CPE & Event Catalog
Cases in Corporate Ethics: Discuss Real Life Conflicts WEBCAST - Partnered with the Oregon Society
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
How do you handle an owner who pays for personal expenses with company funds? Can you protect the public interest without violating our profession's confidentiality rules? How can a corporate world CPA get in trouble with their board of accountancy? Is a culture of fear and intimidation particularly susceptible to corporate fraud? How can using the CPA credential get a corporate accountant in trouble? Is exaggerating your CPE hours a violation of our professional codes of conduct? What are your options when your employer is clearly breaking the law? Does any legislation provide effective Whistleblower protection?
Clarifying Risk Assessment - SAS 145 and Beyond WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 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.
ABC Trust Planning and the Portable Exclusion WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
The interplay of the estate, gift, generation-skipping, and income taxes. Claiming and protecting the portable exclusion. Marital deduction planning: rules for and reasons to use Survivor's, QTIP, and Qualified Domestic Trusts. Bypass trusts. Survivor's and QTIP trusts planning. Qualified Domestic Trust planning. What planners should tell their wealthy clients after the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Accounting Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
The elements of fraud and the Fraud Triangle Theory. Types of fraud with a focus on management fraud. Best practices in fraud detection and deterrence.
Forensic Accounting: Crafting Expert Reports WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Introduction to forensic accounting. Maintaining ethical integrity. Expert report preparation. Investigation report writing. Economic damages writing. Reviewing investigation reports and economic damages.
AI 101 for CPAs: Core Concepts and Practical Applications WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
ABCs of how generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini work. What inherent risks are associated with this powerful technology. Actionable steps you can take to mitigate the risks. Practical examples of how AI can be applied in accounting, auditing, tax, and finance services.
CFO Series: Indispensable Skills WEBCAST - Partnered with the Oregon 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.
How AI Fits into the Accounting World WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
An overview of AI constructs. How artificial intelligence is being used by accountants today. Accounting-centric AI developments on the horizon.
Adobe Acrobat Tips for Working with PDF Files WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Review of all that Adobe Acrobat has to offer. Organizing your PDFs with bookmarks, links, file attachments and more. Formatting the presentation of PDFs with headers, footers and watermarks. Creating and processing fillable forms. Processing documents for e-signature. Tips for converting email messages, documents and spreadsheets into PDF format. Combining multiple PDF files into a single binder. Utilizing the security features of Adobe Acrobat to protect document confidentiality.
Entertainment, Meals and Travel Expenses: Review and Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Definition of what qualifies as an entertainment expense. Strategies to deduct business entertainment expenses. Deductibility of meals. Situations not subject to the 50% meals and entertainment reduction. How to handle automobile issues related to employer-provided parking. Proper accounting for deductible vs. non-deductible expenditures. The four steps to analyze business expenses. The latest federal legislation, cases and rulings.
IRS Tax Examinations and Hot Issues WEBCAST - presented by the Oregon Society of CPAs
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Criteria that the IRS uses to select returns for examination. Substantiation requirements for travel, charitable contributions, vehicles, meals, virtual currency considerations and tax-related identity theft. Understanding worker classification determinations on who is an employee and who is an independent contractor. Distinguishing S corporation officer's reasonable compensation issues. How the IRS holds persons other than an employer liable for unpaid payroll taxes. Tax-related identity theft procedures
ChatGPT and Advanced Financial Analysis for Accountants WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial modeling with ChatGPT integration. Advanced ratio analysis techniques. Risk assessment and scenario analysis. Valuation methods and ChatGPT applications. Utilizing performance metrics in financial analysis. Data analysis and interpretation with AI. Investment analysis enhanced by ChatGPT.
Assessing Independence Under Yellow Book WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
GAO. Independence.
A Strategic Approach to Understanding Compensation Structures WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.5 Credits
Compensation.
Data Analytics and Journal Entry Testing for Auditors WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
Data analytics. Journal entry testing. Fraud detection.
Leveraging ChatGPT for Innovative Business Advisory Services WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The Introduction to ChatGPT and its applications in the business advisory context. In-depth exploration of enterprise evaluation methodologies like SWOT, PESTLE, BCG Matrix, McKinsey 7S Model, Ansoff Matrix, etc. Practical case studies demonstrating application of ChatGPT in accounting business analysis. Key challenges faced by accounting firms and how ChatGPT can help overcome these. Best practices for implementing AI tools in the accounting sector. Future opportunities and trends in AI enhanced business advisory services.
AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Business consulting. Types of management services. Identification of client needs. Managing client expectations. Creating value for clients. Techniques for effective consulting. Application of AI. Professional standards application.
Mastering Communication Skills for the CPA WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Pervasive best practices for effective communication. Specific strategies for written materials. Unique considerations for verbal presentations. The importance of recursive revision. Tips for success. Pitfalls to avoid.
Accounting for the Gig Economy WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Characteristics unique to the gig economy. Independent contractor and employee classification considerations. Recordkeeping considerations for independent contractors. Accounting and reporting issues for gig economy participants. Audit and attestation for clients who participate in the gig economy. Tax and regulatory considerations. The CPA as a trusted advisor for independent contractors.
Tax Planning for Seniors WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Income for seniors: retirement, earnings and investments. Tax Deductions: planning, bunching, strategies. Planning to help family members.