CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of Audit Risk Assessment AICPA's clarified Risk Assessment Standards SAS 145 Assessing the Entity's Environment
ACPEN: Fraud Risk Management
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Fraud risk management Fraud risk assessments Data analytics Fraud risk management tools
ACPEN: Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) Domain V - Part 1
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Internal Audit Internal Controls Standards Institute of Internal Auditors
ACPEN: No Tax on Overtime: Payroll Compliance
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of FLSA overtime provisions Definition of a workweek and the 40-hour threshold Time-and-a-half requirements and exclusions from overtime pay Exempt vs. nonexempt employee classifications Components of the regular rate of pay Treatment of bonuses, commissions, and other compensation Step-by-step overtime calculation examples Common compliance pitfalls and audit risk Documentation and payroll system considerations Case studies involving misclassification and miscalculation
Surgent's How to Effectively Represent Clients Under IRS Audit
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Why the IRS selects a tax return for audit What happens when the taxpayer disagrees with the results of the audit IRS employees who interact with taxpayers during an audit FATCA audits Types of IRS examinations Potential IRS audit outcomes Substitute for returns Large Partnership Compliance Program IRS’s shift in audit strategies Responding to IRS Notices online Audits of high income and high net-worth individuals The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) and its impact on auditing partnerships IRS Letters of Concern
What's Behind the Data?
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Ways in which data and information can be misleadingCommon pitfalls when encountering dataHow to re-evaluate the data to avoid those pitfalls
ACPEN: 10 Keys to Outstanding Service and More Referrals
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Communicate more powerfully with clients and other CPA's by understanding human behavior • How to judge if your communication is effective in motivating someone • How to get someone to really hear you and how to really hear what someone else is “not saying.” • How to communicate so that someone will happily do what you want How to create trust and get people to like working with you – inside and outside the firm • The 3 most important keys for getting someone to feel rapport with you • Why rapport is so important, and how to use it to profit in your work • How to quickly solve problems with people once you have their rapport Secret techniques that super-successful communicators use • How to persuade people without them knowing they are being persuaded • How Ronald Reagan, Oprah and Bill Clinton are similar, and how you can tap into their "magical abilities." • The three most important keys all successful communicators use How outstanding service can lead to more promotions and/or client development • The art of getting more referrals and turning referrals into clients • Why great service is better for your business in the long run • How to know what’s most important to your client or boss—so you can focus on that
ACPEN: Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Accounting Leadership Management
Fraud Case Studies: 21st Century Professional Misbehavior
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Salient provisions the AICPA Code of Professional ConductExamination of actual fraudsDiscussion of internal controls that could have prevented or mitigated actual fraudsContemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios.Implications for professional conduct and compliance with professional standards
ACPEN: K2’s Excel Essentials For Staff Accountants
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Best practices for creating and working with Excel workbooks Effectively using Excel functions when creating formulas The importance of PivotTables in modern reporting environments Best practices for formatting your workbooks
ACPEN: A Practical Guide to Trusts
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Trustee responsibilities and trust administration Strategies for probate avoidance and efficient asset distribution Tax treatment of revocable living trusts Marital deductions and bypass trusts Uses of irrevocable trusts in estate planning Benefits of irrevocable life insurance trusts Multi-generational wealth planning with dynasty trusts Overview of estate planning tools: GRIT, GRAT, GRUT, and QPRT
Building Security and Efficiency With Internal Control
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics covered in this course include:An overview of control frameworks and conceptsStrategic considerations that can be incorporated into control developmentUnderstanding and controlling risk that arises when organizations change or choose not toThe COSO Internal Control Framework and the COSO ERM Framework
Surgent's Preparing Individual Tax Returns for New Staff and Paraprofessionals
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $279
Updates related to HR 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, incorporated throughout the course Preparation of various Form 1040 individual tax returns and schedules; provided answers include “filled-in” forms Coverage of Form 7203 Coverage of §199A qualified business income, its calculation, limitations, and examples Dividends and interest – Ordinary, return of capital, and capital gain distribution dividends; tax-exempt interest, original issue discount, etc. Security transactions – From Form 1099-B to Form 8949 to Schedule D, plus mutual fund sales and related basis issues Self-employed person issues Schedule C deductions including depreciation Sale and exchange of property – Understanding Form 4797 and depreciation recapture; capital gains A working understanding of passive losses – How to handle rental property and how the passive loss rules flow to the tax forms Itemized deductions – A thorough understanding of what’s deductible and what’s not Interest deductions – Limitations and timing problems Charitable contributions substituting for taxes, IRS says – No! Retirement contributions and education credits and deductions Tax computations – The Kiddie Tax, AMT, regular tax, tax credits Individual problems illustrated by form preparation for various items, with numerous “practice tips” Impact of recent legislation and forms changes on the 1040
ACPEN: Excelling at Excel: The Magic of Power Query
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Intro to Power Query & how to get started Examples of data clean up using Power Query Combining workbooks and files with Power Query
Basic Individual Taxation Course
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Defining Federal Income TaxesComputing federal income tax liabilityCalculating adjusted gross incomeDefining Qualifying ChildDetermining filing statusCalculating the Kiddie TaxStandard deductionTax Rates for ordinary income, capital gains, and qualified dividend incomeCash v. Accrual MethodFiling deadlines and obtaining extensions
ACPEN: Small Business Risk Avoidance
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
New perspective on corporate governance ERM overviewERM-small business approach; 10 steps to take NOW!
ACPEN: Optimize Your Staff's Performance
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The 4 perspectives of optimization The Two Circle Analysis. The What The How. The Leadership 10 The Fatal 13 5 thoughts for a healthy work environment
ACPEN: Five Ways to Improve Your Leadership Skills
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Leadership Self-awareness Communication Delegation Empowerment
ACPEN: Cryptocurrency Transactions: Navigating Federal Tax Rules
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Review existing reporting rules Broker reporting requirements and Form 1099-DA Reporting crypto transactions Basis Safe Harbor Illustrative example
Written Information Security Plans
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Introduction to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and its impact on data security.Circular 230 compliance and due diligence for practitioners.AICPA Statements of Standards relevant to WISP requirements.Key components of a Written Information Security Plan.Training requirements for employees, staff, and contractors.Practical guidance for drafting and implementing a WISP.FTC enforcement of data security standards for PTIN holders.Best practices for maintaining and updating WISP compliance.