CPE Catalog & Events
2024 Guide to Depreciating & Expensing Business Assets
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Recent tax legislation and developments related to depreciation and capitalization Eligible property for Section 179 and Section 168(k) Discussion of the Section 179 deduction and its use to depreciate real property The Section 168(k) deduction and its use to depreciate real property Disposition of segments of real property Exchanges of tangible personal property after repeal of the like-kind exchange rules
CFO Series: Why You Should Be a Learnaholic: Staying Ahead!
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:The key mindset difference between extremely successful people and others.Different learning styles and how to effectively take advantage of your unique learning style.The 7 essential elements for lifelong learning success.Two daily habits that can make this lifestyle transition easier.A learning technique that works regardless of your personal learning style.A "How-to" guide to starting your new life as a learnaholic.
Change: Embrace & Enjoy - It Is Inevitable
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Examples of how the rate of change has morphed over timeExamples of the many changes in accountingHow to enhance your adaptability so you can thrive in a world of change
S Corporations: Conversions 2024
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
• 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
Tax Law Logic: Diving Into Tax Policy 2024
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
• Definition and relevance of the term tax policy • Principles underlying the four main tax types • Principles of good tax policy • How to analyze existing tax rules and proposals for changes against principles of good tax policy and utilize the results • How and why to advocate for tax law changes
Create Measures in Power BI that Define Your Metrics
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Introduction to DAX: Understanding the fundamentals of DAX and its role in Power BI.Advanced DAX Formulas: Delving into complex DAX functions and formulas for creating sophisticated measures.Time Intelligence in DAX: Exploring time-based functions to analyze data over different periods.Validating Measures with DAX: Techniques for ensuring accuracy and reliability in your DAX measures.Using PivotTables for Measure Validation: Employing PivotTables in Power BI to test and confirm the effectiveness of DAX measures.
Comprehensive Pass-Through Owners' Basis and Distribution Rules 2024
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
• Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the owner's individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations) • Determine how to calculate an owners' initial tax basis of his pass-through entity • Learn how to correctly make annual adjustments to a pass-through owners' tax basis • Identify what constitutes a debt basis for an S corporation shareholder • Learn the tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders
Audit 501: Personality Styles - Improving Your Interactions
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Defining primary personality style characteristicsDetermining your own primary personality style and the style of othersEffectively adapting for improving interactions with various personality stylesLeveraging strengths and minimizing the negative impact of personality weaknessesApplying personality style analysis to real-life situations involving clients, staff, peers and superiors
An Introduction to AI and ChatGPT for CPAs 2024
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $49
• The background of OpenAI and ChatGPT • Prompt Engineering • Using ChatGPT to find CPA-related answers • Practical strategies for keeping up with AI
Be the Sun, Not the Salt, featuring Harry Cohen and John Daly
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
What is the Heliotropic Effect? Be the Six Sun Pearls. Today is a good day to do good Be the bright spot in the room Be your own sun Do the next right thing Pet peeves bite Knowing isn't doing
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Coworkers
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Negotiation Conflict Persuasion Management Leadership
Performance Targets That Deliver Results Without Burnout
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Performance target design Target testing
The Role of HR in Business Sustainability
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
What is "Sustainability" in business today? SHRM publications about sustainability Sustainability for the world, organizations and individuals Key HR opportunities for promoting sustainability to improve performance and reduce risk
Better Forecasts: Be a Better Predictor
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
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
Speaking For Impact
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Overcoming the Common Obstacles to Public Speaking Fear of rejection/ failure and how to overcome From Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence Toastmasters and practicing by video Act “As If,” Do One Breath Technique to be more relaxed Creating the Content of the Talk What are the concerns of your audience? Talks consist of a title, an introduction, an opening, a body of content, a conclusion and a closing How to Deliver a Talk Effectively The clothes you wear and how you look matter Charisma = energy Smile and act enthusiastic Use self deprecating humor Making the Talk Entertaining Vary the speed of your delivery The Power of stories Memorization and Practice Key word system and note cards Practice thru video or get feedback through others Creating Stories that Rock
2024 Federal Tax Update for Individuals with Doug Van Der Aa
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Recent federal tax legislation, cases and rulings affecting income of individual taxpayers Review changes to Form 1040 and its related schedules Gross Income, wages, Schedule C and Schedule E Itemized deductions Self-employment health insurance deduction Capital gain and losses, royalties, alternative minimum tax revisions, rate changes, and other legislative provisions Tax planning
2024 Professional Skepticism for the Public Accountant
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Self-evaluation of skepticism Requirements set forth by the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Risk assessment Analytical procedures Advice for cultivating your professionally skeptical mindset
2024 How to Choose the Right Business Entity for Your Client
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Recent tax legislation and developments related to choice of entity -- such as sole proprietorship, single member LLCs, partnership/LLCs, S corporations, and C corporations Impact of the Section 199A deduction Ramifications of the C to S election and the S to C election Corporate tax rate to individual tax rate comparison examples
Illicit to Essential: Marijuana & Hemp/CBD Evolving Issues
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Fast-paced discussion of what has been learned in other more mature markets like Colorado, Oregon and CaliforniaDiscussion of what to expect in emerging markets where there is currently only medical access to cannabis or recent state legal regulatory access to recreational cannabisThe state of Colorado will be used as an example of cannabis economics and regulatory oversight
Surgent's The Accountant as the Expert Witness
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Becoming qualified as an expert witness Best practices for testifying at trial Understanding the different roles accountants can play in litigation Working with attorneys to prepare and present a case at trial The role of experts in commercial versus personal injury litigation Confidentiality orders Compensation for expert witnesses Preparing for and attending depositions Daubert challenges to experts Expert reports The role of experts in antitrust, securities litigation, and professional liability cases Credibility as a witness