CPE Catalog & Events
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: The New Quality Management Standards - What Everyone Needs to Know
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of the new quality management standards Focus on the most important elements of a quality management system Implementation tips that everyone in the firm should know Audit and attest standards impacted
Retirement Planning: Next Stage for You or Your Client
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Welcome to Your Next Stage -- Developing a new perspective on what this next stage is really all aboutIt's About Time -- Discovering a new sense of purposeMoney Matters -- Assessing your financial conditionsRelationships Matter Too -- Addressing needed or potential changes in your relationshipsHealthy Habits -- Examining new or renewed ways to stay healthyWho I Am -- Creating a new identity, and answering "So what do you do?"My Master Plan -- Figuring out what to do next
Surgent's Section 754 Step-Up in Basis: Understanding the Tax Issues for Partnerships and LLCs
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
How and why a partnership makes a 754 election The effect of the 754 election when an interest in a partnership is sold or inherited How the 754 election applies when a partnership makes a distribution of property to one or more of its partners How to make the 754 basis adjustment
ACPEN: Fraud Case Studies: Professional Misbehavior in the 21st Century
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Understand factors that allowed selected frauds to occur Recognize controls that may have prevented or mitigated selected frauds Consider application of these lessons to circumstances you encounter in your professional endeavors Apply ethical guidance to scenarios that accounting professionals may encounter in public practice
ACPEN: Expand Your Analytical Toolbox More Tools for Success
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
5 step valuation process 2 specific valuation approaches The Gordon Model 10 thoughts on banker selection Rating your bank 10 hints for keeping your toolbox full
ACPEN: The Essential SSARS Update with Renee Rampulla
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Preparation Engagements Compilation Engagements Review Engagements Quality Management Components Common Accounting and Reporting Issues Frequent Peer Review Matters
Common Deficiencies in SSARS Engagements
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Frequent problem areas in preparation, compilation, and review engagementsThe root causes of noncompliancePractical approaches firms can use to improve consistency, documentation, and overall engagement performance
ACPEN: Audit & Attest Quality Matters that Should be on Your Radar – Avoiding Common Deficiencies in SAS, SSARS and SSAE Engagements
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Applying professional skepticism to ensure quality work Meaningful risk assessment when designing work programs for various levels of services Proper planning and supervision of all engagements Accountant responsibilities for evaluating internal control Strengthening analytic procedures to support conclusions Complying with the Code of Professional Conduct and quality management standards
ACPEN: Multistate Taxation - Issues and Planning Opportunities
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Multistate Business Activities Nexus and Implications State Taxable Income Business-Related Issues Formulas and Their Application Audit Defense Strategies State Specific Regulations Choice of Business Entity Interstate Commerce Clauses Domicile in relation to State Death Taxation
An Exhaustive Look At Fraud and Ways To Control It
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics covered in this course include:Fraudulent acts initiated from outside organizationsWhy internal fraud occursThe importance of fighting cyber-fraudSteps that verify anti-fraud activities are working
Finding Errors in Excel Spreadsheets
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Understanding Common Excel Errors: Gain insights into the most common types of errors encountered in Excel, including formula errors, reference errors, and logic errors.Advanced Formulas and Functions: Learn to use advanced Excel functions and formulas that are crucial for error detection and data analysis.Data Validation Techniques: Master the art of data validation to prevent errors before they occur. This includes setting up data validation rules and using conditional formatting to highlight potential inaccuracies.Error Tracing and Auditing Tools: Delve into Excel's auditing tools to trace and fix errors. Learn to use Trace Precedents, Trace Dependents, and the Error Checking tool effectively.
ACPEN: New Trademark Law: What CPAs and Their Clients Should Know
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Key Highlights of the TMA New Procedures brought about by the TMA Updates to Existing Procedures Takeaways
ACPEN: K2's Automation For Increasing Personal Efficiency And Effectiveness
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
What are integration and automation? Exploring Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) tools and services Intelligent Voice Assistants (IVAs) and home automation systems Personal automation workflows and time-saving strategies Smart home integration and optimization
ACPEN: The Controllership Series - Managerial Accounting Basics and Costs
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accounting Finance
ACPEN: A Guide to Sampling - Part 2
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Auditing Yellowbook
ACPEN: Section 199A Compliance: Rules and Reporting After OBBA
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
A deep-dive look at the Section 199A flow-through entities deduction Calculation of qualified business income Application to rental real estate - "safe harbor" rule and aggregation rules Self-rental rule for 199A compared to self-rental rule for passive activities Differing impact on the sole proprietorship, partnerships and S corporations Forms reporting in Form 8995 and Form 8995-A Section 199A flowchart
ACPEN: Conflicts of Interest: Dealing With Ethical Dilemmas in Business and Industry
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Do conflicts of interest matter? Are we aware of common conflicts of interest? What does the Code of Professional Conduct require? How to recognize Conflicts of Interest? Ethical issues regarding competence and gifts and entertainment Trade-offs involved in dealing with conflicts of interest? Suggestions on how to avoid conflicts of interest.
Form 706 Preparation Part 1: Overview Including Portability 26-27
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Action steps in 706 preparation engagement Filing requirements, new forms, IRS return review procedures, closing letters Obtaining transcripts and previously filed returns Completing introductory pages 1—4 Worksheets provided: Summary of Estate Plan Summary of Estate and Subtrust Funding; Beneficiary Allocation Schedule
Technology Trends for CPAs and CFOs: 2026 Update
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Role of cloud computing as the foundation for all tech trendsIoT (Internet of Things) and Big DataData analytics and KPI dashboards the new financial reporting modelGenerative AI and Agentic AI in 2026Blockchain technology and smart contractsCryptocurrency 15 market and technology updateCurrent state of the software applications technology