Have you ever considered a tax audit from the perspective of an IRS examiner? This session explains how you can use IRS Audit Technique Guides (ATGs) to enhance tax compliance. You will obtain a glimpse of the audit process from the viewpoint of an IRS agent as we explore insights that the IRS provides to its own examiners. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Learning Objectives
After attending this presentation, you will be able to...
- Recall relevant provisions of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct
- Understand factors that allowed selected frauds to occur.
- Recognize controls that may have prevented or mitigated selected frauds.
- Consider application of these lessons to circumstances you encounter in your professional endeavors
- Apply ethical guidance to scenarios that accounting professionals may encounter in public practice.
Major Topics
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:
- Target profit and Break-even analysis.
- Relevant costs and decision-making.
- Standard costs and variances.
- Activity-based costing.
- Segment reporting and analysis.
- Budgeting.
