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Events + Classes At Marien + Company, we believe it is important to keep our valued clients up-to-date by presenting the most recent industry and service related information. Our aim is to assist you in your role by sharing our knowledge and experience. We hope you will join us at one, or several, of our upcoming classes. Please visit this section frequently for our latest class schedule.
Upcoming Classes in 2010 Comprehensive Internal Controls Are you working on an accounting manual? Are you confused about where to start? This class is the first step. It will walk you through the steps to create a good control environment and will show you how the accounting manual is just a part of the total controls you should be addressing. Entity-wide Controls are a coordinated set of policies and procedures that management uses (and auditors test) to acheive their objectives and meet their fundamental responsibilities for effectiveness, efficiency, compliance and finacial reporting. Specific accounting controls are just a part of entity-wide controls. We will not be loading you down with accounting type controls and policies. This class should be taken before you get into those specific controls that will be in your accounting manual. Raising the Bar Series Back by popular demand, our series of seminars on the Statement of Auditing Standards 112 (SAS 112). If auditors propose material journal entries, this may need to be reported in a management letter. To help you, we have scheduled four weeks of free seminars to review topics that our clients are collectively having the most accounting issues with. Feel free to sign up for some or all depending on your own needs. August 18 - Revenue Cycle The New Form 990: Outside the Numbers Is the IRS using public embarrassment to force not-for-profit organizations to have better governance? Absolutely! Don't let your not-for-profit organization be caught unprepared. Here's your chance to make sure you understand the new policies and practices that need to be in place, what management must do, and why this form can no longer be prepared by the accountant without your substantial input. If your revenues are over $250,000, or your assets are over $500,000, learn what policies the IRS is questioning, what information is now becoming public, and how to showacase your not-for-profit most favorably. Student Activity Funds You have a fiduciary responsibility to be the caretaker here of other people's funds, but we have all seen and heard of multiple problems with these funds up to and including embezzlement. What controls do you have in place to make sure you are meeting your responsibilities? Update for Governments & Cleaning Up A/P and A/R Update for Governments - There are new auditing standards each year. We will go over these issues and what your responsibilities are regarding them. We will cover accounting for intangible assets, other post employment benefits, and pollution remediation. Cleaning Up A/P and A/R - If you use QuickBooks, is your Accounts Receivable or Accounts Payable listing full of old transactions that have never cleared? We will go over how to clean up these lists so you can have a complete and accurate listing for the auditors. Board Responsibilities Besides all the fun, do you know that there are legal responsibilities and financial liabilities associated with being on the Board of a nonprofit organization? Do you know what your responsibilities are? We will discuss what it takes to be a responsible Board member for your nonprofit organization. QuickBooks Series Class 1 - Setting Up Your Quickbooks File Audit Committees Many Boards are finding that their members are passionate about their mission, but not so passionate about fulfilling their reuired role as "audit committee". The failures of many publicly traded companies in recent years has highlighted the failures of Boards to handle both tasks. To solve this dilemma, many Boards are thinking of establishing a separate audit committee in their nonprofit organization. We will talk about what they should be doing and how you might get this started. |
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