1. What organization is aiming for a global tax agreement this year? When is the next major deadline for the effort to forge the global deal? And who requested the blueprint to be completed by the deadline?
2. What are five suggestions based on proven experience to manage or to harness the positive potential of cross-cultural diversity in finance?
3. The Covid-19 outbreak has resulted in significant volatility in the financial and commodities worldwide. One issue that has arisen is how the accounting function deals with Covid-19s impact on IFRS, which focuses on the financial effects an entity has experienced in the preparation of its financial statements. What other five standards referring to financial instruments are affected?
4. Big data! The 4^th industrial revolution! What does automation really mean and how will it affect your career. The AICPA wants you as an accountant to be empowered with the knowledge you need to stay relevant. What can RPA do for you? List five time-consuming tasks that RPA can handle. And list the benefits of using RPA?
5. Although US public companies are not currently required to adopt IFRS, the IFRS affects US businesses in multiple ways. Companies will be affected at different times and to a different degree, depending on size, industry geographic makeup, M&A activity and global expansion. List the three main challenges or impacts that merit companies attention.