CPE Catalog & Events
Foreign Information Returns: Key Forms 2024
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
• IRS foreign information returns and Civil Penalties Information Chart • Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts: Form Fin CEN Form 114 • FBAR penalty mitigation rules • Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets: Form 8938 • Annual Return to Report Transactions with Foreign Trusts and Receipt of Certain Gifts: Form 3520 • Annual Information Return of Foreign Trust With a US Owner: Form 3520-A • Information Return of U.S. Persons concerning Certain Foreign Corporations: Form 5471 • Information Return of a 25% Foreign-Owned or a Foreign Corporation Engaging in a US Trade or Business: Form 5472 • Return by a US Transfer of Property to a Foreign Corporation: Form 926 • Return of U.S. Persons concerning Certain Foreign Partnerships: Form 8865 • Information Return of U.S. Persons concerning Foreign Disregarded Entities: Form 8858 • Return by Shareholder of a Passive Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund: Form 8621 • Current procedures for participation in the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP)
Monthly Federal Tax Updates - February 2025
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Current individual tax issuesCurrent business entity tax issuesAny current tax legislation occurring during the periodOther issues affecting the profession, including IRS procedure, current cases, payroll, and other federal tax issues
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
K2's Advanced QuickBooks Tips And Techniques
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
• Tips for improving efficiency with QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online • Better reporting when working in QuickBooks environments • Tips for cleaning up QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online instances • Managing inventory more effectively when working with QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online
How Fraud Can Affect Smaller Organizations
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics included in this course include:The reasons for fraudFraudulent acts that are initiated against smaller organizationsMethods to stop fraud attempts against small businesses
Exploring the New Lease Accounting Standard
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:What is a lease?Recognition and measurement of lease assets and liabilities Impact on lessors and lesseesDisclosures and transition rulesEffective dates
Building Your Own Library of Anti-fraud & Continuous Monitoring Tests
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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
Ethical Situations - What to do When?, featuring Allison McLeod and Don Minges
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Intentions versus results. Is using the ‘Threats Based Approach’ always the best? What is, “The clean hands rule,” and how does it apply to Ethics? Situations where Ethics is not black-and-white.
A Better Way to Choose Your KPIs
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
KPIs Performance measures Metrics
Combatting Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Sexual harassment prevention Company culture
Navigating Leaves of Absence
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Family Medical Leave Act - full time and intermittent Americans With Disabilities Act Special rules for managers Handling fraud, abuse, and performance issues in connection with a leave of absence
Accounting Fraud & Embezzlement: Case Studies from the Trenches
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Embezzlement Theft of public money Circumstances that allowed the fraud to occur
Big Picture Mega-Trends, Big Data, and World We Now Face
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
On-going world economic trends Demographic changes and their impact on the economy Global technology influences Post Covid workplace Big data understanding and where is it going Learn to adapt to changing situations
Project Management: Planning Skills - Supervisors & Managers
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Methods to breakdown a project into milestones so specific due dates and areas of responsibility are identifiedCommunication strategies to stay abreast of status and avoid conflicts early on in the project
Forensic Data Analytics Supercourse for Fraud Prevention and Detection
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $225
Forensic data analytics Fraud prevention and detection Data validation and methodologies COSO's Fraud Risk Management Guide principles Innovations in anti-fraud technology
Fraud, Controls & Ethics: Best Practices & Case Studies
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this course include:Examination of actual fraudsDiscussion of internal controls that could have prevented fraudsContemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios.The AICPA Code of Professional ConductOther elements of professional conduct and compliance with professional standards
A CPAs Confidentiality Duties in Tax Practice 2024
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $49
• Understand CPA Confidentiality Requirements in Tax Practice • Distinguish Between Confidentiality Requirements and Taxpayer Privileges that apply to the CPA
Project Management: Enhancing Ongoing Client Engagements
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Clarification between workflow and project management and the use of eachLeveraging the project charter to establish consistency and collaboration across teams for a quality client experience
Surgent's Ins and Outs of Health Savings Accounts
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Benefits of an HSA How an employer sets up an HSA How individuals qualify to set up an HSA High deductible health plans and how they relate to an HSA Eligible medical expenditures Annual contributions to an HSA Importance of enrollment in Medicare Qualified HSA funding distribution
Surgent's Successfully Completing a Gift Tax Return -- Form 709
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Taxpayers who do not file gift tax returns but should The annual exclusion rules for gifts to trusts including required Crummey notices What should be disclosed on the return for purposes of running the statute of limitations The reporting of installment sales and split-interest Valuations and valuation discounts for gifts of closely held businesses The utilization of Generation Skipping Transfer Tax and the related automatic allocation rules Reporting the use of a deceased spouse’s unused exclusion exemption amount (DSUEA) A line-by-line explanation of Form 709