Financial statement disclosures are important to provide the information necessary for financial statement users to make economic decisions. Disclosures further explain and clarify information provided in the basic financial statements, but also provide critical information about subsequent events, litigation risk, and other concerns. This course focuses on the most common financial statement disclosures for small- or medium-sized nonpublic entities.

Major Topics:

  • General disclosures about the entity and its environment
  • Common critical information that supplements the face financial statements
  • Highlighting risks and uncertainties through robust footnotes
  • Tailoring disclosures to the nature, size, and complexity of the entity to provide useful information for economic decisions

Who Should Attend:
Anyone responsible for preparing or attesting upon financial statements.

Learning Objectives
  • Identify and recall common financial statement disclosures for small- and medium-sized nonpublic entities.
  • Discover and describe critical information useful to financial statement readers for making economic decisions.
  • Explore and explain results of operations through information that supplements the face financial statements.
Last updated/reviewed: March 23, 2025
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Foundational
No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.
Education Provider Information
Company: Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
Contact: For more information regarding this course, including complaint and cancellation policies, please contact our offices at (408) 400- 3993 or send an e-mail to .
Instructor for this course
Course Syllabus
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
  Learning Objectives0:42
  Financial Accounting Concepts8:48
  General Disclosures17:38
  Assets Except Investments16:32
  Assets Except Investments Cont'd19:10
  Investments and Fair Value Measurement12:18
  Liabilities5:12
  Leases and Income Statement11:30
  Income Taxes and Equity Transactions5:18
  Other Common Disclosures4:40
CONTINUOUS PLAY
  Common Financial Statement Disclosures for Nonpublic Entities1:41:48
SUPPORTING MATERIAL
  Slides: Common Financial Statement Disclosures for Nonpublic EntitiesPDF
  Common Financial Statement Disclosures for Nonpublic Entities GlossaryPDF
REVIEW AND TEST
  REVIEW QUESTIONSquiz
 FINAL EXAMexam