CPE & Event Catalog
The Future of Communication: How AI and Synthetic Media Can Transform Your Business WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.2 Credits
Communication. Technology. AI. Synthetic media. Strategy. Leadership. Management. Time management. Productivity.
Like-kind Exchanges in Real Estate Transactions WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Like-kind exchanges have been hailed as one of the few legal tax shelters still available for real property investments, but it is really a result of favored tax policy. These relatively straight-forward concepts can help a company significantly improve cash flow by deferring its tax liability. These concepts will be illustrated by real-life examples that present a novel approach to like-kind exchanges as a useful and practical tax-planning idea.
Collaborative Communications: Working with Diverse Styles WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.5 Credits
Communications.
Reviewing Partnership Tax Returns: What Are You Missing? WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Form 1065. Schedules K and K-1. Schedules M-1 and M-2. Form 4562. Form 4797.
Coaching Leaders to Handle Sensitive Employee Relations Situations WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.2 Credits
Employee complaints. Personality and attitude problems. Performance counseling. Personal hygiene problems. Disability related performance issues. Misconduct due to mental conditions
Triple Your Memory, Prevent Dementia and Halve Your Stress - Part 2 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
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 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 lifestyle.
Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Understanding and Appreciating Our Differences WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Emotional intelligence. Communication. Teamwork.
Negotiation Strategy: What to do Before, During and After WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.8 Credits
Negotiation.
Mastering Charitable Remainder Trusts and Form 5227 Compliance WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRTs). Types of CRTs and their benefits. Formation and funding of CRTs. Identifying suitable candidates for CRTs. Understanding Form 5227: an overview. Line-by-line breakdown of Form 5227. Reporting trust assets and income. Distributions and charitable beneficiaries. Compliance updates and recent changes to Form 5227. Best practices for accurate completion and filing.
2024 Washington State CPA Ethics by Jim Rigos WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
An increased sensitivity for factual situations leading to accounting ethical issues and potential legal dilemmas. More confidence in your personal and professional accounting ethical judgments Familiarity with AICPA and Washington State Board ethical reporting and compliance procedures with particular emphasis on different or elevated Washington treatment. This course contains case study scenarios demonstrating numerous actual reported Board cases. Identifying dollar claim and possible risk reduction techniques and procedures of potential client or third party legal or ethical claims. 4 hours of CPE credit approved by the Washington State Board of Accountancy.
Social Security Basics and Strategies for Maximizing Benefits WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Social Security planning, benefit calculation, and beneficiaries. Recent changes to "file and suspend" and "restricted application" strategies. Increasing benefits for self-employed individuals. Planning for surviving spouses. Integrating retirement plan distribution strategies with Social Security claiming strategies. Coordinating drawing Social Security benefits with the start of Medicare benefits, including a discussion of IRMAA.
Better Forecasts: Be a Better Predictor WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Why an open mind and the ability to doubt helps make great predictions. Why it is better to be a fox than a hedgehog. How non-conformists change the world. How to focus on what matters. How to learn from the past without hindsight bias.
Defining Where and Why Internal Controls are Needed WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Control design basics. Areas or segments of an enterprise to control. Controls to reduce risk. Controls to drive operations.
Tax Implications of Cryptocurrency WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Blockchain basics. Classification of cryptocurrency. IRS Notice 2014-12Tax implications of airdrops, mining, hard forks, margin trading, purchasing of goods or services with cryptocurrency. Gift tax rules for donating, gifting, or bequeathing cryptocurrency. Traps for the unwary.
Planning in an Uncertain World WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Why great predictions are not intuitive but the result of critical thinking, gathering information and updating predictions when needed. How to separate correlation from causation. How to recognize and overcome bias. Who is Thomas Bayes and why he matters.
Member Exclusive: WSCPA Year-End Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
The latest trends, regulations, and best practices that are shaping the world of accounting and finance.
Are Your Leaders Causing Talent to Leave? WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
5 Aspects of a get-better-culture. Mindset shifts for remote and hybrid work environments.
Audit Standards Update: Clarifying Risk Assessment WEBCAST
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Your Desk
6.0 Credits
Assessing the risk of material misstatement. Mandatory risk assessment procedures. Evaluating internal controls. Responding to risk assessment with appropriate audit procedures. Complying with revised and expanded documentation requirements.
Construction Contractors: Accounting and Auditing WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Contract accounting and revenue recognition from contracts with customers. Contractor financial statements. Working with a surety. Audit planning, procedures, and reporting. Long-term contracts.
When Leadership Fails WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Who's responsible. The importance of policies and procedures. The development, implementation and monitoring of internal controls. There is no excuse. Who steals. The tone at the top and the big monkey theory.
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