CPE & Event Catalog

Overview of lean accounting. Lean customer billing. . Lean cash receipts. Lean accounts payable. Lean payroll. Lean financial statements. Lean credit management, and more.

What is a trust? Trust advantages and disadvantages. Trust income tax consequences. Revocable living trusts and probate. Beneficiary. Selected operational issues and examples.

Controller job description. Cash management. Credit and collections management. Billing management. Inventory management. Fixed assets management, and more.

Internal controls in AP functions. The building blocks of creating internal controls. Common ap practices. Segregation of duties. Controls around review and approval process. Periodic review.

Retirement planning .

Soft close overview. Overhead allocations. Intercompany eliminations. Reserve account updates. Revenue accruals.

Statement of cash flow. Cash flow analysis.

Tax impact - not GAAP. Tax terms - accounting method. Internal revenue code. Treasury regulations. Internal revenue manual.

FASB concepts. Objective of general purpose financial reporting. Fundamental qualitative characteristics. Elements of financial statements.

The rules for making contributions to Traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs.

Roth 401(k) contribution rules. Direct and indirect Roth conversions. Direct and indirect Roth rollovers from qualified plans.

Financial tax planning. Building an estate. Preservation of wealth. Deferral. Reduction. Income splitting. Elimination. Asset protection, and more.

Types of audit engagements. The nature of GAGAS requirements. Independence and professional judgement. Competence. Quality control and peer review. Standards for financial audits. Compliance with GAGAS.

Determining an appropriate sense of quantitative and qualitative materiality. Identifying the critical components of the financial statements that matter most to financial statement users. Evaluating where the financial statements are most likely to contain material fraud and error and ensuring adequate internal control and monitoring to mitigate those risks.

Advanced Automation Strategies: Best practices for starting or enhancing your automation journey. Key Tools for Automation: Exploring the latest features in Zoho, Zapier, Microsoft, and other tools. Practical Automation in Finance: Automating tasks in accounts payable, banking, and approval workflows. Navigating Common Pitfalls: Identifying and avoiding typical obstacles in automation projects.

Required Minimum Distribution. SECURE act 2. 0. Who is subject to RMDs by Account Types? How to calculate owner RMDs. Determining the FMV. QCDs as RMD: Case Studies.

Change that is coming to accounting and finance space.

Travel expenses. Categories of business travel expense. Local transportation. Automobiles. Entertainment. Substantiation, and more.

Treasury management. Bank relations. Cash concentration. Cash forecasting. Clearing and settlement systems. Investment management, and more.

What is a true sale opinion, and when does it come into play. True sale opinion language. What are the audit impacts from restrictions on use. Conditions for sale accounting.