CPE & Event Catalog
Internal and External Fraud: Understanding It and Working to Control It WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Understanding why internal fraud occurs. Fraudulent acts initiated by outside organizations. Policies, procedures and control measures designed to fight fraud. Steps that verify anti-fraud activities are working.
Preparation, Compilation and Review Services WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
All recently issued SSARS standards. Financial reporting frameworks. Distinguishing special purpose frameworks from GAAP. CPAs reporting on financial statements. Financial statement disclosures. Recently issued ethics standards. Peer review deficiencies .
How AI Fits into the Accounting World WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
An overview of AI constructs. How artificial intelligence is being used by accountants today. Accounting-centric AI developments on the horizon.
Case Studies in Accounting Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Major financial statement frauds, including revenue recognition, estimates, earnings management and cut-off fraud. Major misappropriation of asset fraud schemes, including skimming, larceny, and additional schemes that occur within payments processing. Review of recent cases involving the same common fraud schemes that have always existed.
Real Estate Taxation Full Circle WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Personal residence and vacation home advantages and traps. Depreciation, credits, passive losses, qualified business income under the One Big Beautiful Bill. Installment sales. Involuntary conversions. Like-kind exchanges. Real estate investment trusts.
Combating Internal Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
This session is taught via the use of case studies adapted from real world examples. These studies are designed to show participants some of the negative effects of the rampant fraud taking place in the business world today. The topics discussed in this session include: Understanding why internal fraud occurs. Policies, procedures, and control measures designed to fight fraud.
The Art of the Interview WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Identify inconsistencies and uncover financial misconduct. Use psychological and behavioral cues to detect deception. Build rapport to elicit key details from interview subjects. Adapt questioning techniques to different personalities and contexts.
Tax Issues for Real Estate and Homebuilding WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Discussion of appropriate entity selection and small taxpayer status. Walkthrough of costing methods and compliance issues under IRC 263A. Analysis of IRC 461 related to economic performance. Illustrative examples and analysis. Sample computations for homebuilder unit costing. Recent IRC 263A challenges by the IRS. Update of related cases and issues, including recent tax reform.
ABC Trust Planning and the Portable Exclusion WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
The interplay of the estate, gift, generation-skipping, and income taxes. Claiming and protecting the portable exclusion. Marital deduction planning: rules for and reasons to use Survivor's, QTIP, and Qualified Domestic Trusts. Bypass trusts. Survivor's and QTIP trusts planning. Qualified Domestic Trust planning. What planners should tell their wealthy clients after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Financial Reporting Fundamentals WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Financial statements, disclosures and presentations. Review of two Annual Financial Reports: IFRS and U.S. GAAP.
2027 Washington Ethics and New Developments with Mark Hugh WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Washington ethics rules and recent changes. New developments and best practices for CPAs in public accounting and industry. Case studies and Washington administration and enforcement.
WSCPA Town Hall - May WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Issues shaping the accounting profession and the communities CPAs serve.
Artificial Intelligence for Accounting and Finance WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Frameworks for incident response. Case studies of notable AI-powered cybersecurity incidents. Practical tips for financial professionals to manage crises. Post-incident analysis and lessons learned. Building organizational resilience through continuous improvement.
CORE Series: Small Firm Strategy: What Works, What Doesn’t, and What to do Differently WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Managing growth and capacity. Refining service offerings. Navigating risk.
Fraud Case Studies: Schemes and Controls WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Recent fraud cases. Common fraud schemes perpetrated by those within and outside victim organizations. Consider the lessons learned. Best practices to further our fraud prevention.
Introduction to Preparation Engagements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Purpose and scope of preparation engagements under SSARS, how preparation engagements differ from compilations, reviews, and bookkeeping. Required elements of the engagement letter. Management’s responsibilities vs. the accountant’s responsibilities. Preparing financial statements in accordance with the chosen reporting framework. Required labeling of each page of the financial statements. When notes may be omitted and how to disclose this. Situations that fall outside a preparation engagement. Documentation requirements for basic compliance.
The Needed Focus on Cyber-Security WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Understanding cyber. Policies, procedures, and control measures to secure and enhance cyber operations.
Trump Accounts Created by OBBBA: A Comprehensive Guide for Accounting and Finance Professionals WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Establishing and administering a Trump Account. Who can make contributions to a Trump Account. Limits on contributions to a Trump Account. Employer contributions to a Trump Account. Participation in the pilot program that a Trump Account can invest in. Basis tracking for after-tax contributions. Taxation of distributions from a Trump Account. Rolling a Trump Account into another account. The potential advantages and disadvantages of having a Trump Account. Opting out of a Trump Account. Issues impacting a Trump Account, such as distribution, when the beneficiary turns 18.
Mastering the Offer in Compromise: Strategies for Preparation and Negotiation WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to the OIC program, Types of OICs. Eligibility criteria. Financial analysis. Offer amount calculation. Preparing Forms 656 and 433-A(OIC)/433-B(OIC). Supporting documentation and strategy. OIC submission and IRS review process. Appeals and negotiation techniques. Best practices and common pitfalls. Real-world scenarios and case studies.
Preparing and Writing Findings in Yellow Book and Single Audits WEBCAST
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4.0 Credits
The types of audit findings reported in Yellow Book and single audit engagements. The finding elements required by the GAO and OMB standards. Where audit findings get communicated in the reporting process.