CPE Catalog & Events
2024 Corporate Transparency Act Developments and Proposed FinCen Reporting Requirements for Real Estate Sellers
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Background of the Corporate Transparency Act Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting (BOIR) Rule Entities required to report Reporting requirements imposed by the CTA Due dates of reports Information needed to satisfy the BOIR Impact of failure to report How to submit a report Court rulings on CTA’s unconstitutionality Implications to entities as a result of the ruling in NSB Potential reporting requirements due to FinCen’s proposed rulemaking with respect to non-financed purchases of residential real estate and gratuitous transfers
Audit 105: The Audit Risk Model - Foundational Principles
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:The reason that entities engage a financial statement auditThe applicable financial reporting frameworks available The various phases of a financial statement auditEvaluating and documenting audit risk, both at the overall and relevant assertion levelCase study differentiating high-risk audit engagements and higher-risk audit areas
Office 365 Teams App - Optimizing Your Setup & Configuration
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Defining your teams and channel structure - best practicesStep-by-step guide on how to create and manage teams and channelsHow to organize your Teams navigation panelConfiguring your notification settingsConnecting Teams to external appsUnderstanding how Teams integrates with SharePoint, OneNote and Planner appsTracking your Teams app usage analyticsArchiving and deleting Teams and related content
360 Budgeting: A Holistic Approach to Process and Solutions
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Budget defining, Budget cultures Tacticle budget issues Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions Understanding people in the budget process Communicating your budget to non financial types
Cybersecurity 101 for CPAs
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:The typical IT architecture and technology components that reside in an IT environmentSpecific cybersecurity controls that are applied at each layer within an IT environmentAn overview of common cybersecurity frameworks used within the industry to establish and assess cybersecurity controls
2024 Federal Tax Update - Partnership Updates
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Court decisions covering partnership issues such as TEFRA, Statute of Limitations, Economic Substance, and Sec. 754 Elections IRS updates on Form K-2 and K-3 Criteria for using the Domestic Filing Exception
Engagement Management with the Microsoft 365 Planner App
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Overview of the Planner app features and functionalityStep-by-step review and demonstration of how to deploy Planner in your practiceCreating a plan from scratch or use a templateCreating tasks with checklistsAssigning tasksScheduling tasksSetup recurring tasksAttach files to a taskMaintain a task activity journalManage task views with buckets and tagsIntegrate plan schedules with your Outlook calendar.Detailed review of plan / task progress reporting featuresUsing plan templates for recurring engagements
Excel - Advanced Financial and Statistical Calculations
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $118
Best practices for creating Amortization schedules and calculating annual interest payments calculating and summarizing data with SUMIF and SUBTOTAL functions using statistical functions to Analyze data
The Controllership Series - Financial Statement Preparation
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Online
2.50 Credits
Member Price: $89
Accounting Finance Financial Statement Preparation
Understanding and Preventing Budget Calamities
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Budget defining, Budget cultures Tacticle budget issues Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions Understanding people in the budget process Communicating your budget to non financial types
Inventory Accounting GAAP, Software and Recognizing Variances
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $109
Inventory accounting GAAP Methods for dealing with variances
The 10 Must Know Excel Features
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Excel Tables: Master the use of Excel tables for efficient data management, including sorting, filtering, and structured references, to manage data more effectively.Custom Sorting: Get to grips with custom sorting options to organize data in a way that best suits your needs, enhancing data readability and analysis.XLOOKUP: Discover the power of XLOOKUP for advanced data retrieval, a game-changer for complex analysis, allowing you to extract specific data from extensive datasets with ease.SUBTOTAL: Gain proficiency in using the SUBTOTAL function, a versatile tool for calculating data in visible cells, ideal for analyses that require dynamic calculations.SUMIF(S): Explore the functionality of SUMIF and SUMIFS functions for conditional summing, crucial for precise budgeting, expense tracking, and financial reporting.Array Formulas: Dive into array formulas to perform multiple calculations on one or more items in an array, enhancing the efficiency of complex accounting computations.Data Validations: Learn to implement data validations to ensure data integrity and prevent errors in financial data entry, a critical skill for maintaining accurate accounting records.Slicers: Learn to use slicers for interactive data segmentation in tables and PivotTables, enabling accountants to quickly filter and analyze specific subsets of financial data.Conditional Formatting: Understand how to apply conditional formatting to highlight critical financial data points, trends, and variances, making data analysis and interpretation more intuitive.PivotTables: An introduction to PivotTables, one of the most powerful Excel features, for summarizing, analyzing, and presenting large sets of financial data in a digestible format.
Audit 106: Internal Control Fundamentals - Evaluating Design
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Responsibilities for gaining an understanding of the entity and its environmentThe inter-relationship of the five foundational components of the COSO Internal Control - Integrated FrameworkVarious methods for documenting and evaluating the design and implementation of internal control over financial reportingIdentifying critical elements of entity-level and transactional-level controlsCase studies related to identifying deficiencies in internal control documentation
Surgent's Basics of Employment Law for Non-HR Professionals
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
How the application of policies and employment laws within the workplace can reduce employee complaints, and protect your company from claims of discrimination or wrongful behavior Examining wage and pay practices, FMLA examples, and other challenging workplace questions, to insure actions are consistent with laws/policies Key functions of employment including recruitment, interviewing and selection
SAS 145 - Risk Assessment
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
SAS 145 Risk Assessment Internal Controls
The Controllership Series - The Controllers Role in Procurement Function
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accounting Finance Procurement
Tax Power Ethics for Tax Professionals
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and interpretations Statements on Standards for Tax Services Tax preparer standards in the Internal Revenue Code Rules for practice with and before the IRS, including IRS Circular 230 New developments Best practices and case studies
2024 A Guide to Sampling - Part 1
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Sampling Monetary Unit Sampling
Excel - Using Charts for a Non-Financial Audience
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Selecting the right chart type Creating dynamic chartsChoosing data to display as a chart Customizing charts with all the various chart options Printing and sharing your charts
Power BI - Prepare Your Data Efficiently for Excel Analysis
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $118
Getting data into the correct structure Data sources that you can access Working with multiple tables and data sources Steps to import data for analysis Introduction to Power Query and Get and Transform