Tallahassee - Ethics: Protecting the Integrity of Florida CPAs (0004980)

Overview

Ethics: Protecting the Integrity of Florida CPAs (0004980) Credit(s) and Type: 4 Ethics
Speaker Name: Paul Brown This course is designed for CPAs in all areas of practice and fulfills the biennial ethics requirements for Florida CPAs.

Member Cost: $75
Non Member Cost: $100

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Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.

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Highlights

AICPA Code of Professional Conduct

Business ethics

Chapters 455 and 473, F.S.

61H1 F.A.C.

Common violations of Florida laws and rules

Client record retention

CPE requirements

Disciplinary actions

Fraud

Independence

Integrity and objectivity

Licensure requirements – individuals and firms

Peer Review

Practice mobility

Professional competency

Designed For

Objectives

Describe how codes of conduct, professional responsibilities, and core values of the profession issued by various organizations impact the practice of accounting.

Identify how Florida Statutes 455 and 473 and Florida Administrative Code 61H1 provide guidance for ethical practice.

Identify how newly revised/ proposed interpretations, rulings, and legislation affect Florida licensees.

Recognize practice and compliance issues such as independence that affect ethical conduct.

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Leader(s):

Paul Brown, Vice President, Professional and Technical Standards, Florida Institute of CPAs

Leader Bios

Paul Brown, Vice President, Professional and Technical Standards, Florida Institute of CPAs

Paul Brown joined the FICPA in November 1992 and is the Vice President of Professional and Technical Standards for the Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA). One of Paul’s main duties is to serve as the technical reviewer in Florida for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Peer Review Program. The program administers approximately 300 reviews annually in Florida and oversees approximately 85 peer reviewers. Paul also assists members in the areas of professional ethics and professional standards. As part of his role with the FICPA Paul has instructed and authored continuing education programs for the AICPA and FICPA, for which he has received several outstanding discussion leader and author awards. Paul is serving on the AICPA’s Peer Review Standards Task Force, Technical Reviewers Advisory Task Force to the Peer Review Board, and former chair of the Audit Committee for the City of Tallahassee.
Prior to joining the FICPA, Paul was an audit manager with the regional firm of Williams, Cox, Weidner & Cox (now Carr, Riggs & Ingram) in Tallahassee, Florida. Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and finance from Florida State University and has been licensed as a CPA since 1988.

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