CPE & Event Catalog
How AI is Automating Internal Control WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
An explanation of Artificial Intelligence. Specific ways AI is replacing human cognition. What is on the internal control horizon related to AI and other technologies.
Introduction to Required Minimum Distributions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How SECURE Act 1.0 and SECURE Act 2.0 changed the RMD rules. What is an RMD? Who is subject to RMDs? The types of accounts subject to RMDs. How to calculate an RMD. How to determine if a distribution can be an RMD. How to determine which life expectancy table must be used when calculating an RMD. The rollover and transfer rules during an RMD year. IRS penalties for non-compliance with RMD regulations. Applying RMD strategies to different plan types. When RMDs can and cannot be aggregated. How to correct an RMD shortfall. How to get a waiver of the excise tax on an RMD failure. The tax implication of an RMD. How to donate an RMD tax-free. How to determine the RMD rules that apply to a beneficiary.
SSARS 27 - Alternative Preparations WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
General requirements for SSARS engagements. Unique opportunities for preparation engagements. New opportunities created with SSARS 27. The AICPA Consulting Standards. The relevance of Peer Review on SSARS and Consulting engagements.
CFO Series: Indispensable Skills WEBCAST - Partnered with the Idaho Society
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Keys to success. Unintended consequences to avoid. Low cost is not necessarily a sound option. What are the non-quantifiable factors that can change the financing decision? Details on the time-intensive processes. Common blunders when raising financing. The perils of choosing the wrong alternative or wrong investor. Navigating compliance, risk, and benefits. Creating and sustaining a customer value pyramid. Evaluating the lifespan and relevance of your strategic plan. Building your strategy to include risk management. Building an adaptive, finance-focused strategic approach. What we should learn from the rise and fall of major companies. How to align financial metrics with strategy.
Fiduciary Taxation Part 1: Introduction to Form 1041 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to the fiduciary entity and basic fiduciary entity flowchart. Authorities and disciplines in fiduciary accounting and taxation. Fiduciary tax rates and brackets. Introduction to subchapter j. 5 basic rules and concept of fiduciary taxation and steps to calculating the income taxation of trusts and estates. Use of a tax spreadsheet.
Year-End Tax Planning: Thinking Outside the Box WEBCAST - Partnered with the Oregon Society
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Discuss the most recent tax legislation, rulings and developments. Section 163(j) interest expense deduction. Medicare tax on high income wages and SE income. Tax provision and extensions. Timing income and deductions. Alternative minimum tax issues. 3.8% net investment income tax. Rediscovering Section 1202 QSBS. Reconsidering choice of entity.
Comprehensive FASB and AICPA Update for Tax Professionals WEBCAST
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Your Desk
6.0 Credits
Broadly applicable ASU effective in 2025 and beyond. Significant recent SAS. Tax-basis financial statements.
Comprehensive Pass-Through Owners Basis and Distribution Rules WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the owner's individual income tax return. Determine how to calculate an owner's initial tax basis of his pass-through entity. Learn how to correctly make annual adjustments to a pass-through owner's tax basis. Identify what constitutes a debt basis for an S corporation shareholder. Learn the tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders.
Deception, Embezzlement, and Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Narcissism studies. Fraud. Embezzlement. Technology used in scams.
Fiduciary Taxation Part 2: Fiduciary Accounting and Simple Trusts WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Review the basic concept of fiduciary duty. Review the basic concept of fiduciary accounting. Use of a diagram to distinguish income and principal. Calculating fiduciary accounting income. Requirements of a simple trust. Problem example spreadsheets reflecting fiduciary accounting and taxation of simple trusts as well as how depreciation is handled by a fiduciary entity. Problem examples reflecting a completed form 1041 using spreadsheet calculations for fiduciary accounting and taxation of simple trusts.
AHI: Accounting Data Analytics WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Accounting data analytics.
AHI: AI for Accountants - Practical Applications WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
AI in accounting and auditing.
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.
The Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax and Dynasty Trusts WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Calculation of the GST tax, and how it relates to the estate tax and gift tax. Direct skips, taxable distributions, and taxable terminations. GST tax allocations, Reverse QTIP election, and Exempt and Nonexempt Trusts. Calculating the benefit of and designing Dynasty Trusts.
A&A Update for Closely Held Businesses WEBCAST
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Your Desk
6.0 Credits
Recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates, including those that will become effective during audit engagements conducted in 2026. Recently issued Statements on Auditing Standards and other AICPA activity. Recently issued Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services.
Top 10 Things to Know About Estate Taxation and Planning WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
The Numbers: Exemptions, exclusions and discounts. Portability and step-up in basis. Asset valuation. Deductions: Marital, charitable, transmission and administration. Retirement plan assets, annuities and life insurance. Trust funding and administration.
Cybersecurity Risk Management for Financial Professionals: Policies, Controls, and Emerging Threats WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Core components of a cybersecurity risk management program. Overview of key policies. controls. and procedures for financial organizations. Applicability of global compliance standards. like the EU AI Act and GDPR in the U.S. financial landscape. Case studies: financial implications of breaches and mitigation strategies. Best practices for integrating cybersecurity with financial reporting.
Small Business Retirement Plans: Picking the Right Plan for Your Clients WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Which clients are best suited for each of the following plans: SEP-IRA's. Which clients are best suited for each of the following plans: SIMPLE IRA's, 401(k)'s. Traditional and Roth IRA's. Defined benefit plans. How will SEP Roth and SIMPLE Roth contributions work under the SECURE Act 2.0? What are the payroll tax consequences of choosing each type of plan? Which plans provide the greatest flexibility? Which plan can provide the quickest accumulation of retirement savings?
Comprehensive S Corporation Taxation Form 1120S WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Learn how to qualify and to make the S corporation election. Determine how to calculate initial and annual stock and debt basis amounts and the three reasons why they are maintained. Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the shareholder's individual income tax return. Understand the proper tax treatment and reporting of a distribution from the S corporation to a shareholder. Determine how to calculate AAA and OAA account for an S corporation as well as the 3 potential taxes. Determine the impact of health insurance, the net investment income tax, qualified business income tax deduction and unreasonable compensation issues on the reporting function of the S corporation.
Leases: ASC Topic 842 in Depth WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
FASB ASC 842, Leases. All recently released updates to ASC 842, Leases.