This is a one day update on what is topical in the world of auditing with a practical rather than technical emphasis. The course deals with the major changes affecting auditors in the past year and others likely to emerge in the near future.
Topics to be covered include:
• Co Law – proposed changes
• Clarified ISAs – some problem areas
• Effective Audit planning
• File completion issues
• Ethics & the Auditor
• Anti Money Laundering Regulations and their application in audit assignments
• Statutory Audit Directive
• ISQC1
• Monitoring Visits – why audit files fail and how we could review them more effectively
• Audit Exemption issues
• Other topical auditing Issues
Note that the topics may be varied in order to deal with issues which have become more significant at the time of delivery of the course.
Speaker
Brendan Howard BComm FCCA
Brendan is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a director of Mercia Ireland & Mercia NI Ltd. He has worked in practice and financial services for over 25 years and has lectured extensively, to postgraduate level, on behalf of a number of colleges and professional bodies including Dundalk Institute of Technology, the Institute of Bankers and ACCA. He currently represents ACCA on the APB Ireland Sub-Committee, having previously been a member of the CCAB-I Insolvency panel, the Practice Note Committee for Credit Unions, and the Practice Note 21 Committee (which dealt with entities, such as insurance brokers, which are regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland) and is a regular contributor to a number of technical accounting journals.
You can book this as a stand alone event or in conjunction with Fraud & Special Assignments and/or Taxation - Complete refresher on tax compliance for accountants entering practice to avail of the discounts listed below.