CPE & Event Catalog
TechBytes: Compliant or Exposed? What CPA Firms Must Know About the FTC Safeguards Rule IN PERSON
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Redmond
1.8 Credits
An overview of the major administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. A better understanding of written risk assessments and WISP requirements. A list of evidence the organization should be able to produce if compliance is questioned. Access to the planning portal for evaluating the organization's current position. A practical starting point for getting and staying compliant.
Professional Edge Summit 2026 IN PERSON
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Bellevue
8.0 Credits
Explaining your perspective. Working with colleagues who approach problems differently. Moving forward when there isn’t a clear answer. Connecting what you learn to how you actually work.
TechBytes: Your Cybersecurity Control Room - The Essential Safeguards Every CPA Firm and Should Have IN PERSON
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Redmond
1.8 Credits
Endpoint detection and response. Device management. Windows 11 security. Microsoft 365 protection. Multi-factor authentication. Conditional access. Enterprise password management. Encryption. Microsoft purview data protection. Access logging. Vulnerability management. Secure backups. Controlled sharing of sensitive information.
Client Advisory Services Summit 2026 IN PERSON
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Bellevue
8.0 Credits
Growing and sustaining a successful advisory practice.
Not-For-Profit Conference 2026 IN PERSON
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Bellevue
16.3 Credits
Comprehensive FASB updates. The latest economic trends. A deep dive into the complexities of state and local taxation. Strategies for employee compensation, benefits, hiring, retention and more from Compensation Connections. The latest in AI, cybersecurity, and fraud.
Spokane Chapter Lunch and Learn Featuring TechBytes: Microsoft 365 Copilot for CPA Firms - Practical AI You’ll Actually Use IN PERSON
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Spokane
1.8 Credits
Microsoft 365 Copilot for CPA workflows.
Risk Management Conference 2026 IN PERSON
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Spokane
8.0 Credits
Recognize, manage, and help organizations prepare for risks.
TechBytes: Protecting Customer Information - FTC Safeguards and Cybersecurity Training for Your Entire Team IN PERSON
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Redmond
1.8 Credits
Recognizing sensitive customer information and handling it safely. Using passwords and multi-factor authentication correctly, Recognizing phishing and social-engineering attempts. Avoiding unsafe data sharing. Working securely from remote locations. Protecting company devices.
ChatGPT for Accountants: 50Plus Use Cases WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to ChatGPT and artificial intelligence chatbot technologies. Automating frequently asked questions and the onboarding process. Verifying and reviewing financial records. Providing real-time support to clients. Generating financial reports. Automating tax return preparation and financial planning. Providing guidance on financial decision making.
Partnership Checkup: Tax Issues and Forms Reporting WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Clarify the importance of partnership capital accounts and partnerships debt on partner's tax basis. Impact of contributed property. Explain the importance of shareholder loans to the entity. Discuss how basis is impacted by distributions of corporation property and the sale/or liquidation of the S corporation interest. Comprehensive examples illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process. Discusses how S corporation losses impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting. How to get from the Schedule K-1 information to the basis calculations.
Schedule K-1: What is it and What do I do with it? WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of Schedule K-1. Reporting Schedule K-1 information on Form 1040. Basis limitations, loss limitations, and material participation rules. Qualified Business Income Deduction and Schedule K-1 integration. Schedules K-2 and K-3 requirements.
Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Focus on Document Review and Handwriting Analysis WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Forensic accounting. Accounting. Auditing. Finance.
Leveraging Analytical Procedures to the Fullest on Audits - Case Studies in Strengthening Audit Evidence WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How well-designed analytic procedures enhance audit quality. Elements of strong analytic procedures. Selecting the proper analytic and altering the strength for the intended purpose. Evaluating the data used in generating expectations. Improving documentation, including evaluating sufficiency and appropriateness of the audit evidence obtained.
Partnership/LLC Taxation: Understanding Tax Basis Capital Accounts WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Discussion of the impact of the Section 199A flow-through entities deduction on partnerships and their partners. The meaning of a tax basis capital account. How to determine a partner's share of the partnership's liabilities. Distinguishing recourse loans from nonrecourse loans. What are qualified nonrecourse financing loans and how they affect partners. Section 704 built-in gain or loss rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting. Section 465 at risk rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting.
Advanced ChatGPT for Accountants WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to ChatGPT and its applications in accounting. Custom instructions for persistent context in financial conversations. Analyzing financial statements and news releases using ChatGPT. Exploring business opportunities through hyper-local and sectoral analysis. Advanced data analysis for financial comparisons and capital asset audits. Image analysis for asset, space, and user interface design. Voice interaction with ChatGPT for enhanced user experience and accessibility.
Managing Through Corporate Politics - The Achilles’ Heel of Executing Professional Skepticism WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Defining corporate politics. Impact of corporate politics. Types of corporate politics and remedies. Metaphors of corporate politics. Dispelling myths. The players.
AI In Audit and Financial Reporting WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.6 Credits
Artificial intelligence. Audit. Financial reporting.
Cryptocurrencies for the CFO: Explaining Blockchain WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
What are digital assets? Understanding cryptocurrencies. Understanding blockchain. NFT's (Non-Fungible Tokens), their role and impact. Explaining the crypto language.