CPE & Event Catalog
Introduction to Yellow Book Boot Camp WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Yellow book. Uniform Guidance.
Group Audits: Who is Responsible for What? WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Responsibilities of the group audit engagement team, including the group engagement partner. Clarifying roles and responsibilities of component auditors and reference auditors in audits of group financial statements. Special considerations on audit planning and audit reporting in a group audit.
Common Deficiencies in Employee Benefit Plans WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
EBP. Auditing.
Preparing Quality of Earnings Analysis WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
Uses of a Quality of Earnings Report. Information needed to prepare the report. Overlapping enterprise valuation concepts. Various adjustments to "as reported" EBITDA.
Al Capone to Cybercrime: The Journey of IRS Special Agents WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Introduction to IRS criminal investigation (CI): overview of its mission, role, and significance in maintaining tax compliance. Historical evolution: from its inception in 1919 to its current role, highlighting key milestones and notable cases. Investigative techniques and tools: detailed look at the methods and technologies used by CI agents to uncover financial crimes. Importance of IRS CI: discussion on the impact of CI work on tax compliance, public confidence, and the broader financial system. Training of CI agents: insight into the rigorous training programs at FLETC and ongoing professional development. Process of investigations: step-by-step breakdown of how tax fraud and money laundering cases are initiated, investigated, and prosecuted.
Awesome Business Lessons from the Past: Learn from the Best! WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The six methods to get others to like you. How to learn what others want. What are twelve ways to win others to your way of thinking? How to destroy your enemies. What are the fundamental principles of Henry Ford's success? Focus on technology, training and "Scientific Method". Value of training and education. The need for fun. What are the thirteen steps necessary to plan for success? All plans must adjust to changing realities. What are the traps to avoid? How to use these principles to move your organization forward.
The Art of Marketing for CPAs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Why marketing and self promotion are so important today. What keeps people from learning this skill, and how to overcome those obstacles. How to get people (your boss, co-workers or clients) to like working with you. How to sell someone on your services in a single minute. How to attract more clients or the attention of your boss in a way that "wows" them. How to get referrals from your clients or glowing reviews from your boss. The 3 communication skills every business person needs to master, and why. The 3 principles that really lead to more success in the business world, and how you can use those principles for you company and career.
Avoiding Legal Liability and Peer Review Deficiencies in Nonaudit Services, Including Bookkeeping and Preparing Financial Statements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Differentiating risks faced when performing nonaudit services, such as reviews, compilations, preparing financial statements, bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and similar. Best practices for preventing quality control concerns that could lead to peer review deficiencies or malpractice claims. Establishing an understanding with the client to minimize misunderstandings as to the nature and scope of engagements. Explain situations when independence should be appropriately safeguarded when performing nonattest services.
Lessons on Fraud Prevention from Sam Bankman-Fried's Crypto WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
What starts a government investigation for white-collar crime? What is an indictment? What is extradition? What are pre-trial proceedings? What is a mitigation strategy? What is a plea agreement? What is discovery in a criminal case? What factors influence a sentence in a white-collar crime? What collateral consequences follow for people convicted of business-related crime?
Generation Intelligence: Navigating the Generational Divide WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Generations.
Fraud Case Studies: Professional Misbehavior in the 21st Century WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Understand factors that allowed selected frauds to occur. Recognize controls that may have prevented or mitigated selected frauds. Consider application of these lessons to circumstances you encounter in your professional endeavors. Apply ethical guidance to scenarios that accounting professionals may encounter in public practice.
Preparing for and Conducting Discharge Meetings WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Issues to be evaluated pre-discharge. Off-site/off work-misconduct. Pre-discharge interviews. Resignations. Discharge meetings. Exit interviews. Reference checks.
Critical "Soft" Skills for CFOs and Controllers WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Tips for being a balanced leader-manager. Adapting to various personality styles. Tips for coaching millennials and beyond. Best practices for managing organizational change.
5 Ways Your Onboarding Process Fails to Engage and Retain New Hires WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Employee onboarding. Employee experience. Employee engagement. Communication. Leadership.
Emerging Issues in Financial Accounting WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
Are we equipped to deal with a resurgence in financial accounting fraud? Private company accounting standards, options and elections. The latest on crypto and ESG. Accounting and auditing for SAAS arrangements, impairments, going concern, and debt modification accounting. FASB and PCC agenda.
Generative AI in Practice-Boost Efficiency and Profitability WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Implementing AI for accounting automation. Enhancing auditing processes with AI tools. AI applications in tax compliance. Leveraging AI for business advisory services.
K2's Advanced Excel WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Collaboration and security techniques. Tables, data models, and PivotTables. Advanced formulas. Data queries. Creating effective visualizations.
Effectively Responding to IRS Letters WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Types of IRS letters: General notices, audits, collections, return requests, and errors. Deadlines for responding to IRS correspondence. Communication best practices for dealing with the IRS. Avoiding escalation and penalties through proactive responses. Ensuring compliance when addressing IRS correspondence. Real-world examples of successful IRS communications. Common pitfalls in handling IRS letters and how to avoid them.
International Cross Border Transactions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.2 Credits
International cross border transactions. Decrease an entities effective tax rate. IRS audit risk.
Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
DA and BI relationship to accountant value. Current trends in BI and DA, including the emergence of AI tools like ChatGPT. The changing accountant roles: data analyst, data scientist, and data storyteller, with an emphasis on how ChatGPT can be utilized in these capacities. Obtaining datasets to compare and contrast with their organization's data, and how ChatGPT can assist in analyzing and interpreting this data. BI tools and the inclusion of AI technologies such as ChatGPT to streamline processes and improve analytical capabilities.