CPE & Event Catalog
Forensic Accounting: Fraud Investigations WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Evidence in the investigative process. Tools used in forensic investigations. Conducting interviews. Forensic accounting reports. Expert witness testimony.
Audits of Employee Benefit Plans Subject to ERISA WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Audit planning and pre-engagement activities. Risk assessment. including consideration of internal control. Auditing the statement of net assets available for benefits. Auditing the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits. Other auditing considerations, including prohibited transactions and tax compliance. The auditor's report. Financial statement disclosures. Supplemental schedules.
Washington Sales and B&O Tax WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Sales tax topics include taxable gross income, the use tax, exemptions, interstate and foreign sales, and special areas including construction activities and information technology. The B&O tax covers includable gross income, deductions, reimbursements, interstate apportionment, credits, and local B&O taxes. Tax administration and audits discusses Washington tax resources, registration, interest, penalties, reducing audit risk, preparing for a tax audit, and tax audit survival.
CFO - Enhancing Productivity WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
The Cost of Quality: Philip Crosby's 1985 assertion that "quality is free" prompts an analysis of the four aspects of the cost of quality: prevention, appraisal, internal failure, and external failure. We will explore the true costs of each element and how to measure them, testing the idea that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Understanding and Mitigating External and Internal Risks: Risk is an inherent part of modern business, and the role of a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) now encompasses more than just financial management. This seminar will equip professionals with the tools to understand and mitigate both external and internal risks, ensuring organizational performance and sustainability. How to Manage Your Insurance Program: At its core, insurance is about risk management. Leaders must consider what types of insurance are needed, coverage limits, acceptable deductibles, and the difference between a deductible and self-insured retention. This overview is designed for those responsible for insurance and risk, emphasizing the importance of a practical approach to managing insurance for organizational viability. Effective Implementation of Enterprise Risk Management: Many have attempted implementation of ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) systems, and many have failed. This seminar will offer a roadmap for embedding effective ERM practices into daily management and planning without disrupting the organization.
Form 1041 Advanced Series Part 1: Why Complex Trusts are Complicated WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How to identify a complex trust and the complications that arise with complex trusts. The importance of recognizing the tier system used by complex trusts. The advantages and requirements of the 65-day rule. Special issues related to the charitable contribution deduction. Use of a checklist for complex trusts.
Real Estate Taxation WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
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.
Budget Mastery: The Human Side of Budgeting - Navigating People's Issues with 360 Insight WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Understanding your own leadership tendencies and applying them to your strengths. Understanding core personality types. Learning what type of person you are. Managing and coping with the budget team. Effectively dealing with the A, B, C and other players.
Form 1041 Advanced Series Part 2: Cash & Property Distribution Issues WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Calculating DNI and the distribution deduction. Determining types of distributions and whether a distribution "carries out" DNI. In-kind distributions and the impact on the distribution deduction. Depreciation and the distribution of in-kind property. Distributions that result in "Kenan gain." funding a pecuniary bequest with depreciated property. IRC Sec. 643(e).
Design Flexible Work Options To Attract & Retain Your Workforce WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Flexible work options. Employee engagement. Talent management strategy.
OCBOA Case Studies WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Income tax-basis financial statement presentations. Cash and modified cash financial statement presentations. Innovative and EBITDA type reports. OCBOA engagements. AICPA Financial Reporting Framework for Small and Medium-Sized Entities.
2025 A&A Update With Technology Implementation WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Deep dive into the Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) effective in 2025. Insights from the FAF's 2024 PCC Review. Overview of FASB's Invitation to Comment - Agenda Consultation. The essential changes in quality management standards that firms must implement by the end of 2025. Common deficiencies identified by the DOL in Employee Benefit Plan engagements and provide a peek at upcoming projects from the ASB.
International Cross Border Transactions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.2 Credits
International cross border transactions. Decrease an entities effective tax rate. IRS audit risk.
Tax Practice Ethical Challenges and Circular 230 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Circular 230 (IRS) rules for conducting a "best" tax practice. How to avoid tax return preparation penalties. Recent developments impacting today's tax practice. Review of tax return preparer's registration rules. Explanation of the revised AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Contingent fees.
Effective Coaching Strategies for High Performance WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Coaching. Effective communication. Problem solving. Use of AI as a coaching tool.
Member Exclusive: Uncovering the Truth: Investigative Interviewing Skills Panel WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Master the art of investigative interviewing.
Resistance to Resiliency: Striving for Technology Change Acceptance WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Strategic alignment model. Technology change acceptance.
Eight Biggest Threats to Your Business and Introducing Three Pillars of Cybersecurity WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Technology. Cybersecurity.
Form 1041 Advanced Series Part 3: Sec.199, Sec.67g & Charitable Deductions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Review of new rules under IRC Sec. 67(g). Review surprises to simple trusts under IRC Sec. 67(g). Presentation issues with IRC Sec. 199A Deduction and the tier system. Special rules relating to the charitable contribution deduction. Problem examples.
K2'S Artificial Intelligence For Accounting And Financial Professionals WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.5 Credits
Exploring AI applications in accounting and finance. Understanding AI features in everyday tools. Embracing the future: AI's impact on finance and accounting.
Form 1041 Advanced Series Part 4: Post Mortem Considerations WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
A review of the expansive nature of trust administration. The use of post-mortem elections. The use of an administrative trust and its advantages. Choosing a fiscal year for the administrative trust. The successor trustee of an administrative trust and whether the trust is simple or complex. Making the Sec. 645 election, its duration, advantages, and disadvantages.