CPE Catalog & Events
Written Information Security Plans
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Introduction to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and its impact on data security Circular 230 compliance and due diligence for practitioners AICPA Statements of Standards relevant to WISP requirements Key components of a Written Information Security Plan Training requirements for employees, staff, and contractors Practical guidance for drafting and implementing a WISP FTC enforcement of data security standards for PTIN holders Best practices for maintaining and updating WISP compliance
1065 - Understanding Partnerships Tax Returns
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Partnership taxation Different types of partnerships Tax obligations of partners Role of the partnership agreement in tax reporting Filing deadlines of Form 1065
AI Prompt Engineering Masterclass for Accountants
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Introduction to Prompt Engineering: Basics of structuring effective prompts for meaningful AI responses.Understanding AI's "Lazy" Defaults: Why LLMs provide basic answers and how to push them to deliver richer insights.Multi-Layered Prompting: Techniques to encourage AI to provide responses across beginner to expert levels.Candid and Contrarian Responses: Using prompts that elicit honest and balanced insights, even on controversial topics.Ripple Effect and Cobra Effect: Probing the broader impacts and unintended consequences of financial decisions.Avoid Stupidity Checklist: A practical prompt for reducing mistakes in AI-assisted accounting tasks.Role-Based Perspective Prompts: Crafting prompts that guide AI to respond from specific professional viewpoints.Automation Ideas: Leveraging AI to optimize repetitive accounting tasks.Emotion-Driven Prompting: Exploring how emotion-focused prompts can enhance AI performance and engagement.Practical Applications in Accounting: How to apply prompt engineering in real-world financial analysis and decision-making.
Common Sense CFO: Dealing with Ever Changing Accounting Standards and Strategy Demands
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Understanding the modern finance and accounting organization chart GAAP accounting changes Why so many changes? The speed of change and complexity Accepting reality Recognizing and fixing the top five accounting problems and errors Leases Revenue Management estimates Why is strategy necessary? What is strategy? The two keys to strategy? Why do some financial leaders lack strategic skills? Balancing strategy with our day-to-day roles
Mergers and Acquisitions: Complete Guide to Relevant Issues
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Taxable asset acquisitions vs. non-taxable stock/equity acquisitions What happens in an asset acquisition What happens in a stock or equity acquisition 338 and 336 elections Basics of 382 Basics of 280G Earnouts and contingent payments Assumed liabilities Acquired reserves Acquired deferred revenue Treatment of transaction costs Basics of mixed entity transactions, examples such as: C-Corp buys an interest in a partnership C-Corp buys an S-Corp C-Corp buys an interest in an LLC (lots of possibilities here) S-Corp buys a partnership S-Corp buys a C-Corp S-Corp buys an interest in an LLC Partnership acquisitions of various entity types Very basic overview of tax-free re-organizations High level overview of entity formations High level overview of entity liquidations or termination
The Successful Family Business
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Business Management Organization
The Original Secure Act and Secure Act 2.0 Retirement Planning Strategies
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Mandatory Automatic Enrollment Credit For Small Employer Pension Plan Startup Costs Enhancement Of The Saver’s Credit Increase In Starting Age For RMDs Indexing IRA Catch-Up Higher Catch-Up Limit Age 61, 62, 63, And 64 Student Loan Payments As Elective Deferrals For Matching Contributions Start Up Credit Costs For Employers Joining An Existing Plan Financial Incentives For Contributing To a Plan Withdrawals For Certain Emergency Expenses SIMPLE Plan changes Starter 401(K) Plans Sec 529 Plan To Roth Rollovers Emergency Savings Accounts Enhancement of 403(B) Plans Qualified Charitable Distributions to Split Interest Entity Retirement Savings Lost and Found
K2's After QuickBooks, What's Next?
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Transitioning from QuickBooks Pro and Premier – challenges and opportunities Overview and comparison of leading accounting software solutions Implementation strategies and best practices for modern accounting platforms
Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) Domain IV - Part 1
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2.4 Credits
Member Price: $79
Internal Audit GIAS Standards Institute of Internal Auditors Accounting Auditing
K2's What's New With QuickBooks
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Licensing issues Pricing updates New and improved features Transitioning from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online
Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) - Overview and Contrast to 2017 International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)
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1.6 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting Internal Controls Internal Audit Standards
Introduction to Governmental Budgeting
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Budgeting Accounting & Auditing Yellowbook
Asset Misappropriation - Let Me Count the Ways
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Identifying opportunity The three most common behavioral red flags that we should always look for The many ways to commit check fraud (it’s so easy) Why inventory is such a good place to hide theft of assets How to cover up inventory fraud Accounts Receivable Fraud and how it works How to count inventory that’s not there
Considerations of Fraud
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
AU-C 240 Auditing Yellowbook
Forgotten Managerial Accounting Tools
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Cost-volume-profit analysis, including target profit and break-even calculations Variable costing Relevant costs and decision-making Standard costs and variances Activity-based costing Segment reporting and analysis Capital budgeting considerations Overview of Excel capabilities for supporting managerial analysis
Common Sense CFO: Crisis Management, Innovation, and Other Expectations Put on CFOs
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Championing the role of innovation in the workplace Crisis management What does it mean? What is our role? The roles we take on and differences between the roles we are assigned? Current and future trends and expectations for financial leaders and CFOs Top ten crucial skills for 2035 from the Far Side’s wisdom
2025 Governmental Auditing Update: Yellow Book & Uniform Guidance
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3.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Yellowbook Auditing Uniform Guidance GAGAS
Are You Up For the Challenge? Test Your Skills as a Quality Control Reviewer
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
AICPA professional standards EQCR expectations Firm-specific considerations Best practices for reducing the frequency of review points Best practices for mitigating the severity of review points Examples of common EQCR deficiencies The impending influence of SQMS No. 1, SQMS No. 2, SAS 146, and SSARS 26 An interactive, hands-on EQCR simulation
Real Estate Tax Update
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Recent tax legislation, rules and developments impacting real estate owners and investors Section 179 for qualified real property Section 179 for non-residential roofs, HVAC fire protection and security systems Section 163(j) interest expense limitation, including electing out and ADS depreciation Introduction to opportunity zones
The Controllership Series - Sales, Collections and Customer Credit
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1.5 Credits
Member Price: $59
Accounting Sales Collections