What is all the talk about the Tax Reform Act of 2014? What is the big deal regarding conversion from cash accounting to accrual accounting? How do you answer your managing partner when he asks you how this conversion impacts your firm? Join this webinar to get help understanding the Tax Reform Act of 2014's proposed mandatory requirement to use the accrual method of accounting for law firm accounting.
Objectives:
-
Discuss the proposed legislation and its current status
-
Identify the financial burdens and hardships the requirement might create for law firms
-
Determine the practical steps to make a conversion from cash basis to accrual basis accounting
CLM Credits: (Note that only the CLM credit available for this webinar is stated below. If a credit is not stated, it is not available for this program.)
CLMSM Recertification Credit: 1 hour in the subject area of Financial Management (FM)
CLMSM App Credit for Functional Specialists: 1 hour in the subject area of Financial Management (FM) towards the additional hours required of Functional Specialists to fulfill the CLM application.
Kellie Bolin is a Certified Public Accountant with 30 years of accounting and finance experience including 15 years as a Chief Financial Officer. She is the Finance Division Director at B2 Management & Consulting, LLC. As a seasoned financial management professional with demonstrated practical knowledge in start-ups, turnarounds, and growth of organizations both small and large, she is a cost conscious and profit focused leader who is recognized for her extraordinary personal integrity. Previously, Bolin founded and operated her own CPA consulting firm focused primarily on CFO services.
If you intend to take a course for CLE credit, please make sure your state is listed in the "Accreditation" section to the upper right of the program description. Accreditation displayed is unique to the purchased program format (live conference, live webcast, on demand, podcast). Credit totals listed for live conferences are the maximum credits available. Credits issued will be based upon actual time in attendance. Credit totals for other formats are for complete programs. Partial credit is not available for any online or downloadable format.
West LegalEdcenter will not provide accreditation for states not listed.
This product is intended for individual use by the named purchaser. Group viewings for online programs may be arranged for five or more attorneys within the same organization prior to viewing by emailing west.wlec-sales@thomson.com.