CPE Catalog & Events
Fraud Busters: Controls to Prevent & Detect Fraud
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Fraud motivators - the fraud triangle, typical profiles of fraud perpetratorsRevisiting the basics of controls - design vs effectiveness, preventative vs. detectiveEntity-wide controls and how they can assist in fraud deterrenceSpecific fraud types and the controls that could prevent and detect them
Let's Meet at the Intersection of Fraud and Ethics
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Examination of actual frauds Discussion of internal controls that could have prevented frauds Contemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Other elements of professional conduct and compliance with professional standards
It Takes a Village: How Aligning With Others Can Boost Your Firm Revenue
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
How strategic partnerships benefit both the firm owner as well as their clients Tips to Extend professional networks and seek out partnerships Importance of regularly accessing partnerships and agreements to ensure maximum benefits for all
The Controllership Series - The Controller's Skillset
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Accounting Finance Skills
How to Start a CFO Service
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:What business owners really want from a CFO/business advisory service (it's not what you think).How to determine if you're qualified to provide CFO/business advisory services.Why now is the right time to be providing CFO/business advisory services.How to get new clients to your practice and how to approach existing clients.Why clients need you and why you need them.How much you should be charging for this type of service.How to provide a CFO/business advisory service in the most efficient way possible.
SECURE Act 2.0: What You Need to Know
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $29
Expanding Automatic Enrollment in Retirement Plans Increased Age for RMDs Higher Catch-up Contribution Limit Emergency Expense Penalty-Free Withdrawals “Starter” 401(k)s for Certain Employers Part-time Worker Improved Coverage
Fiduciary Accounting & Tax Planning for Estates & Trusts
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Fundamentals of fiduciary accounting Uniform Principal and Income Act Discretionary Power to Adjust Allocations between principal and income Trust accounting 3.8% Net Investment Income Form 1041 - Schedule I Section 645 Election Simple or complex trusts
Maximizing the Tax Benefits of an Installment Sale
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $29
Installment sale treatment eligibility When to elect out of installment sale treatment Installment sales of business assets Installment sale default and the rules for personal property vs real property Depreciation recapture
Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Focus on Computer Forensics - Part 1
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Forensic Accounting Accounting Auditing Finance
Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Focus on Computer Forensics - Part 3 (Steganography)
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Webinar
1.60 Credits
Member Price: $59
Forensic Accounting Accounting Auditing Finance
Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Focus on Digital Forensics
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Webinar
1.80 Credits
Member Price: $59
Forensic Accounting Accounting Auditing Finance
Are You Up For the Challenge? Test Your Skills as a Quality Control Reviewer
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
AICPA professional standards EQCR expectations Firm-specific considerations Best practices for reducing the frequency of review points Best practices for mitigating the severity of review points Examples of common EQCR deficiencies The impending influence of SQMS No. 1, SQMS No. 2, SAS 146, and SSARS 26 An interactive, hands-on EQCR simulation
SAS 145 - Risk Assessment
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
SAS 145 Yellowbook Auditing
Everyday Ethics: Ethics is Everywhere, All the Time! featuring Richard A. Karwic and Don Minges
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Be careful of; Whom you trust, and What you easily dismiss. Beware of our internal biases. What are your biases? The need to consider situations from multiple perspectives.
The Controllership Series - The Future Role of the Controller Part 1
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
Accounting and Finance
Inventory, Expense and Payroll Fraud
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Methods of committing inventory, expense and payroll fraud What to look for when observing inventory Detection of inventory fraud How to recognize fictitious expenses How to recognize altered expenses Indicators of fake documentation The three main reason we ask for documentation Detection and prevention of ghost employees
Build Better Budgets: Fundamental Techniques
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Advantages of budgetingThe role of budgetingMaster budgetingFlexible budgetingStandards and variancesCapital budgeting
CPAs and Addictions: Finding Hope and Healing
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Prevalence of substance abuse and depression among CPAs compared to the general population Factors that cause CPAs to be particularly susceptible to drug and alcohol abuse and mental health issues Identifying reasons why CPAs are reluctant to seek help Resources available for CPAs seeking help Support role that friends, loved ones and colleagues can play AICPA Code of Professional Conduct
Inventory Accounting GAAP, Software and Recognizing Variances
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Inventory accounting GAAP Methods for dealing with variances
Surgent's Essential Depreciation and Expensing Update
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Resolved technical glitches for qualified improvement property Detailed coverage of §179 expense elections and §168(k) bonus or additional first-year depreciation – how to maximize them, definitions, limitations, qualified property, etc. Sale of property and the depreciation recapture rules (§1245, §1250, unrecaptured §1250 gain for real estate, §291 for corporations) MACRS depreciation – finding the proper method, convention, and recovery period Listed property and the current limitations Amortization of start-up, organization, and other expenditures AMT depreciation adjustments and how to avoid them Examples, cases, and rulings of depreciation and amortization issues and how they impact clients, along with useful planning opportunities