CPE & Event Catalog
Retirement Planning Issues: Where We Stand Now WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Thorough exploration of current retirement planning trends and implications. Strategies for maximizing retirement savings within existing regulatory structures. Tax-efficient navigation of various retirement plan options. Estate planning techniques aligned with contemporary trends for optimal benefits. Insight into latest rules for required minimum distributions.
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.
ChatGPT Deep-Dive Hands-on Bootcamp for CPAs WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Getting started with ChatGPT. Tour of the ChatGPT app and how to use it. Variety of hands-on case study examples for accounting, finance, and tax. Protecting your data privacy in ChatGPT. Advanced ChatGPT features review. Subscription plan options.
Leverage PowerBI.com to Create Data Analysis for Others WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Tour of the PowerBI.com interface. PowerBI.com concepts. Connecting to data. Visualizations and dashboards. Q&A feature. Sharing datasets, reports, dashboards. Creating apps.
Promote Internal Whistleblowing and Succeed in Creating a Strong Speak Up Culture WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Speak up culture. Encouraging internal whistleblowing. Internal complaint reporting processes.
SECURE Act 2.0: What You Need to Know WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Expanding automatic enrollment in retirement plans. Increased age for RMDs. Higher catch-up contribution limit. Emergency expense penalty-free withdrawals. Starter 401(k)s for certain employers. Part-time worker improved coverage.
Fraud and Embezzlement: Case Studies from the Trenches WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How organizations can find themselves defrauded due to lax oversight and weak internal controls. How the existence of the "trusted advisor" creates situations where CPAs can drop their professional skepticism. Illustrations of the issues companies should look for in preventing fraud and embezzlement.
All About Fraud - Examples, Prevention and Auditing WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
2026 Report to the Nations issued by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner. Practical approaches organizations use to prevent and deter fraud, highlighting controls, policies, and cultural factors that can reduce fraud risk. Recent fraud cases reported in the news to reinforce how these schemes manifest in real-world settings. Discussion of the auditor's responsibilities related to fraud under AU-C 240, including an overview of proposed changes to the fraud standards and what they may mean for future audit engagements.
Section 174: New Rules for R&E and OBBA Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Revised rules for tax years 2022-2024. How to change from amortizing R&E to immediately expensing R&E. Analysis of the Revenue Procedure related to changes in accounting method. Options available to change accounting methods. Comprehensive example of how to make the accounting method change. Distinction between R&E expense and R&E credit.
10 Keys to Outstanding Service and More Referrals WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Communicate more powerfully with clients and other CPA's by understanding human behavior. How to judge if your communication is effective in motivating someone. How to get someone to really hear you and how to really hear what someone else is not saying. How to communicate so that someone will happily do what you want. How to create trust and get people to like working with you - inside and outside the firm. The 3 most important keys for getting someone to feel rapport with you. Why rapport is so important, and how to use it to profit in your work. How to quickly solve problems with people once you have their rapport. Secret techniques that super successful communicators use. How to persuade people without them knowing they are being persuaded. How Ronald Reagan, Oprah and Bill Clinton are similar, and how you can tap into their magical abilities. The three most important keys all successful communicators use. How outstanding service can lead to more promotions and/or client development. The art of getting more referrals and turning referrals into clients. Why great service is better for your business in the long run. How to know what's most important to your client or boss—so you can focus on that.
Deep Dive Into Common Auditing Deficiencies WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Review common deficiencies identified by the AICPA and state boards of accountancy. Feature discussion on a variety of topics, including analytical procedures, sampling, group audits and risk assessment. Review of the areas of concern and how you can overcome them by employing best practices.
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.
Sarbanes-Oxley Update - Accounting Risk Assessment considerations - 20 years later WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.8 Credits
Sarbanes-Oxley. Accounting risk assessment.
Best Practices: Conducting Meaningful Walkthroughs WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Review of audit procedures. Documentation requirements. Real world examples of red flags that may arise.
Beyond the Basics of SSARS and Nonattest Services: Are You Certain You Are in Compliance? WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Preventing malpractice claims related to nonattest accounting services. Identifying and safeguarding independence threats when issuing attest reports. Establishing an understanding with the client regarding non-audit services. Defining the varying levels of responsibility for accountants performing non-audit services. Performing compilations and reviews effectively and efficiently, including nature and extent of documentation considerations. Practice performing analytical review procedures appropriately, including developing proper advance expectations for review engagements. Properly considering going concern, subsequent events, and other disclosure matters. Common issues related to peer reviews, including recurring reporting problems. Applying financial analysis best practices to help your clients better interpret their financial results.
How to Build a Custom AI Chatbot and GPT in Plain English WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Fundamentals of GPT Builder and AI agent customization techniques. Integration of specialized knowledge bases and domain specific expertise. Security and privacy considerations in AI chatbot deployment. Custom GPT development without coding expertise. Implementation of AI agents for customer support and workflow automation. Multiple bot interactions and content creation strategies. Best practices for maintaining and scaling AI assistants.
Supervised AI Agents as Public CPA Audit Team Members WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Independent execution. Audit-ready outputs. Workflow integration. Guardrails and governance. Human supervision. Practical applications.
Case Studies in Accounting Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Major financial statement frauds, including revenue recognition, estimates, earnings management and cut-off fraud. Major misappropriation of asset fraud schemes, including skimming, larceny, and additional schemes that occur within payments processing. Review of recent cases involving the same common fraud schemes that have always existed.
Real Estate Taxation Full Circle WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Personal residence and vacation home advantages and traps. Depreciation, credits, passive losses, qualified business income under the One Big Beautiful Bill. Installment sales. Involuntary conversions. Like-kind exchanges. Real estate investment trusts.
S Corporation (Form 1120S) – Formation to Liquidation WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Extensive review of the S corporation tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative changes. Requirements to make an S election. Fixing late S corporation elections. S corporation formation and liquidation issues. Revocation and termination of S corporations. Schedule K and K-1 - separately stated versus non-separately stated income and expense items. Detailed Schedule K-1 reporting including the 20% qualified business income deduction and 3.8% net investment income tax. Compensation issues including the tax treatment of fringe benefits. Built in gains tax and other planning opportunities when converting a C to S corporation. Preparation of the Schedule M-2 and the ordering rules for distributions out of the AAA, PTI, E&P and OAA accounts. Tax treatment of stock redemptions.