CPE & Event Catalog
2024 Are You Up to the Challenge? Test Your Skills as a Quality Control Reviewer WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
AICPA professional standards. EQCR expectations. Firm-specific considerations. Best practices for reducing the frequency of review points. Best practices for mitigating the severity of review points. Examples of common EQCR deficiencies. The impending influence of SQMS No. 1, SQMS No. 2, SAS 146, and SSARS 26. An interactive, hands-on EQCR simulation.
Tactics to Find Work Life Balance in a Complex World WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
How to get more out of one's work. How to achieve greater balance between today's ever more demanding and complex demands of work without losing sight of what is important in daily routines. Example of how to develop and be challenged by your own personal bucket list.
Family Law 101 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Lifestyle issues: Does the client's lifestyle reflect the level of reported income? Undisclosed income. Transfers of cash between multiple bank accounts, related party transactions and mortgage refinancing. Owner perks. Tax deductions vs. family law deductions. Business entity-related issues such as partnerships, S corps and corporations.
Addressing Common Documentation Deficiencies WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Documentation. Deficiencies.
2024 Accounting and Attestation for ESG WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
ESG. Sustainability.
Corporate Finance Competency: Analytical Toolbox WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Forecasting as a valuation tool. Bank/banker selection. Ten hints for toolbox success. Seven cases.
Activity-Based Costing: Is it Right for Your Organization? WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
ABC versus traditional costing. First-stage allocation. Determining predetermined overhead rates. Second-stage allocation. Activity-based reporting. Activity-based management.
Prix Fixe: Fraud in the Digital Age WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Fraud prevalence and mitigation strategies.
5 Steps to Cultivate a Values-Based Approach to Governance WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.2 Credits
Employee engagement. Values-based governance. Organizational culture. Employee relations.
1065 - Understanding Partnerships Tax Returns WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Partnership taxation. Different types of partnerships. Tax obligations of partners. Role of the partnership agreement in tax reporting. Filing deadlines of Form 1065.
Fraud Busters: Controls to Prevent and Detect Fraud WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Fraud motivators - the fraud triangle, typical profiles of fraud perpetrators. Revisiting the basics of controls - design vs effectiveness, preventative vs. detective. Entity-wide controls and how they can assist in fraud deterrence. Specific fraud types and the controls that could prevent and detect them.
Get started with Power BI WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of the Power BI Tools: Introduction to the Power BI ecosystem, including Excel's Power BI features and standalone tools. Tour of the Tools: Introduction to the interfaces of Power Pivot, Power Query, Power BI Desktop and Power BI Services. Comparative Analysis: Understand the strengths and limitations of Excel's Power BI features versus standalone Power BI tools. Strategic decision-making on when to use each tool for optimal efficiency and accuracy in data analysis tasks.
Why Cybersecurity Matters to CPAs WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Recent cybersecurity attacks, their implications, and how weak cybersecurity controls enabled their success. Specific cybersecurity controls that help prevent fraud and support data integrity of financial reports. How an effective cybersecurity program is needed to reduce losses, prevent fraud, avoid reputational damage, and protect critical data assets
6 Practical Strategies To Promote Diversity and Inclusion In Your Workplace WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Leadership. Character. Behavior.
SOC Mastery for CPA Firms: Your Roadmap to Starting a SOC Practice WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Overview of the SOC suite of services. Understanding the market for SOC engagements. Considerations when adding SOC services to your firm.
Employee Retention Credit WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Employee retention credit. Paid sick leave refundable credit. Paid family leave refundable credit.
2024 Analytical Procedures: Practical Applications and Standards WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Discussion of analytical procedures in audit and review engagements. Practical examples and illustrations of analytical procedures. The order of operations for accomplishing analytical procedures.
2024 Business Federal Tax Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Thorough exploration of essential IRC Sections pertinent to business income taxation. Comprehensive assessment of recent changes and updates in business taxation. Examination of business changes arising from significant legislative updates. Analysis of pertinent tax code sections, including Section 199A. Addressing tax considerations for various business schedules (C, F, and E). Navigating partnership, corporation, and LLC taxation issues. Unpacking the complexities of COVID-19-related subsidies and their tax implications. Interaction of Code Section 461(l) with Section 382 and carryover rules. Understanding defaulted loans, bankruptcy implications, and their tax treatment. Grasping the impact of the CARES, HEROES, and HEALS acts on business income taxation. Special rules governing the business use of a home. Reporting requirements for converting personal use property to business use.
2024 A Guide to Sampling - Part 1 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Sampling. Monetary unit sampling.
GASB Basic Financial Statements for State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Internal controls and risk assessments using a risk-based audit approach. New pension and OPEB standards, including GASB Statement Nos. 68 and No. 75. COSO for smaller entities. New GASB Standards updated with an emphasis on GASB 84, Fiduciary Activities and GASB 87, Leases. GASB's "big three" projects.
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