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Member Exclusive: Mentoring Today's Accounting Students WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

Learn how to set clear expectations, provide constructive feedback, and help students navigate the complexities of the accounting profession. Learn how to identify and leverage your own professional experience and expertise to help shape the future of the profession.

Prix Fixe: Sustainable Real Estate Construction and Operating Practices and Hurdles WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

Discover how to reduce your carbon footprint, improve your bottom line, and navigate the regulatory landscape while enhancing stakeholder value.

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 FASB ASU on grants, contracts, and contributions (i. e. , ASU No 2018-08, Clarifying the Scope and the Accounting Guidance for Contributions Received and Contributions Made). Developing a deeper understanding of the requirements in ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, and how not-for-profit entities will implement the standard. A review of additional key challenges in not-for-profit accounting today.

Prix Fixe: Value Pricing: An Essential Step to Staying Competitive WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

Learn how to identify the unique value you provide to your clients and how to communicate that value effectively. Learn how to price your services based on the value you provide, rather than on the time and effort it takes to complete the work.

Proven Controls to Steer You Clear of Fraud WEBCAST

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Your Desk

4.0 Credits

Fraud's cost -- ACFE's Report to the Nations. Ancillary costs. Why good folks go bad -- What studies indicate. Five interesting findings. Red flags. Combating fraud with controls. Fraud checklists.

International Tax Conference 2024 WEBCAST

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Your Desk

8.0 Credits

The International Tax Conference will highlight the new laws, rules and trends affecting your international tax practice, including: Immigration planning from an attorneys perspective. Corporate mergers and acquisitions. U.S. estate planning for U.S. persons with international beneficiaries. Foreign pensions as a PFIC.  IRS – 962 filing. GILTI election.

Member Exclusive: Mental Health and Burnout WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

Practical tips and strategies for managing stress and preventing burnout. Recognize and address the early signs of burnout. Learn some resources and tools that can help you prioritize self-care and maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Crucial Real Estate Tax Strategies WEBCAST

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Your Desk

8.0 Credits

Apportionment of purchase price. Bonus depreciation, section 179 and de minimis expensing for real estate. Financing considerations, including whether clients should make the real property election out of section 163(j). Partial disposition losses. Deducting removal costs. Depreciating property acquired in a like-kind exchange. Converting nondeductible interest expense into deductible interest expense. Section 199A for rental real estate. Revenue Procedure 2019-38 "safe harbor" for rental real estate. Aggregating rental properties.

Fraud Basics: Protecting the Company Till WEBCAST

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Your Desk

4.0 Credits

Fraud's cost. ACFE's Report to the Nations. Ancillary costs. Current economy Microeconomics. Analyses. COSO's Internal Control Framework Principle #1 - Integrity. Principle #8 - Fraud Risk Assessment. Power of morale. Shrink the fraud triangle. Why good folks go bad. What studies indicate. Five interesting findings. Red flags.

Rules, Regulations and Ethics for CPAs in Washington - 2024 WEBCAST

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Your Desk

4.0 Credits

Washington State statute and rules Update for 2023.

Women's Leadership Summit 2024 WEBCAST

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Your Desk

8.0 Credits

Grow Your Career, Grow Your Business: Learn actionable lessons from corporate success stories that can propel your professional journey. Unlock Your Full Potential: Dive into nutritional strategies that fuel both mind and body, helping you thrive in all aspects of life. Harmonize Career and Well-Being: Find balance, reduce stress, and enhance productivity by aligning your work life with self-care practices. Embrace Unstoppable Courage: Break free from limitations, conquer fears, and dare to thrive beyond your comfort zone. Create Leaders, Not Leavers: Cultivate leadership skills that empower you to create positive impact and inspire others to stay, not leave.

Internal Controls, COSO, and COVID-19 WEBCAST

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Your Desk

4.0 Credits

ACFE's Report to the Nations and the most commonly found controls in fraud victim organizations. Internal controls in relation to COSO principles. How to employ controls to cut losses. How to modify controls in the post-COVID era. The potential impact of increased enforcement of laws and regulations to replenish government coffers. Remote work circumstances and considerations.

Project Management: Tips, Tricks, and Traps WEBCAST

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Your Desk

4.0 Credits

Contrasting project management with operations management. Reviewing organizational culture and how it applies to project management. The various types of project management including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Critical path, and others. Looking at risk management software and its application in different types of project management. Managing and leading project management stakeholders.

Using Internal Control to Strengthen Security, Efficiency, and Employee Conduct WEBCAST

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Your Desk

8.0 Credits

An overview of control frameworks and concepts. Strategic considerations that can be incorporated into control development. Understanding and controlling risk that arises when organizations change or choose not to.

Innovative Forecasting and Budgeting: Moving Beyond the Traditional Techniques WEBCAST

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Your Desk

4.0 Credits

Building change into the planning process. Sales/income plan. Intermediate planning. Technology plan. Capital equipment planning. One-year operating plan. Monthly planning. Cash plan. Risk plan.

K2's Better Productivity Through Artificial Intelligence and Automation Tools WEBCAST

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Your Desk

4.0 Credits

Practical opportunities to leverage artificial intelligence and automation in business settings. Potential risks associated with using AI and automation, including inherent ethical issues. Pros and cons associated with tools such as ChatGPT, Bard, Power Automate, and Zapier.

K2's Technology Update WEBCAST

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Your Desk

4.0 Credits

Developments in hardware and software. Options for communicating and collaborating more effectively. Addressing cybersecurity issues.

Annual Accounting and Auditing Update WEBCAST

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Your Desk

8.0 Credits

Recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates. PCC Update and items on the FASB's Technical Agenda. Leases - Topic 842, ASC 326: CECL. Review of SAS 142 - Focus on Audit Evidence. Recently issued SASs and other AICPA activity. SSARS No. 25 and other recently issued SSARS. Detailed review of SAS 145. Other important A&A practice matters.

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