The International Financial Reporting Standards: An Overview

This unique course, captures the live presentation on IFRS given to the AICPA Board of Directors.

Objectives

• Identify some of the global convergence efforts that are currently underway in the accounting standards area.
• Identify who the major players are that are undertaking this effort.
• Understand the history of the convergence effort and some of the significant differences between the U.S. and the international accounting standards.
• Prepare to implement the International Financial Reporting Standards within your organization.

Join moderator John Hudson, CPA, founder of Hudson Consulting Group, LLC; Arleen Thomas, Senior Vice President of Member Competency and Development at the AICPA; Bob Laux, Senior Director of Technical Accounting and Reporting at Microsoft Corporation; Danita Ostling, Partner in Ernst & Young's Professional Practice Department, for a lively discussion as they provide an informative overview of IFRS.

Prerequisite: None

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