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IFRS SMES vs IFRS


Total Credits: 2 including 2 Accounting - Technical

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Categories:
ACPEN Industry Institute |  Accounting and Auditing
Faculty:
Jennifer Louis, CPA
Course Levels:
Basic
Duration:
2 Hours
License:
Product Setting: Expires 30 day(s) after program date.

Dates
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Description

Both IFRS and IFRS for SMEs are self-contained standards designed to meet the needs of specific financial statement users. This course is designed to explain the differences between the two standards, including disclosure requirements and recognition and measurement principles.

Basic Course Information

Learning Objectives
  • Explore which entities may appropriately apply IFRS for SMEs
  • Discover the primary differences of IFRS for SMEs compared to full IFRS
  • Recognize important principles that are reinforced in both IFRS for SMEs and full IFRS

Major Subjects
  • Overview of IFRS for SMEs
  • General pervasive similar concepts
  • Differences with financial instruments
  • Differences with business combinations
  • Differences in investments in other entities
  • Differences in intangible assets
  • Differences in income taxes
  • Differences in employee benefits
  • Differences in revenue and expenses 

Course Materials

Faculty

Jennifer Louis, CPA's Profile

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

Fri, Jun 27, 2025 - 09:00am to 11:00am PDT
Tue, Jul 08, 2025 - 11:00am to 01:00pm PDT
Wed, Jul 23, 2025 - 01:00pm to 03:00pm PDT
Thu, Aug 07, 2025 - 03:00pm to 05:00pm PDT
Wed, Aug 27, 2025 - 09:00am to 11:00am PDT
Thu, Sep 04, 2025 - 11:00am to 01:00pm PDT
Wed, Sep 17, 2025 - 01:00pm to 03:00pm PDT
Wed, Oct 08, 2025 - 07:00am to 09:00am PDT
Sat, Oct 25, 2025 - 09:00am to 11:00am PDT
Thu, Nov 06, 2025 - 11:00am to 01:00pm PST
Thu, Nov 20, 2025 - 01:00pm to 03:00pm PST
Mon, Dec 08, 2025 - 07:00am to 09:00am PST
Thu, Dec 18, 2025 - 04:00pm to 06:00pm PST
Sat, Dec 27, 2025 - 11:00am to 01:00pm PST
Tue, Jan 06, 2026 - 01:00pm to 03:00pm PST
Wed, Jan 21, 2026 - 07:00am to 09:00am PST
Thu, Feb 12, 2026 - 09:00am to 11:00am PST
Mon, Feb 23, 2026 - 11:00am to 01:00pm PST
Thu, Mar 05, 2026 - 01:00pm to 03:00pm PST
Tue, Mar 24, 2026 - 04:00pm to 06:00pm PDT
Wed, Apr 01, 2026 - 09:00am to 11:00am PDT
Sat, Apr 18, 2026 - 11:00am to 01:00pm PDT
Wed, May 13, 2026 - 01:00pm to 03:00pm PDT
Tue, May 26, 2026 - 07:00am to 09:00am PDT
Sat, Jun 06, 2026 - 09:00am to 11:00am PDT
Wed, Jun 10, 2026 - 11:00am to 01:00pm PDT
Thu, Jun 25, 2026 - 01:00pm to 03:00pm PDT

Additional Info

Basic Course Information

Prerequisites None
Advanced Preparation None
Designed For Anyone responsible for preparing or reviewing financial statements under IFRS 
Original Recording Date 06/2025
Course Developer EMERGENT SOLUTIONS GROUP
Date Added to Catalog 03/2025
Yellow Book No

Additional Information

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Instructional Delivery Method

Group Internet Based


Course Registration Requirements

Online Registration


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