Private Company Simplified GAAP Alternatives
Total Credits: 2 including 2 Accounting - Technical
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- Categories:
- ACPEN Industry Institute | Accounting and Auditing | Yellow Book
- Speaker:
- Jennifer Louis, CPA
- Course Levels:
- Basic
- Duration:
- 2 Hours
Description
The FASB formed the Private Company Council to provide certain alternatives in U.S. GAAP that are only available to nonpublic business entities, with limited exceptions for certain nonprofits. This course will provide insight into when adopting the accounting and financial reporting alternatives would be to the advantage of private companies.
Basic Course Information
Learning Objectives- List the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure options only available to nonpublic business entities in U.S. GAAP
- Explain the benefits of adopting the U.S. GAAP alternatives, and the most advantageous time to do so
- Apply illustrative examples for how financial statements look different before and after application of the allowable simplifications in accordance with U.S. GAAP
Major Subjects
- Guidance, related to "plain vanilla" interest rate swaps that convert variable into fixed rate debt and other derivatives
- Guidance related to amortization and impairment of goodwill
- Guidance related to separately recognizing intangible assets from goodwill in a business combination
- Guidance related to lease accounting and revenue recognition options
Course Materials
IMPORTANT_CPE Credit Instructions_Read Before Webcast_2025 Update (434.2 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Private Company Simplified GAAP Alternatives Handout (739.2 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Speaker

Jennifer Louis, CPA Related Seminars and Products
President
EMERGENT SOLUTIONS GROUP
Jennifer has over 25 years experience in designing and instructing high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organization success. In 2003 she founded Emergent Solutions Group, which is dedicated to meeting organization’s professional training needs on a project or part-time basis. Jennifer serves a wide variety of clients, including public accounting firms, state CPA societies, private industry corporations, and public sector agencies.Previously Jennifer served as the Director of Audit Product Development at Surgent Professional Education for three years. Prior to that, Jennifer was Executive Vice President/Director of Training Services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly respected training and audit process consulting firm later acquired by Thomson Reuters. Over her six years at AuditWatch, Jennifer served many roles. She began her career at AuditWatch as Vice President of Product Development. Jennifer also served as an instructor and consultant for the firm’s Audit Productivity Improvement Program (a comprehensive program enabling accounting firms to enhance audit quality and improve audit efficiency), as well as various other training courses. Later, Jennifer was primarily responsible for working with clients to design high-caliber, customized training programs. She led the Training Services Division, which includes AuditWatch University (“core-level” staff training for new hires to managers) and related offerings. She also co-authored the Guide to Value-Added Auditing (Thomson/Practitioners Publishing Company, Fort Worth, TX, July 2001).
Before joining AuditWatch, Jennifer was the Financial/Operational Audit Manager at AARP. While at AARP she served as one of their specially trained facilitators available as a resource throughout the organization for designing and leading strategic meetings and trainings.
Jennifer was also an Audit Manager at Deloitte, in Washington, DC. During her five years with Deloitte, she was a frequent local and national instructor. Jennifer also served as an instructor for the firm’s national “Train the Trainers” program.
Jennifer graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA-Accounting. She is currently a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and is licensed to practice accounting in the Commonwealth of Virginia and North Carolina.Contact Jennifer via email at jlouis@emergentgroup.net, or via LinkedIn
Dates
Tue, May 06, 2025 - 01:00pm to 02:48pm CDT
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Fri, May 16, 2025 - 03:00pm to 04:48pm CDT
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Thu, Jun 05, 2025 - 09:00am to 10:48am CDT
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Sat, Jun 21, 2025 - 11:00am to 12:48pm CDT
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Thu, Jun 26, 2025 - 06:00pm to 07:48pm CDT
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Mon, Jul 14, 2025 - 03:00pm to 04:48pm CDT
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Thu, Jul 31, 2025 - 09:00am to 10:48am CDT
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Fri, Aug 01, 2025 - 11:00am to 12:48pm CDT
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Sat, Aug 16, 2025 - 01:00pm to 02:48pm CDT
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Thu, Sep 11, 2025 - 03:00pm to 04:48pm CDT
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Thu, Sep 25, 2025 - 09:00am to 10:48am CDT
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Wed, Oct 01, 2025 - 11:00am to 12:48pm CDT
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Thu, Oct 16, 2025 - 06:00pm to 07:48pm CDT
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Thu, Nov 13, 2025 - 03:00pm to 04:48pm CST
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Sat, Nov 29, 2025 - 09:00am to 10:48am CST
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Tue, Dec 02, 2025 - 11:00am to 12:48pm CST
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Sat, Dec 13, 2025 - 01:00pm to 02:48pm CST
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Mon, Dec 22, 2025 - 03:00pm to 04:48pm CST
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Fri, Jan 09, 2026 - 09:00am to 10:48am CST
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Thu, Jan 22, 2026 - 11:00am to 12:48pm CST
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Tue, Feb 17, 2026 - 06:00pm to 07:48pm CST
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Fri, Feb 27, 2026 - 03:00pm to 04:48pm CST
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Sat, Mar 07, 2026 - 09:00am to 10:48am CST
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Tue, Mar 17, 2026 - 11:00am to 12:48pm CDT
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Fri, Apr 17, 2026 - 01:00pm to 02:48pm CDT
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Thu, Apr 30, 2026 - 03:00pm to 04:48pm CDT
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Tue, May 05, 2026 - 09:00am to 10:48am CDT
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Sat, May 30, 2026 - 11:00am to 12:48pm CDT
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Mon, Jun 01, 2026 - 01:00pm to 02:48pm CDT
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Thu, Jun 11, 2026 - 06:00pm to 07:48pm CDT
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Thu, Jun 18, 2026 - 09:00am to 10:48am CDT
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Additional Info
Basic Course Information
Prerequisites NoneAdvanced Preparation None
Designed For Public and industry accountants responsible for monitoring fair presentation of financial statements
Original Recording Date 04/2025
Course Developer EMERGENT SOLUTIONS GROUP
Date Added to Catalog 03/2025
Yellow Book Yes
Additional Information
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Official Registry Statement
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Instructional Delivery Method
Group Internet Based
Course Registration Requirements
Online Registration
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