CPE Catalog & Events
Gamed: Why Performance Targets and Incentives Fail and How to Fix Them
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
10-step ROKET-DS system, a simple structured method for designing meaningful targets and incentives which will help you ... Create targets and objectives that align with your strategy Build engagement with your target owners Test your targets and incentives rigorously for unexpected outcomes and dangerous loopholes
ACPEN Signature 2024: Partnership & LLCs Tax Return Preparation
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
IRS audits Allocations and Basis Proper reporting Valuation of closely held business interests
Lessons on Fraud Prevention from Sam Bankman-Fried's Crypto
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major topics covered in this course include:What starts a government investigation for white-collar crime?What is an indictment?What is extradition?What are pre-trial proceedings?What is a mitigation strategy?What is a plea agreement?What is discovery in a criminal case?What factors influence a sentence in a white-collar crime?What collateral consequences follow for people convicted of business-related crime?
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
2023 Compliance Update on Arbitration Agreements, Severance Agreements, Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Agreements
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Federal laws providing greater visibility of sexual harassment and sexual assault claims Agency rulings curtailing confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in agreements
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
Form 1120S - Preparation and Analysis
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Understanding the definition and requirements of an S corporation, the benefits and limitations of choosing this entity type, and the eligibility requirements for shareholders Income and Deductions: Understanding the different types of income and deductions that an S corporation can have, including ordinary income, capital gains and losses, depreciation, and expenses. Shareholder Basis: Understanding the shareholder’s basis in the S corporation, how to calculate it, and the impact of distributions on the basis. Reporting Requirements: Understanding the different reporting requirements for Form 1120S, including Schedule K-1, Schedule L, Schedule M-2, and Schedule M-3 Tax Planning: Understanding the tax planning strategies available to S Corporations and their shareholders, including tax deferral, income shifting, and tax-free reorganizations
Let's End Business Ethics
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Ethics defined Are there business ethics? How to identify ethical issues Deciphering your ethical code Why ethical behavior is good for your business How to make ethical decisions
Building Your Own Library of Anti-fraud & Continuous Monitoring Tests
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Build your own forensic data analytics tests around vendors, customers or employees Expand your knowledge and library of available anti-fraud tests and behavioral algorithms Align the right tests to the appropriate risks Practical applications and use cases
A Better Way to Choose Your KPIs
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
KPIs Performance measures Metrics
Mastering the Excel Lookup Functions
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:A review of the various lookup functions, beyond VLOOKUPLearn which lookup works best for your situationHow to apply the many lookup functionsDiscover advanced lookup techniques like nested lookups, approximate matching, and handling errors effectivelyAn in-depth review of the following functions:VLOOKUP / HLOOKUPXLOOKUPMATCH / INDEXXMATCHINDIRECTFILTERSORT / SORTBYUNIQUEAn overview of some newer functions
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 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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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
2024 Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: Review and Update
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Key provisions for individual taxpayers – deductions and credits Key provisions for business taxpayers – new taxes, deductions, and credits CHIPS Act provisions; Impacts on flow-through entities New reporting requirements Depreciation update: impact on bonus depreciation
Eight Biggest Threats to your business and introducing Three Pillars of Cybersecurity
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Technology Cybersecurity
Cyber Attacks Through Impersonation
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Impersonation techniques used to launch cyber attacksCybercriminals' focus: stealing financial assets and intellectual propertyPractical advice on controls to implement to reduce victimization from impersonation cyber attacksPractical advice to reduce the impact of a cyber attack
Securing Executive Buy-In for Your Initiatives: Communication Techniques to Persuade Decision-Makers
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Persuasion Executive Buy-In Communication Leadership
Contract and Procurement Fraud
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Procurement phases Fraud schemes Fraud red flags Fraud control activities and safeguards
Surgent's Understanding S Corporation Taxation: Shareholder Basis, AAA, and Retained Earnings
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
S corporation earnings layers Observations on earnings layers S corporation basis calculation IRC 351 transactions Four loss tiers Appreciated property distributions