CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 2
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
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
ACPEN: Audit Skills for Beginners
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Professional skepticism – Creating a mindset for finding fraud and error Audit documentation basics – Creating workpapers that pass review The audit risk model – Understanding the foundational principles Internal control fundamentals - Satisfying the requirements for evaluating the design and implementation of internal control over financial reporting
ACPEN: Partnership & S Corporations: How to Calculate Basis
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Calculation of basis when the entity is formed, including the impact of contributed property How to calculate partnership tax basis capital accounts; Clarifies the how partnerships and S corporations debt impacts tax basis Discusses how distributions affect basis Explains how basis is impacted by sale and/or liquidation of the partnership or S-corporation interest Discusses how S corporation losses impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting Comprehensive examples to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process
ACPEN: How to Get a Better Return on Financial Statement Audits – Avoiding the Most Misapplied Risk-Based Audit Concepts
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Properly assessing inherent, control, and fraud risk on an engagement, and linking the results to an appropriately tailored detailed audit plan based on risk assessment and client service goals, regardless of entity type (for-profit, nonprofit, governmental) Leveraging strong substantive analytic procedures as audit evidence to cut back on tests of details The most common efficiency opportunities for tailoring your audit approach based on risk How to use the workpaper review process as a tool for producing a more effective and efficient engagement Using audit documentation to enhance audit quality, while ensuring every workpaper has a purpose How to use the client to your advantage in planning and performing the audit Learn how to get the engagement out the door – on time and on budget!
ACPEN: Consulting Services Secrets
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Identifying a consulting specialty Building a practice and translating knowledge into products Managing consulting projects Marketing consulting projects Building a referral network Contingent fees Professional standards for consultants
ACPEN: Effective Governance for Nonprofit Success
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Yellowbook Accounting and Auditing Nonprofit
ACPEN: Business Valuation - Asset Approach
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Fundamentals of Business Valuation and Appraisal Standards The Asset Approach: Methods, Applications, and Analysis
ACPEN: Working Through Grief and Loss - How to Build a Supportive Workplace
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Employee Relations Culture Leadership Employee Retention
ACPEN: K2's AI Accounting And Fraud Detection
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
AI-based accounting software and general ledger innovations ROI measurement and tech investment strategy Low-code/no-code and vibe coding for process automation
ACPEN: K2's Ripped From The Headlines: Lessons Learned From The Most Interesting Tech Crimes
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Financial fraud and embezzlement case studies Cybercrime, data breaches, and AI-enabled fraud Practical ethics, controls, and compliance lessons for prevention
ACPEN: Cooking Up Success: CPA Clara's Recipe for a Modernized Firm
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
How to structure/offer repeated services without stretching yourself thin Types of Tech Stack you should include in your firm Managing client expectations and building your workflows around them
K2's AI — Better Prompts, Better Results 26-27
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
Components of effective AI prompts The pros and cons of a single large prompt versus multiple small prompts Using prompts to format AI-generated output
ACPEN: Are You Qualified? The Ethics of Practice Development and Skill Enhancement
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
The Catch-22 of Practice Development and Skill Enhancement The Ethics of Education and Experience Requirements Examples of Skill-Expansion Resources Practice- and Skill-Expansion Cases to Consider Conclusion
ACPEN: Documentation Methods for Internal Control Processes
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $85
Introduction to Proper Documentation Responsibilities for Internal Control Exploring What to Document Documentation Types, Flowcharts, & Narratives Policy and Procedures and IC Questions Risk Control Matrices Establishing A Defined Documentation Process Flow Chart Symbols Other Documentation Maturity Model & Issue Tracker Other Documentation Testing Processes Other Documentation Internal Audit Formal Reports & Summary Proper Documentation
ACPEN: Preparing and Reviewing Workpapers for Higher Quality Audits
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The primary purpose of workpaper documentation, and minimum documentation requirements for workpaper preparers Best practices for documenting complex and subjective procedures and conclusions, such as estimates, substantive analytic procedures, etc. that impact the nature and extent of audit documentation needed to support audit conclusions Discussing the financial statement audit risk concept, including how proper application better ensures a higher quality audit Tips for an efficient workpaper review process that complies with relevant standards
ACPEN: Partnership Checkup: Tax Issues & Forms Reporting
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Clarify the importance of partnership capital accounts and partnerships debt on partner's tax basis Impact of contributed property Explain the importance of shareholder loans to the entity Discuss how basis is impacted by distributions of corporation property and the sale/or liquidation of the S corporation interest Comprehensive examples illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process Discusses how S corporation losses impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting How to get from the Schedule K-1 information to the basis calculations
ACPEN: K2’s Better Reporting With QuickBooks Online
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
The types of reports available in QuickBooks Online, by subscription level Customizing reports to meet your needs Spreadsheet Sync in QuickBooks Online Advanced
ACPEN: K2's Ten Questions To Ask Your IT Team
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Ten Strategic Question Frameworks for Technology Assessment Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Oversight Through Targeted Dialogue Cloud Governance and Remote Work Technology Evaluation
ACPEN: A Guide to Sampling - Part 1
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Auditing Yellowbook
ACPEN: Real Estate Professionals: Passive Activity, Sec. 199A and Investment Income Tax
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Definition, pros and cons of being a real estate professional Integration of the real estate professional rules with reporting on Form 1040, Schedule E Real estate professionals and indirectly owned (partnerships, S corporations) entity’s reporting on Form 1040 How ""real estate business"" is interpreted under the Section 199A rules and how it integrates with the passive activity rules Real estate professionals and the Form 8582 (Passive Activities) How to make the ""grouping"" election for passive activities and the flow-through deduction