The "Accounting Update for Tech Companies 2025" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The Accounting Update for Software Companies agenda offers an overview of recent key developments in the industry. Learning objectives include: reviewing the latest changes in critical accounting areas, understanding how these issues affect your company, and identifying common challenges faced by industry peers.

Who Should Attend:

• CFOs (and their staff)
• Controllers
• VPs of Finance
• Financial Managers
• Internal Auditors
• Tax Accountants
• Treasury Staff
• Accountants in Industry
• Internal Control/SOX personnel
• Consultants
• Public Accountants
• Educators

Certifications:

• Earn up to 16 CPE Credits

Agenda:

Agenda: DAY 1

8:45 - 10:00 - IPO: Trends and Accounting Considerations for Tech Companies

10:00 - 10:15 - Break

10:15 - 11:50 - Revenue Recognition Fraud Issues

• Context
• Drivers of Rev Rec Fraud
• Rev Rec Schemes and how they were perpetrated and what the outcomes were
• How to best manage and mitigate the risk of Rev Rec fraud

11:50 - 1:00 - Lunch Break

1:00 - 2:10 - Tax Update

• How will the upcoming election impact tax policy?
• Tax policy, proposals and projects
• Congressional agenda and Election questions
• Tax policy in 2024-2025
• Budget deficits and future tax policy decisions

2:10 - 2:20 - Break

2:20 - 3:40 - SOX & Internal Controls Update

• Risk assessment refresh
• Significant transactions and events
• SOX modernization and optimization
• Information used in controls
• Deficiencies & severity assessment

3:40 - 3:50 - Break

3:50 - 5:00 - Share-Based Payment Accounting Update

• Scope
• Classification
• Recognition
• Case studies and examples

Agenda: DAY 2

8:45 - 10:05 - Recent Accounting Trends for Tech Companies

• Recently Issued and newly proposed Accounting Standard Updates (ASU)
• Key elements of proposed ASUs and how they may impact your company

10:05 - 10:20 - Break

10:20 - 12:00 - Software and Technology Revenue Recognition Issues (Part 1)

• Establishing Contract Existence
• Judgement Area: Contract Approval - Cutoff
• Trial Periods - Performance Obligations
• Auto Renewals - Contract Existence
• Contract Combination Scenarios
• Termination Concepts
• Downstream Impacts of Termination Clauses
• Identifying Promises in the Contract
• Immaterial Promises
• Distinct in the Context of a Contract
• Customer Options
• Determining Value of a Material Right
• Identifying Components of Transaction Price
• Inclusion of Consideration

12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch Break

1:00 - 2:30 - SEC Update

• Climate Disclosures
• Current landscape
• Regulatory Update
• Practice issues and evolving trends
• SEC Comment Letter trends

2:30 - 2:40 - Break

2:40 - 4:10 - Software and Technology Revenue Recognition Issues (Part 2)

• How to Estimate Variable Consideration
• Constraint of Variable Consideration
• Consideration Paid to a Customer
• Incremental Right vs. Variable Consideration
• Customer Options vs. Variable Consideration
• Estimating Standalone Selling Price: Various Approaches
• Professional Services: Time and Materials Billing vs. Fixed Fee
• Contract Modifications
• Usage-Based Fees
• Consistent Pricing
• Tiered Pricing
• Minimum Commitment
• Licensing of Intellectual Property
• Conversion Rights
• Principal vs. Agent

4:10 - 4:15 - Break

4:15 - 5:05 - Cybersecurity Update

Speakers

• Keith Ma, Effectus Group, Managing Director
• Dom Mills, Grant Thornton, Partner - Technology Industry
• Cindy Williams, Grant Thornton, Managing Director, SEC Regulatory Matters
• Jeffrey Kummer, Deloitte, Director of Tax Policy
• Dan Morrin, KPMG, Director - Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk
• Emanuela Pape, Effectus Group, Managing Director
• Abby Cohen, Deloitte, Senior Manager
• Vibhor Chandra, Deloitte, Partner
• Blake Collins, Connor Group, Partner
• Mike Brandstetter, Connor Group, Partner
• Guido van Drunen, Global Compliance Mgmt & Response, Co-Founder
• Alejandro Pardo, Effectus Group, Director

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