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Disclosing Client Information In Connection With a Quality Review

Disclosing Client Information In Connection With a Quality Review

The Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) of the AICPA has issued a proposed interpretation regarding threats to the client confidentiality rules for tax professionals who undergo quality reviews. The AICPA is updating the rule to explicitly permit quality reviews for tax professionals which are voluntary so long as certain safeguards are used.

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Enhancing Audit Quality: 2018 Mid-Year Progress Report

Enhancing Audit Quality: 2018 Mid-Year Progress Report

The AICPA has issued a mid-year update on their Enhancing Audit Quality Initiative. The update includes insights into improvements made over the past years as well as areas for continued improvement. The update is data driven and includes information regarding the AICPA’s outreach efforts and plans for the remainder of 2018.

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COSO ERM: Compendium of Examples

COSO ERM: Compendium of Examples

COSO has issued guidance to accompany its 2017 COSO Enterprise Risk Management Framework. The Compendium of Examples is meant to demonstrate how entities have leveraged the principles based ERM framework including case studies and outcomes from real world companies. The Compendium allows companies to see how they can apply the theory of ERM in a practical way.

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Criteria for Evaluating the Integrity of a Set of Data

Criteria for Evaluating the Integrity of a Set of Data

https://youtu.be/eRR_MCAdwK8 The AICPA has issued an exposure draft regarding data integrity. With the growth of data analytics and big data, it is important that users of data understand the quality of the data. The AICPA has proposed a set of criteria that would be...

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2018 Compliance Supplement

2018 Compliance Supplement

The 2018 Compliance Supplement has been released. This year it’s a “mini” supplement, in that it does not completely replace last year’s version. This blog will explain the major changes and updates and also walk you through how the new supplement works with last year’s 2017 supplement. The 2018 Supplement is effective for fiscal years ending June 30, 2018 and beyond.

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AICPA Accounting and Valuation Guide: Valuation of Portfolio Company Investments

AICPA Accounting and Valuation Guide: Valuation of Portfolio Company Investments

This week the AICPA recent issued a working draft guide designed to help entities work through some of the more complicated areas related to valuation for portfolio company investments. This guide is full of practical guidance and examples to help preparers, auditors and valuation specialists when dealing with fair value for private entities. Comments are due on August 15, 2018.

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Melisa Galasso, CPA, CSP, CPTD

Melisa F. Galasso is the founder and CEO of Galasso Learning Solutions LLC. A CPA with nearly 20 years of experience in the accounting profession, Melisa designs and facilitates courses in advanced technical accounting and auditing topics, including not-for-profit and governmental accounting.

Her passion is providing high-quality CPE that is meaningful, creates efficiencies and improves quality, and positively impacts ROI. She also supports essential professional development, audit level training, and train the trainer efforts.

Melisa is a Certified Speaking Professional, a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD), and has earned the Association for Talent Development Master Trainer™ designation. Her passion for instructional design and adult learning techniques is one of the differentiators that set her apart from other CPE providers.

She also serves on the FASB’s Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC), AICPA Council, and the AICPA’s Women’s Initiative Executive Committee (WIEC). She also serves as a Subject Matter Expert for the Center for Plain English Accounting. She previously served on the AICPA’s Technical Issues Committee (TIC), the VSCPA’s Board of Directors, and is a past Chair of the NCACPA’s A&A committee. In addition, Melisa is the author of Money Matters for Nonprofits: How Board Members Can Harness the Power of Financial Statements by Understanding Basic Accounting which is available on Amazon or anywhere you purchase books online.

Melisa received a Top 50 Women in Accounting Award in 2021 by Ignition, is a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award recipient, and was honored as a “40 under 40” by CPA Practice Advisor in 2017, 2018, and 2019. She was also named the 2019 Rising Star by her regional NAWBO chapter, received the Don Farmer award for achievement in technical content instruction, and earned several other awards for public speaking and technical training.