CPE & Event Catalog
Deep Dive into Common Auditing Deficiencies WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Auditing. GAAS.
2025 Annual Update for Governmental Accountants & Auditors WEBCAST
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Your Desk
6.0 Credits
Single audit updates. Auditing and accounting. Yellow book.
K2's CPA Firm Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Emerging trends like changes in client expectations, supplier strategies, and competitive dynamics. AI and advanced software innovations with tailored solutions for service lines like tax, audit, advisory, and niche industries. Next-gen automation tools, including the role of machine learning, RPA, and advanced analytics in streamlining operations. Optimal technology stacks to enhance firm productivity, efficiency, and profitability. Cybersecurity advancements. Proactive approaches to safeguarding client and firm data.
SALT Mastery: Protecting Yourself and Your Clients: Understanding the Implications of Remote Work and Licensing Requirements
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Registration obligations among the states. Considerations for remote workers, including payroll tax, generating nexus, and apportionment issues. What agencies to register with. Avoiding unauthorized practice of law.
Governmental & Not for Profit Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Review real-world examples of fraud schemes perpetrated against governments and not-for-profits, including misappropriations of cash, grant frauds, vendor frauds, inventory thefts, and payroll frauds. Understand and recognize fraud risk and fraud indicators. Consider types of fraud prevention programs.
Mergers & Acquisitions Part 1: The Accountant's Role WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The purpose and role of financial due diligence in the deal process, including quality of earnings analysis, evaluation of forecasts and sustainability of cash flow. Working capital adjustments and balance sheet due diligence. The impact of contemplated pricing, earn-outs and holdbacks. The deal timeline and flow of information. Understanding the terms and structure that fit the buyer and seller objectives. Tax and financial accounting treatment of select issues.
SSARS Practice Issues and Standards Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Review of applicable SSARS standards, including standards updates. Review of AICPA professional ethics requirements. In-depth discussion of non-attest services. Review of independence issues for SSARS services. Overview of SSARS #21 performance, documentation and other requirements. Detailed analysis of preparation vs. compilation engagements. Detailed analysis of review engagements.
Advanced Staff Tax Training: Individual WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Taxation of investments. Reporting of business income and losses from pass-through entities including loss limitations. Non-income taxes that impact individual income tax returns. Retirement contributions and planning. Alternative Minimum Tax. Social Security taxation. Charitable contribution planning with limitations.
Deception, Embezzlement and Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Narcissism studies. Fraud. Embezzlement. Technology used in scams.
Preparation, Compilations and Reviews - A Practical Workshop WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Preparation. Compilations. Reviews.
Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace to Prevent Violence WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Mental health awareness.
Sampling - Avoiding Common Mistakes on Financial Statement and Compliance Audits WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Types of sampling and sampling risk. Differentiating statistical and nonstatistical sampling approaches. Attribute testing for tests of controls and compliance. Variables sampling for substantive audit assurance when performing tests of details. Determining sample sizes in a compliance audit in conformance with Uniform Guidance.
Steps to Stop External Fraud WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Types of external fraud. Considerations as organizations work to reduce fraud risk. External fraud and known parties. External fraud unknown perpetrators.
Strategies for Guiding Clients Through Challenging Situations: Tax Insights WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Tax considerations in divorce, including support obligations and property division. Bankruptcy, debt cancelation, and financial hardship tax implications. Tax treatment of cohabitation, premarital agreements, and exemptions. Child support, alimony, and dependency issues. Business dissolution and tax consequences. Filing status options and tax rate comparisons. Head of household qualifications and tax advantages. Impact of refunds, deficiencies, and marital property rules.
Steps to Stop External Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Types of external fraud. Considerations as organizations work to reduce fraud risk. External fraud and known parties/External fraud unknown perpetrators.
Nonprofit Internal Control - Practical Insights into Mitigating Financial Reporting, Compliance and Other Risks WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Recognizing the importance of each of the key components of a sound system of internal controls over financial reporting, regardless of a nonprofit entity's nature, size or complexity. Understanding the critical role of IT general and application controls to reliable financial reporting, even in less-complex IT environments. Exercise in documenting an understanding of the design of internal controls for common classes of transactions for nonprofit entities. Identifying and evaluating the sufficiency of key controls to satisfy control objectives. Understanding the importance of verifying whether an understanding of the design of internal controls has actually been "implemented", and how to exactly go about doing that.
Advanced Topics in a Single Audit WEBCAST - presented by the Idaho Society of CPAs
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Auditor and auditee responsibilities in a single audit. Planning the compliance audit and other risk assessment considerations Required elements of the schedule of expenditures of federal awards. Major program determination process, including clusters and loans/loan guarantees. Considerations when assessing and evaluating internal controls over compliance Audit sampling Considerations for pass-through entities. Advanced audit reporting issues.
Fiduciary Taxation Part 3: Complex Trusts & Charitable Deduction WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The differences between a simple and complex trust. The use of the tier system with complex trusts. Review of basic requirements of the charitable contribution deduction under IRC Sec. 642(c). Preparation of a tax spreadsheet for a complex trust. Preparation of a tax spreadsheet for a complex trust with a charitable contribution deduction. Complex problem form 1041. Examples with spreadsheets and exhibits.
Mergers & Acquisitions Part 2: Financial Accounting WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Identifying the acquirer and the acquisition date. Recognition and measurement issues on the acquisition date. Intangible assets. Deferred income taxes. Stock options.
Tax Planning for Sole Proprietors & Other Business Owners WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Using the independent contractor rules and hobby loss rules to ensure the activity is a trade or business Reviewing Schedule C deductions for travel, meals, transportation, employee fringe benefits, costs of goods sold, depreciation, and home offices. Maximizing the benefits from 1040 deductions for Keogh plans, Solo 401(k)s, Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plans, and SIMPLE plans. Taking advantage of the self-employed health insurance deduction and the qualified business income (QBI) deduction. Avoiding the at-risk and passive activity loss limitations. Making the right business entity election. In-depth coverage of what advisers of sole proprietors and single-member limited-liability-company owners need to know.