CPE Catalog & Events
Numbers to Narrative: Storytelling in Business Communication
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Role of narrative in professional communicationSituation–complication–resolution frameworkNarrative arcs in business contextsIntegrating data within a structured storyDefining tension and resolution logicallyMaintaining accuracy while improving clarityApplication of storytelling framework to a workplace scenario
ACPEN: The Value of Conflict
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Conflict resolution
ACPEN: Addressing Misconduct
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Insubordination Personality and attitude problems Generalized disparaging comments Previously unaddressed conduct Misconduct due to mental condition Corrective action meetings and documentation Attendance control
ACPEN: An In-Depth Understanding of the Generation Skipping Transfer Tax
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of the GST tax and its policy purpose Direct skips, taxable terminations, and taxable distributions Skip persons and treatment of trusts as skip persons Application of the GST exemption and inclusion ratio Timely, late, and retroactive GST allocations Formula-based exemption allocations Planning strategies for GST tax minimization Filing considerations for Forms 706 and 709
ACPEN: Risk Wrangling: Surviving the Modern Business Rodeo
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Risk is the common thread in an evolving landscape Risk assessment Responding to assessed risks Auditing standards Other insights from AICPA guidance Fraud considerations The role of analytics Financial reporting considerations Risk mitigation
ACPEN: Tax Procedure
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Filing a tax return IRS audit RS Appeals Collections and litigation at courts of original jurisdiction
ACPEN: Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) Domain IV - Part 2
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Internal audit Standards GIAS Accounting Auditing
ACPEN: Navigating IRS Collections: Overview of Form 433 & Offer in Compromise
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
IRS collection process overview Initial notice and subsequent notices Enforced collection actions: liens, levies, and wage garnishments Payment options and alternatives to enforced actions Detailed review of Forms 433-A & 433-B Offer in Compromise (OIC) program: qualifications and process Advising clients on compliance and payment options
Partnership/LLC Taxation: Tax Basis Capital Accounts
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Webinar
2.00 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
ACPEN: Dashboard and Report Design Principles Using Excel
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Principles of Visual Design for Dashboards and Reports Chart Design for Rapid Understanding Table Design for Efficiency Effective Use of Commentary Strategic Layout Techniques Trend Analysis Methods Developing Organizational Design Standards Excel Application Techniques Critical Review Skills Best Practices for Data Presentation
ACPEN: K2’s Excel Essentials For Staff Accountants
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Webinar
8.00 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: Comprehensive Estate Planning: Administration & Postmortem Strategies
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $250
Introduction to Estate Administration How to Read a last will and testament Understanding the Entities Administration the Estate and Orderly Process The Probate process and the courts Special Issues in Estate Administration Postmortem Issues Regarding Income Taxation of Descendants and Estates Post Mortem Opportunities on the Estate Income Tax Return Available Post Mortem Estate Tax Elections Portability Election Disclaimers
ACPEN: Hands-On Tax Return Workshop – Partnerships & LLCs (Form 1065)
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $300
Extensive review of the partnership income tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative changes Comparison of partnerships, LLCs and LLPs Overview the formation of a partnership/LLC and the §704(c) pre-contribution gain or loss rules Schedule K analysis– determine if income statement items are separately (i.e. schedule K) or non-separately stated income and expense items How schedule K items get allocated to partners on schedule K-1s Look at detailed Schedule K-1 information reporting to partners needed for the qualified business income (QBI) deduction, 3.8% net investment income tax and business interest expense limitations Learn the special tax treatment of fringe benefits paid on behalf of the partners and LLC members Comparing the tax and §704(b) book capital account computations Discuss partner guaranteed payments and self-employment tax issues Schedule M-1 – reconciliation of income or loss per books with income or loss per income tax return Schedule M-2 – analysis of partners’ capital accounts Review the importance and basics of calculating a partner/member’s outside tax basis. Overview of the tax treatment of distributions, recourse and nonrecourse debt allocations, §754 election for optional basis adjustments and §743/§734 mandatory basis adjustments
Resistance to Resilience: Strive for Tech Change Acceptance
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Resistance to resilience in embracing new technologiesOvercoming barriers and ensuring successful implementationCutting-edge audit technologies, including AI, data analytics, and automationInsights into the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
ACPEN: Common Sense CFO: Dealing with Ever Changing Accounting Standards and Strategy Demands
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Understanding the modern finance and accounting organization chart GAAP accounting changes Why so many changes? The speed of change and complexity Accepting reality Recognizing and fixing the top five accounting problems and errors Leases Revenue Management estimates Why is strategy necessary? What is strategy? The two keys to strategy? Why do some financial leaders lack strategic skills? Balancing strategy with our day-to-day roles
ACPEN: Excelling at Excel: The Magic of Power Query
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Webinar
2.00 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
ACPEN: Advanced Excel: Hidden Secrets and Gems
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Awareness of advanced functions Creative methods for data manipulation Real-life examples of innovative ways to analyze and report data with Excel Using Excel to perform e-mail merges Many other functions and techniques that inspire you to continue exploring the depths of Excel and its seemingly bottomless toolbox
ACPEN: K2’s Taking Another Look At Power BI
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Getting started with Power BI Creating effective visualizations in Power BI Publishing Power BI reports to dashboards Optimizing dashboards for viewing on mobile devices
ACPEN: Five Amazing Business Books in 100 Minutes
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Five business books, including, • “Leaders Eat Last”, by Simon Sinek, • “Zero to One” by Peter Thiel, • “American Icon” by Bryce Hoffman, • “Slide:ology” by Nancy Duarte, and • “Brain Rules” by John Molina.
ACPEN: Making Effective Decisions When You Can’t Get Everything You Want
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Decision-making fundamentals Cost-volume-profit refresher Optimization analysis Constraint mitigation strategies Coping with incomplete information Solver and other Excel capabilities Qualitative considerations