CPE Catalog & Events
What Do You Do When You Make an Ethical Mistake? Featuring xxx and Don Minges
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
TBD
About the TIGTA: Who Watches the IRS?
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major topics covered in this course include:The role of TIGTA in the US tax systemAuditing, investigating, and inspecting and evaluating IRS programs and operationsIdentifying opportunities to improve the administration of tax lawsPromoting integrity, economy, and efficiency in the tax systemResponding to requests from Congress and other external stakeholdersUpholding ethical standards in the accounting professionBuilding trust and confidence in the tax system
Accounting of the Soul: Making the World a Better Place
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Overview of Virtue Ethics and the Common GoodProfessionalismThe Virtue of CompassionGossip in the WorkplaceGratitude
New Client Ethical Challenges: The CPAs Guide
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
How the CPA can meet the challenges presented by a new client AICPA Code of Professional Conduct AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services IRS Circular 230 Case study illustration of how to bring the new client into ethical, proper financial and tax compliance
Cognitive Biases for Accountants
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:What are cognitive biases?Common judgment biases in the accounting professionProfessional judgment frameworksHow to use psychology to your advantageSimple and pragmatic steps to overcome bias
Sexual Harassment in Professional and Corporate Environments
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Introduction: #MeToo and the Accounting ProfessionCase: Barrett v. Forest Labs., Inc.Ethics and Law: Two Different (Overlapping) DomainsDealing with the Culture of an OrganizationCase: Babbitt v. Koeppel Nissan, Inc.Supplemental Case: Smith v. DeTar Hosp. LLCConclusion
Ethical Tax Practice Strategies in a Crisis World
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
“Tales from the Front” – practice issues CPAs are dealing with in these extraordinary times Review of AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Review of IRS Circular 230 Review of client tax return disclosure rules (Sec. 6103) Crisis impacts on engagement letters, contingent fees, independence, consulting services, attest and non-attest services, billing, and collections
Upholding Independence While Holding Your Client's Hand
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Discussion of circumstances that may cause recent FASB pronouncements to introduce threats to independence; Review the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct; Provide best practice tips and practical strategies for preserving independence when assisting clients with technical matters.
Sales and Government Investigations, Part 1
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Training strategies that lower risk levels for investigations of white-collar financial crimesDiscussion of white collar crime related to sales
Ethics: Environmental, Social and Governance for Accountants
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:What is ESG?Key Technology, Economic and Social Drivers of ESGESG Current LandscapeIssues in Shifting from Theory to PracticeCOP26: Implications for the Accounting ProfessionTechnical Examples of ESG ReportingThe "S" in ESG: Social MetricsThe "G" in ESG: Governance EthicsESG as an Emerging Client Advisory ServiceESG Reporting Best PracticesESG and BlockchainLeading ESG Reporting FrameworksESG CertificationsProminent ESG Software and CalculatorsESG Starter Strategy
Ethics: Plain Talk About IRS Ethics and Conduct
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Introduction: What is the IRS "Plain Talk" Document?Office of Government Ethics (OGE) StandardsKey Principles of Ethical ConductGifts from Outside SourcesGifts from Within the AgencyWhen Gifts Cannot be Accepted from Outside SourcesConflicts of InterestOutside Activities and EmploymentMisuse Of PositionUsing and Accounting for Office TimeUsing Government PropertyMatters Concerning Personal ActivitiesRules Concerning Employee Conduct and Official ActivitiesWho Can Help Within IRS
Audit 101: AICPAs Code of Professional Conduct Principles
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major topics covered in this course include:The AICPA Code of Professional ConductThe Conceptual Framework for IndependenceSafeguarding independence when performing both attest and non-attest servicesReal-life difficult scenarios and ethical dilemmas commonly faced by new professionals
Sales and Government Investigations, Part 2
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:How government investigations for white-collar crimes beginHow investigators and prosecutors build cases against salespeopleDifferences between witnesses, subjects, and targetsCivil versus criminal allegations and proceedingsCosts associated with a government investigationCollateral consequences of a criminal chargeUnderstanding role of defense attorneysDifferentiators between challenges in business and allegations of wrongdoingInfluence on financial loss amounts and sentencingLowering risk levels for government investigations or allegations of white-collar crime
Payroll Essentials: Ethics in Payroll
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Ethical framework in the payroll processThe role of ethics by stakeholders involved in the payroll processReal-life examples of what happens when stakeholders in the payroll process make the decision to decouple ethics from payroll
What Do You Do When You Make an Ethical Mistake? Featuring xxx and Don Minges
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
TBD
I Spy with My Little Eye ... an Illegality
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Are Accountants the Conscience of Business?Today's Ethical Duty of ConfidentialityIESBA NOCLAR PronouncementWhere We Go from Here (No Clarity?)Case Discussion and AnalysisConclusion
Ethics: 10 Essential Movies, TV Shows, and Books for CPAs
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
You will receive summaries of some of the best movies, TV programs, and books for CPAs who want to take their businesses to a higher level of success. Some of the works we'll discuss are:The GodfatherAristotle's Nicomachean EthicsCurb Your EnthusiasmThe Invention of Lying ...and many more!
Creating an Ethical Work Environment
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Ethical Values and PrinciplesHuman Factors impacting ethical choicesProfessional and organizational responsibilities in creating an ethical work environmentTools for ethical decision making
Bounded Ethicality: Exploring the Limits of Ethical Behavior
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Internal transparencyImplicit associationConcrete versus abstract processingTemporal biasEthical fading
Leadershift Ethics: Things Must Change!
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:The litmus test for all of your decisions and actionsEthical principles when managing through changePressures that threaten ethical change managementCase studies of what can go sideways when ethics are not part of every stage of changeWinning strategies for ethical self-regulation