CPE Catalog & Events
AI Ethics: Balancing on the Tightrope WEBCAST presented by the Virginia Society of CPAs
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Technology threats Opportunities for development Vulnerabilities and risk mitigation Learning opportunities
The Corporate Transparency Act: What You Need to Know Right Now WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Initial Corporate Transparency Act filings. Entities formed before 2024. Entities formed on January 1, 2024 or later. When updated filings are required. How to file the forms. Penalties for not filing.
Accounting for Digital Assets WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Overview of the digital assets and evaluating ownership and various rights and obligations. Status of the FASB Project on Digital Assets. Financial statement presentation and disclosures for acquisitions and sales and when receiving digital assets as consideration from a contract with a customer. Highlights from the industry resources. Key audit risks and internal control considerations.
Audit 402: Audit Quality Control - Avoid Peer Review Issues WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Common peer review deficiencies that quality control reviewers should be alert to. Important considerations of second-level and other upper-level reviewers. Lessons learned from various regulatory oversight reviews. Statement of Quality Control Standards - requirements specific to financial statement audits, and other regulatory oversight considerations.
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.
New Manager Series: Making the Shift from Individual Contributor to Supervisor 2023 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Leadership development.
Payroll Essentials: Getting to Know Payroll Taxes WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The various types of payroll taxes related to compensation. Payroll calculations related to the various of payroll taxes. Introduction to common payroll forms. Resources, recommendations, and guidance on compensation and payroll related topics.
Excel Essentials for Today's Accountant: How To Become an Expert in One Day WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Using formulas to manipulate and transform data. Using formulas and reference formulas. Using pivot tables. Understanding Solver to perform multivariate analysis. Awareness of advanced functions. Creative methods for data manipulation. Using intellectual curiosity and professional skepticism to develop a problem-solving mentality. Real-life examples of innovative ways to analyze and report data with Excel. Using Excel to perform e-mail merges. Enhance creativity in your approach to developing Excel models.
Power BI - Share Your Data Analysis using PowerBI.com WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
A tour of the PowerBI.com interface. Sharing data with Power Pivot and Power BI Desktop. Creating visualizations and turning them into dashboards. Sharing visualizations and dashboards with others.
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.
Buying and Selling Corporate Businesses: Stock Sales 2023 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Stock sale vs asset sale. S corporation versus C corporation. Sale of Qualified Small Business Stock (IRC 1202 and 1045). "Survival" of net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. Planning regarding S corporation suspended losses. Section 338, 338(h)(10) or 336(e) elections. Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiary Election ( QSUB election). S corporation election termination planning. Stock redemptions related to a stock sale.
Sustainability: Doing Well by Doing Good WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Triple bottom line. Sustainable business practices. Incorporating sustainability into every business decision.
Reporting Managers & Their Compensation: Form 990 Part VII-A WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.5 Credits
Definitions behind the three classes of legally or quasi-legally in-charge managers who are required to be disclosed as current managers relative to each Form 990's tax year. Identifying what makes someone a "High 5." Drilling into the reportable compensation thresholds by which employees fall into consideration as either "current." Key Employees or High 5s, as well as the relevant compensation thresholds for status as a "former" TDOKE. Explanation of the two "buckets" of disclosable compensation - reportable and other - that are required to be reported as having been provided to all current and former managers (and High 5s) disclosed on Part VII-A. The two "$10,000" exceptions on Part VII-A that void the need to disclose a related organizations' reporting (based on amounts) of "reportable compensation"; and excepting certain types of "other compensation."
Data Visualization and Mapping Tools for Accountants WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The new visually rich and post-literate world. Business case for data visualizations. Freely usable and stock imagery, animated GIFs, emojis, infographics, animations, logos, interactive images, word clouds. Excel Analytics Apps, Excel Dashboard Tips, PowerPoint Templates. Location Intelligence and Maps, sonification, synthetic media, and leading software review portals. Video-conferencing and live broadcasting, screen and webcam recording, online presentation platforms. Image Editors, video apps, motion graphics and special effects, video creators, 3D design and simulation, data viz tutorials, design talent marketplaces. Mind maps, visual resumes, diagrams, charts, timelines, digital flipbooks, information dashboards.
What's New in Excel 2023 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
New features and tools in Excel. Updates to the Excel Function Library.
Determining Reasonable Compensation for Owner Employees WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
An analytical framework for analyzing and opining on reasonable replacement compensation for owner-employees of closely held businesses and professional practices in the context of tax planning, compliance, management consulting and business appraisal assignments. Executive compensation components, including the valuation of non-qualified plans and restricted stock units.
Tell Me A Story: Making Wisdom Stick! WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.5 Credits
The 3 elements of storytelling . 3 real world examples. 10 thoughts for the road.
Advanced Cost Accounting WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Occupancy costs. Depreciation. Utilities. Supervision. Maintenance. Quality control. Material handling. Process engineering. Design engineering. Procurement. Human resources. Information systems. Selling costs. Accounting. Cost of money. Excess capacity
Shorten Month-End: Closing Best Practices WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Trends in financial statement closings including the Quick Close, Soft Close and Virtual Close. Review and discuss information systems' headaches that slow you down. Work through examples of close cycle "time killers" and how to resolve them. Get inventory and cost of sales under control. Identify the improvement projects that will yield the biggest benefit. Review what leading edge finance managers are doing to close more quickly.
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