CPE Catalog & Events
Revenue Recognition Determine the Transaction Price Part 2
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revenue Recognition Accounting
K2's Accessing Your Company's Data With Power Query And Power BI
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Utilizing Power Query to access data from the web, spreadsheets, folders, and databases Using Power Query to perform various transformations to clean up data before importing it to Power BI or Excel Producing various reporting documents from data delivered from Power Query
10 Keys to Outstanding Service and More Referrals
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Communicate more powerfully with clients and other CPA's by understanding human behavior • How to judge if your communication is effective in motivating someone • How to get someone to really hear you and how to really hear what someone else is “not saying.” • How to communicate so that someone will happily do what you want How to create trust and get people to like working with you – inside and outside the firm • The 3 most important keys for getting someone to feel rapport with you • Why rapport is so important, and how to use it to profit in your work • How to quickly solve problems with people once you have their rapport Secret techniques that super-successful communicators use • How to persuade people without them knowing they are being persuaded • How Ronald Reagan, Oprah and Bill Clinton are similar, and how you can tap into their "magical abilities." • The three most important keys all successful communicators use How outstanding service can lead to more promotions and/or client development • The art of getting more referrals and turning referrals into clients • Why great service is better for your business in the long run • How to know what’s most important to your client or boss—so you can focus on that
Getting On Top of It All: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder - Part 1
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Why important things don’t get done on a timely basis, and what to do about it Five ways to increase productivity that almost no one ever uses The four proven ways to keep yourself and your staff motivated to consistently work at the highest level How to avoid feeling stressed out—even though your “to do” list is endless The three time management techniques that you’re not using that are critical to your success How to know and avoid what is a poor use or waste of your time How to set goals that excite you, and how to guarantee they actually get done Three ways to elicit help from others that ensure their cooperation and help The smart things to do with the extra time you’ll have when you’re on top of it all
Best-In-Class Recruiting Strategies
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Recruiting & Retention Talent Management Employee Engagement
Predictive Accounting: Driver-Based Budgeting & Rolling Financial Forecasts
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
The shift to “predictive accounting” for Decision Making, Planning, and Budgeting Problems with traditional annual budget processes Develop a driver-based “operational budget” based on resource capacity planning Classify resource capacities and their expenses as sunk, fixed, step-variable, and variable Create closed loop capacity plans Forecast demand for budgeting and rolling financial forecasts Integrating enterprise risk management (ERM) with management accounting Applying target costing for cost estimating
Introverts Have Real Power, Why Quiet Leaders are So Successful
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
What are the signs of an Introvert? Why do we seek out extroverts? How do we communicate? Introvert characteristics Secrets of public speaking for Introverts How to help your Introverted child? Playing to an introvert’s strengths
K2'S Eight Awesome PivotTable Features
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Adding user-defined calculations to PivotTables Enhancing PivotTables with Key Performance Indicators Using PivotTables to consolidate “standard” Excel reports Creative ways to filter PivotTables Linking accounting software data into PivotTables
Shortcuts to Personal and Professional Success
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $225
1. What really leads to success in the modern world The five things that correlate with fulfillment The five skills that lead to personal success Why "inner technology" is so important to succeed 2. Mastering the Art of Communication Why communication is so important The five mistakes people often make when they communicate How to solve problems without bruising egos How to get people to want to work with you 3. The Magic of Motivation: The key to success is consistency Why people normally don't stay motivated, and how to overcome this Why procrastination is a problem, and how it can be easily handled How to motivate other people 4. Overcoming Your Fears Why people have fears, and how they can be overcome The three skills needed to overcome any fear Identifying the fears that stop you, and creating a plan to overcome them 5. What makes people really happy—and what doesn’t The 3 most important things you can do to increase both happiness and productivity How to handle stress in under two minutes How to tap into a greater sense of purpose and meaning How to use positive psychology principles to help your business
Revenue Recognition - Recognize Revenue
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revenue Recognition Accounting
The Controllership Series - The Treasury Function Part 1 - Cash and Investing
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting Finance Cash Investments
K2's Excel Tips - Today's Best Features
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
New features and functions in Excel How to improve efficiency and effectiveness when working in Excel Taking advantage of Copilot integration with Excel Better ways of creating and working with formulas
Nonprofit Internal Control - Practical Insights into Mitigating Financial Reporting, Compliance and Other Risks
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Recognizing the importance of each of the key components of a sound system of internal controls over financial reporting, regardless of a nonprofit entity's nature, size or complexity Understanding the critical role of information technology (IT) general and application controls to reliable financial reporting, even in less-complex IT environments Exercise in documenting an understanding of the design of internal controls for common classes of transactions for nonprofit entities Identifying and evaluating the sufficiency of key controls to satisfy control objectives Understanding the importance of verifying whether an understanding of the design of internal controls has actually been "implemented", and how to exactly go about doing that
K2's Case Studies in Fraud and Technology Controls - 8 Hours
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $225
Key fraud risks impacting businesses today Examples of fraud and the monetary impact on victims How to create, implement, and assess technology-based internal controls to reduce the probability of becoming a fraud victim
Fundamentals of the 1040 for Junior Staff
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $245
Form 1040 essentials: filing requirements, due dates, and key schedules Filing status, dependency rules, and taxable income sources (wages, business income, rental income, and investments) Adjustments to income, deductions, and tax credits (standard vs. itemized deductions, Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, and Education Credits) Self-employment and business income taxation (Schedule C, self-employment tax, business deductions) Rental income and pass-through entity reporting (Schedule E, Schedule K-1, shareholder stock and debt basis on Form 7203) Preparer due diligence, Circular 230 compliance, and taxpayer rights IRS cybersecurity considerations and best practices for taxpayer data security Legislative updates for 2024 and potential changes in 2025
Conducting Human Resource Investigations
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Research Analysis Interviewing Documenting Reporting Results
Performance Auditing Made Easy
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1.5 Credits
Member Price: $59
Performance audit standards Performance audit types Performance audit objectives
Private Company Simplified GAAP Alternatives
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Guidance, related to "plain vanilla" interest rate swaps that convert variable into fixed rate debt and other derivatives Guidance related to amortization and impairment of goodwill Guidance related to separately recognizing intangible assets from goodwill in a business combination Guidance related to lease accounting and revenue recognition options
Better Forecasts: Be a Better Predictor
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Why an open mind and the ability to doubt helps make great predictions Why it is better to be a fox than a hedgehog How non-conformists change the world How to focus on what matters How to learn from the past without hindsight bias
Taxation of Business Entities
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2.5 Credits
Member Price: $79
Types of business entities (Sole proprietorship, Partnership, Corporation, Limited Liability Company and Limited Liability Partnership) Considerations in choosing a business entity, including taxes, limited liability protection, management & control, funding options & opportunities, tax consequences for the owners and the business. Future tax considerations that will impact various business entities.