CPE Catalog & Events
Cash Forecasting, Reporting and Metrics - Managing the Lifeblood of the Business
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Key components of the Cash Flow model Receipts and Disbursements model Applying uniqueness for your organization, your industry, the macro environment Incorporating strategic analysis into cash forecasting Using reporting and metrics to make cash forecasting more complete Benchmarking as a tool to improve the accuracy of your cash forecasting
Surgent's Social Security: Dispelling Common Myths with Essential Truths
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Will Social Security be there for me? How is my benefit calculated? Can I claim my benefit and work too? When do I stop paying Social Security taxes? Why does my government pension cause my benefits to be reduced? Can I claim spousal benefits now and my own later? What is my breakeven? Can I claim benefits from my ex-spouse? What do you mean I may pay taxes on my income benefits? … and more!
Dashboard and Report Design Principles Using Excel
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
How to design charts for fastest possible user understanding and ease of use Review of case studies for group critique Developing a design standard for your organization Designing tables for rapid understanding and efficient space use How to use commentary, maintaining a consistent style and level of detail Using layout to support long-term memory and improve understanding The impact of trend methods on user understanding and a brief introduction to a statistically valid method for trend analysis. How to apply these techniques using Excel
2024 Federal Tax Update for Individuals with Doug Van Der Aa
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TBD
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 Yellow Book Update
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Yellow Book engagements.Independence requirements in GAGAS.Quality management in Yellow Book. Common deficiencies found in Yellow Book engagements.
CPA Ethics in a Crisis World: Tales From the Front
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:"Tales from the Front" - practice issues CPAs are dealing with in these extraordinary timesReview of AICPA Code of Professional ConductReview of IRS Circular 230Review of client tax return disclosure rules (Sec. 6103)Crisis impacts on engagement letters, contingent fees, independence, consulting services, attest and non-attest services, billing, and collections
K2's 2023 Understanding Your Ransomware Risk
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Trends in ransomware attacks Best practices for minimizing ransomware risk
The Controller Function - Cash and Investments
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TBD
1.4 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accounting Finance
Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Cloud Forensics
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TBD
1.5 Credits
Member Price: $59
Forensic Accounting Accounting Auditing Finance
2024 How to Choose the Right Business Entity for Your Client
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TBD
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
Trusts as Retirement Plan Beneficiaries 2024
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
• What is the significance of the Retirement Plan Beneficiary? • Primary vs. Contingent Beneficiaries • Is a Trust a "Designated Beneficiary?" Is it an "Eligible Designated Beneficiary?" • Why do people want to name a trust as the beneficiary? • What happens when the trust beneficiary dies?
Taxation of Judgements and Settlements
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Types of damages or remedies that can be awarded or agreed upon pursuant to litigationReview of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations governing the taxation of various types of litigation paymentsSuggestions for drafting pleadings or settlement agreements
2024 Internal Controls Over Compliance vs Compliance
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Internal Controls Over Compliance Compliance Single Audits
Hybrid Remote Life: It's Not Going Anywhere 2024
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $49
• Leadership • Management of an Accounting Practice • Personnel • The Hiring and Onboarding process • Managing a Remote Team
Prioritizing Mental Health in the Post-COVID Workplace
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TBD
1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Introduction to Common Mental Health Issues in the Workplace Identifying and Managing Mental Health Issues in the Workplace Helping employees with mental health issues perform their jobs more effectively Building a supportive workplace environment and policies that destigmatize and address mental health concerns, provide resources and encourage self- care
2024 Performance Management - Hiring to Retiring
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TBD
1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Employee Engagement Recruiting/Staffing Talent Management Employee Relations
Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud: Why Business Owners go to Prison
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:What is fraud?How business owners become vulnerable to charges for mail fraud and wire fraudWhat business leaders know about how communications can lead to criminal chargesDiscussion of actual fraud cases involving business leaders that went to prison for wire fraud.Federal sentencing guidelinesSentencing for mail fraud and wire fraud convictions
SAS No. 122, AU 240, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit
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3.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
The importance of professional skepticism The dangers of making assumptions How to listen and understanding the answer to a question Why it is important to leave all of your expectations at home Anticipation and why it’s so dangerous Determining materiality The fraud triangle Thinking about, given a set of circumstances, how you would steal Management and the Tone At the Top
2024 Internal Controls for Small and Medium-Sized Entities
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Overview of controls Preventative controls Detective controls Controls for SMEs
IRS Revenue Officers, Field Collection, and Best Practices
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Handling field collection personnel (Revenue Officers and their managers)Using the IRM and collection timeframes to leverage resolutionsField collection case processingWorking around the Revenue Officer mentality