CPE & Event Catalog
The Future of Audit: Technology, Talent and Transformation WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Explore AI, blockchain, and data analytics impact on audits. Address talent crisis through retention and upskilling strategies. Navigate PCAOB standards and regulatory sandbox concepts. Expand audits to include ESG and nonfinancial metrics. Implement technology solutions for firms of all sizes.
Profitability Pricing: Boost your Bottom Line WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Competitive bids. Achieving target profitability.
Cash Flow Clarity: Effectively Communicate Cash Flows for your Board and C-Suite WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The importance and structure of the cash flow statement. Understanding operating, investing, and financing activities. Presenting the statement using the Sources and Uses approach. How to tell the business story through cash flows and alternative reporting methods. Identifying key drivers of cash and liquidity. Bridging the gap between accrual accounting and understanding cash. Communicating effectively with CEOs, boards, and non-financial stakeholders.
Smarter Tax Services with AI Tools WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of AI technology and how it works. Identify where AI can be incorporated into tax research, planning, and compliance services. Discover new opportunities to enhance your client advisory tax services with AI tools. Review the market of emerging and AI enhanced tax software tools. Learn about the newest generation of AI enable 1040 source document collection and organizer applications. Review specific use cases for generative AI tools in your tax services.
Guide to Deducting Travel, Meals and Entertainment Expenses WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Recent tax legislation, rules and developments impacting travel and meals expense reporting. Adequate accounting rules for reimbursements, including accountable plans, going paperless, reimbursement for non-deductible expenses. Reporting travel expenses: travel status, simplified per diem. Directly related to and associated with tests. Facility vs. activity expenses. Nine exceptions to Section 274. Business meals.
Mastering Rapport Skills for Fun and Profit WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
How to get people to like you. The elements of trust. Mastering non-verbal communication. What to say to establish immediate rapport.
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.
Metrics Which Every CFO, Controller and CPA Advisor Should Know WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of financial metrics. Ratios versus key performance indicators. Purpose and use of metrics. Balance sheet metrics. Cash flow and liquidity metrics. Profitability metrics. Operational metrics. Use of metrics in analysis.
Dashboard and Report Design Principles Using Excel WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Principles of visual design for dashboards and reports. Chart design for rapid understanding. Table design for efficiency. Effective use of commentary. Strategic layout techniques. Trend analysis methods. Developing organizational design standards. Excel application techniques. Critical review skills. Best practices for data presentation.
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.
A Working Parent's Guide to Prioritizing Mental Wellness WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Challenging cultural expectations and managing stress. Prioritizing self-care and physical well-being. Seeking support and building resilience.
ChatGPT Vision for Financial Analysis WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to GPT vision. Advantages of vision mode research. Accessing GPT vision. Financial screenshot analysis. Operational insights from visual data. Integration with google maps. DDPP analysis. Sentiment and facial expression analysis. Body language interpretation. Effective photo capturing techniques.
Common Yellow Book and Single Audit Deficiencies WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Common peer review deficiencies in Yellow Book engagements. Common peer review deficiencies in Single Audit engagements. Yellow Book requirements. Single Audit compliance requirements. Internal controls over compliance. Compliance testing and major program determination. Root causes of audit deficiencies and prevention strategies.
Accounting and Attestation for ESG WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Current ESG related initiatives and projects underway at the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Governmental Accounting Standards Board, and the AICPA. Types of services CPAs may provide in connection with ESG reporting, including advisory and attestation engagements.
Microsoft 365 for CPAs: Unlocking Hidden Productivity Tools WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 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.
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.
Tactical Business Systems – Getting the Most from Information Systems and ERP WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The CFO's role in IT and systems governance. Understanding what IT, ERP, and AI do and don't do. Common system problems and why implementations fail. Defining system needs before selecting software. Documenting current processes and identifying gaps. ERP selection, implementation steps, and risk management. Cybersecurity, data security, and technology risk. Post-implementation measurement and continuous improvement.
Volume to Value: A New Era of Precision Hiring in Accounting WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
The shift from volume to precision hiring. Why firms are moving to targeted, competency based hiring. Talent market impacts and competitive hiring realities. AI in recruiting: practical use cases and implications. Where AI tools commonly support hiring workflows. Benefits and limitations of AI enabled screening and assessment. The skills mismatch in accounting hiring. Why critical thinking and professional communication gaps persist, and more.
Employees Today and Tomorrow: Understanding and Improving The Employee Life Cycle WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Understanding the various stages of the employment life cycle. Onboarding and orientation. Best practices and examples. What goes wrong with training and growth priorities? Are performance evaluations necessary? Unleashing your staffs' hidden talents.
Devious Ethics: Avoiding Snakes in Suits WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Discuss psychopathy's symptoms. Review accounting professional ethics standards for dealing with a boss, co-worker or client who is breaking the rules. Look at precautions you should take when considering a new boss or employee. Help identify someone who might con you or your company.