CPE Catalog & Events
Accounting Data Analytics Mini-Course WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Accounting data analytics.
Payroll Essentials: De-mystifying Form W-4 WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Form W-4, Employee Withholding Certificate changes. Understanding what an employer can, and cannot do with regards to Form W-4.
Introduction to Forensic Data Analytics WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Data analytics. Key fraud risk management guidance documents. Data analytics frameworks. Leading techniques and innovations for preventing and detecting fraud.
What Does Fraud Look Like? WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Why auditors fail to detect fraud. Usual vs an unusual transaction. Why fraud and stupid often look exactly the same. The importance of establishing the Perception of Detection. The number one reason fraud occurs. Looking for things that should be there. Looking for things that should not be there.
2024 - Idaho Society of CPAs 2-Day Federal Tax Conference WEBCAST
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Your Desk
16.0 Credits
Individual Taxes - Day 1 will include the latest modifications from Congress as well as other relevant IRS Notices, announcements, ruling and court cases for corporations, S corporations and entities taxed as partnerships and discussion of common compliance issues encountered during tax preparation season. Business Taxes - Day 2 will include the latest modifications from Congress as well as other relevant IRS Notices, announcements, ruling and court cases for corporations, S corporations and entities taxed as partnerships and discussion of common compliance issues encountered during 2023's tax preparation season.
Understanding Form 5500 Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
What's changed on the 2022 returns? Forms 5500, 5500SF and 5500EZ. Form 5500: nuances and schedules. Reporting and disclosing compliance issues. Reporting delinquent contributions. Failure to file.
What Every CPA Should Know About Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
How is fraud detected? The role of external auditors in finding fraud. Revenue recognition issues. Corrupt management. Data mining. Physical and biometric controls.
Deal Structure for Mergers and Acquisitions WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Mechanics and timelines of M&A deals. Structures of taxable asset acquisitions and stock acquisitions. Triangular and reverse triangular mergers. Structuring and pricing an acquisition. Tax-free reorganizations. Tax planning for divestitures. Key sections of purchase and sale documents. Case studies with schedules. Tax return forms and elections to be aware of.
Federal Tax Update: Business Comprehensive WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Review of recent federal legislation and administrative rulings. Review of recent modifications to tax forms. Review of small business tax law and administrative update changes. Review of retirement plan changes. Overall review of tax practice and procedures.
Coaching and Counseling - Performance Management WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Setting and resetting performance expectations. On-the-spot counseling. Addressing erratic performance. Drafting and presenting performance appraisals.
Revenue: Miscellaneous Topics WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
FASB ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. FASB ASC 340-40. Other Assets and Deferred Costs. All recently released updates to ASC Topic 606.
Reviewing Individual Tax Returns: What Are You Missing? WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Common errors made involving the following tax topics: Section 199A qualified business income deduction. Home office. Hobby losses. Self-employment health insurance. Business start-up costs. Depreciation. Unreported income. Schedule C issues. Like-kind exchanges. Self-employment tax. Sections 1202 and 1244 stock. Charitable contributions of property.
The Most Critical Challenges in Not-for-Profit Accounting Today WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Preparing for the implementation of the new requirements related to contributions of nonfinanciual assets (i.e., ASU No. 2020-07). Developing a deeper understanding of the requirements in FASB ASC 842, Leases, and how not-for-profit entities will implement the standard. Additional issues in not-for-profit financial reporting.
Why Auditors Fail To Detect Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Reasons auditors fail to detect fraud. Willful ignorance. SAS No. 82. Additional documentation. How and who to talk to. Determining the tone at the top. How to determine intent. If you expect it, you will see it.
Payroll Essentials: Payroll Returns Done Right WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to common payroll taxes and related payroll forms. Filing out, reconciling, and filing payroll returns. Due dates and filing requirements.
When Leadership Fails WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Who's responsible. The importance of policies and procedures. The development, implementation and monitoring of internal controls. There is no excuse. Who steals. The tone at the top and the big monkey theory.
Ask Me No Questions and I Will Tell You No Lies - The Art of Interviewing and Interrogation WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
Defining an interview. Why we choose to believe or not believe someone. Types of individuals you will be talking with. Why people lie. Types of liars. Unsharable needs. Verbal and nonverbal clues. How to listen. Obtaining a confession.
Asset Misappropriation - Let Me Count the Ways WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Identifying opportunity. The three most common behavioral red flags that we should always look for. The many ways to commit check fraud (it's so easy). Why inventory is such a good place to hide theft of assets. How to cover up inventory fraud. Accounts Receivable Fraud and how it works. How to count inventory that's not there.
Walkin', Talkin', Lookin' and Listenin' - Or Things Most of Us Don't Do Well WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The importance of making yourself available. How to start a conversation and what to NOT talk about. The art of how to listen. When you don't understand what they just said. Don't fool by equivocations when they respond to a question. Materiality and perception.
Prevention and Detection of Fraud In Small Businesses WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The importance of the control environment. The three most common behavioral red flags exhibited by perpetrators. Why it is much more cost effective to prevent fraud than it is to detect fraud. The reason why the small business owner/auditor should think about how they would steal. Who steals and why. Common myths about stealing that are not true. Understanding the concept of risk management.
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