COVID-19 Issues for Government Accountants and Auditors- COVID08WEB

Overview

Government accountants and auditors face many new challenges and issues, including reduced tax revenue, benefits fraud, employees working remotely, quarantines, increased expenses, social distancing, and remote audit work. This webinar is designed to review new issues that have been precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic and discuss ways to address them effectively.

Who Should Attend

Public and management accountants, fraud examiners, financial officers, business owners and managers, internal and external auditors, government accountants and government auditors.

Prerequisites

• None

What You’ll Learn

You will learn what best practices are emerging among government accountants and auditors, and how to adapt these best practices to your organization’s circumstances so you can implement them effectively and efficiently.

Objectives

Standards Review:

• Government Accounting
• Government Auditing

COVID-19 Issues:

• Revenue Issues
• Expenditure Issues
• Government Risks
• Program Risks
• Quarantine & Shutdown Risks
• Cybersecurity Risks

Government Auditing Issues:

• 2018 Yellow Book Revision
• Waste
• Fraud

Why You Should Attend

You should attend because the pandemic has forced changes to business dynamics and is causing both risks and opportunities for organizations.

MIS Training Institute is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.