CPE & Event Catalog

ERTA and TEFRA. Exchanging vs. installment sales. Code language. Qualified transaction. Like-kind property, and more.

What is a remote audit? Remote audit tools. Remote audit planning. Skepticism.

Small audits made easy and profitable. Saving time with quality control. Developing cost-beneficial audit strategies. Audit planning for profits. Illustrative practice aids.

Financial success, retaining clients through superior client service, and developing other professionals.

Dewy and LeBouef. ContinuityX. Financial statement fraud. Auditor deception cases.

February 2024 Government Auditing Standards.

How to mitigate the risk of cybersecurity threats.

Understanding the importance of data analytics in modern business environments. Generating and interpreting data analytics using everyday applications such as Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft's Power BI platform. Using regression analysis to create and validate forecasts and projections.

Maintaining productivity during unassigned time. Typical constructive feedback comments for staff auditors. Setting professional development goals to become a star performer. Case studies related to difficult scenarios typically encountered by staff accountants. Managing time and assigned tasks. Tips for audit professionals for both short- and long-term success.

Revenue and earnings manipulation. Non-recurring items. Detecting improper use of non-recurring items. Overstating deferred revenue. Common mistakes in deferred revenue. Intentional mistakes in deferred revenue. Detecting intentional misstatements in deferred revenue. Backdating transactions. Detecting backdating, and more.

Effective internal controls for small businesses. Koss corporation.

The accounting, reporting, and performance issues associated with the attest services of compilations and reviews.

Five attributes of an audit finding. Improve finding's presentation. Techniques for a finding's results. Techniques to develop recommendations.

Advanced strategies for managing IRS audits and appeals.

Fixed asset classification. Capital budgeting fixed assets. Fixed asset recognition. Asset retirement obligations. Fixed asset depreciation. Fixed asset disclosures. Fixed asset record keeping. Fixed asset audit procedures.

Fraud focus case: FTX. The company. The fraud. Nature of fraud. The collapse. Arrest. Bankruptcy and investigation. The auditors. Fallout.

Forensic analytics. Forensic analytics steps. Excel data importing and scrubbing. Excel forensic analysis techniques. Supplier-specific analytics.

Internal control over financial reporting. Risk factors. Regulatory guidance. Best practices for risk factors. Internal control over financial reporting. Executive compensation. Corporate governance disclosures.

Fraud audit techniques using Excel. Excel arrays. Excel text functions. Benford's law.

Introduction to fraud. Who commits fraud and why. Fraud prevention: pressures and rationalizations. Fraud prevention: opportunities. Fraud detection. Fraud investigation and audit. Review of auditor's responsibility with respect to fraud.