CPE Catalog & Events
2025 Mid - Year Tax Update: Planning for Individuals
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Legislative changes affecting individual tax planning Income, deduction, and credit planning strategies Form 1040 issues: divorce, death of a taxpayer, and status updates Compensation, fringe benefits, and Social Security updates Foreign reporting, resident alien, and cryptocurrency tax matters Capital gains, Kiddie Tax, and related deductions
Fraud Case Studies: 21st Century Professional Misbehavior
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Salient provisions the AICPA Code of Professional ConductExamination of actual fraudsDiscussion of internal controls that could have prevented or mitigated actual fraudsContemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios.Implications for professional conduct and compliance with professional standards
K2's Implementing Internal Controls In Quickbooks Environments
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Critical risks in QuickBooks environments Internal control options that can mitigate risk to prudently acceptable levels Enabling alternative control measures to improve internal controls in QuickBooks environments
K2's Microsoft Teams
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Understanding the Teams platform Communicating and collaborating in Teams Adding applications and services to Teams Extending Teams to individuals outside your organization
Proper Financial Accounting for S Corporations
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Deferred tax accounting for S Corporations S elections and terminations – dealing with deferred taxes Financial accounting for capital stock and retained earnings S corporation shareholders’ equity Tax vs financial accounting for Accumulated Adjustments Account Financial accounting for loans to and from S shareholders
Tax Season Update for Business with Steve Dilley
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $245
Update on significant 2024-25 business tax developments and related cases and rulings Review of recent business tax provisions and their integration into tax forms Depreciation changes in Section 179 and Sec. 168(k) bonus depreciation Tax issues impacting "gig" workers, including Form 1099-K The details on what happened to the various "sunset" provisions of the 2017 tax act
2025 Individual Federal Tax Update - Navigating the Current Tax Landscape
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $225
Form 1040: Precise Tax Submissions Recent Tax Code Changes: Updated Filings IRC Sections Analysis: Understanding Tax Regulations Updates in Income Taxation: Compliance Assurance New Credits and Deductions: Maximizing Benefits Complex Income Issues: Tailored Strategies Itemized Deductions: Informed Client Benefits Health Considerations: Maximizing Financial Benefits Regulatory Shifts: Implications on Tax Strategies Tax Planning Strategies: Client Financial Success
What's Behind the Data?
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Ways in which data and information can be misleadingCommon pitfalls when encountering dataHow to re-evaluate the data to avoid those pitfalls
Five Ways to Improve Your Leadership Skills
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Leadership Self-awareness Communication Delegation Empowerment
K2's Ten Must Know Features In Excel
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
How to securely and efficiently collaborate with others Using Excel for optimization scenarios Creating “audit trails” in Excel Define “dynamic arrays” and list examples of their benefits
FAQ Related to the Most Recent Audit Standards SAS Nos. 142-149
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Clarification of terminology and foundational principles underlying recent generally accepted auditing standards Answers to frequently asked questions that emerge in the proper application of risk-based audit concepts Highlights of important concepts included in SASs No. 142-149
Ethics Case Studies: Remaining Ethical in the Age of Oversharing
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Risks Associated with Social MediaSections of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct That Might Be Violated Using Social MediaCase Study Discussions
Officer Compensation Audits: What It Is and How to Defend It
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Overview of Reasonable Compensation requirements for S and C Corporations Key court rulings and their implications IRS audit procedures related to Officer Reasonable Compensation Role of Accountable Plans in determining Reasonable Compensation Strategies for defending Reasonable Compensation
Federal Tax Update for Individuals with Doug Van Der Aa
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
"Tax-mageddon" - the all-important impending expiration/extension/renewal of the TCJA Recent legislative, judicial, and IRS developments impacting individual taxpayers 2025 Tax rates and inflation-adjusted figures Cryptocurrency reporting and new Form 1099-DA Form 1099-K and previously unreported income Review of significant changes in individual tax forms Recent federal tax legislation, cases and rulings affecting income of individual taxpayers
K2's Better Productivity Through Artificial Intelligence
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
• Practical opportunities to leverage artificial intelligence and automation in business settings • Potential risks associated with using AI and automation, including inherent ethical issues • Pros and cons associated with tools such as ChatGPT, Bard, Power Automate, and Zapier
About the TIGTA: Who Watches the IRS?
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major topics covered in this course include:The role of TIGTA in the US tax systemAuditing, investigating, and inspecting and evaluating IRS programs and operationsIdentifying opportunities to improve the administration of tax lawsPromoting integrity, economy, and efficiency in the tax systemResponding to requests from Congress and other external stakeholdersUpholding ethical standards in the accounting professionBuilding trust and confidence in the tax system
The Value of Conflict
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Conflict resolution
Analytical Procedures for Nonprofits
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
How to leverage preliminary and substantive analytic procedures to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of financial statement audits The required elements of a substantive analytic procedures to address detection risk Tips and traps of applying an analytic approach to satisfy audit objectives Explaining the usefulness of analyzing diverse trends and ratios in a nonprofit environment to meet the needs of various financial statement users Common ratios and trends to assess liquidity, operating efficiency, leverage, and more
Employees Today and Tomorrow : Are Employees Assets?
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
GAAP vs economic value of employees The changing landscape of work The need to change management tactics Different generations and demographics Understanding the differences What issues do they present? How do we improve our understanding? Employee engagement/assessment surveys and what they should tell us Successful tactics for today's workforce
Adobe Acrobat Tips for Working with PDF Files
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Review of all that Adobe Acrobat has to offerOrganizing your PDFs with bookmarks, links, file attachments and moreFormatting the presentation of PDFs with headers, footers and watermarksCreating and processing fillable formsProcessing documents for e-signatureTips for converting email messages, documents and spreadsheets into PDF formatCombining multiple PDF files into a single binder Utilizing the security features of Adobe Acrobat to protect document confidentiality