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Mining Your Firm Client Database for Revenue
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:How accounting and tax professionals can transform dormant data into dynamic growth. When leveraged strategically, your client base becomes more than a list --it becomes a roadmap to higher-value services, expanded engagements, and greater long-term retention.How to audit client records, segment strategically, and surface needs that often go unmet --all without adding complexity or compromising relationships.Using the data you already own and relationships you have already built to drive smarter growth.
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: Humanize Automation: Frameworks for Understanding AI and Your Strategy
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
AI Business Strategy
ACPEN: The Future of Work - Building a New Model of Work
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Talent Strategy Recruitment Retention Compensation Enagegement Alumni Strategy Work Architecture
ACPEN: Neurodiversity & Productivity. Include More Minds to Make the Most of Your Time
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Neurodiversity Productivity Leadership Management Communication Inclusion Culture Empathy
ACPEN: Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) Domain V - Part 2
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Internal audit Standards Institute of Internal Auditors GIAS IPPF
ACPEN: K2’s CRM – The Ultimate Business Automation Tool
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of CRM functionalities tailored to accounting, including customizations and integrations Integrated tools that leverage CRM data for automating tasks and improving efficiency Strategies for successfully adopting a CRM platform and solutions to overcome common challenges
ACPEN: Big Picture Mega-Trends, Big Data, and World We Now Face
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
On-going world economic trends Demographic changes and their impact on the economy Global technology influences Post Covid workplace Big data understanding and where is it going Learn to adapt to changing situations
ACPEN: The Motives and Mystery of Ethics-Understanding the Why
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Understanding yourself and others in the workplace How emotion plays a vital role in ethical dilemmas and in solutions What are some of the various outlooks on ethics? Recognizing lies Managing ethics towards solutions
ACPEN: Execute Your Strategy: Turn Planning into Results or Destroy it and Start Over…Again
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The strategy-execution gap: common reasons why most strategic plans fail Why should financial planning lead strategy? Evaluating the lifespan and relevance of your strategic plan Building your strategy to include risk management Building an adaptive, finance-focused strategic approach What we should learn from the rise and fall of major companies How to align financial metrics with strategy
ACPEN: Independence Requirements for Auditors
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct independence requirements Core independence principles for CPAs in public practice Common independence risk areas PEEC ethics interpretations affecting independence Real-world application of independence guidance Practical compliance and implementation strategies Independence considerations in attest engagements
AI 101 for CPAs: Core Concepts and Practical Applications
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:ABCs of how generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Gemini workWhat inherent risks are associated with this powerful technologyActionable steps you can take to mitigate the risksPractical examples of how AI can be applied in accounting, auditing, tax, and finance services
ACPEN: Fraud’s Greatest Hits!
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3.0 Credits
Member Price: $109
Types of Fraud COSO Fraud Risk Management Guide Techniques for Detecting Fraud Discussion of Accounting Fraud Cases
ACPEN: Achieving Balance in Work and Life - 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 Excel Charting And Visualizations
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Understanding the best types of visualizations to use in specific situations Creating compelling visualizations using Excel Adding interactivity to your Excel-based visualizations
ACPEN: K2’s Top PDF Features You Should Know
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Best practices for creating, editing, and managing PDFs The process for creating and distributing PDF forms Integrating PDFs with other applications Securing your PDFs
ACPEN: Unlocking the Value: IRS Tax Credits for Businesses & Individuals
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Overview of federal tax credits Refundable vs. nonrefundable credits Individual tax credits Business tax credits Eligibility requirements for tax credits Documentation and substantiation standards Recent legislation and IRS guidance affecting credits Planning considerations when evaluating tax credits Audit risks and compliance issues
ACPEN: 360 Budgeting: A Holistic Approach to Process and Solutions
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Defining the budget process Common budgetary cultures and discussion of solutions Does your budget need an overhaul or just a tune up? How to make the budget flexible Making a better budget and maybe even a better you (or at least improving the perception of the budget work itself) How to build a flexible budget model that works? What are the steps we can take to budget for economic and external factors beyond our control? How the right Chart of Accounts can simply your work Budget and GAAP are not the same and why they are fine not to be Efficiently modeling payroll and benefits Identifying controllable and uncontrollable expense Using key variables to stress-test your budget Understanding your own leadership tendencies and applying them to your strengths? Understanding core personality types Learning what type of person you are? Managing and coping with the budget team Effectively dealing with the A, B, C and other players? Identifying the ‘Big Picture’ and your role in effective communication Communicating so others can understand us Understanding a presentation’s anatomy? Tips and tricks for budget presentations
ACPEN: Fringe Benefits & Compensation Planning - Today and Beyond
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Fringe Benefit Planning Fundamentals Strategies Tailored for Business Owners and Employees Navigating IRC §132 Fringe Benefit Option Cafeteria Plans Demystified Tax Management in Compensation Planning Understanding the Implications of Dependent Care and Educational Assistance Plans Implementing Flexible Spending Account Plans Effectively Design Features and Regulations of Group Term Life Insurance Plans Medical Savings Accounts Regulations Financing Options for Retiree Medical Benefits Health Care Benefits: Insured Plan vs. HMO Comparison ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Requirements IRC Common Control RulesOverview of Age and Sex Discrimination Rules
ACPEN: Strategies for Guiding Clients Through Challenging Situations: Tax Insights
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Tax considerations in complex client situations Divorce and separation tax issues Filing status considerations Property division and marital property rules Child support and alimony tax treatment Bankruptcy and debt cancellation Foreclosure tax consequences Business dissolution and ownership transitions Dependency and family tax issues Refunds, deficiencies, and taxpayer obligations