Join Bennett Jones and external facilitator Dr. John Friedlan for the second in our four-part Financial Statements and Financial Reporting Series. Lawyers and in-house legal counsel frequently work with financial statement and other accounting information. This series of seminars is designed to demystify accounting and provide lawyers with the knowledge and understanding they need to work confidently with accounting information. Our second seminar deals with the income statement and will cover:
- What is income?
- Accrual vs. cash accounting
- Revenue recognition and matching
- Capitalizing vs. expensing
- Different measures of performance
- Earnings management
- Areas of flexibility in financial reporting
The seminar will have a practical focus. Examples from actual financial statements are used extensively to demonstrate the issues discussed.
Date: Monday, October 17, 2011
Time: 12:00 p.m. - Lunch | 12:30 p.m. - Presentation
Place: Bennett Jones' Toronto Office, 1 First Canadian Place, 100 King Street West, 34th floor
CPD Credit Information
Total CPD: 0.5 credit hours toward professionalism content; 1.0 credit hours towards substantive contentNew Members: 1.5 credit hours
For more information on the session or to attend, please contact Regina Goldis at 416.777.6506 or GoldisR@bennettjones.com .