Practical Guide to Accounting Fraud
(including a discussion of the Bernard Madoff case)

This course is designed as a practical guide to assist accountants in industry, government, and public practice in dealing with the risks of fraud.  Anyone who becomes aware of a possible fraudulent situation ignores the implications at their own peril. The course utilizes case studies, including the author’s personal experience with the Bernard Madoff case. It also contains independent research as to the causes of fraud and how and why people commit fraud. The materials highlight the most relevant issues and financial statement accounts likely to result in fraud and suggests ways to detect and prevent fraud from occurring.

Major subjects:

• Learn how and why fraud is committed
• Understand the latest techniques in managing earnings
• Provides practical situations to help you detect and prevent fraud in small businesses
• Provides practical situations to help you detect and prevent fraud in governmental  entities
• Answers the question, “Can SAS 99 be useful in detecting fraud?
• Presents findings of the PCAOB and the Association of Fraud Examiners

The Practical Guide to Accounting Fraud is distributed by:

CPE Link – www.cpelink.com/product/detail.php?p=1193 –  (800) 616-3822

Professional Publishing Company – cpecredit.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=538 - (800) 545-7601

2010 Professional Conduct and Ethics

Meets the 2010 California Board of Accountancy general ethics requirement

and the ethics requirements for other states that do not require state-specific courses (Check with your Board of Accountancy)

This course was designed to meet the 2010 general ethics requirement of the California Board of Accountancy. It includes the latest changes in AICPA ethics and tax standards. Art has gone to great lengths to bring as much as possible of his practical experience and engaging style to this home study course. It is much more than a philosophical course on ethics. It is a practical guide for accountants in both industry and public practice. This course is full of case studies, the same case studies that are included in his live presentation.

2010 Professional Conduct and Ethics: is distributed by

CPE Link – http://www.cpelink.com/instructor/detail.php?i=54 –  (800) 616-3822
Professional Publishing Company – http://cpecredit.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=657 - (800) 545-7601

Art's California Regulatory Review:
Straightforward and Simple

Approved by the California Board of Accountancy

This course is designed to emphasize the key issues that California CPAs may face. Each of the following issues is discussed in a separate section and includes case studies to help you understand the practical application of the rules:

• Continuing Education
  
  
• Client Records
  
  
• Peer Review
  
  
• Recent Litigation and Disciplinary Case
  
  
• California Documentation Standards
  
  
• Additional Reference Materials