CPE Catalog & Events
The Controllership Series - The Controller's Role in Pro Forma Financial Statements
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accounting Finance
Coaching & Counseling - Performance Management
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Setting and resetting performance expectations. On-the-spot counseling. Addressing erratic performance. Drafting and presenting performance appraisals.
The Controllers Role in Data Analytics and Big Data
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
Accounting Finance Financial Statements
The Controllership Series - The Financial Close Process
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
Accounting Finance Financial Statements
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
Benford's Law and Other Digital Analysis Techniques
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Webinar
1.80 Credits
Member Price: $79
Benford’s Law Digital Analysis Data analytics
2024 Yellow Book Ethics
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
GAGAS Yellow Book Independence
Bumper Sticker Ethics v. Professional Ethics
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Introduction: "Bumper Sticker Ethics" Thinking About Ethics: Digging a Little DeeperCompare: Principles of Professional Ethics in AccountingCase Study: Frank v. Dana Corp.Conclusion: The Conceptual Framework as an Ethics Resource
Surgent's Getting Ahead: The Art of Marketing for CPAs
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Challenges of marketing CPA firms Developing marketing strategy Elements of a marketing plan Example: CPA firm marketing plan Marketing regulatory/AICPA issues Picking the right marketing channels Marketing channel statistical analysis Developing marketing metrics
Surgent's The Most Critical Challenges in Not-for-Profit Accounting Today
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Lessons learned (and lessons remaining) from the implementation of FASB ASC 842, Leases, and ASU No. 2020-07 related to contributions of nonfinancial assets Solving contribution conundrums (e.g., conditional contributions, restricted contributions, contributed services, and etc.) Additional issues in not-for-profit financial reporting
K2's 2023 Excel Essentials For Staff Accountants
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
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
2024 Annual Update for Governments & Not-for-Profits
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:New GASB standardsGASB 100, Accounting Changes and Error CorrectionsGASB 101, Compensated Absences.Accounting Standard Updates issued by the FASBNot-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC) and the projects they advise the FASB on.Yellow Book and Single Audit engagements.Changes in the 2024 Compliance SupplementChanges to the Uniform GuidanceCommon deficiencies identified by the federal agencies and peer reviewers.
Allison McLeod's 2024 Federal Tax Updates for Individuals - 8 Hour
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Current tax issues affecting individual taxpayers Review of recent tax legislation Other issues affecting the profession, including IRS procedure, current cases, and other federal tax issues
Surgent's Technical Individual Practice Issues and Tax Forms for Experienced Practitioners
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
What’s NEW for this year – Items all practitioners must know Form 1040 and Schedules 1 – 3 1099-K reporting requirements Qualified Business Income -- Coverage of §199A including the real estate safe harbor A tour of the most recent forms changes, starting from gross income and ending with selected credits, including the latest IRS guidance on significant recent tax legislation How will clients (and practitioners) interact with IRS in the future and how the pandemic is steering the IRS to ramp up with digital communication efforts Hot developments and current areas of interest Virtual Currency and Digital Asset Taxation Advanced practice, reporting, and other issues intertwined with advanced planning and discussion ideas Form 6198 -- At-risk basis: Detailed case study and discussion of how this form is to be used and when it needs to be filed; learn how basis and at-risk basis are different, and why this is significant Form 6252 -- Installment sale income: A common tax area; however, a case study and discussion of this topic includes advanced issues such as gain on reacquisition of installment sale property, including worksheets on calculating gain & tax basis of reacquired property Form 5329 -- Additional taxes on qualified plans: Advanced study of how to avoid penalties
Excel - Working with Text, Date & Time Functions & Formulas
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Using Text functions to join and separate text entriesInserting Text functions to work with imported dataPerform date and time calculations with the Date & Time functions
Sticky Ethical Choices, featuring Bob Mims and Don Minges
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Why are some choices so difficult? Efficiency is not free; it has a real, large cost. The consequences of ‘pulling the trigger’ quickly How to evaluate ethical situations and remain above-board.
Power, Influence, and Ethics
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The two sides of leadership Practices that build and destroy an organization’s value and spirit Toxic leader characteristics Four sources of leadership power Push vs. pull leadership styles Six 'Rules of Influence' that cause one person to say 'yes' to another person Ways to defend ourselves against toxic leaders How to use corporate politics to our advantage and still do the right thing
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
The Corporate Transparency Act - What You Need to Know to Protect Your Client
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
CTA Filing Deadlines: Adapt and synchronize with the new schedules Beneficial Ownership Defined: Navigating the new transparency standards The Alabama Impact: Examining the court's influence on CTA enforcement Risk Management: Strategic navigation through CTA's legal framework Leveraging Transparency: Gaining a competitive advantage through CTA insights Disclosure Obligations: Clarify reporting requirements Corporate Configuration: Comprehend the alterations in structure Avoiding Sanctions: Proactive measures for CTA compliance
2024 Corporate Transparency Act Developments and Proposed FinCen Reporting Requirements for Real Estate Sellers
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Background of the Corporate Transparency Act Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting (BOIR) Rule Entities required to report Reporting requirements imposed by the CTA Due dates of reports Information needed to satisfy the BOIR Impact of failure to report How to submit a report Court rulings on CTA’s unconstitutionality Implications to entities as a result of the ruling in NSB Potential reporting requirements due to FinCen’s proposed rulemaking with respect to non-financed purchases of residential real estate and gratuitous transfers