CPE Catalog & Events
AI Prompt Engineering Masterclass for Accountants
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Introduction to Prompt Engineering: Basics of structuring effective prompts for meaningful AI responses.Understanding AI's "Lazy" Defaults: Why LLMs provide basic answers and how to push them to deliver richer insights.Multi-Layered Prompting: Techniques to encourage AI to provide responses across beginner to expert levels.Candid and Contrarian Responses: Using prompts that elicit honest and balanced insights, even on controversial topics.Ripple Effect and Cobra Effect: Probing the broader impacts and unintended consequences of financial decisions.Avoid Stupidity Checklist: A practical prompt for reducing mistakes in AI-assisted accounting tasks.Role-Based Perspective Prompts: Crafting prompts that guide AI to respond from specific professional viewpoints.Automation Ideas: Leveraging AI to optimize repetitive accounting tasks.Emotion-Driven Prompting: Exploring how emotion-focused prompts can enhance AI performance and engagement.Practical Applications in Accounting: How to apply prompt engineering in real-world financial analysis and decision-making.
ACPEN: Tricks and Treats to Avoid Litigation
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Key concepts of effective employee relations Balancing employee and employer rights Handling employee complaints Addressing personality & attitude problems
ACPEN: How to Make Difficult People Disappear...Without Breaking the Law
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Conflict Management Interpersonal Relationships Personality Styles
ACPEN: K2's Automation For Increasing Personal Efficiency And Effectiveness
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
What are integration and automation? Exploring Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) tools and services Intelligent Voice Assistants (IVAs) and home automation systems Personal automation workflows and time-saving strategies Smart home integration and optimization
ACPEN: A Guide to Sampling - Part 2
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Auditing Yellowbook
ACPEN: K2’s Microsoft Power Tools
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Creating effective dashboard-style reports using Power BI Using Power Query to access and manipulate data, specifically for reporting purposes Taking advantage of Power Pivot to build reports from large quantities of data Automating routine tasks for improved efficiency and accuracy
ACPEN: Topic 842: FASB's Lease Accounting Standard Update
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
What is a lease? Recognition and measurement of lease assets and liabilities Impact on lessors and lessees Disclosures and transition rules Effective dates
ACPEN: Strategic CFO – Strategic Cash Management
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Understanding capital structure and financing priorities Debt capacity, leverage, and cost of capital considerations Cash flow versus GAAP results Financing options: debt, equity, crowdfunding, and alternative capital Strategic cash policies and liquidity planning Raising cash at different stages of an organization's life cycle Communicating cash flow and financial health to stakeholders
Monthly Federal Tax Updates - March 2027
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Current individual tax issuesCurrent business entity tax issuesAny current tax legislation occurring during the periodOther issues affecting the profession, including IRS procedure, current cases, payroll, and other federal tax issues
ACPEN: The Single Audit from Beginning to End Update
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $250
Introduction Applicable AICPA standards Applicable OMB Circular Gathering information - determining the major programs Identifying risk – identifying the applicable compliance requirements Assessing risk – considering the internal controls over compliance requirements Designing procedures that are responsive to assessed risks – the tests of internal controls and compliance Evaluating single audit evidence
How AI Fits into the Accounting World
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:An overview of AI constructs.How artificial intelligence is being used by accountants today.Accounting-centric AI developments on the horizon.
ACPEN: Two Types of Goals You Need to Be Successful
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Common obstacles to goal achievement The limitations of SMART goals Characteristics of effective outcome goals Process Goals: The Roadmap to Achievement Integrating Outcome and Process Goals for Maximum Impact
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: Revenue Recognition - Allocate the Transaction Price
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Webinar
1.80 Credits
Member Price: $79
Revenue Recognition on Contracts with customers
ACPEN: IFRS Update
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Webinar
0.00 Credits
ACPEN: Form 1120S - Preparation and Analysis
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
S corporation taxation fundamentals Income and deductions for S corporations Shareholder basis calculation Reporting requirements for Form 1120S Advanced tax planning strategies
ACPEN: OBBA of 2025: Business Overview
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
An overview of provisions of existing law extended or made permanent without substantial change, including qualified opportunity zones Provisions of existing law extended or made permanent with substantial change, including bonus depreciation, Sec. 179 immediate expense deduction, deduction of research and experimentation expenses, and cash method of accounting New law provisions applicable to businesses, including bonus depreciation of nonresidential real estate Repealed existing law, including the commercial clean vehicle credit and electric car charger credit
ACPEN: Introduction to Governmental Accounting
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Foundational principles of governmental accounting Fund accounting concepts Modified accrual basis of accounting Governmental fund financial statements Government-wide financial statements Component units in governmental reporting
ACPEN: The Many Faces of Fraud
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Fraud Indicators Fraud Patterns Client Operations Transaction Analysis Independent Verification Fraud Recognition
ACPEN: Guide to Deducting Travel, Meals and Entertainment Expenses
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Recent tax legislation, rules and developments impacting travel and meals expense reporting Adequate accounting rules for reimbursements, including accountable plans, going paperless, reimbursement for non-deductible expenses Reporting travel expenses: travel status, simplified per diem "Directly related to" and associated with" tests Facility vs. activity expenses 9 exceptions to Section 274 Business meals: IRS Notice 2018-76