Format
This course will be delivered via Zoom on Wednesday 8 May from 2pm to
5.30pm.The Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the course
is due to take place.
Who should attend
This course is suitable for accountants, and other business professionals,
both from small and mid-sized practices and in business, from across the island
of Ireland.
Course overview
While the exact content of this webinar will be agreed closer to its airing,
some of the likely issues to be covered will include:
- The latest on the main proposed updates to FRS 102 and 105 (these relate
to Lease and Revenue Accounting) coming from the ongoing FRC Periodic Review
of UK & Irish GAAP
- UK Companies House Reforms, coming from the Economic Crime and Corporate
Transparency Act 2023, and the resulting major impacts ahead for SME Financial
Reporting
- Sustainability Reporting, how it is likely to impact your clients and what
you need to do to prepare; and
- Typical areas for improvement with relation to Financial Statements
Disclosures and Presentation, as highlighted by Professional Standards, the
Practice Consulting Team, and Regulators such, as IAASA and the FRC. Some
areas where disclosure improvements are commonly identified that will be
covered relate to Going Concern issues, Judgements & Key Sources of
Estimation Uncertainty in preparing financial statements, the Accounting
Policies employed and accounting for Onerous Contracts and Deferred
Tax.
Key Learning Outcomes
Appreciate the key Financial Reporting issues for your SME clients in 2024
and how to address these.
Speaker Bios
Conal Kennedy FCA - Conal is Head of Practice Consulting in
Chartered Accountants Ireland. He and his team provide advice and support to
practices throughout Ireland, and publish a range of practice toolkits covering
audit, accounting and compliance. Over a 16 year period in Practice Consulting,
Conal has coached and advised many practices through major change events such as
mergers, acquisitions and retirements. He has also advised on practice
development and marketing.
Jeremy Twomey FCA - Jeremy in his role as Practice
Consulting Manager works to support our member practitioners across our service
areas, with a particular focus on compliance support, training and our
associated advisory services. Jeremy is a Fellow of the Institute, having
trained with Ernst & Young; he has held senior management positions across
both financial and professional services, as well as the public sector.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or
requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930