2 Credits
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Course Provided by: Becker Professional Education
IMA Competency: Financial Statement Analysis
Advanced Preparation Required: None
Course Level: Intermediate
Course Prerequisites: None
Instructor bio
Tim Gearty is the National Director and Editor-in-Chief for the world’s largest CPA training program, Becker CPA Review. In addition to his editorial leadership, Tim is also Becker's National Lead Instructor, whose taped lectures are seen in over 325 locations throughout the world. Tim is a nationally recognized expert and speaker on a variety of accounting and tax topics, and has appeared as keynote speaker for several Fortune 100 companies as well as many national associations. He has frequently been called upon over the past twenty years to present accounting and tax topics to large groups, organizations, and corporations, accounting firms and in legal proceedings. Tim is a partner in Gearty & McIntyre, LLP, CPA, a firm which has developed a reputation as a specialist in business advisory services, litigation support and forensic accounting. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Public Accountants as well as a trustee of that organization. He holds a BS in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and both a MBA in Finance and Law Degree (JD) from Seton Hall University. Tim is a member of the New Jersey and American Bar Associations.
This course will be an overview of:
- Accounting of investments in long-term assets and intercompany investments
- Comparison of U.S. GAAP and IFRS requirements for reporting and disclosing investments in long-term assets and intercompany investments
- Analysis of investments in long-term assets and intercompany investments, including valuation-related issues, and other considerations such as risk exposure
This course is ideal for anyone who is interested to learn financial statement analysis.
After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
- Understand how to account for investments in long-term assets and intercompany investments.
- Understand the similarities and differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS requirements for reporting and disclosing investments in long-term assets and intercompany investments.
- Analyze an organization’s investment in long-term assets and intercompany investments.
- Identify COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on investment activity and the reporting and disclosure of these activities in the financial statements.