CPE & Event Catalog
Retaining Talent in a Competitive Marketplace WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Decision making theory compensation and employee satisfaction. What benefits do employees care about? Retirement plan basics. Health insurance basics. Disability insurance basics. Life insurance basics. Fringe benefits. Summing it up.
An Ethical Approach to Mental Health Issues at Work WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Virtue ethics and mental health. Definition, myths and bias of mental health. Suicide: facts and resources. Recognizing signs of potential mental health challenges. Empathy and listening. Mental health and generational expectations. Becoming a mental health ally.
How AI Is Automating Internal Control WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
An explanation of AI. Specific ways AI is replacing human cognition. What is on the internal control horizon related to AI and other technologies.
Current Cybersecurity Risk Management Trends WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of current cybersecurity threats and how to mitigate data breach risk. Describe how to avoid malware and other security threats
How Fraud Can Affect Smaller Organizations WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The reasons for fraud. Fraudulent acts that are initiated against smaller organizations. Methods to stop fraud attempts against small businesses.
Tax Issues for Real Estate and Homebuilding WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Discussion of appropriate entity selection and small taxpayer status. Walkthrough of costing methods and compliance issues under IRC 263A. Analysis of IRC 461 related to economic performance. Illustrative examples and analysis. Sample computations for homebuilder unit costing. Recent IRC 263A challenges by the IRS. Update of related cases and issues, including recent tax reform.
Maximizing Fringe Benefits: Strategies for Business and Personal Needs Now and Beyond WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Core elements of fringe benefit planning and client needs. IRC Schedule 132 fringe benefit options and tax implications. Cash compensation: timing of income and deductions. Cafeteria plans, FSAs, and dependent care/education assistance plans. Group term life insurance and medical savings account considerations. Retiree medical benefit strategies and cost-effective health care options (insured vs. HMO). ERISA reporting, disclosure, and compliance essentials. Overview of IRC common control, age,and sex discrimination rules.
Fundamentals of Form 1040 -- Individual WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Form 1040 essentials. Filing status, dependency rules, and taxable income sources. Adjustments to income, deductions and tax credits. Preparer due diligence, Circular 230 compliance and taxpayer rights. IRS cybersecurity considerations and best practices for taxpayer data security. Legislative updates
Comprehensive Accounting and Financial Reporting Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
CECL for nonfinancial institutions. Accounting for Paycheck Protection Program loans. Accounting for web-hosting services. Revenue recognition. Leases. FASB projects in progress.
Smarter Tax Services with AI Tools WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of AI technology and how it works. Identify where AI can be incorporated into tax research, planning, and compliance services. Discover new opportunities to enhance your client advisory tax services with AI tools. Review the market of emerging and AI enhanced tax software tools. Learn about the newest generation of AI enable 1040 source document collection and organizer applications. Review specific use cases for generative AI tools in your tax services.
CORE Series: SALT Year-End Update: Planning, Compliance, and What’s Ahead WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Key legislative changes. Emerging trends. Planning considerations impacting multistate taxpayers.
ChatGPT and IRS Taxation Law Research WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Utilizing ChatGPT for IRS tax law research. Using IRS prompt templates. ChatGPT in action. Exploring IRS tax laws. Error prevention and correction in tax law research. AI's evolving role in taxation and accounting.
How AI Fits into the Accounting World WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
An overview of AI constructs. How artificial intelligence is being used by accountants today. Accounting-centric AI developments on the horizon.
Taxation of the Cannabis Industry WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Industrial hemp vs. marijuana. Income definitions under I.R.C. Section 61. Tax code restrictions: Section 280E and Section 471. State specific marijuana laws. Cash management in cannabis businesses. Federal court case analysis.
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). Historical evolution. Investigative techniques and tools. Importance of IRS CI. Training of CI agents. Process of investigations.
Reviewing Individual Tax Returns: What Are You Missing? WEBCAST - Partnered with the Idaho 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.
AHI: Level V - Advanced Management and Leadership Essentials WEBCAST
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Your Desk
16.0 Credits
What is expected of the manager and senior manager? Managing self and priorities. Building leadership communication skills. Leading others - coaching and developing staff. Helping your firm grow.
Retirement Planning: Next Stage for You or Your Client WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Developing a new perspective on what this next stage is really all about. Discovering a new sense of purpose. Assessing your financial conditions. Addressing needed or potential changes in your relationships. Examining new or renewed ways to stay healthy. Figuring out what to do next.
Practical Accounting Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
New rules in the accounting arena. SQMS. NOCLAR rules. Cybersecurity. New audit standards.
Tax Planning for Seniors WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Income for seniors: retirement, earnings and investments. Tax Deductions: planning, bunching, strategies. Planning to help family members.