Understanding new insolvency law and going concern implications

New insolvency laws have been legislated. They affect the exposure of directors and their responsibilities – you need to know them. A financial-reporting and auditing dimension comes with the changes. The session will focus on:

Understanding the major features of the new insolvency regime
Assessing how the changes might affect the going-concern basis of accounting
Revisiting the rules for going-concern disclosures from the perspectives of preparers and auditors, and
Re-examining audit-reporting rules for going concern.

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This session is presented by:

Colin Parker

Principal | GAAP Consulting | Financial Reporting Expert

Colin, Principal of GAAP Consulting, is an expert in financial reporting, auditing and related governance issues, and was previously a member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board.

He has conducted many independent expert and consulting experts reports on professional negligence, and accounting and auditing standards. He is the team leader advisory and litigation services and adviser to GAAP Training and Reportfraud.

Stephen Newman

Executive Counsel

Stephen is a corporate and commercial lawyer who also has considerable litigation experience in all major Courts and Tribunals. Stephen is a team member of ReportFraud. Stephen advises a range of clients and in particular, Accountants and Auditors on issues that relate to corporate and trust entities, businesses and private clients operating in many different industries, both domestic and international. Stephen also has considerable experience in dealing with regulators and conducting the defence of investigative and enforcement action.