CPE & Event Catalog
Build Better Budgets: Fundamental Techniques WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Advantages of budgeting. The role of budgeting. Master budgeting. Flexible budgeting. Standards and variances. Capital budgeting.
AI 101 for CPAs: Core Concepts and Practical Applications WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
ABCs of how generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini work. What inherent risks are associated with this powerful technology. Actionable steps you can take to mitigate the risks. Practical examples of how AI can be applied in accounting, auditing, tax, and finance services.
Tax Planning for Rental Real Estate WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Rental activities and passive activities. Material participation. Real estate professional status. Active participation status. Depreciation recapture – Sections 1245. 1250. and 291. Vacation homes rented out. QBI deduction and rental properties. Section 1237 safe harbor for divided parcel sales. Practitioner considerations.
A&A Update for Closely Held Businesses WEBCAST
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Your Desk
6.0 Credits
Recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates, including those that will become effective during audit engagements conducted in 2026. Recently issued Statements on Auditing Standards and other AICPA activity. Recently issued Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services.
Comprehensive Pass-Through Owners Basis and Distribution Rules WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the owner's individual income tax return. Determine how to calculate an owner's initial tax basis of his pass-through entity. Learn how to correctly make annual adjustments to a pass-through owner's tax basis. Identify what constitutes a debt basis for an S corporation shareholder. Learn the tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders.
Tax Research - Intermediate Concepts WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Tax code hierarchy. Organization of an Internal Revenue Code section. Special rules for IRC citation. Citing other primary authorities. Private letter rulings. Primary vs. secondary authority. Secondary sources of authority. Steps in the tax research process. Research memoranda.
The Art of Engaging in Difficult Conversations WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Awareness of your mindset entering the conversation. Tactics to build a pool of meaning. Clarity around story telling. Biggest mistakes to avoid.
Retaining Talent in a Competitive Marketplace WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Decision making theory compensation and employee satisfaction. What benefits do employees care about? Retirement plan basics. Health insurance basics. Disability insurance basics. Life insurance basics. Fringe benefits. Summing it up.
An Ethical Approach to Mental Health Issues at Work WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Virtue ethics and mental health. Definition, myths and bias of mental health. Suicide: facts and resources. Recognizing signs of potential mental health challenges. Empathy and listening. Mental health and generational expectations. Becoming a mental health ally.
How AI Is Automating Internal Control WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
An explanation of AI. Specific ways AI is replacing human cognition. What is on the internal control horizon related to AI and other technologies.
Current Cybersecurity Risk Management Trends WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of current cybersecurity threats and how to mitigate data breach risk. Describe how to avoid malware and other security threats
How Fraud Can Affect Smaller Organizations WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The reasons for fraud. Fraudulent acts that are initiated against smaller organizations. Methods to stop fraud attempts against small businesses.
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.
Maximizing Fringe Benefits: Strategies for Business and Personal Needs Now and Beyond WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Core elements of fringe benefit planning and client needs. IRC Schedule 132 fringe benefit options and tax implications. Cash compensation: timing of income and deductions. Cafeteria plans, FSAs, and dependent care/education assistance plans. Group term life insurance and medical savings account considerations. Retiree medical benefit strategies and cost-effective health care options (insured vs. HMO). ERISA reporting, disclosure, and compliance essentials. Overview of IRC common control, age,and sex discrimination rules.
Fundamentals of Form 1040 -- Individual WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Form 1040 essentials. Filing status, dependency rules, and taxable income sources. Adjustments to income, deductions and tax credits. Preparer due diligence, Circular 230 compliance and taxpayer rights. IRS cybersecurity considerations and best practices for taxpayer data security. Legislative updates
Comprehensive Accounting and Financial Reporting Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
CECL for nonfinancial institutions. Accounting for Paycheck Protection Program loans. Accounting for web-hosting services. Revenue recognition. Leases. FASB projects in progress.
Smarter Tax Services with AI Tools WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of AI technology and how it works. Identify where AI can be incorporated into tax research, planning, and compliance services. Discover new opportunities to enhance your client advisory tax services with AI tools. Review the market of emerging and AI enhanced tax software tools. Learn about the newest generation of AI enable 1040 source document collection and organizer applications. Review specific use cases for generative AI tools in your tax services.
CORE Series: SALT Year-End Update: Planning, Compliance, and What’s Ahead WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Key legislative changes. Emerging trends. Planning considerations impacting multistate taxpayers.
ChatGPT and IRS Taxation Law Research WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Utilizing ChatGPT for IRS tax law research. Using IRS prompt templates. ChatGPT in action. Exploring IRS tax laws. Error prevention and correction in tax law research. AI's evolving role in taxation and accounting.
How AI Fits into the Accounting World WEBINAR
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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.