CPE & Event Catalog

Eligibility to receive EIC. EIC rules applicable to everyone. EIC rules that apply only if the taxpayer has a qualifying child. Figuring the amount of the earned income credit. Incidence and factors leading to earned income credit errors. Common earned income credit errors. Claiming EIC after disallowance. Client consequences of EIC disallowance. Tax preparer due diligence a statutory requirement. Failure to meet due diligence requirements.

Earnings management. Financial engineering. Tax planning. Big bath accounting. Accounting policy changes. Round-trip transactions.

Earnings management. Revenue recognition timing. Expense manipulation. Misclassifying expenses. Income smoothing. Cost-cutting timing.

Tax brackets. Tax credits. Deductions. Education credits. Business deductions and credits. Retirement plan contribution and phaseout limits. Gift and estate taxes.

Profit maximization and marginal analysis. Differential calculus. Constrained optimization. Marginal analysis vs incremental analysis. Demand and revenue. Supply function. Types of forecasts, and more.

Business cycle. Gross domestic product. Leading indicators. Coincident indicators. Lagging indicators. Labor-related indicators. Retail sales indicators. Personal income and outlay indicators. Housing and construction indicators. Manufacturing indicators. Price and inflation indicators. Federal reserve reports.

Common economic terms. Planning concerns and implications. Product concept. Elasticity of demand. Supply. Activity based costing. Economic value added.

Work related education expenses. Deduction for student loan interest. Qualified tuition programs. Qualified higher education expenses.

Overview of how firms and businesses currently use automation and outsourcing. Discussion of the management and regulatory compliance issues with offshore and onshore outsourcing use in small and mid-size organizations. Review of which tasks are best suited for offshoring, which solutions are best for onshore outsourcing, and which solutions can be solved with technology. Discussion of specific solution providers which provide solutions for tax and accounting firms as well as internal accounting departments.

Effective communication as a business professional. Choosing appropriate words. Planning, and constructing professional compositions for all circumstances. Preparing personal resumes and application letters. Reporting. Listening and creating oral presentations. Technology in business communication.

Collection tactics. Collection agency. Litigation and bankruptcy tactics.

The basic stages of a turnaround. Turnaround actions. Security interests and collection options. Turnaround legal considerations. The bankruptcy option. The bankruptcy process. Bankruptcy rules.

Effective customer service. The cost of a lost customer. Engage employees. Know the product. Collect information about customers. Get rid of the revenue-first mindset. The multi-lingual conundrum. Customer service metrics.

Effective decision making. Problem solving. Cognitive biases. Stereotypes. Values.

Effective decision-making. Examples of difficult decisions.

Overview of training. Instructional systems design. Training preparation and interaction.

Elements of effective feedback. Proper feedback delivery. Successful feedback seeking.

Innovation theory. Innovation strategy. Innovation development. Excessive innovation effects. Innovation metrics.

Effective internal controls for small businesses.

Leadership and management. Credibility. Leadership based on traits and skills. Path-goal theory. Transformational leadership. Followership. Negative leadership. Leadership training.