CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: The Ethical Side of Trust, featuring Richard A. Karwic and Don Minges
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
The seven components of trust High standards, loyalty, doing the right thing, listen, empathy and accountability The value of trust How ethics relates to trust and how trust relates to ethics
ACPEN: The Controllership Series - The Future Role of the Controller Part 1
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TBD
1.5 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting and Finance
ACPEN: K2’s Top Ten Productivity Booster Apps In Microsoft 365
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Enhancing communication and collaboration: Shared Mailboxes, Groups, and Places Optimizing task and project management: Planner, Lists, and To Do Streamlining training and workflow automation: Stream, Viva Learning, Forms, Bookings, and Approvals
ACPEN: Defining Lines: Advanced Professional Boundaries
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Best practices for personal and professional boundaries 3 types of workplace boundaries 6 fail-safe ways to implement your boundaries at work Understanding interference & how to manage related stress Developing flexibility for efficiency & ease
ACPEN: The Preparation of Form 706 and 709 – Understanding the Law
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Estate and Gift Taxation Fundamentals Valuation of Estate Assets Components of the Gross Estate Deductions in Estate Taxation Charitable and Marital Deductions Tax Credits and Their Application
Not-For-Profit Organizations: Financial Overview 26-27
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TBD
3.0 Credits
Member Price: $139
Financial entity IRS filing status Recent ASC updates affecting nonprofit entities
ACPEN: Let's Meet at the Intersection of Fraud and Ethics
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Examination of actual frauds Discussion of internal controls that could have prevented frauds Contemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Other elements of professional conduct and compliance with professional standards
Preparation, Compilations and Reviews—A Practical Workshop 26-27
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Preparation Compilations Reviews
Surgent's Individual and Financial-Planning Tax Camp
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
Comprehensive coverage of the One Big Beautiful Tax Bill Act Reading a tax return for developing client-specific tax strategies Changes to the lifetime estate tax exemption considering proposed regulations The net investment income tax: planning for compliance Family income-splitting strategies that need to be considered Income tax issues: impact on timing of other income Selling a principal residence Two principal residences at the same time Use of life insurance to protect families: Whole Life Insurance, Term Life Insurance, Universal Life Insurance, and Variable Life Insurance Using Roth IRAs and Roth contribution programs to best advantage Conversions: do they still make sense? Taking distributions: matching timing to client requirements Qualified plan contributions to reduce current income and Social Security tax: implications for business owners and self-employed Social Security - the latest on the looming solvency crisis Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan considerations What to do about itemized deductions Trans-generational planning: conversions, income, and gain-splitting Tax benefits of HSAs and other tax-advantaged accounts Identifying tax opportunities: reviewing the prior-year return to develop a plan for the future Planning for middle-income taxpayers: financial planning for the young, the working, and those approaching or in retirement Best financial planning ideas for young people
ACPEN: Understanding the Tax Implications of Retirement Plan Distributions
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Required minimum distributions for a deceased's heirs 2025 retirement plan contribution limits Required minimum distributions and contributions to charity Key provisions of Secure Act 2.0
ACPEN: The Controller Function - Strategic and Annual Planning
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TBD
1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accounting Finance Auditing
ACPEN: Businesses Receiving Government Assistance
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
What is Yellow Book? What is different because of Yellow Book? When might Yellow Book apply to a business? Common application of concepts to businesses Answers to common questions
ACPEN: Dashboard and Report Design Principles Using Excel
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Principles of Visual Design for Dashboards and Reports Chart Design for Rapid Understanding Table Design for Efficiency Effective Use of Commentary Strategic Layout Techniques Trend Analysis Methods Developing Organizational Design Standards Excel Application Techniques Critical Review Skills Best Practices for Data Presentation
ACPEN: Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 2
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Why we get off balance and how to overcome those tendencies Methods that turbo charge motivation, health and happiness The power of culture and friends to affect our lives The importance of clear intention in order to effect change that lasts
ACPEN: Hands-On Tax Return Workshop – Partnerships & LLCs (Form 1065)
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $300
Extensive review of the partnership income tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative changes Comparison of partnerships, LLCs and LLPs Overview the formation of a partnership/LLC and the §704(c) pre-contribution gain or loss rules Schedule K analysis– determine if income statement items are separately (i.e. schedule K) or non-separately stated income and expense items How schedule K items get allocated to partners on schedule K-1s Look at detailed Schedule K-1 information reporting to partners needed for the qualified business income (QBI) deduction, 3.8% net investment income tax and business interest expense limitations Learn the special tax treatment of fringe benefits paid on behalf of the partners and LLC members Comparing the tax and §704(b) book capital account computations Discuss partner guaranteed payments and self-employment tax issues Schedule M-1 – reconciliation of income or loss per books with income or loss per income tax return Schedule M-2 – analysis of partners’ capital accounts Review the importance and basics of calculating a partner/member’s outside tax basis. Overview of the tax treatment of distributions, recourse and nonrecourse debt allocations, §754 election for optional basis adjustments and §743/§734 mandatory basis adjustments
ACPEN: Assessing the Real Ethics of an Organization?, featuring Joe Oringel, MBA, CPA, CIA and Don Minges, MBA
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
What are the signs of an ethical versus unethical organization? The need for clear policies Policies should be detailed, clear and unambiguous The importance of ‘doing the right thing when no one else is looking’ How exceptions offer opportunities to the unethical Should exceptions be allowed?
ACPEN: The Controllership Series - The Future Role of the Controller Part 2
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TBD
1.5 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting and Finance
ACPEN: Change Management: Your Leadership Role for Aligning Profits & Culture
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Why professional agility is critical, and how to develop it Foundational models for change management Proven strategies to prepare for change as individuals, teams & organizations Implementing change: A how-to look Leading through change for success of all involved
ACPEN: K2’s Data Security And Privacy Issues And Solutions
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Understanding the differences between data security and data privacy The major types of security and privacy breaches Key steps you can take to mitigate your risks of becoming another victim
ACPEN: Internal Control Fundamentals
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
COSO Yellowbook Auditing