CPE & Event Catalog

Often ignored best ap control practices. New best practices that tighten controls. When best practices are lacking. The master vendor file issues. New master vendor file control issue.

Invoice handling. Payments. Basic regulatory issues impacting AP. Fraud prevention. Unlocking hidden cash reserves.

Best practices - sales processes. Case study. Credit. Best practices - customer credit evaluation. Tier 1 customer credit analysis. What business credit reports are available? Tier 2 customer credit analysis. Working with internally prepared financial statements. Financial ratio analysis. Altman Z score, and more.

Direct costs. Overview of activity-based costing. The bill of activities. The cost hierarchy. Overhead costs in detail. The best circumstances for activity-based costing.

Activity-based costing. ABM outputs. ABM implementation. ABM best practices. Reporting of ABM results. ABM advantages. ABM problems.

Compare and contrast the basis and requirements of preparing financial statements, compilations, reviews, and audits. Critical elements of compilation, review, and audit reports. Impact of special purpose accounting frameworks and other special issues. Exercise on designing inquiries and analytics in a review. Case study differentiating the scope of various non-attest and attest services. Avoiding litigation risks in accounting services.

Effective and efficient financial statement audits.

Enhanced portals for collaboration: including PBC and 1040 workpaper integration. Modern payment solutions: understanding and integrating various payment options into your portal. Effective use of eSignatures: streamlining processes and ensuring compliance. Feature checklist for collaboration tools: what to look for in the latest technology.

Collaboration and security techniques. Tables, data models, and PivotTables. Advanced formulas. Data queries. Creating effective visualizations.

Tips for improving efficiency with QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online. Better reporting when working in QuickBooks environments. Tips for cleaning up QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online instances. Managing inventory more effectively when working with QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online.

Trust or will (probate estate). Revocable trust. Administrative trust.65-day election. Fiduciary income tax return.

Overview of PPACA coverage provisions. Grandfathered health plans. Benefit limits prohibited. Large employer requirement to provide health coverage. Employer credits and requirements. Form W-2 reporting of employer-sponsored health coverage. Small employer health insurance premium credit.

PPACA provisions. PPACA mandated personal tax changes. Tax-favored health plans. FSA contribution limited. Grandfathered health plans.

Agile auditor. Agile audit constraints. Agile audit engagement. Agile audit benefits.

Agricultural accounting. Accrual and cash basis accounting. Accounting transactions. Receivables accounting. Investment accounting. Inventory accounting, and more.

Goal setting. Adding value to tax profession. Finding voice within the tax profession.

How ACH payments work. Protection against ACH fraud. Best and worst ACH practices. Wire transfers. Real time payments.

Accounting theory and practice. Structures of financial statements.

Annual report: the financial statements. Annual report: other sections of the report. Analysis of financial statements for liquidity, asset utilization and solvency. Analysis of financial statements for profitability and market value.

Identifying risk of material misstatement through preliminary analytic review procedures. Ensuring sufficient appropriate audit evidence is gathered through final overall analytic review. Establishing expectations for analytic procedures. Properly designing, documenting and evaluating the results of substantive analytic review procedures. Disaggregating substantive analytics for stronger results. Factors impacting the design of substantive analytic procedures. Common pitfalls in performing substantive analytic procedures.