical tools and techniques to assist them in both routine and non-routine situations.
Cash Flow Statements: Preparation and Presentation Options
Discussion Leader: Thomas Snell, CPA
Code: SCL8
Top off your knowledge of cash flow statements! This course will review cash flow statement preparation and presentation options, and improve cash flow analysis as well as explore the requirements of SFAS No. 95.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Ron Rael, CPA
Ron Rael is an award-winning speaker, trainer, and facilitator who applies advanced learning techniques to deliver measurable, bottom line results within forward-thinking organizations. His custom-fit training systems, along with his effective and fun skill-building approaches enhance the performance and effectiveness of all employees.
As both a Controller and CFO, Rael has designed and installed systems for budgeting, reporting, costing and human resource functions. He is also a published author.
Thomas V. Snell, CPA
Thomas Snell has more than 20 years of professional experience as a financial accounting and auditing consultant. He is a professional educator with extensive local firm background in Tucson, Arizona.
Tom has previously been named Outstanding Discussion Leader by both the Nevada and California Societies of CPAs. Tom has served as a member of the California Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards Committee.
