CPE & Event Catalog
K2's Advanced Excel WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Collaboration and security techniques. Tables, data models, and PivotTables. Advanced formulas. Data queries. Creating effective visualizations.
Effectively Responding to IRS Letters WEBCAST
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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.
International Cross Border Transactions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.2 Credits
International cross border transactions. Decrease an entities effective tax rate. IRS audit risk.
Data & Predictive Analytics & 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: data analyst, data scientist, and data storyteller, 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.
Resistance to Resiliency: Striving for Technology Change Acceptance WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Strategic alignment model. Technology change acceptance.
Estate and Financial Planning for the Older Client WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Medicare and health insurance options. Life insurance strategies for elders. Social security planning considerations. Medicaid planning and trusts. Retirement account optimization techniques. Tailored estate planning for older clients. Long-term care and housing alternatives. Gifting strategies in estate planning. Unique financial challenges of aging clients.
Neurodiversity & Productivity. Include More Minds to Make the Most of Your Time WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Neurodiversity. Productivity. Leadership. Management. Communication. Inclusion. Culture. Empathy.
Business Consulting for CPAs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Define business consulting. Identify the types of management services your firm could offer. Learn how to become the trusted advisor. Learn how client expectations may create different performance and understanding levels for CPAs in business consulting engagements. Know what it takes to create a valuable outcome for the client. Understand the competitive advantages/disadvantages that your firm has versus non-CPA business consultants. Learn techniques to become a more effective consultant.
LLCs & S Corps - A Comparative Analysis WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 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 (K-1, K-2, K-3). Officer reasonable compensation and general partner guaranteed payments. Audit strategies, estate planning, and business continuation planning.
Securing Executive Buy-In for Your Initiatives: Communication Techniques to Persuade Decision-Makers WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Persuasion. Executive buy-in. Communication. Leadership.
AI Revolution: The Big Picture for CPAs WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of AI and its evolution in business. Deep dive into generative AI and its applications. Impact of AI on accounting, tax and finance sectors. Future trends and opportunities for CPAs. Preparing for the AI-driven business environment.
Productivity Hacks for Working Remote WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.2 Credits
Virtual work. Remote work. Telecommuting. Flexible work options.
Partnership Property Distributions and the New Form 7217 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Property distributions in liquidation of a partner's interest. Section 751 and its impact on property distributions from a partnership. Mechanics of completing Form 7217 - new for 2024. The Section 754 election and its role in partnership property distributions.
Hands-On Tax Return Workshop - Partnerships & LLCs (Form 1065) WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 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/LLC and the Sect. 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 (QBI) deduction, 3. 8% net investment income tax and business interest expense limitations. Learn the special tax treatment of fringe benefits paid on behalf of the partners and LLC members. Comparing the tax and Sect. 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. Sect. 754 election for optional basis adjustments. Sect. 743 and Sect. 734 mandatory basis adjustments.
Financial Accounting for Related Party Transactions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
FASB codification provisions for transactions with related parties, including business owners and special purpose entities. Compares and contrasts those rules with the AICPA financial reporting framework for small and medium-sized entities. Reviews the tax accounting related taxpayer standards. Several real-life situations illustrate the various authoritative standards and discuss the consequences of failing to comply with those standards.
Five Ways to Improve Your Leadership Skills WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Leadership. Self-awareness. Communication. Delegation. Empowerment.
Balancing Employee and Employer Rights WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Customary management functions. Delegation of authority. Implementing changes in terms of employment. Fundamental duties owed to employer.
IFRS vs. US GAAP - Major Accounting Differences WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Significant differences in the design and structure of IFRS and U.S. GAAP.
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.
Taxation of Judgements and Settlements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.4 Credits
Types of damages or remedies that can be awarded or agreed upon pursuant to litigation. Review of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations governing the taxation of various types of litigation payments. Suggestions for drafting pleadings or settlement agreements.