Avoiding Legal Liability and Peer Review Deficiencies in Nonaudit Services, Including Bookkeeping and Preparing Financial Statements
Total Credits: 4 including 4 Auditing- Technical, 4 Business Management & Organization - Non-technical
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- Categories:
- ACPEN Industry Institute | Accounting and Auditing
- Faculty:
- Jennifer Louis, CPA
- Course Levels:
- Basic
- Duration:
- 4 Hours
- License:
- Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.
Description
The majority of peer review deficiencies and malpractice claims result from nonaudit services. This course will provide best practices for avoiding legal liability and quality control concerns.
Basic Course Information
Learning Objectives- Describe the nature of risks faced when performing nonaudit services for clients
- Explain how to mitigate risks faced by all CPAs in performing nonaudit services
- Apply best practices for maintaining quality control for nonaudit engagements
Major Subjects
- Differentiating risks faced when performing nonaudit services, such as reviews, compilations, preparing financial statements, bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and similar
- Best practices for preventing quality control concerns that could lead to peer review deficiencies or malpractice claims
- Establishing an understanding with the client to minimize misunderstandings as to the nature and scope of engagements
- Explain situations when independence should be appropriately safeguarded when performing nonattest services
Course Materials
IMPORTANT_CPE Credit Instructions_Read Before Webcast_2025 Update (434.2 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Faculty

Jennifer Louis, CPA Related Seminars and Products
President
EMERGENT SOLUTIONS GROUP
Jennifer has over 25 years experience in designing and instructing high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organization success. In 2003 she founded Emergent Solutions Group, which is dedicated to meeting organization’s professional training needs on a project or part-time basis. Jennifer serves a wide variety of clients, including public accounting firms, state CPA societies, private industry corporations, and public sector agencies.Previously Jennifer served as the Director of Audit Product Development at Surgent Professional Education for three years. Prior to that, Jennifer was Executive Vice President/Director of Training Services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly respected training and audit process consulting firm later acquired by Thomson Reuters. Over her six years at AuditWatch, Jennifer served many roles. She began her career at AuditWatch as Vice President of Product Development. Jennifer also served as an instructor and consultant for the firm’s Audit Productivity Improvement Program (a comprehensive program enabling accounting firms to enhance audit quality and improve audit efficiency), as well as various other training courses. Later, Jennifer was primarily responsible for working with clients to design high-caliber, customized training programs. She led the Training Services Division, which includes AuditWatch University (“core-level” staff training for new hires to managers) and related offerings. She also co-authored the Guide to Value-Added Auditing (Thomson/Practitioners Publishing Company, Fort Worth, TX, July 2001).
Before joining AuditWatch, Jennifer was the Financial/Operational Audit Manager at AARP. While at AARP she served as one of their specially trained facilitators available as a resource throughout the organization for designing and leading strategic meetings and trainings.
Jennifer was also an Audit Manager at Deloitte, in Washington, DC. During her five years with Deloitte, she was a frequent local and national instructor. Jennifer also served as an instructor for the firm’s national “Train the Trainers” program.
Jennifer graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA-Accounting. She is currently a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and is licensed to practice accounting in the Commonwealth of Virginia and North Carolina.Contact Jennifer via email at jlouis@emergentgroup.net, or via LinkedIn
Dates
Tue, Jun 17, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm CDT
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Mon, Jun 30, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm CDT
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Fri, Aug 29, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm CDT
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Tue, Sep 02, 2025 - 05:00pm to 09:00pm CDT
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Sat, Sep 20, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm CDT
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Thu, Oct 09, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm CDT
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Wed, Oct 29, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm CDT
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Sat, Nov 08, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm CST
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Tue, Nov 25, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm CST
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Tue, Dec 09, 2025 - 08:00am to 12:00pm CST
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Fri, Dec 19, 2025 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm CST
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Tue, Dec 30, 2025 - 05:00pm to 09:00pm CST
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Fri, Jan 02, 2026 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm CST
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Sat, Jan 17, 2026 - 08:00am to 12:00pm CST
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Thu, Feb 26, 2026 - 08:00am to 12:00pm CST
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Wed, Mar 25, 2026 - 08:00am to 12:00pm CDT
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Fri, May 22, 2026 - 08:00am to 12:00pm CDT
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Tue, Jun 09, 2026 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm CDT
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Wed, Jun 17, 2026 - 08:00am to 12:00pm CDT
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Sat, Jun 27, 2026 - 12:00pm to 04:00pm CDT
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Additional Info
Basic Course Information
Prerequisites NoneAdvanced Preparation None
Designed For Anyone who performed nonaudit services
Original Recording Date 06/2025
Course Developer EMERGENT SOLUTIONS GROUP
Date Added to Catalog 03/2025
Yellow Book No
Additional Information
Complaint Resolution PolicyPlease contact Anne Taylor for any complaints. anne.taylor@acpen.com, (972-377-8199).
Official Registry Statement
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Instructional Delivery Method
Group Internet Based
Course Registration Requirements
Online Registration
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