This course provides an overview of the accounting and reporting requirements with respect
to business combinations as prescribed by Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 805. The overall objective of the guidance
included within ASC 805 is to improve the relevance, representational faithfulness, and
comparability of the information that a reporting entity provides in its financial reports
about a business combination and its effects.
Learning Objectives
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Kelen is a recognized author and reviewer of CPE courses and has authored over 145 courses (350+ CPE credit hours) covering a range of accounting, auditing, financial reporting, regulatory, and ethics topics. His courses are available for purchase from many online CPE providers including the AICPA. Kelen remained involved in CPA exam content development for nearly 10 years and authored more than a thousand multiple choice questions for various sections of the CPA exam. He also serves as an Editorial Advisor for the AICPA’s "Journal of Accountancy".
Kelen has nearly 20 years of progressive finance and accounting experience. He currently serves as an Accounting Policy Advisor with HP. Prior to HP, he served in multiple accounting roles in the oil & gas industry with ConocoPhillips including technical accounting policy, SOX compliance, and internal audit. He also gained public accounting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers, working with various clients in the energy, electric, power, gas, and utility sectors.
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