CLE Online

Introduction to Financial Statements and GAAP

• learn about basic accounting concepts and principles
• accounting as it relates to financial statements

Video

Networking Break

Reading and Using Financial Statements

• understand the difference between the various financial statements
  • balance sheet
  • income statement
  • statement of cash flow
• what information can be obtained from the notes to the financial statements?
• determine what financial statements tell you about a business including its performance and financial position
• learn what financial statements do not tell you, including how to “read between the lines”

Lunch and Optional Webinar Archive Session “Smart Phone Security and Mobile Device Forensics”

Host: Grace G. Choi — Davis LLP, Vancouver
Guest: Nigel Holmes, EnCE, ACE — Director, Forensic and Security Operations, TCS Forensics Ltd., Vancouver

Public Accountant Reports

• learn what reliance you should place on audited, reviewed, and compiled financial statements

Financial Statement Fraud

• examples of how financial statements are falsified
• consider how much reliance to put on financial statements in a litigation setting

Networking Break

Financial Ratio Analysis

• understand the various methods commonly used to analyze financial statements, including ratio analyses and comparisons to industry standards

Business Valuations

• find out how to value a business
• learn and understand basic valuation concepts
• learn the different approaches used in valuing a business
• understand the term “goodwill” and how it is determined