CPE Catalog & Events
Building Trust in Remote Teams: Catalyze Collaboration and Communication WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Teamwork. Collaboration.
Preparing for and Conducting Discharge Meetings WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Issues to be evaluated pre-discharge. Off-site/off work-misconduct. Pre-discharge interviews. Resignations. Discharge meetings. Exit Interviews. Reference checks.
K2's 2023 Safeguarding Taxpayer Data - A Guide For Your Required Security Plan WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Understand the need to protect client data. Learn about the required security and privacy standards. Leave with a sample plan to consider your tax practice.
Measuring Audit Risks WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
The planning process - When it starts and when it ends. Determining the audit objectives. The importance of the nature, timing and extent of the audit process. The importance of professional skepticism. The preliminary engagement activities. Documentation of audit risk. Determining materiality.
SAS No. 122, AU 240, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
The importance of professional skepticism. The dangers of making assumptions. How to listen and understand the answer to a question. Why it is important to leave all of your expectations at home. Anticipation and why it's so dangerous. Determining materiality. The fraud triangle. Thinking about, given a set of circumstances, how you would steal. Management and the tone at the top.
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 2 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Why we get off balance and how to overcome those tendencies. Methods that turbo charge motivation, health and happiness. The power of culture and friends to affect our lives. The importance of clear intention in order to effect change that lasts.
OneNote - Mastering Organization of Your Notes and Correspondence WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Navigating the OneNote interface. Best practices for notebook organization. Learn how to add pictures, graphic content, tables, file links, email messages, appointment links and more to your notebooks. Using OneNote with OneDrive to share and collaborate with internal and external users. Creating and using templates to streamline your notebook management. Integrating OneNote with your task manager. Using the power of tags to manage and search your content. Using OneNote on your tablet and smartphone.
Becoming a Tax Ninja: Lightning-Fast Depreciation WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Bonus depreciation after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Schedule 179 and its application to real property. How and when the de minimis rules can be used on residential real property remodels. Utilizing the partial disposition election when remodeling real property.
Tax Issues for Real Estate and Homebuilding WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Discussion of appropriate entity selection and small taxpayer status. Walkthrough of costing methods and compliance issues under IRC 263A. Analysis of IRC 461 related to economic performance. Illustrative examples and analysis. Sample computations for homebuilder unit costing. Recent IRC 263A challenges by the IRS. Update of related cases and issues-including recent tax reform
Forms 1120S and 1065 Return Review Boot Camp for New and Experienced Reviewers WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Reviews of portions of error-prone "staff-prepared" Forms 1120S and 1065 from client-provided information. What are common errors preparers make and what are the areas generating malpractice claims? Initial administrative groundwork. The importance of Schedule M-1. Reporting requirements for Schedules K-2 and K-3. Don't fall prey to reporting oddities. When can seemingly separately stated Schedule K items actually be trade or business items to report on Forms 1120S or 1065. page 1? Form 1120S - What exactly is terminating S elections today? How do I recognize a second class of stock? Maintaining shareholder basis schedules; beware of final IRS regulations regarding "open debt"; the default method of calculating basis versus the election under Schedule 1367; can an S corporation distribute earnings and profits from C corporation years? Form 1065 - Why use Schedule 704(b) to maintain capital accounts; Schedule 704(c) regulations for preventing the shifting of tax consequences among partners or members; allocating recourse. Nonrecourse, and qualified nonrecourse debt; a review of Schedule 754 step-up in basis rules. Multiple checklists of efficient procedures to identify potential issues on an 1120S or 1065 tax return.
Fraud Risk and Audit Requirements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Fraud trends. Audit requirements related to fraud.
Is It Time to Abandon Traditional Investment Planning Strategies? WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Understanding and assessing risk and return, and matching to expected return. Investment vehicles. Designing an asset allocation portfolio in today's environment for different stages of life. Solidify an appropriate investment strategy based on risk. Helping clients stay on top of potentially life-altering situations. Help clients understand the intricacies of investment planning. Investment markets and the effects of world events. Dealing with increasing client concerns.
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 1 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
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.
Prix Fixe: Public Accounting Talent: How Hire Fast With Confidence WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Hiring quickly and confidently.
Practical Accounting Update WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
New rules in the accounting arena. SQMS. NOCLAR rules. Cybersecurity. New audit standards.
Inventory, Expense and Payroll Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Methods of committing inventory, expense and payroll fraud. What to look for when observing inventory. Detection of inventory fraud. How to recognize fictitious expenses. How to recognize altered expenses. Indicators of fake documentation. The three main reasons we ask for documentation. Detection and prevention of ghost employees.
Emotional Intelligence WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Emotions. Relationships.
Appreciation Intelligence: The New AI WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Languages of appreciation. Appreciation strategies.
Planning in an Uncertain World WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Why great predictions are not intuitive but the result of critical thinking, gathering information and updating predictions when needed. How to separate correlation from causation. How to recognize and overcome bias. Who is Thomas Bayes and why he matters.
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