CPE Catalog & Events
K2's 2024 What's Now, What's Next - Emerging Technologies
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Quantum Computing The integration of physical and digital experiences Self-supervised learning Synthetic data and its implications for AI training
Surgent's A Complete Tax Guide to Exit Planning
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $119
Gain exclusion and tax-free reorganization planning Gain exclusion with sales of C corporation stock – Section 1202 Deferral of gain with installment reporting Gain planning with partnerships Basis planning – basis step-up at death, gifts of interests to family Restructuring the business entity – C vs. S corporation, partnerships, LLCs Real estate planning – retention vs sales, like-kind exchanges Employee stock ownership plans – special tax incentives Employee benefit planning with ownership change Taxes other than the federal income tax – state tax, estate, gift and generation-skipping taxes, and property taxes Prospects for tax law change
The Many Faces of Fraud Shedding Light on the Tactics of Modern Day Swindlers
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Understanding Fraud Psychology and Motivation of Fraudsters Detection and Prevention Strategies Real World Case Studies Effective Fraud Management
Business Consulting for CPAs
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
What is Business Consulting? Identify the types of Management services your firm could offer. How to become the trusted advisor – identification of client’s needs? Learn how client expectations may create different performance and understanding levels for CPAs in business consulting engagements. Know what it takes to create a valuable outcome for the client. Understand the competitive advantages/disadvantages that your firm has versus non-CPA business consultants. Learn techniques to become a more effective consultant. Professional standards application
Common Yellow Book & Single Audit Deficiencies - 2023
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
ICOC Compliance Testing Major Program Determination
Partnership Preparation, Basis Calculations & Distributions - Form 1065 Schedule K & K-1 Analysis
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $300
Extensive review of the partnership tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative changes Review the Form 1065 to learn how income statement items get reported on the partnership/LLC tax return (i.e., page 1 versus Schedule K) and flow-thru to the partner/members on Schedule K-1 Analyze the Schedule K-1 line-by-line and discuss where the items get reported on the individual’s Federal income tax return and how the items affect the partner/member’s outside basis Look at detailed Schedule K-1 information reporting to partners/members needed for the qualified business income (QBI) deduction, 3.8% net investment income tax and business interest expense limitations Formation issues including the mandatory allocation of the §704(c) pre-contribution gain or losses back to the contributing partner/member Calculating the tax and §704(b) book capital accounts Reporting recourse and non-recourse debt on the Schedule K-1Tax ramifications and reporting of cash and non-cash distributions including disproportionate distributions of “hot assets” Overview of the §754 election for optional basis adjustments triggering §743 (transfer of interests) and §734 (distributions)
ACPEN Signature 2024: Accounting & Auditing Update
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
FASB Statements and Interpretations Statements on Auditing Standards Ethics Interpretations (1 hour CPE) Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services
ACPEN Signature 2024: Annual Tax Update
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Our panel of national tax experts will explain as they discuss federal tax changes and developments during 2024 and pending changes, including legislative, administrative and procedural changes of which you need to be aware ACPEN will give you the best information anywhere on current tax issues…current to the day of the broadcast! Explore in detail the latest statutory, regulatory and judicial developments impacting tax issues. Get the latest details and all the developments in this up-to-the minute tax program that you won't want to miss.
ACPEN Signature 2024: Not-for-Profit Accounting, Auditing & Tax Update
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Auditing Update Ethics and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Update FASB Update Not-for-Profit Tax Update
The New Psychology of Fraud with Dr. Toby Groves
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:How we unwittingly assist in the production of misleading information The neuroscience of psychopathyBehavioral profilingThe new psychology of skepticismCognitive errors including attribution and overgeneralizationHow experience, intuition and assumptions can cause cognitive errors
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
Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Analytics (BA)
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
The Rise of Business Intelligence (BI), Business Analytics (BA), and Big Data Why the interest in BI and BA? The analytics continuum How BA can provide a competitive advantage The difference between BI and BA The difference between forecasting and predictive analytics Fundamentals of analytical techniques Examples for the CFO and accounting function Benefits from applying analytics The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the accounting profession
Audit 405: Designing Internal Controls for Smaller Entities
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Evolution of internal control conceptsRevamped 2013 COSO Internal Control - Integrated FrameworkDesigning an adequate 'umbrella' of internal controls over financial reporting to prevent, or detect and correct, material misstatement due to fraud or errorSpecific internal control considerations and sample documentation for smaller entitiesAdditional responsibilities for the audits in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Government Auditing Standards and Single Audit Act requirements
CFO Series: Accepting Perfectionists: Understand & Adapting
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Why perfection is not obtainable.The wonderful attributes of perfectionists and...The not so wonderful attributes of perfectionists.Why most attempts to deal with perfectionists fail.Why many perfectionists are procrastinators and masters of self-punishment.Tactics to help the perfectionist become more effective.
The Art of Conversation: A Relationship Approach to Networking
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2.2 Credits
Member Price: $79
Networking Relationship Management
Tell Me a Story: Don't Just Simply Relay Your Financial Results 2024
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3.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
• The creation of memorable messages • The science of storytelling • Real-world examples of storytelling and their operational impact on the business • Ten thoughts for the road • Three cases
Fraud-How to Find, How to Prevent 2024
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
• Fraud and its impact on our clients • Fraud prevention • Internal controls • Fraud risks • Fraud prevention tips
Tax Planning-Buying and Selling S Corporations 2024
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
• Built-in gain tax, including planning ideas • Net excess passive income tax and planning • Liquidation of S corps, including special rules related to installment obligations • Suspended loss rules, including tax planning opportunities • Sect. 338(h)(10) and Sect. 336(e) elections • Qualified subchapter S subsidiary election (QSUB) • ESOPs • Redemption of S corporation stock, including planning opportunities • Basics of acquisitive reorganizations as applied to S corporations
K2's 2023 Case Studies in Fraud and Technology Controls- 4 Hrs
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Key fraud risks impacting businesses today Examples of fraud and the monetary impact on victims How to create, implement, and assess technology-based internal controls to reduce the probability of becoming a fraud victim