CPE & Event Catalog
K2's Accountant's Guide To QuickBooks Online WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Understanding your QBO subscription and licensing options. Recording routine and non-routine transactions in QBO. Importing and exporting data to/from QBO. Creating effective reports. Describing the process for integrating third-party applications with QBO. Troubleshooting issues with QBO reports and data.
HR's Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.2 Credits
Corporate culture. Strategic planning. Leadership. Staff development. Use of Generative AI.
Performance Auditing Made Easy WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.5 Credits
Performance audit standards. Performance audit types. Performance audit objectives.
Is Activity-Based Costing the Right Tool for Your Organization? WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
ABC versus traditional costing. First-stage allocation. Determining predetermined overhead rates. Second-stage allocation. Activity-based reporting. Activity-based management.
Data Analytics: Practical Insights for Today's Accountant WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Apply new effective tools in business processes. Better understand how to use data analytics in public accounting engagements. Identify popular software packages that may be useful for accomplishing data analytics.
How to Get a Better Return on Financial Statement Audits - Avoiding the Most Misapplied Risk-Based Audit Concepts WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Properly assessing inherent, control, and fraud risk on an engagement, and linking the results to an appropriately tailored detailed audit plan based on risk assessment and client service goals, regardless of entity type (for-profit, nonprofit, governmental). Leveraging strong substantive analytic procedures as audit evidence to cut back on tests of details. The most common efficiency opportunities for tailoring your audit approach based on risk. How to use the workpaper review process as a tool for producing a more effective and efficient engagement. Using audit documentation to enhance audit quality, while ensuring every workpaper has a purpose. How to use the client to your advantage in planning and performing the audit. Learn how to get the engagement out the door on time and on budget.
Getting SASsy - A Look at Recent Auditing Standards WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Risk assessment (SAS 145). Quality management standards (SAS 146). Predecessor auditor inquiries (SAS 147). Group financial statement audits (SAS 149).
Building Your Personal Net Worth: Invest in Your Future WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Why people who appear wealthy may be living paycheck to paycheck. Why a millionaire may be living in the ordinary house next door. Early and mid-career strategies for accumulating wealth. Where and how to invest your money. Why fees and commissions should concern you. Strategies for buying stocks, mutual funds and ETFs.
Business Losses: Going Backward and Forward WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Recent legislative developments for deducting business losses. TCJA net operating losses rules of Sect. 461(l). Sect. 163(j) Business Interest Expense. Limitations of deducting losses and basis. What is the "quickie" refund; Section 465. At-Risk amount. Section 469 Passive Activity Loss rules.
K2's AI - Security And Privacy Issues WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Major provisions of security and privacy policies. Key risks associated with using commercial AI tools. Steps to take to mitigate AI security and privacy risks.
Cryptocurrencies for the CFO: Explaining Blockchain WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
What is money? What are digital assets? Understanding the what, why, and how of cryptocurrencies. Understanding the what, why, and how of blockchain. NFT's, their role and impact. Explaining the crypto language.
Cash Management: Strategies for Long-Term Success WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Developing short-term cash flow projections. How do we assure adequate cash availability without having idle cash? Take advantage of your bank's cash management services. Working capital loans. Controlled disbursement accounts. Sweep accounts and other short-term investments. ACH transactions. Direct transfers. Lock boxes. Credit and collections. Reconciliation frequency. Managing cash short-falls.
2025 Accounting & Auditing Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
Accounting standards updates. Auditing and accounting.
Taxation of Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
NFT basics. Classification of NFTs. Current Legislative and Policy Environment. Tax implications of creation, sales and exchanges of NFTs.
Internal Controls That May Have Prevented Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Understand what factors allowed certain frauds to occur. Recognize what internal controls may have prevented the frauds. Consider application of these lessons to circumstances you encounter in your professional endeavors.
Form 7203 - How to Calculate Shareholder Basis WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to Form 7203 and its purposes. Mechanics of completing Form 7203 accurately. Strategies for reconstructing shareholder basis. Loss limitations under IRC Sect. 461. At-risk rules and limitations for S Corporation shareholders. Documentation requirements for shareholder basis. Common errors in calculating and reporting basis. Best practices for maintaining and reporting shareholder basis.
Overcome Your Obstacles to Abundance WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
How to know your specific obstacles to becoming rich. Why people use poor marketing and investment strategies, and how to overcome such limitations. The most effective marketing methods, and how to implement them. The power of being super motivated, and 3 methods to keep you motivated long term towards your goals. Having a vision for your business and life that will keep you on the right track.
IRAs - Contributions & Distributions for Traditional, Roth, SEP & SIMPLE IRAs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
An emphasis on newly enacted tax legislation affecting IRAs, including the NEW final required minimum distribution (RMD) regulations. Contribution limits to and tax treatment of distributions from Traditional, Roth, SEP and SIMPLE IRAs. Deductible phase-out limits for Traditional IRA contributions for taxpayers that are active participants in qualified retirement plans. Roth IRA contribution phase-out limits as well as tax-free qualified distributions. Planning opportunities for conversions to ROTH IRAs. Rollover rules to/from different retirement accounts and the one-rollover-per-year limitation. The different options of receiving IRA distributions before age 59 and a half and avoiding the 10% early distribution penalty (including substantially equal periodic payments). The required minimum distribution (RMD) rules from IRAs needed to avoid the 50% penalty after the account owner turns age 72 or dies. The tax ramifications of spouse and non-spouse beneficiaries and how this affects the RMD calculation after the account owner's death. Overview of health savings account (HSA) eligibility rules, contribution limits and distribution rules.
What Every CPA Should Know About Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
How fraud is detected. The role of external auditors in finding fraud. Revenue recognition issues. Corrupt management. Data mining. Physical and biometric controls