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
8.2 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.
The AI Revolution in 2026: What CPAs Should Know WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
State of AI technology in 2026. Essential terminology. CPA use cases. Risk management and data governance. What's next.
Performance Management WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Setting and resetting performance expectations. On-the-spot counseling. Addressing erratic performance. Drafting and presenting performance appraisals.
CFO Series: Indispensable Skills WEBCAST - Partnered with the Idaho Society
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Keys to success. Unintended consequences to avoid. Low cost is not necessarily a sound option. What are the non-quantifiable factors that can change the financing decision? Details on the time-intensive processes. Common blunders when raising financing. The perils of choosing the wrong alternative or wrong investor. Navigating compliance, risk, and benefits. Creating and sustaining a customer value pyramid. Evaluating the lifespan and relevance of your strategic plan. Building your strategy to include risk management. Building an adaptive, finance-focused strategic approach. What we should learn from the rise and fall of major companies. How to align financial metrics with strategy.
Supervised AI Agents as Public CPA Audit Team Members WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Independent execution. Audit-ready outputs. Workflow integration. Guardrails and governance. Human supervision. Practical applications.
Fiduciary Taxation Part 1: Introduction to Form 1041 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to the fiduciary entity and basic fiduciary entity flowchart. Authorities and disciplines in fiduciary accounting and taxation. Fiduciary tax rates and brackets. Introduction to subchapter j. 5 basic rules and concept of fiduciary taxation and steps to calculating the income taxation of trusts and estates. Use of a tax spreadsheet.
Leading for Well-Being: Building Resilient Teams and Thriving Workplaces WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.5 Credits
The importance of mental wellness in leadership. Recognizing and preventing burnout. Building and sustaining resilient teams. Leading by example.
Year-End Tax Planning: Thinking Outside the Box WEBCAST - Partnered with the Oregon Society
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Discuss the most recent tax legislation, rulings and developments. Section 163(j) interest expense deduction. Medicare tax on high income wages and SE income. Tax provision and extensions. Timing income and deductions. Alternative minimum tax issues. 3.8% net investment income tax. Rediscovering Section 1202 QSBS. Reconsidering choice of entity.
Comprehensive FASB and AICPA Update for Tax Professionals WEBCAST
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Your Desk
6.0 Credits
Broadly applicable ASU effective in 2025 and beyond. Significant recent SAS. Tax-basis financial statements.
Comprehensive Pass-Through Owners Basis and Distribution Rules WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the owner's individual income tax return. Determine how to calculate an owner's initial tax basis of his pass-through entity. Learn how to correctly make annual adjustments to a pass-through owner's tax basis. Identify what constitutes a debt basis for an S corporation shareholder. Learn the tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders.
Deception, Embezzlement, and Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Narcissism studies. Fraud. Embezzlement. Technology used in scams.
Fiduciary Taxation Part 2: Fiduciary Accounting and Simple Trusts WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Review the basic concept of fiduciary duty. Review the basic concept of fiduciary accounting. Use of a diagram to distinguish income and principal. Calculating fiduciary accounting income. Requirements of a simple trust. Problem example spreadsheets reflecting fiduciary accounting and taxation of simple trusts as well as how depreciation is handled by a fiduciary entity. Problem examples reflecting a completed form 1041 using spreadsheet calculations for fiduciary accounting and taxation of simple trusts.
All About Fraud - Examples, Prevention and Auditing WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
2026 Report to the Nations issued by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner. Practical approaches organizations use to prevent and deter fraud, highlighting controls, policies, and cultural factors that can reduce fraud risk. Recent fraud cases reported in the news to reinforce how these schemes manifest in real-world settings. Discussion of the auditor's responsibilities related to fraud under AU-C 240, including an overview of proposed changes to the fraud standards and what they may mean for future audit engagements.