CPE Catalog & Events
Accounting Fraud 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
The elements of fraud and the Fraud Triangle Theory Types of fraud with a focus on management fraud Best practices in fraud detection and deterrence
Estate Planning: A Comprehensive Overview 26-27
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Intestate succession and probate administration Holding title to assets Lifetime asset transfers and testamentary asset transfer planning Structures to avoid or minimize transfer taxes Living trusts, including A-B and A-B-C, life insurance trusts, terminating irrevocable trusts, use of trust protectors, trust administration during incapacity and post-mortem
Financial Statement Disclosures 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
General requirements Balance Sheet, income statement and cash flow Stockholders" equity Business combination and consolidation
Internal and External Fraud: Understanding It and Working to Control It 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Understanding why internal fraud occurs Fraudulent acts initiated by outside organizations Policies, procedures and control measures designed to fight fraud Steps that verify anti-fraud activities are working
A&A Update for Nonprofits and Single Audit - 2026
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:• Current impacts of accounting and financial reporting on nonprofit entities • Recently released FASB standards that impact nonprofit financial reporting the most• Current issues and challenges involving Yellow Book financial statement audits• Critical considerations when performing Single Audits under OMB Uniform Guidance for Federal Awards • Important AICPA professional standard developments related to providing audit and nonaudit services to nonprofits
Steps to Stop External Fraud
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Types of external fraudConsiderations as organizations work to reduce fraud riskExternal fraud and known parties/External fraud unknown perpetrators
Retaining Talent in a Competitive Marketplace
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Decision Making TheoryCompensation & Employee SatisfactionWhat benefits do employees care about?Retirement Plan BasicsHealth Insurance BasicsDisability Insurance BasicsLife Insurance BasicsFringe BenefitsSumming It Up
ACPEN: World-Class Cost Accounting: A Practical Application - 8 Hour Version
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Classifying the five cost types Direct materials - comprehensive coverage Direct labor - including all labor burden costs Tracing all the prime costs to products Budgeting and setting standard costs Classifying manufacturing overhead costs into 5 cost types Selecting the bases for tracing overhead costs to products Period Manufacturing Inefficiencies cost of sales - categories and costing Segregating inventory for costing and analysis Accounting for variances - budgeting, analyzing, timing for recording
ACPEN: Accommodation Requests - Substance Abuse - Contagious Infections
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accommodation requests - religious practices Accommodation requests - disabilities Substance Abuse - constructive confrontation Substance Abuse - duty to accommodate as a disability Disclosures of potentially contagious infections
ACPEN: The Controllership Series – The Controller’s Skillset
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accounting Finance Skills
ACPEN: Risk Assessment of IT Systems
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Overview of SAS 145 Risk assessment requirements Role of IT in audit planning Understanding IT environments Identifying IT risks Areas of concern in IT systems Impact of IT risks on the audit
ACPEN: What Is Your Brand Reputation?
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Presence
ACPEN: Revenue Recognition Topic 606 - Identify Performance Obligations Part 1
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revenue Recognition Accounting
ACPEN: Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Focus on Computer Forensics - Part 3 (Steganography)
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TBD
1.6 Credits
Member Price: $79
Forensic Accounting Accounting Auditing Finance
ACPEN: Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Financial Statement Preparation Common Mistakes made in Preparing Financial Statements GASB Financial Statement Preparation Standards
Becoming a Fractional CFO: What to Do and How?
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Do you have what it takes to be a successful fractional CFO?Should you be a solo practitioner or join a larger firm? 1099 versus W2?What skills are needed to be successful?Sales, marketing, etc.What are some of the ‘red flags’?Typical assignments and issues a fractional CFO will likely encounterThe greatest opportunity for fractional CFOs?Understanding your value
Surgent's How to Effectively Represent Clients Under IRS Audit
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Why the IRS selects a tax return for audit What happens when the taxpayer disagrees with the results of the audit IRS employees who interact with taxpayers during an audit FATCA audits Types of IRS examinations Potential IRS audit outcomes Substitute for returns Large Partnership Compliance Program IRS’s shift in audit strategies Responding to IRS Notices online Audits of high income and high net-worth individuals The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA) and its impact on auditing partnerships IRS Letters of Concern
Surgent's Virtual Currency: Keeping Up with the Tax Code
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $119
Overview of virtual currency Property transactions with virtual currency Receiving virtual currency as payment Paying using virtual currency Charitable donations with virtual currency Gifting of virtual currency Form 8300 reporting
ACPEN: The CPA as Strategic Advisor: Leading the Client Advisory Team
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The CPA as team leader Roles of key advisory professionals Identifying cross-disciplinary planning opportunities Coordinating planning strategies Communication and collaboration Structuring advisory relationships Risk and professional responsibility
Money Laundering 101 for CPAs
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this class include:The theory of money launderingCommon money laundering statutesExamples from court cases of money laundering statutesCommon occurrences with CPAsPossible money laundering transactionsApplying the money laundering statutes in real life scenarios