The auditing standards are always changing. CCH's Top Auditing Issues for 2009 Course helps CPAs stay abreast of the most significant new standards and important projects. It does so by identifying the events of the past year that have developed into hot issues and reviewing the opportunities and pitfalls presented by the changes. The topics reviewed in this course were selected because of their impact on engagements and because of the role they play in understanding the audit landscape in the year ahead.

Top Auditing Issues for 2009 will offer full coverage of the new Risk Assessment Standards, the most important standards to hit the auditing profession in years. These new standards will dramatically impact how practitioners do business. Top Auditing Issues for 2009 will help practitioners understand these new standards and put them into practice. The Risk Assessment portion of Top Auditing Issues will cover:

• Government Auditing Standards: The New “Yellow Book"
• National Stat Sample (PCIE Report)
• SAS 112 Implementation
• Implementing the Audit Risk Assessment Standards
• Quality Control
• Audit Documentation

Top Auditing Issues for 2009 reassures the accountant/auditor that he or she is not missing out on developing auditing issues--or is not susceptible to being caught unaware by a brewing controversy. It's the top quality auditing review and analysis that every practitioner needs to keep a step ahead.

This CPE Course is distributed as a bonus supplement with selected CCH auditing titles.

Practitioners may also earn CPE credit by successfully completing and submitting the Final Exam answer sheets for grading. (An additional fee applies for each answer sheet that is submitted for CPE grading and administration.) NOTE: Because continuing education requirements vary from state to state and among different licensing agencies, practitioners should always check with their licensing boards and governing agencies for specific information on their CPE requirements and to verify the applicability of this Course for meeting their requirements.