CPE & Event Catalog
AI and Accounting in Retail WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
AI powered personalization and its impact on revenue recognition. Dynamic pricing models and tax compliance risks. AI in demand forecasting, inventory valuation, and COGS calculations. Integration challenges with ERP and POS systems. Governance, ethics, and auditability of AI decisions. Data quality, audit trails, and regulatory documentation. AI assisted fraud detection, financial controls, and oversight
Financial Statement Analysis WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Pros and cons of ratio analysis. Cash flow analysis. Operating leverage vs. financial leverage. Effective financial performance measures.
Retirement Distributions: Planning Options WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Roth IRA. Income tax treatment of distributions from retirement plans of all types. Laws, regulations and IRS rulings concerning plan distributions. Avoiding penalty on distributions that happen too early or too late. Beneficiary choices. Self-directed IRA investment problems.
Integrate ChatGPT into Your Client Advisory Services WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The ChatGPT and generative AI technology primer. Building your generative AI vocabulary. Dig deeper into your engagement research to develop a higher quality advisory service. Polish your client reporting with the help of ChatGPT. Developing your ChatGPT client advisory services. Start with client education. You don't need to be a technical expert to be an educator. Use AI to help your clients automate their workflows and business processes. Build better spreadsheets with ChatGPT and Excel. Help your clients identify, evaluate and select applications for their business.
Accounting for and Auditing Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Common applications related to initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement or derecognition, presentation, and disclosure of cryptocurrency and other digital assets. Feedback from the AICPA's Digital Assets Working Group intended to assist auditors with opining on these digital records.
Microsoft 365 for CPAs: Unlocking Hidden Productivity Tools WEBINAR
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Your Desk
0.0 Credits
Round robin review of lesser known M365 apps. Reduce internal email communications with Teams and SharePoint. Collaborate on spreadsheets and documents with your colleagues in real time. Get control of your appointment schedule with the Bookings app. Tap the full potential of OneNote as your primary repository for notes, correspondence and more. Replace email attachments with secure file sharing links. Document business processes with the Stream app. Leverage the power of AI in M365 with Copilot.
Financial Decisions that Led Two Businessmen to Prison WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Career choices. Ethical dilemmas. Judicial proceedings. Mitigation strategies. Creating tools to help make better decisions. Atonement and reconciliation.
Fiduciary Taxation Part 3: Complex Trusts and Charitable Deduction WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The differences between a simple and complex trust. The use of the tier system with complex trusts. Review of basic requirements of the charitable contribution deduction under IRC Sec. 642(c). Preparation of a tax spreadsheet for a complex trust. Preparation of a tax spreadsheet for a complex trust with a charitable contribution deduction. Complex problem Form 1041 examples with spreadsheets and exhibits.
Leveraging ChatGPT for Innovative Business Advisory Services WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The Introduction to ChatGPT and its applications in the business advisory context. In-depth exploration of enterprise evaluation methodologies like SWOT, PESTLE, BCG Matrix, McKinsey 7S Model, Ansoff Matrix, etc. Practical case studies demonstrating application of ChatGPT in accounting business analysis. Key challenges faced by accounting firms and how ChatGPT can help overcome these. Best practices for implementing AI tools in the accounting sector. Future opportunities and trends in AI enhanced business advisory services.
Preparing Quality of Earnings Analysis WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
Uses of a Quality of Earnings Report. Information needed to prepare the report. Overlapping enterprise valuation concepts. Various adjustments to as reported EBITDA.
Fiduciary Taxation Part 4: Miscellaneous Topics and AMT WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Review the passive activity rules under IRC Sec. 469 as they apply to fiduciary entities. The 65-day rule and election under IRC Sec. 663(b). Special rules for specific bequests under IRC Sec. 663(a). Alternative minimum tax for trusts and estates. AMT bracket rates and exemption for fiduciary entities. Alternative minimum tax spreadsheet approach using AMT problem example with passive activity loss.
Retirement Penalties and Rollover Issues WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
What the IRS knows: Forms 1099R and 5498. Exceptions to the ten percent penalty. Secure 2.0 changes to the late payment penalty. History of the 60-day Rule and Recent Developments. Rulings and self-certification. Form 5329 use and strategies.
CORE Series: Inside the Cybersecurity Playbook: Defending Your Business in the Digital Age WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Common threat vectors. The distinction between breaches and compromises. The importance of layered security strategies.
Building a Better Budget in a Time of Uncertainty WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Budgets vs. forecasts. Cyclicality. Core earnings and sustainable growth. Identifying key forecast drivers. Reasonableness in forecasting. Approaches to budgeting. Budgeting variances. Horizontal analysis. Flexible budgeting.
ChatGPT and Advanced Financial Analysis for Accountants WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial modeling with ChatGPT integration. Advanced ratio analysis techniques. Risk assessment and scenario analysis. Valuation methods and ChatGPT applications. Utilizing performance metrics in financial analysis. Data analysis and interpretation with AI. Investment analysis enhanced by ChatGPT.
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.
Numbers to Narrative: Storytelling in Business Communication WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Role of narrative in professional communication. Narrative arcs in business contexts. Integrating data within a structured story. Defining tension and resolution logically. Maintaining accuracy while improving clarity. Application of storytelling framework to a workplace scenario.
Forms 7217 and 7203 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Tax treatment of partnership distributions to partners of cash and property other than cash. Basis of property received in a partnership distribution. Executive Order 14219 withdrawing the IRS’s new regulations regarding basis shifting. Organization and structure of the new Form 7217. Who must file Form 7203. Determining the S corporation shareholder’s initial basis in his or her stock. Basis limitations on partnership losses and deductions. Organization and structure of Form 7203 — understanding the three parts of Form 7203. Filing criteria for Form 7203. Calculating an S corporation shareholder’s share of S corporation deductions and credits. Understanding stock and debt basis.
Forensic Accounting: When The Office Is A Crime Scene WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
A step-by-step process from the initial client phone call to you writing a report of your findings for any civil or criminal actions that may be pursued. How to advise your client in approaching an allegation of embezzlement. What pitfalls may arise in finding the truth. The best practices to ensure that the evidence is preserved properly for potential civil or criminal actions.
ChatGPT and Advanced Accounting Research WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Comparing Google vs. AI methodologies. AI ecosystems and specialized models for accounting applications. Advanced prompt engineering techniques for financial and tax research. AI powered search engines and deep research platforms for accounting professionals AI as an ideation and thinking partner for complex accounting problems Specialized accounting research tools and AI superstores. Persona priming and P&P stacking methodologies for optimal AI interactions. Ethical considerations and limitations of AI in accounting research. The compliance chess effect: AI's impact on tax planning and regulatory response. AI driven automation for regulatory updates and compliance monitoring.