Advanced Governmental Accounting

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 grants
• Joint ventures, majority equity interests, and similar arrangements
• Sales and pledges of receivables and future revenues
• Government combinations and transfers of operations
• Risk financing
• Fiduciary activities
• Irrevocable split interest agreements
• Conversion and consolidation
• Environmental obligations - Landfills, pollution remediation, and asset retirement obligations
• Common deficiencies found in comprehensive annual financial reports
• Derivatives