CPE & Event Catalog
Creative Strategies for Buying, Selling, and Gifting a Business WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Valuation methods. Stock purchase vs. asset purchase structures. Estate and gift tax planning strategies. Gifting of business interests. Transfer of interests to split-interest and grantor retained trusts. S corporation stock transfers to trusts. Family limited partnerships and self-canceling installment notes. Using ESOPs to transfer business ownership.
Multistate Income Tax Issues WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Emerging sales tax topics. Emerging compliance issues in the new sales tax economy. Will states shift away from income tax and increase reliance on sales tax after Wayfair? Treatment of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act by the states. When to consider voluntary compliance even though the laws do not dictate a sales tax responsibility.
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: Microsoft 365 Copilot for CPA Firms. Practical AI You’ll Actually Use IN PERSON
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Redmond
1.8 Credits
Examples include Copilot in Excel for workpapers, formula generation, trial balance cleanup, and anomaly spotting; Researcher for pulling together timely guidance on tax topics and client industries; Analyst for deeper financial analysis using Python, without needing to code; and Cowork for handling multi-step tasks across Microsoft 365, the web, and connected business workflows. We will also show practical uses in Outlook, Word, and Teams for drafting, summarizing, and turning notes into deliverables. We will close with why licensing matters, including the added capabilities, data safeguards, and data processing protections CPA firms should expect from any AI platform. You'll leave with practical use cases and a link to a downloadable best-practices guide.
Calculating the Retirement Need WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Overview of retirement expenses and needs. Overview of risk tolerance, time value of money and retirement planning factors. Examples of client retirement situations.
2024 Revision to Government Auditing Standards Impact WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Key changes made by the 2024 Revision to Government Auditing Standards. Review when the GAGAS requirements are applicable to a financial statement audit. When reporting on key audit matters may apply in a GAGAS audit. Clarifications related to the independence requirements in a financial statement audit imposed by the 2024 Yellow Book. Review the impact of the Quality Management Standards to a financial statement audit conducted under the 2024 Revision to Government Auditing Standards. Other important matters contained in the 2024 Government Auditing Standards related to financial statement audits.
Using ChatGPT with Excel WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to ChatGPT and other AI language models. Discussion of best practices for using ChatGPT with Excel. Use ChatGPT to create, debug and explain formulas. Use ChatGPT to learn how to use Excel features. Use ChatGPT to automate repetitive tasks in Excel. Use ChatGPT to easily create macros.
Inventory Accounting GAAP, Software and Recognizing Variances WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Inventory accounting. GAAP. Methods for dealing with variances.
Key Tax Issues Facing Business and Industry WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Update and review of recent and key tax developments impacting business and industry. The all-important impending expiration/extension/renewal of the TCJA. Other recent legislative, judicial, and IRS developments impacting business taxpayers. Current status of Research and Experimentation costs and Interest Expense Limitation. Phaseout of Bonus Depreciation and MACRS issues. Travel and entertainment expense rules. Independent contractor vs. employee.
Preparation, Compilation and Review Services WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
All recently issued SSARS standards. Financial reporting frameworks. Distinguishing special purpose frameworks from GAAP. CPAs reporting on financial statements. Financial statement disclosures. Recently issued ethics standards. Peer review deficiencies .
Behavioral Finance Biases WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Overview of biases and standard of living risk. Overview of difference between emotional and processing biases. Examples of various real life examples and case studies.
Clear, Kind, and Accountable: A Leader’s Guide to Boundaries, Coaching, and Real Conversations WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Conflict management. Difficult conversations. Psychological safety.
Accountant’s Guide to Anti-Money Laundering: People, Patterns and Prosecutions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Prevalence and impact of money laundering. When CPAs launder money. The connection between money laundering and fraud. The accountant's duty to be alert to fraud and money laundering. Detection of money laundering.
The Future of Audit: Technology, Talent and Transformation WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Explore AI, blockchain, and data analytics impact on audits. Address talent crisis through retention and upskilling strategies. Navigate PCAOB standards and regulatory sandbox concepts. Expand audits to include ESG and nonfinancial metrics. Implement technology solutions for firms of all sizes.
K2's Eight Awesome PivotTable Features WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Adding user-defined calculations to PivotTables. Enhancing PivotTables with Key Performance Indicators. Using PivotTables to consolidate standard Excel reports. Creative ways to filter PivotTables. Linking accounting software data into PivotTables.
Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of Audit Risk Assessment. AICPA's clarified Risk Assessment Standards. SAS 145. Assessing the Entity's Environment.