CPE & Event Catalog

Disclosure. Expense disaggregation. Implementation guidance.

FASB ASU with effective dates of 2024 and later. SAS 149. Recent ethics interpretations.

Calculation of the GST tax, and how it relates to the estate tax and gift tax. Direct skips, taxable distributions, and taxable terminations. GST tax allocations, Reverse QTIP election, and Exempt and Nonexempt Trusts. Calculating the benefit of and designing Dynasty Trusts

California property taxation updated in light of Proposition 19 passage. Qualified business income deductions [IRC Sec. 199A]. Opportunity zone deferral related to real estate [IRC Sec. 1400Z-2]. Passive activities loss rules [IRC Sec. 469]. Real estate professional rules [IRC Sec. 469(c)(7)]. Interest expense deduction rules [IRC Sec. 163]. Home sale exclusion [IRC Sec. 121]. 1031 exchanges. Estate planning and gifting with real estate.

Explanation of legislation enacted in 2025 along with reminders for 2024 from legislation of recent years. California tax law changes. Income inclusions, exclusions and deductions. Property transaction updates. Passive activities, hobbies and other losses. Guidance and planning on energy credits. Significant IRS developments affecting practice and compliance procedures. California's major developments for individuals and conformity to federal law changes for 2025. Filing status, credits and retirement plan developments. Expired and expiring provisions. Inflation adjustments for 2026. Due diligence and planning reminder.

Background of the new PCAOB Quality Control Standard. Overview of the elements of a quality control system. Examples of quality risks and potential responses. Highlights of what is different between the AICPA Quality Management Standard.

Tax treaties. Tax impact of cross-border transactions.

A look at the GASB standards that are effective this year. GASB 100, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections. GASB 101, Compensated Absences. The impact of the 2024 Compliance Supplement on Single Audits. Changes to the Uniform Guidance. Common deficiencies found in Single Audits.

Talent strategy. Culture. Employee engagement. Employee retention. Leadership. Leadership strategy.

Best practices for fraud prevention and detection. Common fraud schemes in nonprofit including cash misappropriation; payroll fraud; vendor fraud; falsified billings; improper use of credit cards or purchase cards; the redirection of cash and non-cash contributions; personal use of assets; the redirection of grant benefits; other grant related fraud; travel and expense reporting fraud; and much more!

What is bank fraud? What is wire fraud? Role of financial service professionals in combating tax evasion and white-collar crime. Red flags indicating of white-collar crimes. Importance of knowing customers. Criminal justice proceedings. Relationship between victim impact and sentencing. Relationship between loss amounts and sentencing.

A primer on AI technology applications in the accounting profession. Ethical dilemmas that originate from the use of AI by CPAs. Practical guidelines for using AI technology ethically. Step by step guide for creating an AI usage policy for your organization. Review of a variety of reference materials to assist you in using AI ethically.

ASUs that are most likely to impact small businesses. ASUs initiated by the PCC. Alternative reporting options to GAAP including FRF for SMEs and IFRS for SMEs. Audit standards that small business auditors will need to implement.

Extensive review of the partnership tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative changes. Overview of different forms of business entities including the check-the-box regulations. Formation issues including the mandatory allocation of the Sect. 704(c) pre-contribution gain or losses back to the contributing partner/member. Schedule K and K-1 separately stated versus non-separately stated income and expense items. Detailed Schedule K-1 reporting including the 20% qualified business income (QBI) deduction and 3. 8% net investment income tax. Calculating the tax and Sect. 704(b) book capital accounts. Substantial economic effect requirement to have special allocations to the partners/members. Allocation of recourse and non-recourse debt on K-1s. Guaranteed payment issues and tax treatment of fringe benefits. Self-employment tax issues and pitfalls. Tax treatment of distributions cash versus non-cash and liquidating versus non-liquidating. Sales and liquidations (redemptions) of partnership interests. Sect. 754 optional basis adjustments and mandatory adjustments.

Extensive review of the partnership tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative changes. Review the Form 1065 to learn how income statement items get reported on the partnership/LLC tax return and flow-thru to the partner/members on Schedule K-1. Analyze the Schedule K-1 line-by-line and discuss where the items get reported on the individual's Federal income tax return and how the items affect the partner/members outside basis. Look at detailed Schedule K-1 information reporting to partners/member's needed for the qualified business income (QBI) deduction, 3. 8% net investment income tax and business interest expense limitations. Formation issues including the mandatory allocation of the Sect. 704(c) pre-contribution gain or losses back to the contributing partner/member. Calculating the tax and Sect. 704(b) book capital accounts. Reporting recourse and non-recourse debt on the Schedule K-1Tax ramifications and reporting of cash and non-cash distributions including disproportionate distributions of hot assets. Overview of the Sect. 754 election for optional basis adjustments triggering Sect. 743 (transfer of interests) and Sect. 734 (distributions).

Making the S election. Per share per day accounting rules. Revenue procedures for curing various errors that can adversely affect S status. Regulatory safe harbors for routine commercial agreements. Employment tax issues.

How fraud is detected. The role of external auditors in finding fraud. Revenue recognition issues. Corrupt management. Data mining. Physical and biometric controls

Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the owner s individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations). Determine how to calculate an owner's initial tax basis of his pass-through entity. Learn how to correctly make annual adjustments to a pass-through owner's tax basis. Identify what constitutes a debt basis for an S corporation shareholder. Learn the tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders.

Intestate succession and probate administration. Holding title to assets. Lifetime asset transfers and testamentary asset transfer planning. Structures to avoid or minimize transfer taxes. Living trusts, including A-B and A-B-C, life insurance trusts, terminating irrevocable trusts, use of trust protectors, trust administration during incapacity and post-mortem.

Important new tax cases. Legislative update (including Tax Cuts and Jobs Act extension). New administrative releases including revenue rulings, revenue procedures and notices. Important new tax cases. Common circumstances that result in S corporation terminations (including how to fix mistakes). A new case from the Tax Court on an S corporation that triggered large gains from constructive distributions. Legislative update (including Tax Cuts and Jobs Act extension). New administrative releases including revenue rulings, revenue procedures and notices.