CPE Catalog & Events
Synchronize Your Files to the Cloud with SharePoint -Updated
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Overview of the OneDrive Sync app functionalityStep-by-step review and demonstration of how to deploy this appInstalling the Sync app on your local devicesConfiguring the files and folders to synchronize toy your local deviceManage the locally stored filesBest practice tips for using the Sync app and avoiding common mistakes
The Ethics Hour: Accounting Scandals: What Happened and Why? Can We Prevent Them?, featuring Tracy Cooper and Don Minges
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Why do some choose to deceive, cheat and steal Can accounting scandals be prevented A brief history of accounting scandals What to look for What should ethical professionals like you do
K2's Accessing Your Company's Data With Power Query And Power BI
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TBD
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
2025 AICPA Regulatory Ethics Update (VBOA Approved)
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Ethics Yellowbook Code of Professional Conduct
Businesses Receiving Government Assistance
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
What is Yellow Book? What is different because of Yellow Book? When might Yellow Book apply to a business? Common application of concepts to businesses Answers to common questions
Avoiding Budget People Issues: Managing Budgeting's Soft Side
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Budget defining, Budget cultures Tacticle budget issues Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions Understanding people in the budget process Communicating your budget to non financial types
Talk This Way - Communication Skills for the CPA
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Pervasive best practices for effective communicationSpecific strategies for written materialsUnique considerations for verbal presentationsThe importance of recursive revisionTips for successPitfalls to avoid
A Practical Guide to Trusts
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $245
Trustee responsibilities and trust administration Strategies for probate avoidance and efficient asset distribution Tax treatment of revocable living trusts Marital deductions and bypass trusts Uses of irrevocable trusts in estate planning Benefits of irrevocable life insurance trusts Multi-generational wealth planning with dynasty trusts Overview of estate planning tools: GRIT, GRAT, GRUT, and QPRT
Business Tax Update: Recent Developments
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:2024/25 legislation impacting business taxpayersTax depreciation updateGIG workers and Form 1099-KCommercial Clean Vehicle CreditRecent business taxpayer case rulingsFINCEN Beneficial Ownership Information reporting update
How to Start a CFO Service
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:What business owners really want from a CFO/business advisory service (it's not what you think).How to determine if you're qualified to provide CFO/business advisory services.Why now is the right time to be providing CFO/business advisory services.How to get new clients to your practice and how to approach existing clients.Why clients need you and why you need them.How much you should be charging for this type of service.How to provide a CFO/business advisory service in the most efficient way possible.
The Controllership Series - The Controllers Role in Financial Forecasting
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TBD
1.5 Credits
Member Price: $59
Accounting Finance
K2's Excel Best Practices And Features
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
What to look for in Excel 2024 How to take advantage of new functions and features in Excel Integrating Excel data with other applications Improving Excel security
Thinking Like an Auditor When Preparing Your Financial Statements
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Determining an appropriate sense of quantitative and qualitative materiality Identifying the critical components of the financial statements that matter most to financial statement users Evaluating where the financial statements are most likely to contain material fraud and error, and ensuring adequate internal control and monitoring to mitigate those risks
K2's Backups Done Right
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
List the significant backup approaches Identify areas of critical weakness or threats in your backup and recovery systems List all critical and non-critical applications and establish their order of recovery Differentiate between backup solutions based on their features and benefits
Navigating IRS Authorizations: Understanding Power of Attorney, Form 2848, and Form 8821 - 2 hrs
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Overview of the IRS collection process and enforcement actions Initial notices, taxpayer rights, and IRS timelines When to use Forms 433-A or 433-B and required documentation Offer in Compromise (OIC): criteria, process, and practical considerations Payment options: installment agreements, partial payment plans, and OIC Advising clients on IRS collections and avoiding penalties Compliance strategies for minimizing tax liabilities Real-world scenarios and examples for tax debt resolution
Surgent's Exploring Business Valuation Fundamentals
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
What does value mean? Technical vs. fundamental analysis Intrinsic value Other discounted cash flow models Assumptions in the Gordon Growth Model Valuations using free cash flows Residual income model Enterprise value Value in mergers and acquisitions Small business valuations and discounts Advanced valuation models
The Bookkeeper Goes to Prison
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Career choicesEthical dilemmasJudicial proceedingsMitigation strategiesCreating tools to help make better decisionsAtonement and reconciliation
Ethics: How to Run Your Business Well
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The five principles of ethical intelligenceHow to make the right decisions in a range of challenging situationsThe fundamental ethical principal, "Do No Harm"
Surgent's Real Estate Taxation: Critical Considerations
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
The impact of recent tax legislation on the real estate industry Depreciation and recapture Determining the basis when acquiring real estate Passive activity losses Calculation of gain or loss on sale of real estate Rental operations Installment sales
How Fraud Can Affect Smaller Organizations
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics included in this course include:The reasons for fraudFraudulent acts that are initiated against smaller organizationsMethods to stop fraud attempts against small businesses