CPE Catalog & Events
2025 Accounting & Auditing Update for Small Businesses
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) that are most likely to impact small businesses.ASUs initiated by the Private Company Council (PCC).Alternative reporting options to GAAP including FRF for SMEs and IFRS for SMEs.Audit standards that small business auditors will need to implement.
Conducting Human Resource Investigations
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Research Analysis Interviewing Documenting Reporting Results
Performance Auditing Made Easy
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
Performance audit standards Performance audit types Performance audit objectives
Ethics for CPAs: The Practical and the Possible
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and its interpretations New developments in regulation at the national and state level Best practices, case studies, and disciplinary actions
Introduction to Forensic Data Analytics
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Data analytics Key fraud risk management guidance documents Data analytics frameworks Leading techniques and innovations for preventing and detecting fraud
Adobe Acrobat Tips for Working with PDF Files
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Review of all that Adobe Acrobat has to offerOrganizing your PDFs with bookmarks, links, file attachments and moreFormatting the presentation of PDFs with headers, footers and watermarksCreating and processing fillable formsProcessing documents for e-signatureTips for converting email messages, documents and spreadsheets into PDF formatCombining multiple PDF files into a single binder Utilizing the security features of Adobe Acrobat to protect document confidentiality
Surgent's Introduction to Required Minimum Distributions
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
How SECURE Act 1.0 and SECURE Act 2.0 changed the RMD rules What is an RMD? Who is subject to RMDs? The types of accounts subject to RMDs How to calculate an RMD How to determine if a distribution can be an RMD How to determine which life expectancy table must be used when calculating an RMD The rollover and transfer rules during an RMD year IRS penalties for non-compliance with RMD regulations Applying RMD strategies to different plan types When RMDs can and cannot be aggregated How to correct an RMD shortfall How to get a waiver of the excise tax on an RMD failure The tax implication of an RMD How to donate an RMD tax-free How to determine the RMD rules that apply to a beneficiary
Achieve Competency in Three Basic Tool Categories - Master the Fundamentals
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Tools for FSA The 3 P's. The QST trifecta The integrated planning model Performance based management The value chain The balanced scorecard
Public Speaking Secrets That Wow Audiences
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Webinar
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Overcoming the Common Obstacles to Public Speaking Fear of rejection/ failure and how to overcome From Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence Toastmasters and practicing by video Act “As If,” Do One Breath Technique to be more relaxed Creating the Content of the Talk What are the concerns of your audience? Talks consist of a title, an introduction, an opening, a body of content, a conclusion and a closing How to Deliver a Talk Effectively The clothes you wear and how you look matter Charisma = energy Smile and act enthusiastic Use self deprecating humor Making the Talk Entertaining Vary the speed of your delivery The Power of stories Memorization and Practice Key word system and note cards Practice thru video or get feedback through others Creating Stories that Rock
K2's Case Studies in Fraud and Technology Controls - 4 Hours
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Key fraud risks impacting businesses today Examples of fraud and the monetary impact on victims How to create, implement, and assess technology-based internal controls to reduce the probability of becoming a fraud victim
Spring Tax Update for Business with Steve Dilley
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Recent legislative developments, cases and rulings impacting various business entity taxpayers Review of Inflation Reduction Act provisions impacting small businesses Business income, deductions and credits Section 174: Research and Experimentation Deduction update Form 1099-K reporting Depreciation update: Section 179 and 168(k) S Corporation and partnership update, including Schedule K-1
Federal Tax Update for Business with Doug Van Der Aa
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
"Tax-mageddon" - the all-important impending expiration/extension/renewal of the TCJA Other recent legislative, judicial, and IRS developments impacting business taxpayers Current status of Research and Experimentation costs and Interest Expense Limitation Phaseout of Bonus Depreciation and MACRS issues S corporation and partnership developments Other miscellaneous business developments
K2's Securing Your Data: Practical Tools For Protecting Information
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Understanding today’s cybersecurity risks Identifying major cybersecurity risks Implementing specific steps to reduce risk
Partnership Essentials: Review & Update
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Recent legislative, rules and tax developments impacting partnerships and their partners Transfer of partnership interests TCJA §461(l) Excess Business Losses and §163(j) Business Interest Expense Importance of capital accounts Form 1065, Schedules K-1 and M-2 Schedules K-2 and K-3 update Reporting partner capital accounts Effect of the Ceiling Rule Alternative and Remedial Methods Effect on financial capital accounts Tax basis capital accounts
K2's Small Business Internal Controls, Security, and Fraud Prevention and Detection
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Common challenges associated with implementing appropriate internal controls in small business environments Fraud in small business environments Internal control options in small business accounting software Understanding the need for application controls and general controls
Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Reporting Explained
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Discussion of financial reporting risks increased by the current economic environment, including increased uncertainty related to critical financial statement amounts and significant disclosures Executive summary of recent Accounting Standards Updates Overview of fair value disclosure requirements and implementation issues Discussion of issues related to donor-restricted endowment funds Classification of net assets and reclassifications Endowments, including accounting, disclosures and UPMIFA Noncascontributions Contributions received and receivable Expense recognition issues Reporting expenses by function and nature Other relevant matters unique to the nonprofit environment
Erase the Mark: Best Practices in Penalty Abatement
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:The authority of the IRS in assessing tax penalties.The types of penalties that can be removed.The process the IRS uses to evaluate penalty abatements.How to request penalty abatements.Best practices in asking for penalty abatement, including using appeals.
K2's QuickBooks for Accountants
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
New features in QuickBooks Desktop and Online Enhancing internal controls in QuickBooks-based environments Improving financial and operational reporting when using QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online Best practices for setting up companies
MBAExpress: Emotional Intelligence - V 2.0
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $75
What is emotional intelligence? Benefits of emotional intelligence Steps to increase your emotional intelligence Emotional intelligence in decision-making Self-awareness Skills to get ahead Relationship management
Resolving Ethical Dilemmas-You Make the Call
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
Ethical frameworks Threats and safeguards to objectivity and independence