Instructor
Kurt has practiced his entire 36 year career at in Alexandria, Louisiana after graduating from the University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) in 1986. Kurt has been partner in charge of Accounting and Auditing with the firm since 1994, and became managing partner in the firm on January 1, 2023. Kurt began presenting and authoring CPE courses in 1991. He has received the AICPA Outstanding Discussion Leader Award 12 times and the Society of Louisiana CPAs (LCPA) Outstanding Discussion Leader Award 4 times. Kurt was elected the youngest President in the history of the LCPA in 2002, and has also served on the AICPA Council, AICPA Accounting and Review Services Committee, and the AICPA Joint Trial Board. He currently chairs the Ethics Committee of the LCPA. He and his wife of 33 years have two children and one grandchild. They often wonder why you have to have children before you have grandchildren.
Instructor
Understand the complexities of PCAOB updates.
Understand the new requirements of recently approved PCAOB amendments to the auditing standards and the auditor’s key responsibilities in response to the amendments.
Learn to sort through the complexities to identify and apply them to the audit of a public company.
• Determine the key responsibilities for evaluating accounting estimates included in the recently approved amendment, related to AS 2501, and amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards.
*Revisions to AS 2501
Accounting professionals with audit experience
Accounting professionals