CPE Catalog & Events

Tracing direct costs to products. Substantially reduce MFG overhead. Embed ABC in MFG cost systems.

Written reports and supporting documentation. Methods of presenting evidence to help non-accountants understand the numbers. Evaluating reports of opposing experts. Responding to a motion in limine or Daubert challenge as an expert witness. Common lines of questioning for financial experts. Preparing for deposition and trial. Effectively testifying at deposition and trial.

Taxable terminations. Mismatch between available exemption and GST and utilizing excess GST. GST elections on Form 709 and automatic allocations.

Implications for Employers. Starter 401(k) plans for small employers. Requiring automatic 401(k) enrollment. Improving worker access to emergency savings. Increasing part-time workers' access to retirement accounts. Statute of Limitations on excise taxes imposed on overcontributions to retirement plans. Multiple employer 403(b) plans. Automatic portability provisions. Other changes in the administration of company retirement plans

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.

An overview of the fringe benefit planning process. Understanding the needs of the business owner. Understanding the needs of the employees. Options under IRC Section 132 fringe benefit plans. Automobile issues. Disability issues. Dependent care issues. Medical issues. Long-term care issues. Life insurance issues. Education issues. Expense reimbursement issues. Cafeteria plan issues.

Forensic data analytics. Fraud prevention and detection. Data validation and methodologies. COSO's Fraud Risk Management Guide principles. Innovations in anti-fraud technology.

Balance sheet analysis. Income statement analysis. Cash flow statement analysis. Clues in the notes and MD&A. Industry nuances.

Using Power Query to link data into Excel. Manipulating Excel data with data transformations. Creating data models using Power Query. Examples of common and useful transformations.

ChatGPT and generative AI technology primer. Building your generative AI vocabulary. Dig deeper into your engagement research to develop a higher quality advisory service. Polish your client reporting with the help of ChatGPT. Developing your ChatGPT client advisory services. Start with client education. You don't need to be a technical expert to be an educator. Use AI to help your clients automate their workflows and business processes. Build better spreadsheets with ChatGPT and Excel. Help your clients identify, evaluate, and select applications for their business.

The shift to "predictive accounting" for Decision Making, Planning, and Budgeting. Problems with traditional annual budget processes. Develop a driver-based "operational budget" based on resource capacity planning. Classify resource capacities and their expenses as sunk, fixed, step-variable, and variable. Create closed loop capacity plans. Forecast demand for budgeting and rolling financial forecasts. Integrating enterprise risk management (ERM) with management accounting. Applying target costing for cost estimating.

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.

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.

Introduction to cryptocurrency. Understanding the term "blockchain". Various types of cryptocurrencies. Why cryptocurrency is popular. Investment attributes of cryptocurrency. Tax aspects of cryptocurrency. Position of the Internal Revenue Service. Understanding Notice 2014-21 (IRS Virtual Currency Guidance). Understanding Notice 2014-21 FAQs. Compliance issues. Charitable issues. Internal Revenue Service enforcement.

Reimagine what your practice can look like and how it can create a better outcome for all.

Customizing cell formatting and cell styles. Using number and custom number formatting. Using Conditional Formatting to format cells based upon a defined criteria. Protecting a worksheet and workbook to prevent changes.

AI and ChatGPT. Machine learning and predictive transaction tagging. Profiles of an improper or corrupt vendor payment. Data Sharing Consortium and Split Learning Techniques. Cryptocurrency trends and applications from an accountant's perspective.

Real estate as a part of a client's divinified portfolio of investments. Understanding the differences revolving around personal real estate vs. investment real estate. Understanding valuation issues. Understanding titling issues. Individual deduction issues, including the interest limitation. Business deduction issues. At-risk limitations. Passive activity rules update. How the IRC Section 199A deduction applies to real estate investments. Depreciation issues. Estate and gift planning techniques for real estate. Proper use of trusts in real estate holdings.

Mandatory automatic enrollment. Credit for small employer pension plan startup costs. Enhancement of the saver's credit. Increase in starting age for RMDs . Indexing IRA catch-up. Higher catch-up limit age 61, 62, 63, and 64. Student loan payments as elective deferrals for matching contributions. Start-up credit costs for employers joining an existing plan. Financial incentives for contributing to a plan. Withdrawals for certain emergency expenses. Simple plan changes. Starter 401(k) plans. Sec 529 plan to Roth rollovers. Emergency savings accounts. Enhancement of 403(b) plans. Qualified charitable distributions to split interest entity. Retirement savings lost and found.

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.