CPE Catalog & Events
Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Understanding and Appreciating Our Differences WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Emotional intelligence. Communication. Teamwork.
Creating a Culture of Trust: Build Loyal and Engaged Teams WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.5 Credits
Culture. Trust.
Boos & Brews Trivia Night: Round 3 - Spokane Chapter Fall Social
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Spokane
0.0 Credits
Introduction to Sustainability Accounting WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
History of sustainability accounting. Sustainability metrics for industry. Published sustainability standards.
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Clients WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Negotiation. Conflict. Persuasion. Management. Leadership. Customer service.
Creating Rapid Rapport for Increased Business WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
How to get people to like you. The elements of trust. Mastering non-verbal communication. What to say to establish immediate rapport.
KPI Bootcamp for Small Businesses WEBCAST
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Your Desk
5.0 Credits
Why measure things?. The ROKS Express method. Goals check - identifying your business objectives and key results. Selecting your KPI candidates using the KPI Definition Manual. Shortlisting - picking the very best KPIs from your KPI candidates. Tuning your KPI definitions. Going live.
Single Audit and Uniform Guidance Issues Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Single Audit nuts and bolts discussion. Overview of the GAO's Fraud Risk Management Framework and the importance of fraud risk in a Single Audit. Specific audit issues arising related to Pandemic and Infrastructure funding programs. Review of unique elements of the 2024 Compliance Supplement (assuming it is out by then). Proposed changes to specific Uniform Guidance rules and regulations.
S Corporations: Conversions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Reasons to terminate an S corporation election. Involuntary terminations. Voluntary revocations the process and the consequences. Tax planning opportunities related to the termination of S corporation status. Complications arising from a mid-year termination. Limitations on re-electing S corporation status. Making the S corporation election how and why. Built-in gain planning.
Guide to Payroll Taxes and 1099 Issues WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Statutory employees, independent contractors, and possible changes to Schedule 530 relief. Using SS-8, Payroll Tax Penalties -- Who is a responsible person? Forms W-2, 1099, 1099-NEC, SS-8, W-4, 941, and Form 940 reporting/deposit requirements and due dates. Understanding payroll tax responsibilities in the gig economy.
An Introduction to AI and ChatGPT for CPAs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
The background of OpenAI and ChatGPT. Prompt Engineering. Using ChatGPT to find CPA-related answers. Practical strategies for keeping up with AI.
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Coworkers WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Negotiation. Conflict. Persuasion. Management. Leadership.
Better Forecasts: Be a Better Predictor WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Why an open mind and the ability to doubt helps make great predictions. Why it is better to be a fox than a hedgehog. How non-conformists change the world. How to focus on what matters. How to learn from the past without hindsight bias.
ChatGPT: What Every CPA Should Know WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of the current landscape for AI in business. History of ChatGPT and generative AI. Fundamentals of generative AI technology and related nomenclature. ABC's of how to use ChatGPT. Demonstration of practical ChatGPT applications for accounting, finance, and tax. A word of caution: What you should be concerned about. Developing a ChatGPT usage policy for your firm.
S Corporations: Qualification Requirements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Qualified shareholder requirement. Trusts as shareholders. Estates as shareholders. Qualified tax exempt shareholders. Tax planning ideas to accommodate economic investments by disqualified investors. Special rules for counting the number of shareholders. One class of stock requirement. Indirect preferences creating risk of failing one class of stock requirement. Disqualified corporations. Making an effective S corporation election. Relief for late or defective elections. Inadvertent termination relief for involuntary terminations.
Social Media: The Bare Necessities WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Social media. Marketing. Publicity. Public relations. Business strategy.
Planning in an Uncertain World WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Why great predictions are not intuitive but the result of critical thinking, gathering information and updating predictions when needed. How to separate correlation from causation. How to recognize and overcome bias. Who is Thomas Bayes and why he matters.
Predictive Accounting: Driver-Based Budgeting and Rolling Financial Forecasts WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The shift to "predictive accounting" for Decision Making, Planning, and Budgeting. Problems with traditional annual budget processes. Develop a driver-based "operational budget" based on resource capacity planning. Classify resource capacities and their expenses as sunk, fixed, step-variable, and variable. Create closed loop capacity plans. Forecast demand for budgeting and rolling financial forecasts. Integrating enterprise risk management (ERM) with management accounting. Applying target costing for cost estimating.
Become Rich Without Selling Your Soul WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
How to know your specific obstacles to becoming rich. Why people use poor marketing and investment strategies, and how to overcome such limitations. The most effective marketing methods, and how to implement them. The power of being super motivated, and 3 methods to keep you motivated long term towards your goals. Having a vision for your business and life that will keep you on the right track.
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