Thinking Like an Auditor When Preparing Your Financial Statements
Friday, Aug. 14, 2026
9-10:50 a.m. Central
2 CPE (2 technical)
Course code: 26WA-4518
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External auditors understand concepts like materiality, reasonableness, and risk of material misstatement. This course will explain how to think like an auditor when preparing and fairly presenting your financial statements and related disclosures.
Major subjects
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Determining an appropriate sense of quantitative and qualitative materiality.
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Identifying the critical components of the financial statements that matter most to financial statement users.
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Evaluating where the financial statements are most likely to contain material fraud and error, and ensuring adequate internal control and monitoring to mitigate those risks.
Learning objectives
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Describe important judgments made by the auditor in providing reasonable assurance about whether financial statements are materially misstated due to fraud or error.
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Explain how to apply subjectivity, materiality and other critical aspects of professional judgment when preparing financial statements and related disclosures.
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Apply illustrative examples to explain how judgment can be appropriately applied in reliable financial reporting.
Who should take this program?
- Anyone responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements.
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Instructor
Jennifer Louis, CPA
Location
Online
Area
of study
Accounting & audit
Field(s)
of study
Accounting - Technical (2.0)
Level
Basic
Format
Group Internet Based
Sponsor
NASBA ID#: 107810
Prerequisites
Prereq.
None
Advance
prep
None
Cancellation
policy
Receive a full refund if you cancel at least four business
days before the event start date.
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