CPE Catalog & Events
Providing Ethical Leadership: Learning to be the Best Version of Yourself
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Examining the lives of ordinary people whose moral courage had a significant impact on those around them. How anyone, irrespective of their role in an organization, can inspire others to embrace ethical attitudes. Showing how even simple actions can outsized effect on a person’s sphere of influence.
What Does Fraud Look Like?
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Why auditors fail to detect fraud Usual vs an unusual transaction Why fraud and stupid often look exactly the same The importance of establishing the Perception of Detection The number one reason fraud occurs Looking for things that should be there Looking for things that should not be there
2024 Not-for-Profit GAAP Update
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
NAC CECL
K2's 2024 Accessing Your Company's Data With Power Query And Power BI
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Utilizing Power Query to access data from the web, spreadsheets, folders, and databases Using Power Query to perform various transformations to clean up data before importing it to Power BI or Excel Producing various reporting documents from data delivered from Power Query
The SECURE Act 2.0 - Planning Opportunities for Employers
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Implications for Employers Starter § 401(k) plans for small employers Requiring automatic 401(k) enrollment Improving worker access to emergency savings Increasing part-time workers’ access to retirement accounts Statute of Limitations on excise taxes imposed on overcontributions to retirement plans Multiple employer §403(b) plans Automatic portability provisions Other changes in the administration of company retirement plans
The SECURE Act 2.0 - Planning Opportunities for Individuals
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Implications for individuals: Changes to the Saver’s Credit Changing the required minimum distribution rules for Roth 401(k)s Changes to required beginning dates for required minimum distributions of retirement plans. Penalty-Free Withdrawals for Certain Emergency Expenses Special provisions for firefighters and military personnel spouses Increases in catch-up contributions Impact on 529 plans Opportunities for student loan payment matching
Preparing for & Conducting Discharge Meetings
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Issues to be evaluated pre-discharge. Off-site/off work-misconduct. Pre-discharge interviews Resignations Discharge meetings Exit Interviews Reference checks
When Leadership Fails
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Who’s responsible The importance of policies and procedures The development, implementation and monitoring of internal controls There is no excuse Who steals The Tone At the Top and the Big Monkey Theory
Asset Misappropriation - Let Me Count the Ways
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Identifying opportunity The three most common behavioral red flags that we should always look for The many ways to commit check fraud (it’s so easy) Why inventory is such a good place to hide theft of assets How to cover up inventory fraud Accounts Receivable Fraud and how it works How to count inventory that’s not there
Mastering The Three Pillars of Cybersecurity: Team & Compliance
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Technology Cybersecurity
2024 Independence Requirements for Auditors
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Independence Threats Safeguards
K2'S 2023 Top Ten Outlook Tips
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Working more efficiently by structuring your screen better, creating shortcut buttons, using Categories, creating Search folders, and using boards Store emails in better places so you can reference them faster Stop typing and use templates instead
K2's 2023 Ten Must Know Features In Excel
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
How to securely and efficiently collaborate with others Using Excel for optimization scenarios Creating “audit trails” in Excel Define “dynamic arrays” and list examples of their benefits
2024 How to Audit Expenses & Payables
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Introduction to Auditing Expenses Assertions Risk Assessment
K2's 2024 Advanced Collaboration Solutions
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Enhanced Portals for Collaboration: Including PBC and 1040 workpaper integration Modern Payment Solutions: Understanding and integrating various payment options into your portal Effective Use of eSignatures: Streamlining processes and ensuring compliance Feature Checklist for Collaboration Tools: What to look for in the latest technology
2024 Common Deficiencies in SSARS Engagements
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Preparation Compilation Review
Fixing Your Chart of Accounts
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
Current Chart of Accounts Best PracticesWhy developing a chart of accounts begins with studying your organizational chartHow to identify your account segmentsDetermining the order of your account segmentsBest practices for numbering account basesHow to avoid memorizationFixing Your Current Chart of AccountsHow big company and small company software differsTwo key approaches for preserving your historical dataWhat to know when making major chart of accounts changes
Implementation Challenges with the New FASB Lease Standard
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:FASB's Accounting Standard Update for Leases (ASC Topic 842).Key differences between ASC Topic 842 and ASC Topic 840.Commitments that are on the balance sheet: operating leases and finance leasesAllocation consideration to lease and nonlease components.Lease payments, discount rate, inception date, commencement date, lease term.Impairments of right-of-use asset, modifications, subleases.Policy elections and disclosures.
Surgent's Buying and Selling a Business: Tax and Structuring Overview
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
An overview of the beginning of the process and documents for preliminary tax planning Recognizing the need for due diligence in acquisitions, including checklists of important points Deemed asset sales – §338 and §338(h)(10) The impact of the §197 amortizable intangibles regulations on the acquisition and disposition of a business Allocating purchase price for tax advantage Planning to avoid double taxation under the repeal of the General Utilities doctrine Special problems and opportunities when an S corporation is the buyer or seller Installment sale and interest issues Avoiding tax pitfalls and recognizing tax planning opportunities Unique issues in buying and selling LLC/partnership interests Impact of the net investment income tax (NIIT) and the §199A pass-through deduction on the tax due on the sale of a pass-through entity Individually owned goodwill
Tax Season Update for Business with Steve Dilley
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this class include:2021/22 legislative developments, cases and rulings impacting various business entity taxpayersDetailed discussion of the partnership and S corporation Schedule K-1 changesBusiness income, deductions and creditsTravel expense reportingSection 199A update and business lossesDepreciation update: Section 179 and 168(k)S Corporation and partnership update