CPE Catalog & Events
Driving Performance with Metrics
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Performance Metrics Budgets
Tax Depreciation: Review and Update
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Recent tax legislation and developments related to capitalizationEligible property for Section 179 and Section 168(k)Discussion of the Section 179 deduction and its use to depreciate real propertyThe Section 168(k) deduction and its use to depreciate real propertyDisposition of segments of real propertyExchanges of tangible personal property after repeal of the like-kind exchange rulesOther related topics
SAS No. 122, AU 240, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit
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Online
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
The importance of professional skepticism The dangers of making assumptions How to listen and understanding the answer to a question Why it is important to leave all of your expectations at home Anticipation and why it’s so dangerous Determining materiality The fraud triangle Thinking about, given a set of circumstances, how you would steal Management and the Tone At the Top
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 2
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Why we get off balance and how to overcome those tendencies Methods that turbo charge motivation, health and happiness The power of culture and friends to affect our lives The importance of clear intention in order to effect change that lasts
Trust Fund Recovery Penalty And Request For Refund
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Learning about the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP).Understanding pre-843 requirements when making a request for refund.Employing an effective strategy for removing the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP) using IRS internal records.Appealing a rejected Form 843.Live case examples for making a request for refund using Form 843.
ERISA Plans: Planning and Reporting
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $118
Pre-engagement, planning, and risk assessment procedures Standard and modified auditor reports Effects of new SAS implementation on planning and reporting
ERISA Plans: Planning and Reporting
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $118
Pre-engagement, planning, and risk assessment procedures Standard and modified auditor reports Effects of new SAS implementation on planning and reporting
Peer Reviews of SSARS Engagements
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Basic requirements of an engagement review.Qualifications for serving as a peer reviewer.Involvement of peer review administrators and technical staff, peer review committees, AICPA, state boards of accountancy.Engagement selection criteria, information to be provided to the peer reviewer, the evaluation of engagements, the synthesis of matters, the nature of the reports, what happens if there is a nonconforming engagement, follow-up actions required by the committee.Common engagement review findings and tips for passing peer review.
Conducting a Remote Audit
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $213
Leveraging the benefits of remote auditing Managing the team, client, and audit process remotely Identifying engagement-wide procedures from client acceptance through report issuance when remote auditing Understanding narrow-topic considerations when remote auditing
Shorten Month-End: Closing Best Practices
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Trends in financial statement closings including the Quick Close, Soft Close and Virtual CloseReview and discuss information systems' headaches that slow you downWork through examples of close cycle "time killers" and how to resolve themGet inventory and cost of sales under controlIdentify the improvement projects that will yield the biggest benefitReview what leading edge finance managers are doing to close more quickly
Implementing and Maintaining an Internal Control System
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics covered in this course include:Control creation and implementation basicsImplementation and update procedures for an Internal Control systemMaintaining existing internal controls
Section 174: New Rules for Research & Experimentation
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Discussion of the impact of the Section 174 law change requiring capitalization of research and experimental costs.Comparison of the Section 41 R&E credit to the Section 174 R&E deduction.Financial accounting for R&E costs.Required change of accounting method and Form 3115.Revised treatment of software development costs.Comprehensive case problems explaining implementation of the law changes.
Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud: Why Business Owners go to Prison
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:What is fraud?How business owners become vulnerable to charges for mail fraud and wire fraudWhat business leaders know about how communications can lead to criminal chargesDiscussion of actual fraud cases involving business leaders that went to prison for wire fraud.Federal sentencing guidelinesSentencing for mail fraud and wire fraud convictions
Strategic Career Management: Only You Have Sleepless Nights Over Your Career
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Online
2.50 Credits
Member Price: $89
Career Ownership Career Planning Personal Marketing Plan Strategic Career Considerations Opportunity Insights Networking Character
Controller Series: Communicating for Connections with Coworkers, Customers, and Stakeholders
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $71
What are the three types of misconceptions of communication? What are the different types of personality styles in the workplace? Recognize how to communicate with the different types of personality styles effectively Key takeaways
Surgent's Understanding Partnership Taxation: Debt Allocations
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Recourse debt allocations Constructive liquidation scenarios Nonrecourse debt allocations Minimum gains and nonrecourse deductions Section 704(c) gains Allocations under 704(c)
Surgent's Understanding and Managing Burnout Among Accounting and Finance Professionals
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
The causes of burnout in the accounting profession Effects of burnout on employee well-being Strategies to protect employee well-being in a highly demanding profession Organizational costs associated with employee burnout Tools used to measure employee well-being
Interpreting the New Revenue Recognition Standard: What All CPAs Need to Know
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $213
5-step process for recognizing revenue
Unique Audit Considerations in Defined Benefit Plans, Health and Welfare Plans and ESOPS
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $71
Accounting for and reporting on defined benefit pension and health and welfare plans Unique audit considerations for ESOPs Using the work of a specialist
Unique Audit Considerations in Defined Benefit Plans, Health and Welfare Plans and ESOPS
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $71
Accounting for and reporting on defined benefit pension and health and welfare plans Unique audit considerations for ESOPs Using the work of a specialist