CPE Catalog & Events
Get started with Power BI WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of the Power BI Tools: Introduction to the Power BI ecosystem, including Excel's Power BI features and standalone tools. Tour of the Tools: Introduction to the interfaces of Power Pivot, Power Query, Power BI Desktop and Power BI Services. Comparative Analysis: Understand the strengths and limitations of Excel's Power BI features versus standalone Power BI tools. Strategic decision-making on when to use each tool for optimal efficiency and accuracy in data analysis tasks.
Why Cybersecurity Matters to CPAs WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Recent cybersecurity attacks, their implications, and how weak cybersecurity controls enabled their success. Specific cybersecurity controls that help prevent fraud and support data integrity of financial reports. How an effective cybersecurity program is needed to reduce losses, prevent fraud, avoid reputational damage, and protect critical data assets
6 Practical Strategies To Promote Diversity and Inclusion In Your Workplace WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Leadership. Character. Behavior.
SOC Mastery for CPA Firms: Your Roadmap to Starting a SOC Practice WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Overview of the SOC suite of services. Understanding the market for SOC engagements. Considerations when adding SOC services to your firm.
Employee Retention Credit WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Employee retention credit. Paid sick leave refundable credit. Paid family leave refundable credit.
2024 Analytical Procedures: Practical Applications and Standards WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Discussion of analytical procedures in audit and review engagements. Practical examples and illustrations of analytical procedures. The order of operations for accomplishing analytical procedures.
2025 Business Tax Update: Staying Ahead in Business Taxation WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Thorough exploration of essential IRC Sections pertinent to business income taxation. Comprehensive assessment of recent changes and updates in business taxation. Examination of business changes arising from significant legislative updates. Analysis of pertinent tax code sections, including Section 199A. Addressing tax considerations for various business schedules (C, F, and E). Navigating partnership, corporation, and LLC taxation issues. Unpacking the complexities of COVID-19-related subsidies and their tax implications. Interaction of Code Section 461(l) with Section 382 and carryover rules. Understanding defaulted loans, bankruptcy implications, and their tax treatment. Grasping the impact of the CARES, HEROES, and HEALS acts on business income taxation. Special rules governing the business use of a home. Reporting requirements for converting personal use property to business use.
2024 A Guide to Sampling - Part 1 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Sampling. Monetary unit sampling.
GASB Basic Financial Statements for State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Internal controls and risk assessments using a risk-based audit approach. New pension and OPEB standards, including GASB Statement Nos. 68 and No. 75. COSO for smaller entities. New GASB Standards updated with an emphasis on GASB 84, Fiduciary Activities and GASB 87, Leases. GASB's "big three" projects.
2025 Individual Tax Update: Form 1040 Essentials WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Form 1040: precise tax submissions. Recent tax code changes: updated filings. IRC sections analysis: understanding tax regulations. Updates in income taxation: compliance assurance. New credits and deductions: maximizing benefits. Complex income issues: tailored strategies. Itemized deductions: informed client benefits. Health considerations: maximizing financial benefits. Regulatory shifts: implications on tax strategies. Tax planning strategies: client financial success.
Fraud Risk and Audit Requirements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Fraud trends. Audit requirements related to fraud.
The Needed Focus on Cyber Security WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Understanding cybersecurity. Policies, procedures, and control measures to secure and enhance cyber operations.
Project Management: Employ Best Practices and Mindset WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The science of project management: reporting and analytics, documentation, forecasting and scoping. The art of project management: the mindset and influencing change.
Prix Fixe: Basic Concepts of Personal Financial Planning WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Financial planning. Budgeting. Saving strategies. Investment fundamentals. Retirement planning.
GAAP Alternatives: The Perfect Storm of Accounting Updates WEBINAR
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Review of special purpose frameworks. Discussion of non-GAAP options for financial reporting. U. S GAAP alternatives for certain entities.
IRS Cybersecurity Checklist WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Defining cybersecurity and cyber risks. Implications of cybercrime. Cyber-attack trends. Landscape of cyberattacks. Laws and regulations. Security standards and frameworks. Cybersecurity roadmap.
Revenue: The Five Steps-ASC Topic 606-10 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
FASB ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. All recently released updates to FASB ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
2023 Compliance Update on Arbitration Agreements, Severance Agreements, Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Agreements WEBC
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Federal laws providing greater visibility of sexual harassment and sexual assault claims. Agency rulings curtailing confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in agreements.
A Better Way to Choose Your KPIs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
KPIs. Performance measures. Metrics.
Exchange Transactions vs. Contribution for NPOs WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Key changes from recent accounting standard updates affecting the determination of an exchange transaction versus a contribution. Enhanced disclosure and reporting requirements for contributions. Clarifications related whether a contribution is restricted or conditional. New definitions related to barriers and right of return or right of release related to conditional contributions. Other important matters contained in ASU Nos. 2014-09 and 2018-08.
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