CPE Catalog & Events
2024 Business Tax Update with Steve Dilley
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Update on significant business tax developments related to cases and rulings Business provisions of any recent legislation impacting business entities Depreciation changes in Sec. 179 and Sec. 168(k) bonus depreciation Recent developments impacting partnership and S corporations, including any changes to Forms 1065 and 1120S
Planning in an Uncertain World
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Why great predictions are not intuitive but the result of critical thinking, gathering information and updating predictions when needed How to separate correlation from causation How to recognize and overcome bias Who is Thomas Bayes and why he matters
2024 Topic 842: Understanding the New Lease Accounting Standard
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
What is a lease? Recognition and measurement of lease assets and liabilities Impact on lessors and lessees Disclosures and transition rules Effective dates
Communication Miracles At Work and In Life - Part 2
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
1. Why people behave as they do, and how you can effectively motivate anyone to cooperate with you How to judge if your communication is effective in motivating someone How to get someone to really hear you How to communicate so that someone will happily do what you want 2. How to create trust and get people to like working with you 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 3. How to handle difficult people Why some people are difficult to deal with, and what you can do about it How you can turn a difficult employee or customer into a powerful asset How to easily solve problems with people who are upset at you 4. Secret techniques that super-successful communicators use How Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton are similar, and how you can tap into their "magic abilities" The three most important keys all successful communicators use
Triple Your Memory, Prevent Dementia and Halve Your Stress - Part 2
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
How our emotions follow the motion of our body, and how that can be used to instill instant confidence How to tap into a completely relaxed and/or confident state of mind in 10 seconds or less using advanced hypnotic conditioning and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques How to stay motivated to use the methods outlined in this course to advance your career and achieve a higher quality of life How to use the concept of constant learning to help you maintain a balanced and fulfilling lifestyle
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 1
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Why the brain can remember some things a hundred times better than others Why we typically forget names and faces, and what can be done about it How our emotions follow the motion of our body, and how that can be used to instill instant confidence How to tap into a completely relaxed and/or confident state of mind in 10 seconds or less using advanced hypnotic conditioning and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques How to prevent dementia and brain “fog” using specific supplements and exercise How to stay motivated to use the methods outlined in this course to advance your career and achieve a higher quality of life How to use the concept of constant learning to help you maintain a balanced and fulfilling
2024 Instant Audit? Just Add Risk Assessment
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
The audit risk model Risk assessment Linking risks to audit procedures Other responses to risks Documentation
2024 Guide to Depreciating & Expensing Business Assets
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Recent tax legislation and developments related to depreciation and capitalization Eligible property for Section 179 and Section 168(k) Discussion of the Section 179 deduction and its use to depreciate real property The Section 168(k) deduction and its use to depreciate real property Disposition of segments of real property Exchanges of tangible personal property after repeal of the like-kind exchange rules
Triple Your Memory, Prevent Dementia and Halve Your Stress - Part 1
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Why the brain can remember some things a hundred times better than others Why we typically forget names and faces, and what can be done about it How our emotions follow the motion of our body, and how that can be used to instill instant confidence How to tap into a completely relaxed and/or confident state of mind in 10 seconds or less using advanced hypnotic conditioning and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques How to prevent dementia and brain “fog” using specific supplements and exercise How to stay motivated to use the methods outlined in this course to advance your career and achieve a higher quality of life How to use the concept of constant learning to help you maintain a balanced and fulfilling
Ask Me No Questions and I Will Tell You No Lies - The Art of Interviewing & Interrogation
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TBD
3.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Defining an interview Why we choose to believe or not believe someone Types of individuals you will be talking with Why people lie Types of liars Unsharable needs Verbal and nonverbal clues How to listen Obtaining a confession
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 2
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Why we get off balance and how to overcome those tendencies Methods that turbo charge motivation, health and happiness The power of culture and friends to affect our lives The importance of clear intention in order to effect change that lasts
Prevention & Detection of Fraud In Small Businesses
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
The importance of the control environment The three most common behavioral red flags exhibited by perpetrators Why it is much more cost effective to prevent fraud than it is to detect fraud The reason why the small business owner/auditor should think about how they would steal Who steals and why Common myths about stealing that are not true Understanding the concept of risk management
2024 Professional Skepticism for the Public Accountant
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TBD
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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TBD
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
Communication Miracles At Work and In Life - Part 1
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
1. Why people behave as they do, and how you can effectively motivate anyone to cooperate with you How to judge if your communication is effective in motivating someone How to get someone to really hear you How to communicate so that someone will happily do what you want 2. How to create trust and get people to like working with you 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 3. How to handle difficult people Why some people are difficult to deal with, and what you can do about it How you can turn a difficult employee or customer into a powerful asset How to easily solve problems with people who are upset at you 4. Secret techniques that super-successful communicators use How Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton are similar, and how you can tap into their "magic abilities" The three most important keys all successful communicators use
Measuring Audit Risks
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TBD
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
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
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
Everything There is to Know About Summonsing
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The ingredients that make up an IRS summons.The IRS' legal authority to summons.How to comply with a summons.Whether to appear in response with your client or not.Common errors the IRS can make that will invalidate a summons.Following DOJ summons referral process; all based on an actual case.
2023 Compliance Update on Arbitration Agreements, Severance Agreements, Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Agreements
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TBD
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