CPE & Event Catalog
Federal Tax Update - Individuals (Form 1040) WEBCAST - Partnered with the Oregon Society
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Discuss the most recent individual income tax legislation passed to date including any TCJA provisions expiring after 2025. Review numerous individual income tax provisions related to business, including but not limited to the 20% qualified business income (QBI) deduction, Section 461(l) business loss limitations, and depreciation. Cover issues related and any changes to the various taxes. Brush up on other topics such as income filing status, personal exemptions, itemized deductions, exclusions from income, adjustments to income, rentals, passive activity rules and individual income tax credits. Walk through changes to IRAs and the NEW final required minimum distribution (RMD) regulations. Look at any changes to the Form 1040 and other related schedules and forms.
Annual Update and Practice Issues for Preparation, Compilation and Review Engagements WEBCAST - Partnered with the Idaho Society
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Preparation engagements. Compilation engagements. Review engagements. Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services, including SSARS No.27, SSARS No. 26, SSARS No. 25, SSARS No. 24, SSARS No. 22, SSARS No. 23. Engagement administration issues. Special purpose framework financial statement issues. Current accounting and reporting issues. What's on the horizon.
2026 Washington Ethics and New Developments with Mark Hugh WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Washington ethics rules and recent changes. New developments and best practices for CPAs in public accounting and industry. Case studies and Washington administration and enforcement.
Federal Tax Update - C & S Corporations, Partnerships & LLCs (Forms 1120, 1120S & 1065) WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Discuss the most recent business income tax legislation passed to date including any TCJA provisions expiring after 2025. Review numerous business income tax provisions including but not limited to the 20% qualified business income (QBI) deduction; changes to NOLs, Schedule 461(l) business loss limitations, Schedule 163(j) business interest deduction limitations, accounting method changes, depreciation, fringe benefits and entertainment expenses. Brush up on issues related to compensation, distributions, liquidations, self-employment taxes and retirement plans. Look at any changes to the Forms 1120, 1120S, and 1065 and other related schedules and forms.
CORE Series: AI Driven Customer Experience: Transformative Strategies for Professional Services Firms WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Strategically leverage AI to enhance client interactions. Automating routine workflows without sacrificing personalization. Improving responsiveness. Unlocking insights from client data.
It's Personal! Best Individual Tax Update 2026 WEBCAST - Partnered with the Idaho Society
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Latest tax developments, rules and regulations affecting individual taxpayers.
IRAs: What You Need to Know about Contributions, Conversions and Distributions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Determine clients who are well suited for conversion from traditional to Roth IRAs. When should clients recharacterize IRA contributions? What special traps are present in the IRA area? How to receive waivers for clients who failed to take the proper required minimum distributions (updated for the SECURE Act 2.0). Requirement minimum distributions from inherited IRAs (updated for SECURE Act 2.0 and also 2023 IRS guidance).
Best Business Tax Update 2026 WEBCAST - Partnered with the Idaho Society
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
The latest tax developments, rules and regulations affecting businesses.
Oregon and Washington Ethics 2026 WEBCAST - Partnered with the Oregon Society
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The AICPA Code of Conduct. Key Washington and Oregon differences. New national and state developments. Case studies.
CFO Series: Decision Making in An Irrational World WEBCAST - Partnered with the Idaho Society
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
How and why ambiguity is good, and how certainty can be harmful. How the past blinds us to the real future. The difference between risk and uncertainty. Managing measurable risk and unmeasurable risk. Why have our current planning approaches failed. The need to analyze decisions from multiple perspectives. Probabilities are not necessarily predictive. How statistics can be misused and misunderstood – thus increasing risk, and more.
1065 Mastering Preparation and Planning Part 1 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Changes on Schedule K. Schedules K-2 and K-3. When does a business involving spouses require a partnership return? How to eliminate late-filing penalties for partnership returns. When must a partnership return be filed? How to apply the bonus depreciation rules to partnership step-ups under Schedule 743. New IRS form allowing revocation of section 754 election. When it's possible to revoke the election. Answering Form 1065 questions on passive activity grouping.
WSCPA Town Hall - December WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Issues shaping the accounting profession and the communities CPAs serve.
CFO Series: Essential Cost Containment WEBCAST - Partnered with the Idaho Society
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Understanding what the goal really is. Better planning, ready aim and then fire. What are the crucial considerations. Why do others in the organization hate to cut costs? What are the ‘ripple’ effects? What are the right costs to cut and not to cut? What are the more common mistakes made? The need to consider politics, culture, and strategy. Fourteen different perspectives to utilize to cut costs efficiently. Over fifty uncommon cost cutting possibilities. How to prepare for the next cost cutting exercise. A proven process to cut the right cost in an organization.
1065 Mastering Preparation and Planning Part 2 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
When should self-employment earnings be reported for an LLC member? Important new clarification on Schedule M-2 reporting. How to complete Schedule K-1, including. Completing Form 8825. Electing out of the dangerous new IRS audit rules for partnerships (CPAR). When must a partnership complete Form M-3?
CORE Series: Data Security and Cyber Liability Issues for CPAs WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Common data security threats. Emerging breach trends. Leading cybersecurity best practices.
2026 Washington Ethics and New Developments with Mark Hugh WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Washington ethics rules and recent changes. New developments and best practices for CPAs in public accounting and industry. Case studies and Washington administration and enforcement.
Reviewing Individual Tax Returns: What Are You Missing? WEBCAST - Partnered with the Oregon Society
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Qualified business income deduction. Hobby losses. Self-employment health insurance. Business start-up costs. Depreciation. Schedule C issues. Like-kind exchanges. Charitable contributions of property.
CANCELLED 2027 Washington Ethics and New Developments with Mark Hugh WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Washington ethics rules and recent changes. New developments and best practices for CPAs in public accounting and industry. Case studies and Washington administration and enforcement.
Forms 1120S and 1065 Return Review Boot Camp for New and Experienced Reviewers WEBCAST -Partnered with the Oregon Society of CPAs
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Reviews of portions of error-prone staff-prepared Forms 1120-S and 1065 from client-provided information. Be aware of legislative changes. How to reduce input errors. When and how to rely on third-party data import software. What are common errors preparers make and what are the areas generating malpractice claims? Initial administrative groundwork. The importance of Schedule M-1. Learn how various schedules are related and learn how to self-review. Overview of new Schedules K-2 and K-3. Don't fall prey to reporting oddities. When can seemingly separately stated Schedule K items actually be trade or business items to report on Forms 1120-S or 1065? Form 1120-S - What exactly is terminating S elections today? How do I recognize a second class of stock? Maintaining shareholder basis schedules; beware of final IRS regulations regarding "open debt"; the default method of calculating basis versus the election under Section 1367; can an S corporation distribute earnings and profits from C corporation years? Form 1065 - New tax reporting requirement for partners' capital balances. Why use Section 704(b) to maintain capital accounts; Section 704(c) regulations for preventing the shifting of tax consequences among partners or members; allocating recourse, nonrecourse, and qualified nonrecourse debt; a review of Section 754 step-up in basis rules. Discussion of more complex transactions included in corporate structures. Multiple checklists of efficient procedures to identify potential issues on an 1120-S or 1065 tax return.
CORE Series: Transfer Pricing in Today’s Global Tax Environment WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Transfer pricing strategies.