CPE & Event Catalog
K2's Case Studies In Fraud and Technology Controls WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Key fraud risks impacting businesses today. Examples of fraud and the monetary impact on victims. How to create, implement, and assess technology-based internal controls to reduce the probability of becoming a fraud victim.
Understanding and Creating an Internal Control System WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Underlying concepts of internal control. Defining where and why controls, policies and procedures are needed. Legacy control measures that are still important for businesses today. Creating control measures that address the use and protection of technology.
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.
Forensic Accounting: Court Approved Methods of Proof WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The role of methods of proof in forensic accounting. The various types of methods of proof approved by the courts. The weakness and strengths of the methods of proof. The formulas in calculating methods of proof. Applying the formulas in various circumstances.
Compilation, Preparation and Review Basics and Peer Reviews WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Basic requirements included in AR-C Section 60, General Principles; AR-C Section 70, Preparation of Financial Statements; AR-C Section 80, Compilation Engagements; and AR-C Section 90, Review of Financial Statements. New requirements included in SSARS No. 25, Materiality in a Review of Financial Statements and Adverse Conclusions. Common peer review findings. Practice tips for high-quality engagements.
Criminal Tax: How CPAs Bring Value to Defense Attorneys WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The common weaknesses in a criminal tax investigation. The key documents to review. Crafting questions to recommend in court proceeding.
Introduction to Governmental Budgeting WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The basics of governmental budgeting. Common steps and timeline of the budget process. What, when and how we should be monitoring the budget throughout the year. How long-term budgets fit in with the annual budget process.
Power Skills: Professionalism and Client Interactions WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Best practices when communicating with the client. Complicated scenarios for practice.
Divorce Concerns: Taxes, Valuation, Finances, Retirement, and Obligations WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Divorce and ongoing payment issues dealing with alimony and child support. Documents protecting a client going forward, including pre-nuptials, cohabitation agreements, post-nuptials and many others. Advanced income tax issues, including like-kind exchanges, filing status issues, credits and asset sales. Advanced retirement issues, including dissecting qualified, personal retirement, and nonqualified plans, QDROs, past and defunct plans, and using retirement assets to equalize assets. High-level valuation issues, including closely held business, stock redemptions, partnership redemptions and stock options.
Financial Statement Disclosures WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
General requirements. Balance sheet, income statement and cash flow. Stockholders' equity. Business combination and consolidation.
Pass-Thru Entity Owners Schedule K-1 Analysis WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Detailed coverage of any new legislation affecting basis computations and distributions and changes to the schedule K-1s. Line-by-line analysis of the Schedule K-1s to determine how the items affect an S shareholder's stock and debt basis and a partner's outside basis and where the items get reported on Federal individual income tax return. The three loss and deduction limitations on the owner's individual income tax return. How cash or non-cash distributions affect the basis calculations and whether or not they are taxable to the owners. Compare the tax treatment of the sale of a shareholder's stock in an S corporation and a partner's interest in a partnership. What constitutes debt basis for an S corporation shareholder under the final regulations. The tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders and on open account debt. How recourse and non-recourse debt affect a partner or member's basis calculations and amount at-risk.
The CFO Who Went to Prison WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The importance of values. Identifying success. Ethical dilemmas. Mitigation strategies. Creating tools to help make better decisions. Personal accountability strategies.
Agentic AI for CPAs: Automate Workflows with Intelligence WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to Agentic AI concepts and terminology. Case studies for using AI agents in accounting, finance, and tax services. Step by step demonstration of creating and deploying an AI agent. Introduction to Microsoft Copilot Studio agent builder. Developing your AI agent deployment strategy.
Executive Presence, Personal Brand: Structure Your Narrative WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Components of executive presence. Audience centered elevator pitch structure. Professional value proposition framework. Structuring a concise executive biography. Aligning personal narrative with organizational value. Common pitfalls in professional self-presentation. Application and refinement exercise.
2026-27 Yellow Book Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Significant changes related to quality management and updates affecting key audit roles, with an emphasis on how these revisions impact audit planning and execution. The GAO's implementation delay and its implications for 2026 audit planning. Recent leadership changes at the U.S. Government Accountability Office and what those transitions may signal for future guidance and oversight priorities. Overview of recent updates to the Green Book, helping auditors understand changes to internal control guidance that may affect governmental entities and Single Audit engagements.
CFO Solutions to IRS Problems WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The authority of IRS in assessing and collecting taxes. The common misconceptions when dealing with IRS. Common questionable actions by business owners. How to prepare for an IRS audit. The seven options in IRS collections. Possible criminal tax violations by CFOs and small business owners.
Accounting for the Gig Economy WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Characteristics unique to the gig economy. Independent contractor and employee classification considerations. Recordkeeping considerations for independent contractors. Accounting and reporting issues for gig economy participants. Audit and attestation for clients who participate in the gig economy. Tax and regulatory considerations. The CPA as a trusted advisor for independent contractors.
Advanced Tax Planning S Corporations WEBCAST - Partnered with the Idaho Society
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Basis in S corporation stock. Distributions. Compensation planning. Qualified subchapter S subsidiaries. Liquidations, reorganizations, and redemptions. Estate planning and the use of trusts. Section 199A.
Accounting and Auditing Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Review of new accounting standards issued in 2025 and 2026. Applicable changes to accounting for government grants and crypto currency. Compilation and review standards and interpretations. Auditing standards including a deep dive into the quality management standards.
Federal Tax Update with Greg and George - Individual WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Important new tax cases. Legislative update (including Tax Cuts and Jobs Act extension). New administrative releases including revenue rulings, revenue procedures and notices.