CPE & Event Catalog
IRS Cybersecurity Checklist WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Defining cybersecurity and cyber risks. Implications of cybercrime. Cyber-attack trends. Landscape of cyberattacks. Laws and regulations. Security standards and frameworks. Cybersecurity roadmap.
Smart Formula Selection in Excel: What to Use When WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to strategic formula use. Common traps. How excel offers multiple ways to solve the same problem and how to pick wisely. Conditional logic and branching tools. When to simplify logic and how to avoid nested nightmares. Summarizing data. Filtering and output control. Custom output and decision trees. Embedded variables and reusability. Using LAMBDA with LET to create custom functions. Simplifying and documenting complex calculations. Best practices for formula selection. Tips for avoiding overengineering and formula bloat.
How Fraud Can Affect Smaller Organizations WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The reasons for fraud. Fraudulent acts that are initiated against smaller organizations. Methods to stop fraud attempts against small businesses.
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.
Audit and Attest Quality Matters that Should be on Your Radar – Avoiding Common Deficiencies in SAS, SSARS and SSAE Engagements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Applying professional skepticism to ensure quality work Meaningful risk assessment when designing work programs for various levels of services Proper planning and supervision of all engagements Accountant responsibilities for evaluating internal control Strengthening analytic procedures to support conclusions Complying with the Code of Professional Conduct and quality management standards
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.
Multistate Taxation - Issues and Planning Opportunities WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Multistate business activities. Nexus and implications. State taxable income. Business-related issues. Formulas and their application. Audit defense strategies. State specific regulations. Choice of business entity. Interstate commerce clauses. Domicile in relation to state death taxation.
Addressing Common Documentation Deficiencies WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
AU-C 230. Auditing.
Advanced IT Audit and Real-World Testing WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
Information technology general controls testing. Audit execution. Workpapers.
AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Business consulting. Types of management services. Identification of client needs. Managing client expectations. Creating value for clients. Techniques for effective consulting. Application of AI. Professional standards application.
New Client Ethical Challenges: The CPAs Guide WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How the CPA can meet the challenges presented by a new client. AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services. IRS Circular 230. Case study illustration of how to bring the new client into ethical, proper financial and tax compliance.
Partnership Checkup: Tax Issues and Forms Reporting WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Clarify the importance of partnership capital accounts and partnerships debt on partner's tax basis. Impact of contributed property. Explain the importance of shareholder loans to the entity. Discuss how basis is impacted by distributions of corporation property and the sale/or liquidation of the S corporation interest. Comprehensive examples illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process. Discusses how S corporation losses impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting. How to get from the Schedule K-1 information to the basis calculations.
Common Deficiencies in SSARS Engagements WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Frequent problem areas in preparation, compilation, and review engagements. The root causes of noncompliance. Practical approaches firms can use to improve consistency, documentation, and overall engagement performance.
Business Valuation Fundamentals WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Business valuation fundamentals. The objective. The process. Agreed upon procedures. Calculation of value. Conclusion of value. Industry. Sanity checks.
A Guide to Sampling - Part 1 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Internal controls. Fraud prevention. Fraud investigation.
Defining Lines: Advanced Professional Boundaries WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Best practices for personal and professional boundaries. Three types of workplace boundaries. Six fail-safe ways to implement your boundaries at work. Understanding interference and how to manage related stress. Developing flexibility for efficiency and ease.
Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Firm's Data and Reputation WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Assessment of the current cybersecurity threat level and vulnerabilities. Developing your WISP (Written Information Security Program). Deploying a password management app to fortify the security of your login credentials. Implementing an incident response plan to minimize the damage from a cybersecurity attack. Understanding the role of cybersecurity insurance
Financial Statement Analysis WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Purposes of financial statement analysis. Trend analysis and vertical and horizontal analysis. Simple and multivariate regression. Analysis of metrics. Assessment of liquidity, solvency, and profitability. Using data visualizations. The role of qualitative factors.
Maximizing the Tax Benefits of an Installment Sale WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Installment sale treatment eligibility. When to elect out of installment sale treatment. Installment sales of business assets. Installment sale default and the rules for personal property vs. real property. Depreciation recapture.
Leveraging Analytical Procedures to the Fullest on Audits - Case Studies in Strengthening Audit Evidence WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How well-designed analytic procedures enhance audit quality. Elements of strong analytic procedures. Selecting the proper analytic and altering the strength for the intended purpose. Evaluating the data used in generating expectations. Improving documentation, including evaluating sufficiency and appropriateness of the audit evidence obtained.