Description
Ethical conduct is critical for the tax arena. This course will focus on public accounting-specific ethics issues, with a special focus on recent cases.
Designed For
- CPAs, accounting & finance staff
Objectives
- Examine the standards set forth in IRS Circular 230 and recognize its impact on the CPA profession
- Identify and understand recent tax-related disciplinary actions
- Identify resources available for consultation on ethical issues, with a focus on those for CPAs within the tax profession
- Recognize the overall impact of ethical and unethical conduct on the CPA profession
Highlights
- The course will examine, using real-world examples and disciplinary cases, what went right and wrong with the behavior of others in the accounting profession. We will also compare these cases to the standards and core values set forth in the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct.