Surgent's Lease Accounting: Exploring the New Standard

Overview

With the effective date of Topic 842 now here, now is the time to get your hands around the details of the FASB’s new leases standard. Designed for accounting and auditing practitioners at all levels in both public accounting and business and industry, this course provides a thorough overview of the FASB’s new lease accounting standard (ASU No. 2016-02) that was released in February 2016 and all subsequent changes that have been made to ASC 842. You will learn about the long-awaited lease accounting standard for lessors and lessees, including transition accounting, as well as recent updates to the new lease accounting guidance. Plenty of practical application illustrations are used, including journal entries, to help in understanding this complex area of accounting.

Highlights

Leases (Topic 842)

Overall lease accounting guidance

Lessor Accounting 101

Lessee Accounting 101

Detailed review of accounting by lessees

Sale and leaseback transactions

Transition guidance

Recently released ASUs impacting Topic 842

Prerequisites

Experience in accounting and auditing

Designed For

Accounting and auditing practitioners at all levels desiring to be up-to-date on the FASB’s new lease accounting guidance

Objectives

Be familiar with the FASB's new lease accounting standards and guidance

Preparation

None

Notice

This is a self-study/on demand course offered by a 3rd party vendor and will NOT be accessible in the My Upcoming CPE section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by Surgent Professional Education. The course expires one year from the purchase date. Format = on demand webcast to view with the course materials.