2020 Accounting General Update

£70.00 (Exc. VAT)

Presented by Guy Loveday. Expected CPD Points/Hours: 3

Course Description: “An essential update for accountants involved in the preparation and/or audit of statutory accounts under new UK GAAP” looking at the following:

1. Feedback from a mid-tier firm on the application of FRS 102 – what are companies and their advisers getting wrong?
2. Transfers between investment properties and PPE or inventories – would you apply the alternative accounting rules?
3. Distributable profits – why do some companies not have as much distributable profit as they think they have?
4. Do exceptional and extraordinary items still exist under FRS 102?
5. Do we really have to depreciate freehold buildings under FRS 102?
6. Small and micro company disclosures – what are the disclosures that the software cannot do without your input?
7. Cash flow statements – why are we still getting them wrong?

About the Presenter: Guy Loveday is Joint author of Butterworth's Financial Reporting and Accounting Service and a member of the lecturing panels for both the ICAEW and the ACCA. He specialises in Auditing and Financial Reporting updates, for accountants in practice and industry, and in Finance courses for members of the wider financial community. He also provides a consultancy service to assist companies in preparing their annual financial statements. Guy makes occasional television appearances and has regularly written for Accountancy magazine for many years.