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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.

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.

Prix Fixe: ESG Overview - Strengthen Your ESG Strategy WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

ESG fundamentals.

Prix Fixe: Best Practices for Preventing Business Valuation, Forensic, and Litigation Support Claims WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

Risk management best practices when conducting forensic accounting, business valuation and litigation support services.

Accounting, Audit, and Attest Update for Practitioners with Small-Business Clients WEBCAST

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Your Desk

8.0 Credits

Private company standard setting activities. Small and medium-sized business-related ASUs. Lease accounting update. Lessons adopted from the adoption of Topic 606. Special purpose frameworks -- cash, modified cash, and tax basis. Common small and medium-sized business financial statement errors and deficiencies. Newly issued SSARS and SSAE standards. SASs effective for 2022 year-end audits.

Member Exclusive: Risk Management Best Practices WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

Risk identification. Risk analysis. Risk responses.

Prix Fixe: How Security Assessments Can Save Your Business WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

The importance of security assessments and their critical role in safeguarding your business against potential threats.

Farm Tax Conference 2024

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Kennewick

8.0 Credits

Reducing self-employment tax Excess fertility deduction for land purchase Relevant developments for farmers and ranchers Navigating acts: inflation reduction, SECURE 2.0, and more!

Prix Fixe: Employee Ownership 101 for Small Business Advisors WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

Transitioning to employee ownership.

Member Exclusive: Annual Meeting Recap WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

A comprehensive overview of the crucial topics and table discussions.

Guide to the Corporate Transparency Act for Accounting and Finance Professionals WEBCAST

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Your Desk

2.0 Credits

The Corporate Transparency Act and its goals. Which entities need to file reports and which entities are exempt?. Who is a beneficial owner and what is substantial control? Information that needs to be reported. How to get your firm and your clients ready for the requirements.

Prix Fixe: The Five Golden Rules of Business Development WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

Gain insight into how to ramp up revenues, focus on niche markets and develop a systematic approach to building your business consistently.

Finance Business Partnering: Successful Business Models and Strategic Choices WEBCAST

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Your Desk

4.0 Credits

An overview of the finance business partner. Business model generation. Strategic planning process - analysis, choice, and implementation.

Surgent's Comprehensive Guide to Tax Depreciation, Expensing, and Property Transactions WEBCAST

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Your Desk

8.0 Credits

Final regulations - bonus depreciation and Schedule 1031 exchanges. Technical correction Rev. Proc. 2019-13 - use it or stand to lose second-year depreciation deductions for luxury automobiles. What are the components for real estate depreciation? A new SUV or sedan? A study of depreciation alternatives. Permanency in Schedule 179 depreciation rules? How to maximize its use; when to use it; and what property qualifies. Sale of property and the depreciation recapture rules (Schedules 1245. 1250. unrecaptured Schedule 1250 gain for real estate. Schedule 291 for corporations). How to depreciate like-kind exchange property. May Schedule 121 and Schedule 1031 apply to the same transfer of property? Reacquired installment sale property - calculating potential gain and new basis. . Understanding Schedule 197 amortization issues; how to handle intangible asset costs. Depreciation issues. tax-deferred exchanges. personal property converted to business property. and an overview of home sale exclusion. Guide for compliance and planning issues. Cases and rulings of depreciation and amortization issues and how they impact clients. along with the useful planning opportunities.

Bankruptcy Basics: Understanding the Reorganization and Liquidation Process in These Uncertain Economic Times WEBCAST

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Your Desk

2.0 Credits

Commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding. Protections provided to debtors under the Bankruptcy Code. Key procedural aspects of bankruptcy. The automatic stay. Differences between Chapters 7. 11. and 13 bankruptcy cases. The bankruptcy discharge. Proofs of claim. Plans of reorganization. Litigation that can arise during bankruptcy. Creditor committees. Bankruptcy trustees. Avoidable preferences and fraudulent transfers. Special rights afforded to landlords and secured creditors.

Employer's Handbook: Health Care, Retirement, and Fringe Benefit Tax Issues WEBCAST

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Your Desk

4.0 Credits

ERISA compliance: employee welfare plans and qualified plans. Fringe benefit issues: COBRA, Family and Medical Leave Act, and new developments in health care. Health care plans: HRAs, HSAs, and other employer-sponsored plans. Qualified plan requirements: eligibility, coverage, and vesting.

Prix Fixe: Greatest Fraud Threats to Businesses WEBINAR

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Your Desk

1.0 Credits

Detecting fraudulent activity within financial statements. Fraud risks. Consequences of fraud.

Forensic Accounting: Fraud Investigations WEBCAST

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Your Desk

8.0 Credits

Evidence in the investigative process. Tools used in forensic investigations. Conducting interviews. Forensic accounting reports. Expert witness testimony.

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