This seminar is designed to provide participants with a solid working knowledge of specialized accounting and financial reporting used by state and local governments for selected topics through lecture, discussion, and exercises.

Who Will Benefit: CFO/Finance Director, Controller, Accountant

• Those who successfully complete this series should gain a basic understanding of the appropriate governmental accounting and financial reporting related to:
• Investments and derivative instruments
• Grants
• Joint ventures, majority equity interests, and similar arrangements
• Sales and pledges of receivables and future revenues
• Government combinations and transfer of operations
• Risk financing
• Fiduciary activities
• Common reporting deficiencies found in annual comprehensive financial reports
• Irrevocable split interest agreements
• Government-wide financial statements, and conversions and consolidations
• Environmental obligations- Landfills, pollution remediation, and asset retirement obligations
• Internal control