LeaseAccelerator announced it will hold its Summer 2018 Lease Accounting Summit in Chicago on June 20. The summit will take place immediately following the Accounting Change for Financial Leaders conference held by the Financial Executive Institute (FEI).
Participants at the LeaseAccelerator Summer 2018 Lease Accounting Summit will gather on Navy Pier to discuss case studies, challenges, best practices and lessons learned from early lease accounting project implementations. Presentation topics at the summit will center around the key challenges Fortune 1000 companies face when transitioning to the new lease accounting standards, such as:
- Project strategies including resource staffing, budgeting and governance
- Conducting lease inventories and identifying embedded leases
- Practical expedients and policy elections for transition accounting
- Quantitative and qualitative financial disclosure approaches
- Income, sales and property tax implications of the new standard
- Integration between lease accounting, the general ledger and other financial systems
Speakers will include project leaders from Fortune 1000 companies and thought leaders from audit, tax and advisory firms.
Fortune 1000 companies interested in participating can request more information here.