CPE Catalog & Events
2023 Washington State CPA Ethics by Jim Rigos WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
An increased sensitivity for factual situations leading to accounting ethical issues and potential legal dilemmas. More confidence in your personal and professional accounting ethical judgments Familiarity with AICPA and Washington State Board ethical reporting and compliance procedures with particular emphasis on different or elevated Washington treatment. This course contains case study scenarios demonstrating numerous actual reported Board cases. Identifying dollar claim and possible risk reduction techniques and procedures of potential client or third party legal or ethical claims. 4 hours of CPE credit approved by the Washington State Board of Accountancy.
WSCPA Annual Meeting 2023 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The state of the profession. Updates in the pipeline. Psychological safety.
2023 Mid-year Federal Tax Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
SECURE Act 2.0. New required minimum distribution rules. Reduced penalties for failure to take timely RMDs. IRS’s new $80 billion dollars in supplemental funding. How many new auditors will be added? Which taxpayers won’t experience an increased audit rate. Forms 1099-K. The new rules (Airbnb, Ebay ,etc). There will be tens of millions of new Forms 1099-5 for 2023. How to report the sales. Beyonce’ goes to Tax Court. We’ll cover what tax issues appear to be at stake. Important new cases, including a partner “sweat equity” interest – did receipt of a profits interest trigger income to the recipient? Change in deducting research expenses, including software development costs. What happens when an S corporation distributes property to a friend of its shareholders? Self-employment taxes for partners.
Bottles, Brews & Buds Conference 2023 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Alcohol and cannabis accounting. Fraud risks. Future outlook.
Essential Skills for the Next 10 Years WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Why building trust is essential. How trusting relationships makes us more effective. The surprising backgrounds of CFOs. Non-technical skills you need to be a CFO. How to improve your skills every day. Recent trends in financial management. Insights from the COVID crisis. Skills you'll need for tomorrow.
Appreciation Intelligence: The New AI WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Languages of appreciation. Appreciation strategies.
Advanced Googling for Accountants WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Getting Google ready. Google mobile tools. Google personalization and optimization. Google eyes and ears: How Google can literally read, hear and see you. Googling to your own devices: How results vary by computer. Hiding in plain Sight: What you're missing on the Google results page. Google sweet talk. Power search tools. Google verticals. How to be a Google super hero: Three key strategies.
False Tax Returns: Why CPAs and Their Clients Go to Prison WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How the IRS catches bad return preparers. The difference between simple mistakes and criminal acts. What to do if your client is being investigated for tax crimes. How to protect yourself if you are accused of preparing false tax returns.
Taxation of Judgements and Settlements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.5 Credits
Types of damages or remedies that can be awarded or agreed upon pursuant to litigation. Review of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations governing the taxation of various types of litigation payments. Suggestions for drafting pleadings or settlement agreements.
Emotional Intelligence WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Emotions. Relationships.
IRS Penalties and Abatements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Rules on waiver of penalties and interests. Various forms and procedures for requesting relief. First time abatement requirements and procedures. How an individual taxpayer qualifies for reasonable cause abatement. Procedures for requesting refund of paid penalties. Available administrative options.
2018 Government Auditing Standards Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Key changes made by the 2018 version of Government Auditing Standards. Enhanced required reporting related to internal controls and compliance in a financial statement audit. Clarifications related to the supplemental performance requirements in a financial statement audit imposed by the 2018 Yellow Book. New requirements related to independence in a Yellow Book audit. Other important matters contained in the 2018 Government Auditing Standards related to financial statement audits.
Implementing System Changes: Success Planning & Leadership WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Setting the stage for a successful implementation. Assigning the right resources. Creating and utilizing a project plan. Communicating effectively. Providing post implementation support. Recognizing the wins. Capturing lessons learned.
Partnerships and LLC: Tax Basis Capital Accounts WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Discuss the impact of the Section 199A flow-through entities deduction on partnerships and their partners. The meaning of a "tax basis capital account. " How the financial accounting and tax capital accounts differ from one another. Determine a partner's share of the partnership's liabilities. Distinguish "recourse" loans from "nonrecourse" loans. What are "qualified nonrecourse financing" loans and how they affect partners. Section 704 "built-in gain or loss" rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting. Section 4655 "at risk" rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting.
Practical Excel Topics for Today's Accountant WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Data validation. Underutilized, but powerful, formulas. Formulas for manipulating, transforming, and cleansing data. Formulas for data analysis. Reference formulas. Pivot tables. Solver as a tool for performing multivariate analysis. Mail merge. Custom formatting.
Yellow Book Independence and Single Audit Fundamentals WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The conceptual framework approach to independence. Independence threats related to preparing financial statements and accounting records. Consideration of specific non-audit services that would and would not impair independence. Documentation necessary to support adequate consideration of auditor consideration. Fundamentals of a compliance audit performed under the Uniform Guidance. Schedule of expenditure of federal awards. Determination of major courses. Using the Compliance Supplement Uniform Guidance administrative requirements and cost principles. Testing internal control over compliance. Testing compliance. Writing an audit finding. Reporting requirements of a single audit.
Advanced Management and Leadership Essentials WEBCAST
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Your Desk
16.0 Credits
What is Expected of the Manager and Senior Manager? Managing Self and Priorities Building Leadership Communication Skills. Leading Others. Coaching and Developing Staff. Helping Your Organization Grow.
If You Only Knew What Microsoft Word Could Do WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Best practices for those creating Word documents of all types. Using Word Styles to enhance and organize documents. Word features like PDF editing, automatic tables of contents, and cross-referencing that save time and add value.
Taxation of Non-fungible Tokens WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
NFT basics. Classification of NFTs. Current Legislative and Policy Environment. Tax implications of creation, sales and exchanges of NFTs.
Fundamentals of Inbound US Rules of International Taxation 2023 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Withholding on dividends, interest, rents, royalties, and compensation. Withholding rules on foreign investment in U. S. real estate. 163(j) and base erosion anti-abuse tax restrictions on repatriation. Foreign persons with a U. S. trade or business. Taking advantage of tax treaties. Tax-advantaged transfer pricing. IRS audit tools for foreign-owned corporations.
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