CPE & Event Catalog

How to identify and mitigate shifting fraud risks in any entity.

The intersection of legal and financial reporting. Types of legal risks. Why legal risks matter for financial reporting. Key concepts in legal risk reporting. Collaboration between legal counsel and accountants. Legal counsel vs. Accountants. Collaboration best practices. Handling conflicting opinions. Consideration of outside counsel.

Managing remotely. A prelude to project management. Five keys to time management. Characteristics of leadership. Work breakdown structure. Five phases of project management. Performance enhancers.

Virtual team problems. Running the virtual team. Communicating with the team. Ideal team members. Collaboration tools. Build relationships. Develop structure. The nature of a virtual meeting. Virtual meeting essentials. Setting meeting rules.

The nuts and bolts. Analysis of cash flow. Cash budgeting and optimal cash balances. Cash forecasting. Managing payables. Collection and credit management. Smart banking. Obtaining cash and borrowing. Loan qualifications and banking relationships.

Counting characters. Error functions. Importing data. Rounding values.

Marketing research. Consumer and the market. Marketing costs. Marketing strategies. Product as a variable, and more.

Powerful new functions and features in Excel, such as XLOOKUP and Dynamic Arrays. How to use "legacy" features and functions such as AGGREGATE. Creating effective forecasts in Excel.

Forecast the important outcomes of each alternative based on an analysis of available data. Making effective and timely decisions, even when data is limited, or solutions produce unpleasant consequences. Facts and ideas in writing in a clear, convincing, and organized manner. Consider and respond appropriately to the needs, feelings, and capabilities of different people in different situations.

Entities and title. Income splitting. Elimination, and more.

10 mistakes that decrease your professionalism. Make a great first impression virtually. Virtual meetings. Persuasive presentation.

Financial statement analysis and communicating insights to financial statement users. Improving audit quality through strong analytic procedures, including identifying and responding to risk of material misstatement. Developing plausible expectations for comparison to actual financial results. Detecting earnings management and other risks through analytic procedures.

Medical costs. Charitable contributions. Casualty and theft losses suspended.

Acquisition strategies. Acquisition process. Regulatory approval. Exit planning, and more.

The supervisor's role and making decisions. Objectives, supervisory planning and control. Organizing, delegating, and communicating. Motivation and employee development. Building team effort, counseling and appraising. Handling absenteeism, tardiness and conflict, and more.

The concept of money. Money laundering schemes. Asset concealment. Acts pertaining to money laundering. Financial crimes enforcement network. Reporting requirements intended to detect money laundering. Suspicious activity report. Report of foreign bank and financial accounts. Report of cash payments over 10,000 received in a trade or business. Detection of money laundering.

Moore vs. United States. Supreme court ruling. Modern income tax. Realization. Wealth tax.

When is a taxpayer considered self-employed. Business expenses. Business use of a home. Recordkeeping requirements. Schedule c, profit or loss from business.

Nature of tax audit. Minimize IRS tax audit risk. Representing the client before the IRS.

Calendar sharing. Filter clients. Automating emails. Client charging.