CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: The Controllership Series - The Financial Close Process
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1.5 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting Finance Financial Statements
ACPEN: Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
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1.6 Credits
Member Price: $79
Ethics Artificial Intelligence Information Technology
ACPEN: Business Tax Update 2026: Compliance and Planning
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Update on significant business tax developments related to cases and rulings Business provisions of any recent legislation impacting business entities Depreciation changes in Sec. 179 and Sec. 168(k) bonus depreciation Recent developments impacting partnership and S corporations, including any changes to Forms 1065 and 1120S
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
Accounting and Auditing for the Construction Industry 26-27
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $175
Illustrative computations for revenue recognition Analysis of FASB revenue recognition standard and the anticipated impact on the construction industry Application of "risk-based" audit model to contractors The "Lookback" analysis and the contractor's estimating reliability Practical approach to auditing contracts completed and in progress Numerous computations and alternative approaches Independent Contractor qualifications
Advanced Staff Tax Training: Individual 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Taxation of investments Reporting of business income and losses from pass-through entities including loss limitations Non-income taxes that impact individual income tax returns Retirement contributions and planning Alternative Minimum Tax (ATM) Social Security taxation Charitable contribution planning with limitations
Tax Planning for Sole Proprietors & Other Business Owners 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
An overview of the business-related tax changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Using the independent contractor rules and hobby loss rules to ensure the activity is a trade or business Reviewing Schedule C deductions for travel, meals, transportation, employee fringe benefits, costs of goods sold, depreciation, and home offices Maximizing the benefits from 1040 deductions for Keogh plans, Solo 401(k)s, Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plans, and SIMPLE plans Taking advantage of the self-employed health insurance deduction and the qualified business income (QBI) deduction Avoiding the at-risk and passive activity loss limitations Making the right business entity election In-depth coverage of what advisers of sole proprietors and single-member limited-liability-company owners need to know
ACPEN: Basis Calculations & Distributions for Pass-Thru Entity Owners Schedule K-1 Analysis
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $300
Detailed coverage of any new legislation affecting basis computations and distributions and changes to the schedule K-1s (including the NEW Form 7203 – S Corporation Shareholder Stock and Debt Basis Limitations) Line-by-line analysis of the Schedule K-1s to determine how the items affect a S shareholder’s stock and debt basis and a partner/member’s outside basis and where the items get reported on Federal individual income tax return The three loss and deduction limitations on the owner’s individual income tax return (i.e. basis, at-risk and other Form 1040 limitations) How cash or non-cash distributions affect the basis calculations and whether or not they are taxable to the owners Compare the tax treatment of the sale of a shareholder’s stock in a S corporation and a partner’s interest in a partnership What constitutes debt basis for a S corporation shareholder under the final regulations The tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders and on open account debt How recourse and non-recourse debt effect a partner or member’s basis calculations and amount at-risk
ACPEN: Effective Communication Skills
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Confidence Leadership
ACPEN: Revenue Recognition Topic 606 Contract with Customers - Identify the Contract Part 2
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revenue Recognition Accounting
ACPEN: The Controllership Series - The Role of the Controller in ESG
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1.5 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting Finance SG Operations
ACPEN: Sarbanes-Oxley 20 years later - Sourcing Emerging Risks Part 2
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1.8 Credits
Member Price: $79
Sarbanes-Oxley Accounting
ACPEN: Leaders Eat Last. Why? The Characteristics of Great Leaders
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
What does "Leaders Eat Last" mean Understand human nature and how we work together or not Leadership skills can be taught True leaders care The need for trust Practical lessons from gifted leaders Steps to become a better leader
ACPEN: Budget Mastery: Walkthroughs and Real World Calculations Towards Tying Budgets To Value
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
How to build a flexible budget model that works? What are the steps we can take to budget for economic and external factors beyond our control? How the right Chart of Accounts can simply your work? Budget and GAAP are not the same and why they are fine not to be Efficiently modeling payroll and benefits Identifying controllable and uncontrollable expense Using key variables to stress-test your budget
ACPEN: K2’s Collaboration – Best Platforms And Practices
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The primary drivers of collaboration Who are the leading collaboration technology providers Why collaboration sometimes fails Best practices to facilitate collaboration Today's leading collaboration providers and tools
ACPEN: Estimates, Contingencies and Going Concern
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of accounting estimates and uncertainties Going concern accounting and auditing considerations SAS 132 requirements SAS 143 requirements Loss and gain contingencies Guarantees Credit losses Impact on financial reporting and auditing
ACPEN: Common Yellow Book & Single Audit Deficiencies
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Common peer review deficiencies in Yellow Book engagements Common peer review deficiencies in Single Audit engagements Yellow Book requirements (independence, CPE, reporting) Single Audit compliance requirements Internal controls over compliance Compliance testing and major program determination Root causes of audit deficiencies and prevention strategies
ACPEN: K2’s Securing Your Data: Practical Tools For Protecting Information
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Understanding today's cybersecurity risks Identifying significant cybersecurity risks Implementing specific steps to reduce risk
ACPEN: IRAs – Contributions & Distributions for Traditional, Roth, SEP & SIMPLE IRAs
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $300
An emphasis on newly enacted tax legislation affecting IRAs including the NEW final required minimum distribution (RMD) regulations Contribution limits to and tax treatment of distributions from Traditional, Roth, SEP and SIMPLE IRAs Deductible phase-out limits for Traditional IRA contributions for taxpayers that are active participants in qualified retirement plans Roth IRA contribution phase-out limits as well as tax-free qualified distributions Planning opportunities for conversions to ROTH IRAs Rollover rules to/from different retirement accounts and the one-rollover-per-year limitation The different options of receiving IRA distributions before age 59 ½ and avoiding the 10% early distribution penalty (including substantially equal periodic payments) The required minimum distribution (RMD) rules from IRAs needed to avoid the 50% penalty after the account owner turns age 72 or dies The tax ramifications of spouse and non-spouse beneficiaries and how this affects the RMD calculation after the account owner’s death Overview of health savings account (HSA) eligibility rules, contribution limits and distribution rules
ACPEN: Form 1040 Individual Income Tax Prep
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Overview of Form 1040 and filing requirements Filing status and dependent rules Income reporting, including wages, interest, and dividends Adjustments to income Standard vs itemized deductions Common individual tax credits Introduction to Schedule C and Schedule E Preparer responsibilities, due diligence, and Circular 230