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• Capital Markets Practice Newsbytes
  A sampling of media placements for the 2012 BDO IPO Outlook
• 2012 BDO Energy Outlook Executive Summary
  Executive Summary of 2012 BDO Energy Outlook Survey
• Consumer Business Compass - Winter 2012
  New Year Outlook: Retail Strategy in 2012
• BDO Knows: Multiemployer Pension Plans
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• PCAOB Reproposes Auditing Standard on Communications with Audit Committees (AU 380)
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• BDO Knows Expatriate Tax Newsletter Winter 2012
  The Newsletter from BDO's Expatriate Tax Practice

IFRS Resource Center

Education Center

BDO is pleased to offer various complimentary training opportunities to our clients and contacts via our Aćsense^SM outreach program. Click here to access upcoming CPE-worthy webinars along with previously held webinars now available as self-study courses.

Examples of IFRS programming to be delivered by a panel of BDO and BDO International Firm professionals include:

• NEW! BDO IFRS Self-Study courses

  In addtion to several Ac'sense IFRS self-study course currently available at www.bdo.com/acsense, BDO is expanding its course offereings with a series of brief IFRS modules available on various topics of significant interest. Please check back frequently as we are adding more courses throughout early 2012. Course currently available:
  • 2011 BDO IFRS Training - Introduction to IFRS – 2 CPE
  • 2011 BDO IFRS Training - IFRS Financial Instruments (IAS 39) – 1 CPE
  • 2011 BDO IFRS Training - IFRS Adoption (IFRS 1) – 1.5 CPE
  • 2011 BDO IFRS Training - IFRS Income Taxes IAS 12 – 1 CPE
  • 2011 BDO IFRS Training - Consolidated Financial Statements (IFRS 10), Joint Arrangements (IFRS 11) and Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities (IFRS 12) and Fair Value Measurement (IFRS 13)* – 1.5 CPE



• FASB Revenue Recognition Exposure Draft Update - January 18, 2012

  This program is intended to provide participants with a timely update on the joint exposure draft released by the IASB and the FASB in November 2011. The presentation was delivered by delivered BDO's revenue experts in order to provide a lively discussion and respond to questions posed by participants.

• Quarterly Financial Reporting Update - January 6, 2012

  This presentation discusses significant accounting and reporting developments during the fourth quarter of 2011, including emphasis on convergence of IFRS and US GAAP.

• IFRS Share-Based Payments – August 19, 2010

  Overview of the requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with respect to share-based compensation arrangements with emphasis on differences from U.S. GAAP and consideration of practical implementation issues

• IFRS - Taxation - May 6, 2010

  Discussion of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) taxation issues as compared to US GAAP

• IFRS vs. IFRS for SMEs - January 2010

  Discussion of the new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for small to medium-sized companies, otherwise known as "IFRS for SME's," issued by the IASB.

• IFRS and Business Combinations – August 2009

  Overview into the requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) No. 3 (Revised), Business Combinations.

• IFRS Adoptions and IFRS Standard No. 1 - June 2009

  Overview into the requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) No. 1, First Time Adoption of IFRS, and the process considerations involved under the current adoption timelines.

• IFRS Implementation and Process Considerations – May 2009

  Primer for organizations on the implementation of IFRS and the potential impacts on processes and procedures to consider in conjunction with transitioning from U.S. GAAP to IFRS.

• International Financial Reporting Standards – State of Convergence: Revenue Recognition – August 2008

  This program is designed to address current rule-making status (as of May 2008) and international convergence and provide an overview of IFRS focused on applicability, key concepts and a high-level comparison of IFRS to U.S. GAAP. Further, our panels offer practical considerations for first time adopters and those heading toward conversion to IFRS.

External programming that may be of interest include:

• Compliance Week: Where GAAP and IFRS Differ: The Balance Sheet

  This archived webcast held in September 2008 hosted by Compliance Week features Wendy Hambleton, chair of BDO USA's IFRS Task Force, who will review a typical balance sheet and highlight areas where the presentation, format or accounting may be different between IFRS and U.S. GAAP.

For additional external programming options, BDO highly recommends the AICPA’s IFRS learning platform which provides a variety of training options and formats for enhancing education on IFRS topics.

Content provided in these materials is meant to provide general information and should not be acted upon without first obtaining professional advice appropriately tailored to your individual circumstances.