CPE & Event Catalog
White-Collar Crime: What Every CPA Should Know WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Definitions of white-collar crime. White-collar crime characteristics and statistics. The CPA's role in combating white-collar crime.
Big Picture Mega-Trends, Big Data, and World We Now Face WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
On-going world economic trends. Demographic changes and their impact on the economy. Global technology influences. Post Covid workplace. Big data understanding and where is it going. Learn to adapt to changing situations.
Schedule K-1: What is it and What Do I Do with It? WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of Schedule K-1. Reporting Schedule K-1 information on Form 1040. Basis limitations, loss limitations, and material participation rules. Qualified business income deduction and Schedule K-1 integration. Case studies highlighting real-world application of Schedule K-1 reporting. Proposed changes to Schedules K-2 and K-3 for 2021 and beyond. Best practices for avoiding errors and ensuring compliance.
Profiles in Fraud WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Real life fraudsters. The characteristics fraud perpetrators have in common. Techniques to prevent and deter these common schemes.
Resolve Ethical Conflicts: Do the Right Thing and Keep Your Job WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Resolving conflict.
Managerial Accounting: Your Prescription for Better Decision Making WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Target profit and break-even analysis. Relevant costs and decision-making. Standard costs and variances. Activity-based costing. Segment reporting and analysis. Budgeting.
What's Changing in A&A for Governmental Entities 2026-27 WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Major pronouncements issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, including GASB Statements No. 103, 104, and 105. Overview of active GASB exposure drafts and ongoing projects. Auditing developments, covering significant updates to the Yellow Book issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, including changes related to quality management, effective dates, and recent updates to the Green Book.
Financial and Tax Accounting for S Corporations and Partnerships WEBINAR
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Review the Accounting Standards Codification, Special Purpose Frameworks, and AICPA financial reporting framework and their application to partnerships, LLCs and S corporations. Financial accounting issues arising from changes in ownership. Financial vs. tax accounting for partnership or LLC capital accounts. Section 704(b) substantial economic effect rules and their relation to financial accounting. The integration of financial accounting with Forms 1065 and 1120S. Financial accounting basis for ownership interests vs. tax accounting basis for ownership interests. Deferred tax accounting for partnerships, LLCs, and S corporations. Financial accounting for the operations of a partnership or LLC. Financial accounting impact of the C to S election and the S to C election. Financial and tax accounting for S corporation shareholder equity and partner capital accounts. Financial vs. tax accounting for loans to and from S corporations and their shareholders.
AHI: Level III - Beginning In-Charge Staff Training WEBCAST
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Your Desk
24.0 Credits
What is expected of the in-charge. Plan engagements. Assess risk and materiality. AI for accountants. Meet client needs. Complete engagements. Review assistants' work. Supervision.
Stop Loss and Contract Review: Protecting Your Plan and Your Bottom Line WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Stop loss. TPA. PBM. Point solutions.
Audits Under Uniform Guidance—Single Audit and NPOs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Concepts of the Single Audit under the Uniform Guidance. Performing the compliance audit of federal awards, including testing auditee compliance and internal control over compliance. Auditor reporting responsibilities including the compliance audit reports, the report on the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, and schedule of findings and questioned costs. Requirements for the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, known as the SEFA. Update on the OMB Compliance Supplement.
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.
ChatGPT and Advanced Accounting Research WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Comparing Google vs. AI methodologies. AI ecosystems and specialized models for accounting applications. Advanced prompt engineering techniques for financial and tax research. AI powered search engines and deep research platforms for accounting professionals AI as an ideation and thinking partner for complex accounting problems Specialized accounting research tools and AI superstores. Persona priming and P&P stacking methodologies for optimal AI interactions. Ethical considerations and limitations of AI in accounting research. The compliance chess effect: AI's impact on tax planning and regulatory response. AI driven automation for regulatory updates and compliance monitoring.
Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Translating financial statements back into operational reality. The operational plausibility test. Analytical metrics that reveal hidden distortion. Common operational red flags. Case studies. Practical questions every financial professional should ask.
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.
Beyond the Basics: Financial Ratios You Might Be Overlooking WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Understanding cost behavior and its impact on decision-making. Contribution margin and break-even analysis. Margin of safety and its role in risk management. Operating leverage and financial sensitivity. Analyzing asset turnover for operational efficiency. Cash conversion cycle and working capital insights. Free cash flow yield as a valuation tool.
Analytical Procedures for Nonprofits WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How to leverage preliminary and substantive analytic procedures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of financial statement audits. The required elements of a substantive analytic procedures to address detection risk. Tips and traps of applying an analytic approach to satisfy audit objectives. Explaining the usefulness of analyzing diverse trends and ratios in a nonprofit environment to meet the needs of various financial statement users. Common ratios and trends to assess liquidity, operating efficiency, leverage, and more.
Introduction to Governmental Budgeting WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The basics of governmental budgeting. Common steps and timeline of the budget process. What, when and how we should be monitoring the budget throughout the year. How long-term budgets fit in with the annual budget process.
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.