CPE & Event Catalog
Examining ASC 842, Leases: More Than Meets the Eye WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). Overall lease accounting guidance. Lessor Accounting 101. Lessee Accounting 101. Detailed review of accounting by lessees and lessors. Sale and leaseback transactions. Transition guidance. Other operational issues. Recently issued updates to the lease accounting guidance. FASB guidance on accounting for COVID-19-related rent concessions. Feedback from the public company adoption of Topic 842.
Interpreting the New Revenue Recognition Standard: What All CPAs Need to Know WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
5-step process for recognizing revenue.
Project Management: Tips, Tricks, and Traps WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Contrasting project management with operations management. Reviewing organizational culture and how it applies to project management. The various types of project management including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Critical path, and others. Looking at risk management software and its application in different types of project management. Managing and leading project management stakeholders.
How AI is Automating Internal Control WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
An explanation of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Specific ways AI is replacing human cognition. What is on the internal control horizon related to AI and other technologies.
Winning the Fraud Battle in the Digital Age: Prevention and Detection WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
The price of fraud - ACFE's Report to the Nations and ancillary costs. The current economy - microeconomics and analysis. COSO internal control framework, particularly Principle 1 (integrity/ethics) and Principle 8 (fraud risk assessments). Power of morale - shrinking the fraud triangle and employee motivation. Deviant workplace behavior. Historic schemes. Why good folks go bad - interesting findings and red flags. Combating fraud with controls. Controls used by fraud victim organizations and suggestions for better implementation. Fraud's new frontier. Corporate social, environmental, governance, and equity/inclusion reports and audits.
K2's Small Business Internal Controls, Security, And Fraud Prevention And Detection WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Common challenges associated with implementing appropriate internal controls in small business environments. Fraud in small business environments. Internal control options in small business accounting software. Understanding the need for application controls and general controls.
Prix Fixe: Economic Update: Believe What You are Experiencing, Not What You are Hearing WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
U.S. and regional economies.
2025 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.
Member Exclusive: Strategies for Effective Meetings WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
How to create more inclusive and productive meetings. Effective communication styles. The importance of cultural sensitivity. How to ensure equitable participation and encourage constructive dissent.
Protecting Digital Data - More Important Now Than Ever Before WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Securing individual documents. Protecting information resident in the Cloud. Securing data stored on or accessed by mobile devices
Prix Fixe: An Overview of SECURE Act 2.0 WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Secure Act 2.0. Changes for retirement plan beneficiaries. Planning ideas for clients.
Innovative Forecasting and Budgeting: Moving Beyond the Traditional Techniques WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Building change into the planning process. Sales/income plan. Intermediate planning. Technology plan. Capital equipment planning. One-year operating plan. Monthly planning. Cash plan. Risk plan.
Cutting-Edge Estate and Financial Planning Trends of 2025 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Navigating the intricacies of uncertain estate and gift tax planning. Unveiling prevalent client errors in estate and financial planning. Mastering the modern intricacies of domicile-related considerations spanning tax, financial, and estate planning. Tackling challenges inherent to charitable planning strategies. Proficiently employing split-interest trusts for optimal outcomes. Unraveling the complexities of advanced insurance concepts. Mandate for meticulous IRA distribution planning. Addressing distinctive planning nuances for the aging clientele. Anticipating the forthcoming horizon in the field.
Work-Life Balance: Maximizing Productivity and Understanding Related Tax Issues WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Discuss how productivity strategies may improve work-life balance. Understand the state tax consequences that may arise when working from home. Identify and discuss challenges unique to financial professionals. Review how some organizations are providing support to improve work-life balance. Explore the role of alternative work arrangements. Examine challenges unique to auditors versus tax professionals. A comparison of work-life balance between public and industry accountants. How work-family conflict varies among financial professionals. Recommendations for improving work-life balance.
K2's An Accountant's Guide To Blockchain And Cryptocurrency WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Understanding the fundamental tenets of blockchain technology. Examples of applied applications of blockchain technology. Identifying leading cryptocurrencies available today. Understanding risks associated with cryptocurrencies.
Understanding the Basic Techniques of Financial Planning WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
A comprehensive review of the entire financial planning process. Equipping participants to assist clients in developing practical and functional budgets. Optimizing the utilization of a client's assets for maximum financial benefit. Navigating the complexities of risk and reward evaluation, aligned with a client's investment horizon. Proficiency in assessing a client's propensity for risk-taking. Tackling challenges inherent in measuring a client's risk tolerance. Exploring psychological factors that influence risk behavior. Mastering fundamental investment and portfolio management principles. Unveiling the significance of a strategic asset allocation policy within a financial plan. Addressing regulation and registration considerations for investment advisors. Understanding the strategic deployment of personal financial statements. Setting the stage for participants to become effective financial service professionals. Exploring the cooperative approach to financial planning. Gleaning insights from ten key steps for success as a financial planner.
Prix Fixe: Using Technology for Fraud Detection WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Technological advancements in fraud detection.
K2's Artificial Intelligence For Accounting And Financial Professionals WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Exploring AI applications in accounting and finance. Understanding AI features in everyday tools. Embracing the future: AI's impact on finance and accounting.
Business Law Essentials for Practitioners and Controllers WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
The various types of corporations. Securities law basics. Contract principles. Partnerships and limited liability entities. Worker classification. Employee rights and the duties of employers. Intellectual property. Real property law. Bankruptcy basics. The court system and litigation process. Alternative dispute resolution.
2025 Rules, Regulations and Ethics for CPAs in Washington with Thomas Neill WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Washington State statute and rules.
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