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Title Local Authority Accounting: The CIPFA SORP and BVACOP Update Days
Serial Number XS25-1
Contact Trudy Baker
E-mail trudy.baker@cipfa.org
Phone 020 7543 5765
Fax
Start Date 23 July 2008
Duration One day
Location
City London
Description

This day is about:

The day will provide delegates with a practical and highly topical briefing on current and forthcoming technical issues surrounding the SORP and BVACOP. It will also take a detailed and more strategic look at the changes on the near horizon, including International Financial Reporting Standards adoption. All in all the event is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to get a thorough, first-hand technical briefing from the leading national figures.

It will cover:

• The 2008 SORP
• 2007/2008 Accounts
• Best Value Accounting Code of Practice
• Local Authority Accounts: Strategy for 2010/11 onwards
• The Broader LA Reporting Framework
• IFRS Convergence Issues - CIPFA, Audit Commission, FRAB and major accountancy firm perpectives

Who should attend:

It is aimed at hands-on accountancy practitioners and team leaders from local authorities
throughout England and Wales.

Chairman: Tim Day, Acting Chairman of the CIPFA Local Authority Accounting Panel
Speakers: Stephen Sheen, Peter Worth, Jonathan Bailey, Ian Carruthers, Alison Scott, Martin Evans, Lynn Hine, Paul Mason

Course Programme
09.00 Registration and coffee
09.25

Chairman’s Introduction
09.30

The 2008 SORP

• an up-date on issues in the 2008 SORP

Speaker: Stephen Sheen, Senior Manager, Government and Public Services Technical, PricewaterhouseCoopers
10.00

2007 / 2008 Accounts

• a look at issues arising from 2007/2008,
emphasising the common and under-lying trends and the lessons that can be learned for the future

Speaker: Peter Worth, Technical Manager, Audit Policy & Practice,
Audit Commission
10.45

Coffee
11.05

Best Value Accounting Code of Practice 2008

• an update on the BVACOP Service Expenditure Analysis (SEA) for 2008

Speaker: Jonathan Bailey, Head of TIS, IPF(CIPFA)
11.30

Local Authority Accounts: Strategy for 2010 /11 onwards

• governance framework
• ‘first principles’ review of accounts

Speaker: Ian Carruthers, Policy & Technical Director, CIPFA
12.00

The Broader LA Reporting Framework

Speaker: Alison Scott, Technical Manager – Local Government, CIPFA
12.30

Lunch

A series of presentations on the technical and practical issues arising from the transition to IFRS, from three speakers involved in the development and implementation of the policy, followed by a panel discussion:
13.40

IFRS Convergence Issues: The FRAB and Audit Commission Perspectives

Speaker: Martin Evans, Managing Director (Audit), Audit Commission and Member of the Financial Reporting Advisory Board
14.25

IFRS Convergence Issues: the major accountancy firm perspective

Speaker: Lynn Hine, Partner, Government & Public Sector, PricewaterhouseCoopers
15.10 Tea
15.25

IFRS Convergence Issues: The CIPFA Perspective

Speaker: Paul Mason, Technical Manager – Local Government, CIPFA
15.55 Chairman will chair adiscussion with the speakers from this afternoon
16.25 Close
Price CIPFA Member £ 435.00
CIPFA Student £ 325.00
ICAEW Public Sector SIG Member £ 435.00
Multiple £ 390.00
Non CIPFA Member £ 495.00
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Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom 2007: A Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) (2007) (Book)

Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom 2007: A Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) (2007) (CD-ROM)

Best Value Accounting Code of Practice 2007 (2007) (England & Wales loose-leaf update pack)

Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom: A Statement of Recommended Practice - Guidance Notes for Practitioners - 2007/2008 Accounts (2007) (Hard Copy)

Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom: A Statement of Recommended Practice - Guidance Notes for Practitioners - 2007/2008 Accounts (2007) (CD-ROM)

Best Value Accounting Code of Practice 2007 (2008) (Northern Ireland loose-leaf update pack)

Best Value Accounting Code of Practice 2007 (2008) (Scotland loose-leaf update pack - Sections 1, 2 & 4)

Best Value Accounting Code of Practice 2007 (2008) (Scotland loose-leaf update pack - all sections)

Best Value Accounting Code of Practice 2007 (2008) (CD-ROM)

Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom: A Statement of Recommended Practice – Disclosure Checklist for 2007/2008 Accounts (2008) (Book)

Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom: A Statement of Recommended Practice – Disclosure Checklist for 2007/2008 Accounts (2008) (CD-ROM)