Instructor
Rebecca Meyer
Instructor
Rebecca Meyer, CPA, CGMA
RAM CPA, PLLC/Raleigh, NC
Rebecca Meyer is President of RAM CPA, PLLC and is a seasoned CPA and management accountant with more than 25 years of technical finance and leadership expertise in various aspects of attest, accounting and compliance services. Her firm specializes in collaborating with state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, small businesses, regulators, and other CPA firms to provide high quality accounting, finance, and compliance services, and to facilitate successful, effective and efficient audit and attest engagements.
Prior to forming her own firm, Ms. Meyer worked for eleven years as a Technical Manager in the AICPA's Professional Ethics Division, where she helped to enforce the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct by investigating allegations of violations of technical accounting and attest standards, including U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards ("GAAS"), Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards ("GAGAS"), Uniform Guidance, ERISA and others. In this role, she assisted in remediation and education of members to improve the overall quality of professional services performed in the industry. Ms. Meyer specializes in government, nonprofit and Single Audit engagements.
Ms. Meyer is a member of the AICPA and the North Carolina Association of CPAs. She serves on the AICPA's Enforcement Subcommittee as well as the Government Accounting and Auditing Committee and the Nonprofit Accounting and Auditing Committee of the North Carolina Association of CPAs.
As an auditor of state, local government, or not-for-profit entities, gain an understanding of the requirements and application guidance for financial audits conducted in accordance with Government Auditing Standards.”Gain the essentials
Engaging with chapters 1–6 of Government Auditing Standards, 2018 Revision, gain the essentials for performing engagements in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS).
Build an excellent foundation of the principles of GAGAS as it relates to understanding Yellow Book requirements and application guidance. “
• Identify the guidance found in Government Auditing Standards
• Recognize the relationship between Government Auditing Standards and other professional standards
• Recognize the Yellow Book guidance regarding independence as found in Government Auditing Standards, 2018 Revision
• Identify the Yellow Book requirements for financial statement audits
*Foundation and principles for the use and application of generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS) *General requirements for complying with the Yellow Book *Ethics, independence, and professional judgment *Competence and continuing professional education *Quality control and peer review *Standards for financial audits
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Government auditors and public accountants who will be planning or conducting engagements in accordance with Government Auditing Standards