FASB Accounting Standards Update & Developments in Private Company Standard Setting - Presented by Rahul Gupta, CPA

Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Time: 11:00 AM ET / 10:00 AM CT / 09:00 AM MT / 08:00 AM PT [Prevailing Time]
Presenter: Rahul Gupta, CPA, Practice Fellow, FASB
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Field of Study: Accounting
Program Level: Basic
CPE Credit: 1 Credit Hour
Delivery Method: Group Internet-based
Prerequisite(s): No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.
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Course Description

Join our 1-hour CLN as Kevin covers the following areas: - An overview of IFRS convergence efforts - An update on the status of various FASB projects - Developments in private company standard setting - An overview of the plan to create the new Private Company Standards Improvement Council - A review of some of the major projects underway including leases, revenue recognition, and financial instruments

Presenter and Moderator Bios

Presenter: Rahul Gupta, CPA, Practice Fellow, FASB

Rahul Gupta joined the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in August 2011 on a two-year fellowship. As a FASB practice fellow, he provides technical depth and practical insight to assist the FASB in improving accounting standards. Rahul is managing several projects while at the FASB and assists with several other FASB projects, as well as projects managed jointly with the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Rahul is also responsible for working with the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force, liaising with the SEC and PCAOB on various matters, handling technical consultations, and providing project updates to constituents at various conferences and seminars. He is a senior manager in the National Professional Standards Group of Grant Thornton LLP, where he assists audit engagement teams and firm’s clients with technical accounting and auditing issues. At Grant Thornton he was also responsible for monitoring current accounting and auditing developments, under both U.S. GAAP and IFRS, and summarizing these events in firm publications that are distributed throughout the firm and to Grant Thornton clients.

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