CPE & Event Catalog
Internal Control Fundamentals WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
COSO. Auditing.
Introduction to Yellow Book Boot Camp WEBINAR
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
The basics needed to understand what makes nonprofit and governmental accounting and auditing unique. The key financial reporting differences for governmental and nonprofit entities. The fundamentals of Yellow Book and Uniform Guidance audits.
Introduction to Forensic Accounting WEBCAST
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1.8 Credits
Forensic Accounting. Accounting. Auditing. Finance.
2025 Single Audit Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Review of the impact of the 2024 Compliance Supplement on Single Audits. Review of the changes to the Uniform Guidance. Review of common audit deficiencies found in Single Audits.
CFO - Doing the Right Things Right WEBCAST
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8.0 Credits
Incentive Compensation Plans That Incentivize: Incentive plans can influence behavior, but do they effectively drive the performance we desire? This seminar will explore why incentive plans work and why not. We will also discuss challenges like setting limits on incentives and recognizing performance across different divisions. Corporate Governance Best Practices: Balancing financial responsibilities with sound governance and ethical leadership can be challenging, particularly for smaller organizations. We will cover the essential skills for leading with accountability, setting high ethical standards, and engaging effectively with the Board. Developing a Great Internal Audit Department: How can we enhance our Internal Audit department and increase its value? What metrics should we track, and what key elements are essential for success? A modern Internal Audit department pays for itself, and this course will help you maximize its value. Ethical Decisions Making Made Easy: Ethics can be complex, but developing strong decision-making skills is essential in today's pressured environment. This course offers a clear framework for navigating ethical dilemmas, helping you make confident decisions, uphold your integrity and maintain your license. Remember, ethics is not just about meeting requirements; it reflects who we are and our core values.
Audit & Attest Quality Matters that Should be on Your Radar - Avoiding Common Deficiencies in SAS, SSARS and SSAE Engagements WEBCAST
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8.0 Credits
Applying professional skepticism to ensure quality work. Meaningful risk assessment when designing work programs for various levels of services. Proper planning and supervision of all engagements. Accountant responsibilities for evaluating internal control. Strengthening analytic procedures to support conclusions. Complying with the Code of Professional Conduct and quality management standards.
2025 Annual Update for Not-for-Profit Accountants & Auditors WEBCAST
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Your Desk
6.0 Credits
Not for profit. Auditing and accounting.
Audits Under Uniform Guidance - Single Audit & NPOs WEBCAST
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4.0 Credits
Concepts of the Single Audit under the Uniform Guidance. Performing the compliance audit of federal awards, including testing auditee compliance and internal control over compliance. Auditor reporting responsibilities including the compliance audit reports, the report on the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, and schedule of findings and questioned costs. Requirements for the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, known as the SEFA. Update on the OMB Compliance Supplement.
Comprehensive S Corporation Taxation Form 1120S WEBCAST
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8.0 Credits
Learn how to qualify and to make the S corporation election. Determine how to calculate initial and annual stock and debt basis amounts and the three reasons why they are maintained. Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the shareholder s individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations). Understand the proper tax treatment and reporting of a distribution from the S corporation to a shareholder. Determine how to calculate AAA and OAA account for an S corporation as well as the 3 potential taxes. Determine the impact of health insurance, the net investment income tax, qualified business income tax deduction and unreasonable compensation issues on the reporting function of the S corporation.
Preparing and Reviewing Workpapers - Essential Tips for Avoiding Deficient Audit and Other Attest Engagements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Best practices for documenting complex and subjective procedures and conclusions, such as estimates, substantive analytic procedures, etc. that impact the nature and extent of audit documentation needed to support audit conclusions. Discussing the financial statement audit risk concept, including how proper application better ensures a higher quality audit. Tips for an efficient workpaper review process that complies with relevant standards. Understanding the quality control standards and guidance related to a CPA firm's responsibilities for its system of quality control. Explain the importance of establishing, applying, and monitoring quality control policies and procedures related to audit documentation.
Auditing Standards Update & Best Practices WEBCAST
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4.0 Credits
Designing and performing sufficient audit procedures required for all audits, particularly when auditing privately-owned companies. Identify controls that exist, especially when those controls are not clearly identified or formalized. Evaluate if those controls prevent or detect material misstatements in the financial statements. Design effective audit procedures (including testing of controls where appropriate) in response to the auditor s assessed risk of the potential material misstatements in the financial statements.
IRS Tax Examinations and Hot Issues WEBCAST
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4.0 Credits
Criteria that the IRS uses to select returns for examination. Substantiation requirements for travel, charitable contributions, vehicles, meals, virtual currency considerations and tax-related identity theft. Understanding worker classification determinations on who is an employee and who is an independent contractor. Distinguishing S corporation officer's reasonable compensation issues. How the IRS holds persons other than an employer liable for unpaid payroll taxes.. Tax-related identity theft procedures.
Peeking Behind the Curtain: Exploring IRS Audit Technique Guides WEBCAST
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2.0 Credits
Overview of ATGs. Best practices for utilizing ATGs. Salient provisions of selected ATGs. Insights auditors may obtain from analytical procedures. Nuances associated with selected industries.
SAS No. 122, AU 315, Understanding the Entity and Its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement WEBCAST
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3.0 Credits
How the effect of a misstatement due to error effects the scope of our audit vs a misstatement due to fraud. Inquires of management. The audit planning process. The importance of brainstorming. Revisions of our risk assessment. Determining materiality.
Multistate Taxation - Issues and Planning Opportunities WEBCAST
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8.0 Credits
Multistate business activities. Nexus and implications. State taxable income. Business-related issues. Formulas and their application. Audit defense strategies. State specific regulations. Choice of business entity. Interstate commerce clauses. Domicile in relation to state death taxation.
Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) Domain II - Part 2 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Internal audit. Standards. GIAS. Accounting. Internal Controls.
2025 Annual Update for Accountants & Auditors WEBCAST
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Your Desk
6.0 Credits
Accounting standards updates. Auditing and accounting.
Preparing and Reviewing Workpapers for Higher Quality Audits WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The primary purpose of workpaper documentation, and minimum documentation requirements for workpaper preparers. Best practices for documenting complex and subjective procedures and conclusions, such as estimates, substantive analytic procedures, etc. that impact the nature and extent of audit documentation needed to support audit conclusions. Discussing the financial statement audit risk concept, including how proper application better ensures a higher quality audit. Tips for an efficient workpaper review process that complies with relevant standards.
What Every CPA Should Know About Fraud WEBCAST
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4.0 Credits
How fraud is detected. The role of external auditors in finding fraud. Revenue recognition issues. Corrupt management. Data mining. Physical and biometric controls
Criminal Tax: How CPAs Bring Value to Defense Attorneys WEBINAR
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2.0 Credits
The common weaknesses in a criminal tax investigation. The key documents to review (In a sea of thousands of documents). Crafting questions to recommend in court proceeding.