CPE & Event Catalog

Key court decisions and practical implications. Role of CPAs in divorce. Financial matters. Managing child support and asset division.

Calculating temporary and FC Section 4320 support, Understanding guidelines. Child support and add-ons. Pitfalls in support software and data entry.

Best practices for tracing and accounting. Case management in complex family law cases. Insights from the Marriage of Simonis Case.

Family tax planning. Divorce costs. Dependent care assistance. Qualified tuition programs. Home sales. Alimony. Property rights.

How much do you need to retire? Defining retirement. Determining retirement costs and income needs. savings and assets. Social Security benefits and retirement planning. Retirement benefits. Total disability benefits. Retirement plans. Corporate plans. Defined benefits and contributions. Premature distributions. Minimum distribution rules. Postponement of income, and more.

Changes in various limits. Tax credit changes. PPACA related tax changes. Changes in Archer MSAs, HSAs and IRAs. Secure Act 2.0. One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Review of recent federal legislation and administrative rulings Review of recent modifications to tax forms Review of small business tax law and administrative update changes Review of retirement plan changes Overall review of tax practice and procedures

Financial disclosure requirements. Automation for accountants. Artificial intelligence in accounting. Federal tax updates.

Fiduciary accounting. Initial and subsequent transactions. Carrying value. Asset topics. Undistributed income. Allocation topics. Administration charges. Cash accounts. The total return concept. The fiduciary's power to adjust. Significant laws.

Navigating the complexities of tax preparation after the death of a client.

Overview of financial analysis. Accounting issues impacting the financials. Cost-volume-profit analysis. Cost object analysis. Credit decisions. Financial leverage. Dividend analysis. Interest rate risk analysis. Managing the rate of growth. Discounted cash flow techniques. The lease or buy decision. The enhancement of shareholder value.

Budgeting and financial forecasting. Risk, return and valuation. Determining cost of capital and capital structure decisions. Short term financing. Long term debt and stocks. Business combinations and reorganizations.

Fundamentals for nonprofits. Accounting concepts and principles. Cost-volume-revenue analysis. Financial statement analysis and performance measurement. Forecasting methods. Budgeting process. Efficiency and cost control. Cost prediction and performance evaluation. Management control of revenue and expense. Financing techniques. Working capital technique. Cost allocation. Decision-making models.

Financial forecasting. Financial modeling. Cash forecasting. Microsoft excel modeling.

Forecasting and managerial planning. Forecasting, budgeting and business valuation. Moving averages and smoothing methods. Time series analysis, classical decomposition and forecasting with no data. Indirect methods and evaluating forecasts. Sales and revenue forecasting and forecasting the economy. Financial forecasting. Cost behavior, cost prediction and bankruptcy prediction. Forecasting foreign exchange rates. Interest rate and technological forecasting.

Financial markets and intermediaries. Interest rates. Central banking and monetary policy. Money markets. Capital markets . Foreign exchange markets. Derivatives markets.

Cash flow management and budgeting. Insurance. Investments. Education. Income tax. Retirement. Estate planning. Closely-held business owners. Marriage, cohabitation and divorce.

How close is a typical CPA to financial planning? Tax-related financial planning activities. Retirement planning and financial planning activities CPAs perform.

Reasons for financial statement analysis. Analyzing financial statements. Users of financial statements. Analyzing financial statements. Concerns of users of financial statements. Types of financial statement analysis. Gross profit analysis. Steps to break-even analysis. Horizontal & vertical analysis. Ratio analysis. The overall cash flow pipeline. Measures of earnings quality. Reasonableness of earnings relationship to cash flow.

Understanding common Excel errors. Advanced formulas and functions. Data validation techniques. Error tracing and auditing tools.