CPE & Event Catalog
Leveraging Analytical Procedures to the Fullest on Audits - Case Studies in Strengthening Audit Evidence WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How well-designed analytic procedures enhance audit quality. Elements of strong analytic procedures. Selecting the proper analytic and altering the strength for the intended purpose. Evaluating the data used in generating expectations. Improving documentation, including evaluating sufficiency and appropriateness of the audit evidence obtained.
Independence for Auditors - AICPA, PCAOB, GAO & DOL WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Auditing. AICPA, GAO, DOL and PCAOB.
How to Audit Expenses & Payables WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The basics of auditing expenses. Accrued liabilities and other payables. Relates audit assertions, risks, and threats to the expenses and payables balances. Substantive auditing procedures to perform.
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.
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.
Nonprofit A&A Standards Update and New Developments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Pledges and contributions. Restrictions and conditions. Special concerns with governmental funding. Donated goods and services. Special events. Revenues earned through sales and services to customers.
Deep Dive into Quality Management WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
SQMS 1 and 2. Auditing.
Audits of 401k Plans WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
SAS 136 audit requirements for ERISA Section 103(a)(3)(C) audits. Update of the changes affecting 401k plans. Compliance issues commonly encountered in 401k plan audits. Best practices for engagement planning, internal controls, risk assessment, and detailed testing. Common audit reporting and disclosure issues.
Comprehensive Partnership Taxation Form 1065 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Special and targeted allocations. Proper calculation of outside and inside tax basis. Tax consequences of distributions including the impact of hot assets. Transfer of partnership interests. Issuance of partnership interests to service partners.
Officer Compensation Audits: What It Is and How to Defend It WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of Reasonable Compensation requirements for S and C Corporations. Key court rulings and their implications. IRS audit procedures related to Officer Reasonable Compensation. Role of Accountable Plans in determining Reasonable Compensation. Strategies for defending Reasonable Compensation.
Peeking Behind the Curtain: Exploring IRS Audit Technique Guides WEBCAST
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Your Desk
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.
Internal Control Frameworks for Single Audit WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
COSO 2013 Update. Yellow book. Accounting.
Inventory Observation - Cretaceous Conservatory Simulation WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
Observation. Auditing.
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.
How to Audit Cash WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Auditing cash. Audit assertions, risks, and threats to the cash balance. Auditing procedures to perform.
Introduction to Single Audit WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Single audit. Yellow book.
Introduction to Yellow Book WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Yellow book.
Analyzing Financial Statements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Financial reporting and financial statements. Use of Non-GAAP performance measures and key performance indicators. Forecasting. Valuation. Comprehensive financial statement analysis with case study.
Accounting and Auditing Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Review of select AICPA Technical Questions and Answers. Upcoming changes to accounting for goodwill, leasing and business combinations. Compilation and review standards and interpretations (SSARS). Auditing standards and interpretations (SAS and SSAE).
How to Get a Better Return on Yellow Book and Single Audits - Avoiding the Most Misapplied Audit Concepts WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Discover the fundamental differences in the auditor's responsibilities between financial statement audits performed in accordance with the SASs and Yellow Book. Understand risk assessment factors above those associated with a financial statement audit only. Learn what must be done beyond the financial statement audit in order to issue required Yellow Book and Single Audit reports on internal controls and compliance. Master designing, performing and documenting effective and efficient tests of compliance requirements. Practice identifying, documenting and communicating the impact of internal control deficiencies and compliance audit findings to the client. Common peer review deficiencies.