CPE & Event Catalog
Prevention and Detection of Fraud In Small Businesses WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The importance of the control environment. The three most common behavioral red flags exhibited by perpetrators. Why it is much more cost effective to prevent fraud than it is to detect fraud. The reason why the small business owner/auditor should think about how they would steal. Who steals and why. Common myths about stealing that are not true. Understanding the concept of risk management.
Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Tax Planning for CPAs and Financial Advisors - Presented by the Spokane Chapter
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Spokane
2.0 Credits
Understanding each other's work flows and challenges Aligning client priorities and communication Enhancing collaborative business models for client value
Walkin', Talkin', Lookin' and Listenin' - Or Things Most of Us Don't Do Well WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The importance of making yourself available. How to start a conversation and what to NOT talk about. The art of how to listen. When you don't understand what they just said. Don't fool by equivocations when they respond to a question. Materiality and perception.
SAS No. 122, AU 240, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
The importance of professional skepticism. The dangers of making assumptions. How to listen and understand the answer to a question. Why it is important to leave all of your expectations at home. Anticipation and why it's so dangerous. Determining materiality. The fraud triangle. Thinking about, given a set of circumstances, how you would steal. Management and the tone at the top.
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 1 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Why the brain can remember some things a hundred times better than others. Why we typically forget names and faces, and what can be done about it. How our emotions follow the motion of our body, and how that can be used to instill instant confidence. How to tap into a completely relaxed and/or confident state of mind in 10 seconds or less using advanced hypnotic conditioning and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques. How to prevent dementia and brain "fog" using specific supplements and exercise. How to stay motivated to use the methods outlined in this course to advance your career and achieve a higher quality of life. How to use the concept of constant learning to help you maintain a balanced and fulfilling.
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 2 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Why we get off balance and how to overcome those tendencies. Methods that turbo charge motivation, health and happiness. The power of culture and friends to affect our lives. The importance of clear intention in order to effect change that lasts.
360 Budgeting: A Holistic Approach to Process and Solutions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Budget defining. Budget cultures. Tactile budget issues. Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions. Understanding people in the budget process. Communicating your budget to non-financial types.
Student Networking Event: Exploring a Career in Fraud Investigation
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Bellevue
0.0 Credits
How to Make Difficult People Disappear...Without Going to Jail WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Team dynamics. Influence. Organizational behavior. Leadership.
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.
Charitable Giving Strategies WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Gifts of cash and property. Percentage limitations and substantiation requirements. Gifts of partial interests in property and transfers in trust. Community foundations, donor advised funds, and private foundations.
Applying the Uniform Guidance in Your Single Audits WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Introduction to single audits. Preparation of the schedule of expenditures of federal awards and determining major programs. Understanding, assessing, and testing internal control. Testing compliance with federal statutes and regulations and applicable compliance requirements. Auditor reporting in a Uniform Guidance compliance audit. Program-specific audits. Administrative requirements and cost principles in a single audit.
Becoming a Fraud Investigator WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Core concepts of fraud. Common workplace fraud schemes. Red flags of occupational fraud. Evaluating fraud tips. Skills of a fraud investigator. Planning the fraud investigation. Budgets, fees, and engagement letters.
Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial statement preparation. Common mistakes made in preparing financial statements. GASB financial statement preparation standards.
The Washington Capital Gains Tax WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Washington Capital Gains tax.
Forensic Accounting: When The Office Is A Crime Scene WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
A step-by-step process from the initial client phone call to you writing a report of your findings for any civil or criminal actions that may be pursued. How to advise your client in approaching an allegation of embezzlement. What pitfalls may arise in finding the truth. The best practices to ensure that the evidence is preserved properly for potential civil or criminal actions.
GASB 96 -SBITA, GASB 94 P3, and GASB 87 Leases (Year 2) WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Requirements of GASB 96, GASB 94, and GASB 87. Implementation of GASB 96, 94 and 87.
Prix Fixe: Year End Tax Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Delve into the latest legislative, judicial, and IRS updates from the past year.
Buying and Selling Corporate Businesses: Using Installment Obligations WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Discussion of the law relevant to deferring gain using the installment method (IRC 453 and 453B(h)). Description and analysis of the installment sale of the stock of both an S corporation and a C corporation. The use of an installment obligation related to the sale of the assets of both an S corporation and a C corporation, including consideration of when to liquidate the corporation. Evaluation of the tax consequences of a note with a contingent amount. Tax planning opportunities and strategies.
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