CPE Catalog & Events
2024 Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
10 Principles of Tax Accounting for Trust Income Entity accounting income and Form 1041 Uniform Principal and Income Act Discretionary Power to Adjust Allocations between principal and income Trust accounting issues
Forensic Data Analytics Supercourse for Fraud Prevention and Detection
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $275
Forensic data analytics Fraud prevention and detection Data validation and methodologies COSO's Fraud Risk Management Guide principles Innovations in anti-fraud technology
The Single Audit from Beginning to End Update
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Introduction Applicable AICPA standards Applicable OMB Circular Gathering information - determining the major programs Identifying risk – identifying the applicable compliance requirements Assessing risk – considering the internal controls over compliance requirements Designing procedures that are responsive to assessed risks – the tests of internal controls and compliance Evaluating single audit evidence
The Yellow Book: From Beginning to End
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Introduction Foundation and principles General requirements for complying with Government Auditing Standards Ethics, independence and professional judgment Competence and continuing professional education Quality control and peer review Standards for financial audits Standards for attestation engagements and reviews of financial statements
The New Psychology of Fraud with Dr. Toby Groves
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:How we unwittingly assist in the production of misleading information The neuroscience of psychopathyBehavioral profilingThe new psychology of skepticismCognitive errors including attribution and overgeneralizationHow experience, intuition and assumptions can cause cognitive errors
Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Recognize the variety of ChatGPT uses in accounting. Determine how to use ChatGPT. Identify how ChatGPT improves customer, vendor, and industry research. Recognize how ChatGPT aids in financial benchmarking. Identify how ChatGPT can assist in financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting.
2024 Accounting Update in a Post COVID-19 World
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Risk assessment Government assistance Pandemic-related accounting pronouncements Learning to be an auditor in a pandemic environment Exploring liquidity options Accounting tools and techniques for supporting managerial decisions Engagement and workforce management
Audit 303: Internal Controls - Required Communications
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:The required communication of internal control matters noted on an auditEvaluating the severity of identified deficiencies, including consideration of qualitative considerationsImportance of placing a priority on being a value-added business advisorAnticipating and preventing internal control issues related to reliable financial reporting, operational efficiency or complianceComponents of a well-written internal control commentBetter writing tips and techniques
Operations Level Internal Control
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this course include:An overview of controls that drive proceduresConsiderations for procedural control developmentUnderstanding and controlling risk that arises when organizations change
Moving Beyond the Basics of Excel
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Using formulas to manipulate and transform dataUsing formulas and reference formulas such as =VLOOKUPUsing pivot tablesUnderstanding Solver to perform multivariate analysis
Surgent's Data Security: Best Practices to Protect Your Business and Yourself
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Ethical duty to safeguard employee, client, and litigant data Common threats, including phishing, ransomware, and bad password management Security management of business and personal electronic devices Best practices for creating and securing passwords Insight into how our personal information is exploited in our daily lives
Aligning Analytics to COSO's Fraud Risk Management Principles
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
COSO Fraud Risk Management Guide Aligning data analytics considerations to an effective fraud risk management program How to implement and sustain an effective forensic data analytics program as part of an effective fraud risk management and compliance program
2024 Was It Fraud or Just Poor Audit Quality?
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
Financial statement manipulation Ethics enforcement process Auditor conflicts of interest
Risk Assessment for Small Business Audits
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Each element of the risk assessment process:Understanding the client's business and industry in which it operatesInternal controlAssessing the magnitude and likelihood of riskLinking risk assessment to substantive audit procedures
2024 Financial & Tax Accounting for S Corporations
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Review of the Accounting Standards Codification and its relationship to financial accounting for S corporations Review of OCBOA/Special Purpose Frameworks and their relationship to financial accounting for S corporations Review of the AICPA "small" GAAP rules The impact of the entity's tax status history on its financial accounting Deferred tax accounting for S corporations Required S status financial accounting disclosures Financial accounting impact of the C to S election and the S to C election The relationship of financial accounting and the Form 1120S Financial and tax accounting for S corporation shareholder equity account
Gamed: Why Performance Targets and Incentives Fail and How to Fix Them
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
10-step ROKET-DS system, a simple structured method for designing meaningful targets and incentives which will help you ... Create targets and objectives that align with your strategy Build engagement with your target owners Test your targets and incentives rigorously for unexpected outcomes and dangerous loopholes
2024 Guide to Preparing Form 1041 for Estates and Trusts
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Current rates and brackets Calculating a trust's AGI Filing requirements, deadlines and penalties 3.8% Medicare surtax on net investment income (NII) Simple vs. complex trusts Grantor Trusts: Four options to report activity Section 643 (g) Election Taxable income of trusts, estate and beneficiaries
Donating Cryptocurrency and Avoiding Traps for the Unwary
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Intro to digital assetsDifferences between cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs)IRS Notice 2014-12Tax implications of contributing digital assetsGift tax rules for donating, gifting or bequeathing cryptocurrency and NFTs.Substantiating charitable contributions of digital assetsTraps for the unwary.
2023 Compliance Update on Arbitration Agreements, Severance Agreements, Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Agreements
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Federal laws providing greater visibility of sexual harassment and sexual assault claims Agency rulings curtailing confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in agreements
2024 Listening to the Statement of Cash Flows
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Preparation of the statement of cash flows Importance of identifying sources and uses of cash in financial reporting Financial statement analysis Cash-related financial statement disclosures