Objectives 

This course will keep accountants up to date with the very latest developments in accounting, auditing and related company law.

The issues covered will relate to all sizes of unlisted company with a particular focus towards smaller, owner managed and entrepreneurial business.

The first half of the course will cover accounting issues.  Auditing is in the second half. 

Key Topics

Using practical examples and real world case studies the course will cover:

• The latest changes to accounting standards, namely FRS 102 and FRS 105
• Accounting for government aid
• Going concern disclosures
• Relevant changes to company law
• Companies House filing issues
• Changes to auditing standards, principally ISA 540 Accounting Estimates, ISA 570 Going Concern and ISA 700 Audit reports
• Key issues on auditor independence
• The latest audit guidance from the FRC and ICAEW

This is a topical course and the precise content will reflect that.

John is a Chartered Accountant and independent training consultant. He lectures for major accountancy practices, professional bodies, training companies and publishers. In the past he has been the technical partner for a top thirty firm of accountants and head of an accountancy network. John is a member of ICAEW’s Audit and Assurance Faculty’s Practitioner Services Committee and has been involved with presenting and writing for the Audit & Assurance and Financial Reporting Faculty’s roadshows. He also writes for Audit & Beyond and is the author of Core Auditing Standards for Practitioners.