CPE Catalog & Events
How Machines Are Coming Alive and Ruling the World
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:What is the Internet of Things (IoT)? IoT In ActionIoT Economic ImpactsHow IoT Will Impact AccountantsStructured vs. Unstructured Data: The New Accounting FrontierLeading IoT Challenges and RisksEmerging IoT Business Models for AccountantsHow to Monetize IoTIoT Starter StrategyIoT Case Studies
Building Trust in Remote Teams: Catalyze Collaboration and Communication
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Teamwork Collaboration
Balancing Employee and Employer Rights
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1.4 Credits
Member Price: $39
Customary management functions. Delegation of authority. Implementing changes in terms of employment. Fundamental duties owed to employer.
2024 Deep Dive into Quality Management
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Quality Management Risk Assessment SQMS
2024 Single Audit Update
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
2024 Compliance Supplement Uniform Guidance Common Deficiencies
Audit 106: Internal Control Fundamentals - Evaluating Design
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Responsibilities for gaining an understanding of the entity and its environmentThe inter-relationship of the five foundational components of the COSO Internal Control - Integrated FrameworkVarious methods for documenting and evaluating the design and implementation of internal control over financial reportingIdentifying critical elements of entity-level and transactional-level controlsCase studies related to identifying deficiencies in internal control documentation
K2's 2024 Optimizing Your Tech Stack For Efficiency And Cost-Effectiveness
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Conducting a tech stack assessment, including an inventory of current tools and applications Identifying essential and redundant tools Exploring cost-effective alternatives Calculating your total cost of ownership
The Choice of Entity Decision: What is Best for Your Client
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Recent tax legislation and developments related to various entities, including sole proprietorships, single member LLCs, partnership/LLCs, S corporations, and C corporations.Impact of the Section 199A deductionRamifications of the C to S election and the S to C electionCorporate tax rate to individual tax rate comparison examplesOther related topics
Measuring Audit Risks
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3.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
The planning process – When it starts and when it ends Determining the audit objectives The importance of the nature, timing and extent of the audit process The importance of professional skepticism The preliminary engagement activities Documentation of audit risk Determining materiality
Getting On Top of It All: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder - Part 2
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Why important things don’t get done on a timely basis, and what to do about it Five ways to increase productivity that almost no one ever uses The four proven ways to keep yourself and your staff motivated to consistently work at the highest level How to avoid feeling stressed out—even though your “to do” list is endless The three time management techniques that you’re not using that are critical to your success How to know and avoid what is a poor use or waste of your time How to set goals that excite you, and how to guarantee they actually get done Three ways to elicit help from others that ensure their cooperation and help The smart things to do with the extra time you’ll have when you’re on top of it all
2024 Tax Depreciation: Review & Update
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Recent tax legislation, rules and developments related to capitalization and depreciation Capitalization of tangible property, including materials and supplies, building and improvements Small taxpayer safe harbor Section 179, including 2020 inflation adjustment Section 168(k) 100% bonus deduction
2024 Excel Essentials for Today's Accountant: Become an Expert in One Day
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Using formulas to manipulate and transform data Using formulas and reference formulas such as =VLOOKUP Using pivot tables Understanding Solver to perform multivariate analysis Awareness of advanced functions Creative methods for data manipulation Using intellectual curiosity and professional skepticism to develop a problem-solving mentality Real-life examples of innovative ways to analyze and report data with Excel Using Excel to perform e-mail merges Enhance creativity in your approach to developing Excel models Computer software and application
The Motives and Mystery of Ethics-Understanding the Why
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Understanding yourself and others in the workplace How emotion plays a vital role in ethical dilemmas and in solutions What are some of the various outlooks on ethics? Recognizing lies Managing ethics towards solutions
Todd and Julie Chrisley Go to Prison
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major topics covered in this course include:What is bank fraud?What is wire fraud?Role of financial service professionals in combating tax evasion and white-collar crimeRed flags indicating of white-collar crimesImportance of knowing customersCriminal justice proceedingsRelationship between victim impact and sentencingRelationship between loss amounts and sentencing
2024 Was It Fraud or Just Poor Audit Quality?
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1.6 Credits
Member Price: $59
Financial statement manipulation Ethics enforcement process Auditor conflicts of interest
2024 Ethical Tax Practice Strategies in a Crisis World
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
“Tales from the Front” – practice issues CPAs are dealing with in these extraordinary times Review of AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Review of IRS Circular 230 Review 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
2024 Taxation of Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs)
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
NFT basics Classification of NFTs Current Legislative and Policy Environment Tax implications of creation, sales and exchanges of NFTs
Peer Reviews of SSARS Engagements
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Basic requirements of an engagement review.Qualifications for serving as a peer reviewer.Involvement of peer review administrators and technical staff, peer review committees, AICPA, state boards of accountancy.Engagement selection criteria, information to be provided to the peer reviewer, the evaluation of engagements, the synthesis of matters, the nature of the reports, what happens if there is a nonconforming engagement, follow-up actions required by the committee.Common engagement review findings and tips for passing peer review.
Understanding the "Most Common" Form 990 Schedules: A,B & C
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2.5 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:What 990 preparers need to know about the benefits of a 501(c)(3) organization being a public charity rather than a private foundation (and how Schedule A, Part I "claims" such status) The public policy precepts and resulting emphasis preparers must apply in approaching the predominant (and easier) "public support test" in favor of completion of Schedule A's Part II The overarching needs behind preparing Schedule B for filing and, as necessary, its related worksheet: which donors are to be listed and with what identifying information required to be provided to the IRS, depending on 501(c) status of the filer; and what information 501(c)(3) filers will omit from the public inspection copy of the 990Introduction to the baselines driving each of the Schedule C's three Parts: undertaking electioneering in favor of, or opposition to, candidates or the political parties supporting them (Part I); lobbying reporting when same is undertaken either in the tax year (for non-electors) or regardless of activities, when a 501(h) election is in place (Part II); and the existence of the so-called "proxy tax" and its demands when 501(c)(4), (5) or (6) organizations with dues-paying members incur electioneering or lobbying expenses as determined by a Code section that tracks non-exempt organization definitions
Buying and Selling Corporate Businesses: Using Installment Obligations 2024
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $49
• Discussion of the law relevant to deferring gain using the installment method (IRC 453 and 453B(h)) • Description and analysis of the installment sale of the stock of both an S corporation and a C corporation • The use of an installment obligation related to the sale of the assets of both an S corporation and a C corporation, including consideration of when to liquidate the corporation • Evaluation of the tax consequences of a note with a contingent amount • Tax planning opportunities and strategies