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Assessing credit losses in financial statement audits

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As economic conditions fluctuate and accounting standards evolve, auditors face increasing challenges in evaluating how organizations estimate and report credit losses and providing a comprehensive overview of credit loss assessment in financial statement audits.

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ChatGPT scores 60% accuracy on financial statement analysis

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ChatGPT accurately predicted earnings directions 60% of the time versus 52.71% for human analysts.

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IASB offers examples to improve reporting of climate-related uncertainties in financial statements

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The International Accounting Standards Board published a consultation document with eight proposed illustrative examples to show how companies could apply International Financial Reporting Standards when reporting the effects of climate-related and other types of uncertainties in their financial statements.

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GASB sets guidelines on notes to financial statements

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements. Field of Study: Accounting. Recommended CPE: 1 CPE. Program Cost: $0. Due to this program being offered free of charge, there will be no refunds issued.

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Financial statements definition

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What are Financial Statements? Financial statements are a collection of summary-level reports about an organization's financial results, financial position , and cash flows. They include the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. Inaccurate basis for forecasts.

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Comparative financial statements definition

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What are Comparative Financial Statements? Comparative financial statements are the complete set of financial statements that an entity issues, revealing information for more than one reporting period.