CPE & Event Catalog
Closely Held Business Owner Financial Planning Opportunities WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Insurance planning. Investment planning. Business succession planning. Income tax planning. Practice management and marketing. Retirement planning. Executive compensation. Estate planning.
How to Audit Inventory WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Auditing inventory. Related audit assertions, risks, and threats to inventory. Substantive auditing procedures that staff should perform.
Fraud, Controls and Ethics: Best Practices and Case Studies WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The examination of actual frauds. Discussion of internal controls that could have prevented frauds. Contemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios. The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Other elements of professional conduct and compliance with professional standards.
Hiring Remotely: Using Personality Assessments for Better Hiring Decisions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Extensive review of the partnership income tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative changes. Comparison of partnerships, LLCs and LLPs. Overview the formation of a partnership or LLC and the Section 704(c) pre-contribution gain or loss rules. Schedule K analysis. How schedule K items get allocated to partners on schedule K-1s. Look at detailed Schedule K-1 information reporting to partners needed for the qualified business income deduction. Learn the special tax treatment of fringe benefits paid on behalf of the partners and LLC members. Comparing the tax and Section 704(b) book capital account computations. Discuss partner guaranteed payments and self-employment tax issues. Schedule M-1. Schedule M-2. Review the importance and basics of calculating a partner's outside tax basis. Overview of the tax treatment of distributions, recourse and nonrecourse debt allocations. Section 754 election for optional basis adjustments. Section 743 and Section 734 mandatory basis adjustments.
Data and Predictive Analytics and Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
DA and BI relationship to accountant value. Current trends in BI and DA, including the emergence of AI tools like ChatGPT. The changing accountant roles with an emphasis on how ChatGPT can be utilized in these capacities. Obtaining datasets to compare and contrast with their organization's data, and how ChatGPT can assist in analyzing and interpreting this data. BI tools and the inclusion of AI technologies such as ChatGPT to streamline processes and improve analytical capabilities.
Scaling at the Speed of Trust: How to Grow Without Losing What Makes You Great WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.2 Credits
Talent strategy. Culture. Employer branding. Leadership. Growth.
Invest in Your Mental Health and Avoid Burnout WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How to recognize burnout and evaluate where you are on the burnout scale. How impostor syndrome drives coping reactions of overworking, over preparing and perfectionism. How mindfulness can reduce stress and save time. Silencing the critical inner voice. Tools to help you become more attuned to your needs and emotions. How attending to and regulating your nervous system impacts your mood and well-being.
Group Audits: Who is Responsible for What? WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Responsibilities of the group audit engagement team, including the group engagement partner. Clarifying roles and responsibilities of component auditors and reference auditors in audits of group financial statements. Special considerations on audit planning and audit reporting in a group audit.
A Guide to Sampling - Part 1 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Internal controls. Fraud prevention. Fraud investigation.
Overcome Your Obstacles to Abundance WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
How to know your specific obstacles to becoming rich. Why people use poor marketing and investment strategies, and how to overcome such limitations. The most effective marketing methods, and how to implement them. The power of being super motivated, and three methods to keep you motivated long term towards your goals. Having a vision for your business and life that will keep you on the right track.
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.
Tactical Finance Leadership – Building the Finance Team of Tomorrow WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How the finance role has evolved—and where it is headed. Technology, AI, and real-time financial information. Knowledge obsolescence and the growing CPE gap. Talent development, delegation, and employee engagement. Integrating multi-generational workforces. Emotional intelligence and communication skills for finance leaders. Preventing bad decisions through structure and discipline. Redefining what it means to be an effective CFO.
Expand Your Analytical Toolbox More Tools for Success WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Five step valuation process. Two specific valuation approaches. The Gordon Model. Ten thoughts on banker selection. Rating your bank. Ten hints for keeping your toolbox full.
Accounting and Auditing Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
FASB Statements and Interpretations. Statements on Auditing Standards and Statements on Quality Management Standards. Ethics Interpretations. Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services.
A Guide to Sampling - Part 2 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Auditing. Financial statement audits.
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.
Preparation, Compilation and Review Issues - Highlights WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
AR-C 60. AR-C 70. AR-C 80 and AR-C 90.
Accounting and Auditing for the Construction Industry WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Illustrative computations for revenue recognition. Analysis of FASB revenue recognition standard and the anticipated impact on the construction industry. Application of risk-based audit model to contractors. The Lookback analysis and the contractor's estimating reliability. Practical approach to auditing contracts completed and in progress. Numerous computations and alternative approaches. Independent contractor qualifications.
Employer's Handbook: Health Care, Retirement, and Fringe Benefit Tax Issues WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
ERISA compliance: employee welfare plans and qualified plans. Fringe benefit issues: COBRA, Family and Medical Leave Act, and new developments in health care. Health care plans: HRAs, HSAs, and other employer-sponsored plans. Qualified plan requirements: eligibility, coverage, and vesting.
Maintaining a Harmonious Working Environment WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Disassociating yourself and your employer from discriminatory comments. Scripts for addressing potential and actual sexual harassment situations. Consensual relationships between leaders and their subordinates. Effective violence prevention measure. Survival tactics in active violence situations.