CPE Catalog & Events
2024 Annual Update for Accountants & Auditors
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $225
Leases Accounting Standards Tax Disclosures Quality Management Group Audits
The Aftermath of Government Investigations: Varsity Blues
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Securities Laws and College Admissions ScandalUndercover investigationsProsecutors and Plea AgreementsJustice and ConvictionsCooperation AgreementsCosts of Contesting the ChargeRelevant Conduct and Sentencing
Form 706 Preparation Part 3: Reporting Deductions 2024
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
• How to report funeral and administrative expenses on Schedule J and/or L • How to report debts, mortgages and liens on Schedule K • Marital deduction and elections, QTIP, Reverse QTIP, QDOT, over-stated marital deductions • Charitable deduction Schedule O and potential problems
Roadmap to Ethical Decision Making
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Review the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct.Provide best practice tips and practical strategies for preserving independence when assisting clients with technical matters.Discuss the principles of professional conduct.Address compliance with professional standards.Use case studies to address circumstances that may create threats to independence.
K2's Implementing Internal Controls In QuickBooks Environments
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
• Critical risks in QuickBooks environments • Internal control options that can mitigate risk to prudently acceptable levels • Enabling alternative control measures to improve internal controls in QuickBooks environments
Surgent's Managing People Through Motivation
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
What it means to engage people; discuss the meaning of motivation by getting to the core of what impacts your employees’ productivity Get your employees charged; find out what makes them tick through examining and understanding some of the classics in motivational theory Learn how to drill down to what truly motivates your employees Using the C.A.R.E. model to improve employee motivation through case studies
Triple Your Memory, Prevent Dementia and Halve Your Stress - Part 2
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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
CFO Solutions to IRS Problems
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The authority of IRS in assessing and collecting taxes.The common misconceptions when dealing with IRS.Common questionable actions by business owners.How to prepare for an IRS audit.The seven options in IRS collections.Possible criminal tax violations by CFOs and small business owners.
Partnership/LLC Taxation: Tax Basis Capital Accounts
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Discuss the impact of the Section 199A flow-through entities deduction on partnerships and their partnersThe meaning of a "tax basis capital account"How the financial accounting and tax capital accounts differ from one anotherDetermine a partner's share of the partnership's liabilitiesDistinguish "recourse" loans from "nonrecourse" loansWhat are "qualified nonrecourse financing" loans and how they affect partnersSection 704 "built-in gain or loss" rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reportingSection 4655 "at risk" rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting
Peer Reviews of SSARS Engagements
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TBD
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.
S Corporations: Qualification Requirements 2024
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $49
• Qualified shareholder requirement • Trusts as shareholders • Estates as shareholders • Qualified tax exempt shareholders • Tax planning ideas to accommodate economic investments by disqualified investors • Special rules for counting the number of shareholders • One class of stock requirement • Indirect preferences creating risk of failing one class of stock requirement • Disqualified corporations • Making an effective S corporation election • Relief for late or defective elections • Inadvertent termination relief for involuntary terminations
2024 Best-In-Class Recruiting Strategies
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Recruiting & Retention Talent Management Employee Engagement
Accommodation Requests - Substance Abuse - Contagious Infections
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accommodation requests - religious practices Accommodation requests - disabilities Substance Abuse - constructive confrontation Substance Abuse - duty to accommodate as a disability Disclosures of potentially contagious infections
2024 Internal Control Best Practices
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Internal Controls Frameworks
Walkin', Talkin', Lookin' & Listenin' - Or Things Most of Us Don't Do Well
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
The importance of making yourself available How to start a conversation and what to NOT talk about The art of how to listen When you don’t understand what they just said Don’t fool by equivocations when they respond to a question Materiality and perception
2024 The Preparation of Form 706 and 709 - Understanding the Law
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Estate and Gift Taxation Fundamentals Valuation of Estate Assets Components of the Gross Estate Deductions in Estate Taxation Charitable and Marital Deductions Tax Credits and Their Application
2024 How to Audit Expenses & Payables
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Introduction to Auditing Expenses Assertions Risk Assessment
Combating Internal Fraud
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major topics covered in this course include:Recognize why internal fraud occursPolicies, procedures, and control measures designed to fight fraud
ChatGPT and Advanced Financial Analysis for Accountants
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Financial Modeling with ChatGPT IntegrationAdvanced Ratio Analysis TechniquesRisk Assessment and Scenario AnalysisValuation Methods and ChatGPT ApplicationsUtilizing Performance Metrics in Financial AnalysisData Analysis and Interpretation with AIInvestment Analysis Enhanced by ChatGPT
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