CPE & Event Catalog
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.
Virtual Currency: Keeping Up with the Tax Code WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of virtual currency. Property transactions with virtual currency. Receiving virtual currency as payment. Paying using virtual currency. Charitable donations with virtual currency. Gifting of virtual currency. Form 8300 reporting.
Navigating IRS Correspondence: Responding to IRS Letters WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Types of IRS letters: General notices, audits, collections, return requests, and errors. Deadlines for responding to IRS correspondence. Communication best practices for dealing with the IRS. Avoiding escalation and penalties through proactive responses. Ensuring compliance when addressing IRS correspondence. Real world examples of successful IRS communications. Common pitfalls in handling IRS letters and how to avoid them. Strategies for advising clients on IRS correspondence.
Hot Topics Audit and Attest Update - 2026 WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Recent quality improvements to the SASs and SSARs. Other matters that should be on your radar.
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.
Tax Implications of Retirement Plan Distributions WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Required minimum distributions for a deceased's heirs. 2025 retirement plan contribution limits. Required minimum distributions and contributions to charity. Key provisions of Secure Act 2.0.
Microsoft 365 Application Lightning Round Review-Updated WEBINAR
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Your Desk
0.0 Credits
Lightning round review of all Microsoft 365 apps, with an explanation and demonstration of what each of them offers.
Mastering the Art of Conflict: CPA Transformative Strategies WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Common conflicts CPAs face. The impacts of having or not having crucial conversations. Learn your conflict style and how to elevate your conflict capabilities. Identifying conflict triggers. Best practices using an integrated approach from crucial conversations, fierce conversations, and leading with questions. Interviews from CPAs and real life scenarios they faced and what crucial conversation approaches they used.
Mergers and Acquisitions – Complete Guide to Relevant Issues and Choice of Business Entity WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Asset vs. stock acquisitions. IRC Sections 338 and 336 elections. Basics of IRC Section 382. Basics of IRC Section 280G. Earnouts and contingent payments. Treatment of transaction costs. Mixed entity transactions. Tax aspects of entity structures. Partnership. sole proprietorship. S Corp, C Corp, LLC, and LLP issues. Organizing an entity.
101 Tax Planning Ideas WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
An overview of the individual and business tax changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Identifying tax planning opportunities in the tax formula. Different types of planning. Frequently used planning techniques. Qualitative and quantitative considerations. The connection between tax planning and other financial planning areas, such as retirement, investment, insurance, and estate planning. Looking to the past, present, and future as we plan.
IRAs—Traditional, Roth, SEP and SIMPLE WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
An emphasis on newly enacted tax legislation affecting IRAs, including the NEW final required minimum distribution regulations. Contribution limits to and tax treatment of distributions from Traditional, Roth, SEP and SIMPLE IRAs. Deductible phase-out limits for Traditional IRA contributions for taxpayers who are active participants in qualified retirement plans. Roth IRA contribution phase-out limits, as well as tax-free qualified distributions. Planning opportunities for conversions to ROTH IRAs. Rollover rules to/from different retirement accounts and the one-rollover-per-year limitation. The different options of receiving IRA distributions before age 59 ½ and avoiding the 10% early distribution penalty (including substantially equal periodic payments). The required minimum distribution rules from IRAs needed to avoid the 50% penalty after the account owner turns age 72 or dies. The tax ramifications of spouse and non-spouse beneficiaries and how this affects the RMD calculation after the account owner's death. Overview of health savings account eligibility rules, contribution limits and distribution rules.
U.S. GAAP Disclosures for Non-Public Entities WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
FASB Accounting Standards Codification disclosure requirements. An overview of the disclosure landscape. How materiality enters into disclosure decisions. Navigating the FASB Codification.
Financial Planning: Auto and Homeowners Insurance WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Overview of insurance types. Overview of insurance policies and contract sections. Examples of types of policies and coverages.
AI Lessons Learned for Accountants WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to AI R&D in accounting. Theory to practice. Managing exponential change. Proactive AI engagement. The dual role in AI development. Internal AI tools creation. Data security and cyber threats. Mitigating AI misuse. Challenges in AI integration. Continuous learning and adaptation.
Navigating IRS Collections: The Collection Process WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of the IRS collection process. Taxpayer rights and the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Collection due process and appeals. Installment agreements and offers in compromise. Wage garnishments, levies, and liens. Penalties and interest.
LLCs and S Corporations: a Comparative Analysis WEBINAR
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Comparative analysis of LLCs and S Corporations. Entity formation, compliance, and operational structures. Self-employment tax and its implications for LLCs and S Corporations. Form 2553 preparation and relief for late filings. Rev. Proc. 2022-19 and Rev. Proc. 2023-3: analysis and application. S Corporation eligibility errors and corrective measures. Corporate governance and formalities for both entity types. Shareholder stock and debt basis for S Corporations. Forms 1120S, 1065, and related schedules. Officer reasonable compensation and general partner guaranteed payments. Audit strategies, estate planning, and business continuation planning.
2-Day Federal Tax Conference WEBCAST - Partnered with the Idaho Society
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Your Desk
16.0 Credits
Individual taxes. Business taxes.