How to Get a Better Return on Yellow Book and Single Audits - Avoiding the Most Misapplied Audit Concepts
Total Credits: 8 including 8 Auditing (Governmental) - Technical
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- Categories:
- ACPEN Industry Institute | Accounting and Auditing | Yellow Book
- Faculty:
- Jennifer Louis, CPA
- Course Levels:
- Basic
- Duration:
- 8 Hours
- License:
- Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.
Description
Yellow Book and Single Audit reporting entities have complex and unique financial statement audit, compliance and reporting issues. Deficiencies in these types of audit engagements are common. This course will reduce the likelihood of noncompliance with relevant professional and regulatory auditing and reporting standards.
Basic Course Information
Learning Objectives- Describe the differences in the auditor's responsibility between generally accepted auditing standards, generally accepted government auditing standards, and OMB Uniform Guidance
- Explain common deficiencies in Yellow Book and Single Audit engagements
- Apply best practices for designing and performing tests of internal controls and compliance with major federal programs
- Discuss the special reporting requirements of Yellow Book and Single Audit engagements
Major Subjects
- Discover the fundamental differences in the auditor's responsibilities between financial statement audits performed in accordance with the SASs and Yellow Book
- Understand risk assessment factors above those associated with a financial statement audit only
- Learn what must be done beyond the financial statement audit in order to issue required Yellow Book and Single Audit reports on internal controls and compliance
- Master designing, performing and documenting effective and efficient tests of compliance requirements
- Practice identifying, documenting and communicating the impact of internal control deficiencies and compliance audit findings to the client
- Common peer review deficiencies
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
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CDT
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Tue, Nov 04, 2025 - 09:00am to 05:00pm CST
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Sat, Jun 13, 2026 - 10:00am to 06:00pm CDT
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Tue, Jun 23, 2026 - 08:00am to 04:00pm CDT
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Additional Info
Basic Course Information
Prerequisites NoneAdvanced Preparation None
Designed For Any compliance auditor who wishes to learn how to be more effective and efficient on engagements
Original Recording Date 06/2025
Course Developer EMERGENT SOLUTIONS GROUP
Date Added to Catalog 03/2025
Yellow Book Yes
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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