CPE & Event Catalog
U.S. GAAP Disclosures for Non-Public Entities WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
FASB Accounting Standards Codification disclosure requirements. An overview of the disclosure landscape. How materiality enters into disclosure decisions. Navigating the FASB Codification.
Applying the New Expected Credit Loss Model WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Principles behind the new expectation credit loss model. Acceptable methods for evaluating expected credit loss for certain financial instruments. Enhanced disclosure requirements common for nonpublic entities.
Maximizing Fringe Benefits: Strategies for Business and Personal Needs for Today and Beyond WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Legislative and regulatory updates affecting fringe benefit planning. Employer-sponsored fringe benefits and tax compliance under evolving regulations. IRC Section 132 fringe benefit options and applications. Cafeteria plans: benefits, limitations, and tax considerations. Tax treatment of dependent care and educational assistance programs. Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts. Group term life insurance: design features and tax treatment. Financing strategies for retiree medical benefits. Comparing health care benefits: insured plans vs. HMOs. ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements. Common control rules and nondiscrimination regulations.
2026 Business Tax Credits WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Research and Development Tax Credit. Work Opportunity Tax Credit. COVID-19 Tax Credits. Opportunity zones. GO-Biz incentives. Employment training panel.
Leading Up: The Superpower Every Ascending Leader Needs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The consequences of upward leadership failure. Building credibility with your boss. Serving multiple bosses. Making the business case for your ideas.
Form 7203 - How to Calculate Shareholder Basis WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to Form 7203 and its purposes. Mechanics of completing Form 7203 accurately. Strategies for reconstructing shareholder basis. Loss limitations under I.R.C. Section 461. At-risk rules and limitations for S Corporation shareholders. Documentation requirements for shareholder basis. Common errors in calculating and reporting basis. Best practices for maintaining and reporting shareholder basis.
CPAs and Addictions: Finding Hope and Healing WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.5 Credits
Prevalence of substance abuse and depression among CPAs compared to the general population. Factors that cause CPAs to be particularly susceptible to drug and alcohol abuse and mental health issues. Identifying reasons why CPAs are reluctant to seek help. Resources available for CPAs seeking help. Support role that friends, loved ones and colleagues can play.
Master the Art of CPA Communication: Boost Your Influence WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Techniques for simplifying complex financial information for clients and stakeholders. Persuasive communication principles aligned with CPA roles. Building and maintaining trust and credibility with diverse stakeholders. Case studies and Interviews with Finance, Accounting and CPA professionals. Developing empathy and emotional intelligence in communications. Best practices for active listening to strengthen client relationships. Application of Influencer principles for impactful change in communication.
Partnership/LLC Taxation: Understanding Tax Basis Capital Accounts WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Discussion of the impact of the Section 199A flow-through entities deduction on partnerships and their partners. The meaning of a tax basis capital account. How to determine a partner's share of the partnership's liabilities. Distinguishing recourse loans from nonrecourse loans. What are qualified nonrecourse financing loans and how they affect partners. Section 704 built-in gain or loss rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting. Section 465 at risk rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting.
Forensic Accounting: When The Office Is A Crime Scene WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
A step-by-step process from the initial client phone call to you writing a report of your findings for any civil or criminal actions that may be pursued. How to advise your client in approaching an allegation of embezzlement. What pitfalls may arise in finding the truth. The best practices to ensure that the evidence is preserved properly for potential civil or criminal actions.
Accounting and Auditing Update for Not-for-Profits WEBCAST - Partnered with the Idaho Society
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Not-for-profit accounting update. FASB accounting standards updates. Statement on Quality Management Standards No. 1, 2, and 3. Auditing Standards Board update. Governmental auditing update.
Preparing and Reviewing Workpapers – Essential Tips for Avoiding Deficient Audit and Other Attest Engagements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Best practices for documenting complex and subjective procedures and conclusions, such as estimates, substantive analytic procedures, etc. that impact the nature and extent of audit documentation needed to support audit conclusions. Discussing the financial statement audit risk concept, including how proper application better ensures a higher quality audit. Tips for an efficient workpaper review process that complies with relevant standards. Understanding the quality control standards and guidance related to a CPA firm's responsibilities for its system of quality control. Explain the importance of establishing, applying, and monitoring quality control policies and procedures related to audit documentation.
The Bookkeeper Goes 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.
Form 5500 Annual Update 2026 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Forms 5500, 5500SF and 5500EZ. Form 5500: nuances and schedules. Reporting and disclosing compliance issues. Reporting delinquent contributions. Failure to file.
Advanced Staff Tax Training: Individual WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Taxation of investments. Reporting of business income and losses from pass-through entities including loss limitations. Non-income taxes that impact individual income tax returns. Retirement contributions and planning. AMT. Social Security taxation. Charitable contribution planning with limitations.
The Art of Engaging in Difficult Conversations WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Awareness of your mindset entering the conversation. Tactics to build a pool of meaning. Clarity around story telling. Biggest mistakes to avoid.
Tax Depreciation: Review and Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Recent tax legislation and developments related to capitalization. Eligible property for Section 179 and Section 168(k). Discussion of the Section 179 deduction and its use to depreciate real property. The Section 168(k) deduction and its use to depreciate real property. Disposition of segments of real property. Exchanges of tangible personal property after repeal of the like-kind exchange rules. Other related topics.
Building Your Personal Net Worth: Invest in Your Future WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Why people who appear wealthy may be living paycheck to paycheck. Why a millionaire may be living in the ordinary house next door. Early and mid-career strategies for accumulating wealth. Where and how to invest your money. Why fees and commissions should concern you. Strategies for buying stocks, mutual funds and ETFs.
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.
Cybersecurity and IT Risk for IT Auditors and Financial Auditors WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
Cybersecurity. IT risks. Governance. IT security frameworks.