BASIC GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING

November 14, 2008

8:30 AM to 4:00 PM

NIU Naperville, 1120 East Diehl Road, Naperville, IL 60563-9347

Group-Live seminar

REGISTRATION

Intended Audience:  Accountants, assistant managers, assistant finance directors, and new finance directors

Descriptions:  Spend the day going over the basics of Governmental Accounting.  You'll learn the theory behind accounting principles and the fundamentals of fund accounting. 

Earn 6.5 CPE Credits

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the theories which establish accounting principles
• Be able to recognize and manipulate key accounting tools such as the Chart of Accounts
• Comprehend governmental accounting terminology
• Identify the links between budgeting and accounting
• Feel comfortable with fund accounting mechanisms

AGENDA

Registration Fees:

IGFOA Member Fee to Oct 24 - $105.00
Non-member Fee to Oct 24 - $180.00

IGFOA Member Fee after Oct 24 - $115.00
Non-member Fee after Oct 24 - $190.00

REGISTER NOW

The Illinois Government Finance Officers Association is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors.  State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.  Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417.  Web site:  www.nasba.org

 

 

 

AGENDA

subject to change

TIME                                CHAPTER

8:30 - 8:40                   Introductions

8:40 - 9:20                   Basic Accounting Theory (1)

9:20 - 9:50                   Double Entry Accounting (2)

9:50 - 10:30                 Chart of Accounts (3)

10:30 - 10:45               Break

10:45 - 11:30               Principles of Accounting (4)

11:30 -12:30                Lunch

12:30 -1:00                  Fund Accounting (5)

1:00 - 2:00                   Basis of Accounting (6)

2:00 - 2:30                   Budgets and Budgetary Accounting (7/8)

2:30 – 2:45                  Break

2:45 - 3:15                   Classification and Terminology (9)

3:15 - 4:00                   Financial Reporting Under GASB S-34 (10)     

4:00                             Adjourn