CPE Catalog & Events
Accounting Analysis Basics 26-27
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $175
Accounting analysis and methodology Factors influencing the quality of accounting-based financial reports Impact of emerging business models on balance sheets Introduction to the Instructor's Open Balance Sheet
Vows Made Visible: Ethics and the Call of the Profession 26-27
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $175
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, Institute of Management Accountants Standards of Ethical Conduct and T.D. Circular 230 Implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Recent, relevant cases on accounting profession ethics and professional responsibility Areas the partner should pay particular attention to What it means to be a profession and a professional Ethical frameworks
World Class Cost Accounting: A Practical Application—Part 1 26-27
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $175
Classification of the five cost types Direct Materials'comprehensive coverage Direct Labor'labor burden costs
ACPEN: Gamed: Why Performance Targets and Incentives Fail and How to Fix Them
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Diagnosing problems with existing performance targets and incentives Designing performance targets (that work in the real world) Designing incentives the drive the intended behaviours and outcomes Avoiding common mistakes, problems and pitfalls with performance targets and incentives
ACPEN: Planning for Small Business Success
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The integrated planning model The strategic plan Linkage with Performance Based Management Tracking success Real world examples
Predicting the Future: 21st Century Budgets and Projections 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Why great predictions are not intuitive How to separate correlation from causation How to recognize and overcome bias Learn from the past without hindsight bias Why the many purposes and types of budgets and projections cause distortions How benchmarking and metrics have changed the budget process
ACPEN: Hands-On Tax Return Workshop – S Corporations (Form 1120S)
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $300
Extensive review of the S corporation income tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative Schedule K analysis– determine if income statement items are separately (i.e. schedule K) or non-separately stated income and expense items Discuss how schedule K items get allocated to shareholders on their schedule K-1s Look at detailed Schedule K-1 information reporting to shareholders needed for the qualified business income (QBI) deduction, 3.8% net investment income tax and business interest expense limitations Talk about the unreasonably low officer compensation issues Learn the special tax treatment of fringe benefits paid to 2% shareholders and family members Schedule M-1 – calculate the reconciliation of income or loss per books with income or loss per income tax return Schedule M-2 – detailed step-by-step calculation of the AAA, PTI, E&P and OAA accounts Basic overview of the tax treatment of distributions including when a S corporation has prior C corporation earnings and profits (E&P) Review the importance and basics of calculating a shareholder’s stock and debt basis Basic overview of the potential S corporation built in gains tax from the conversion of a C to S corporation
The Best Individual Income Tax Update Course by Surgent
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
Comprehensive coverage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Review of key components of President Trump's tax bill, including a tip income exemption, overtime pay relief, Social Security tax exemption, auto loan interest deductibility, SALT deduction modifications, a lower corporate tax rate, restoration of 100% bonus depreciation, immediate R&D expensing, and permanent extension of select TCJA provisions Tariff policy and implementation - analyze the use of tariffs as a fiscal and trade policy tool Digital assets and tax implications - understand the new Form 1099-DA for reporting digital asset transactions, along with updated IRS guidance on cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and broker responsibilities Artificial intelligence - discover how AI and generative tools are transforming tax practices, as well as how the IRS is leveraging AI to enhance audit selection Form 1099-K reporting requirements - understand the evolving IRS thresholds and rules for third-party payment platforms The Gig Economy - examine key tax implications for gig workers, including Independent Contractor vs. Employee classification challenges, reporting responsibilities, and the impact of the 2024 Department of Labor Final Rule on worker status Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation Real Estate professional requirements Review of pertinent cases and rulings affecting taxpayers Practice aids, including all the numbers applicable for the current year -- inflation-adjusted amounts, mileage rates, retirement contributions, and more Advanced practice, reporting, and other issues intertwined with advanced planning and discussion ideas
ACPEN: Ethics, Education and AI; Can Thy Coexist?
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
How has AI has instigated a ‘war’ in education? Has cheating increased? Are the students being ethical? Are the institutions being ethical? How money exaggerates the ethical dilemma? Which is more dangerous, using AI in education or not? What should be done with professionals, e.g., CPAs, who use AI for CPE?
ACPEN: Two Types of Goals You Need to Be Successful
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Common obstacles to goal achievement The limitations of SMART goals Characteristics of effective outcome goals Process Goals: The Roadmap to Achievement Integrating Outcome and Process Goals for Maximum Impact
ACPEN: Promote Internal Whistleblowing and Succeed in Creating a Strong Speak Up Culture
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Speak up culture Encouraging internal whistleblowing Ethical culture Internal complaint reporting processes
ACPEN: Clear, Kind, and Accountable: A Leader’s Guide to Boundaries, Coaching, and Real Conversations
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Conflict Management Difficult Conversations Psychological Safety
ACPEN: The Future of Work - The Landscape of Work Today
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Employment Data Talent Strategy
ACPEN: Leveraging Analytical Procedures to the Fullest on Audits - Case Studies in Strengthening Audit Evidence
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
How well-designed analytic procedures enhance audit quality Elements of strong analytic procedures Selecting the proper analytic, and altering the strength for the intended purpose Evaluating the data used in generating expectations Improving documentation, including evaluating sufficiency and appropriateness of the audit evidence obtained
ACPEN: Partnership/LLC Taxation: Understanding Tax Basis Capital Accounts
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Discussion of the impact of the Section 199A flow-through entities deduction on partnerships and their partners The meaning of a "tax basis capital account" - how do the financial accounting and tax capital accounts differ from one another How to determine a partner's share of the partnership's liabilities Distinguishing "recourse" loans from "nonrecourse" loans What are "qualified nonrecourse financing" & loans and how they affect partners Section 704 "built-in gain or loss" & ules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting Section 465 "at risk" rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting
ACPEN: Triple Your Memory, Prevent Dementia and Halve Your Stress - Part 1
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Why the brain can remember some things a hundred times better than others Why we typically forget names and faces, and what can be done about it How our emotions follow the motion of our body, and how that can be used to instill instant confidence How to tap into a completely relaxed and/or confident state of mind in 10 seconds or less using advanced hypnotic conditioning and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques How to prevent dementia and brain “fog” using specific supplements and exercise How to stay motivated to use the methods outlined in this course to advance your career and achieve a higher quality of life How to use the concept of constant learning to help you maintain a balanced and fulfilling
ACPEN: K2’s Getting Control Of Your OneDrive Account
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Comparing OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint OnlineManaging documents stored in OneDrive Using OneDrive as a collaboration tool Integrating OneDrive with other applications and services
ACPEN: Wired Differently - An Introduction to Neurodivergence
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Neurodivergence Diversity Inclusion
ACPEN: Productivity Hacks for Working Remote
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Virtual Work Remote Work Telecommuting Flexible Work Options
ACPEN: Emerging Risks and Resilience - How Accountants and Finance Professionals are Leading the Way - Part 1 Building Organizational Resilie
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1.4 Credits
Member Price: $39
Risks Accounting Finance Economy Information Technology Data Governance