Webcast: Surgent's Business Law Essentials for Practitioners and Controllers
8.0 Credits
Member Price $255.00
Non-Member Price $340.00
Overview
This course covers basic legal principles that every accountant should be familiar with to avoid common legal disputes and costly litigation. By analyzing business law issues from the standpoint and background of accountants and auditors, this course will help you develop an approach to client and practice issues with a sensitivity and appreciation for potential legal ramifications.
Highlights
- Contract principles
- Partnerships and limited liability entities
- Legal issues related to various types of business organizations
- Worker classification
- Employee rights and the duties of employers
- Intellectual property
- Real property law
- Bankruptcy basics
- Environmental Law
- Merger Basics
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
All practitioners and controllers who want a better understanding of how the law can impact their practice and their clients
Objectives
- Identify the most common legal issues arising in the business context
- State the general legal rules applicable to business situations
- Recognize the role that accountants can play in identifying and resolving legal problems
- Identify compliance aspects of different entity types
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
David Peters, CPA, CFP, CLU, CPCU, MST, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC
David Peters is the founder and owner of Peters Tax Preparation & Consulting in Richmond, VA, and a Financial Advisor for Peters Financial, LLC. He has over fifteen years of financial services experience, including three years in the hedge fund industry and six years in the insurance industry. David was the first-ever Chief Financial Officer at Compare.com - a position he held for over three years. He is a national CPE Instructor/Discussion Leader for the AICPA, Kaplan, and Surgent and was a recipient of Surgent’s Outstanding Discussion Leader award for 2019. He regularly teaches accounting, finance, insurance, financial planning, and ethics throughout the United States. He is the advisor for Business & Industry topics for the SC Association of CPAs and was a recipient of The American College’s 2019 NextGen Financial Services Professional Award. He holds four Master’s degrees and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Financial Planning. He regularly contributes to various CPA publications, including NCACPA’s Interim Report, SCACPA’s CPA Report, and VSCPA’s Disclosures. He was also a co-author of the 2018, 2019, and 2020 versions of the Virginia CPA Ethics course – a required course for all CPAs licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Non-Member Price $340.00
Member Price $255.00