CPE Catalog & Events
Are Those Independent Contractors Really Independent Contractors? WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Classification of workers as employees or independent contractors.
2024 Yellow Book Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Yellow Book engagements. Independence requirements in GAGAS. Quality management in Yellow Book. Common deficiencies found in Yellow Book engagements.
A Practical Approach to Business Succession Planning WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Deal considerations. Selling outright; selling or transitioning to employees; selling or gifting to family members. Relevance of discounts. Family transfer issues. Buy/sell agreements to plan for ownership changes and help avoid shareholder and family disputes.
K2's 2023 Accessing And Managing Data In Excel WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
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.
Employment Law 101 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Title VII. Americans With Disabilities Act. Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Family Medical Leave Act. Fair Labor Standards Act. Equal Pay Act. National Labor Relations Act. Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Strategies for Guiding Clients Through Challenging Situations: Tax Insights WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Navigating the tax and non-tax dimensions of divorce. Unveiling tax and non-tax considerations in personal bankruptcy, debt cancellation, foreclosure, repossession, and bad debt reporting. Exploring the tax and non-tax aspects of personal relationship matters, encompassing cohabitation, property rights, premarital agreements, filing status, exemptions, and dependents. Grasping the intricacies of support considerations for spouses and former spouses. Addressing support matters for children of divorced or separated parents, alongside the tax treatment of back child support. Delving into the business implications in instances of business dissolution. Tackling specialized topics, including marital property rules, tax rate comparisons for married and unmarried individuals, head of household status, and treatment of refunds and deficiencies.
Financial Accounting Standards: A Comprehensive Review WEBCAST
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Your Desk
16.0 Credits
Application of professional judgment. Codification, GAAP and the GAAP hierarchy. Recent changes in financial statement presentation. Hot topics in financial reporting and accounting.
What Does Fraud Look Like? WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Why auditors fail to detect fraud. Usual vs an unusual transaction. Why fraud and stupid often look exactly the same. The importance of establishing the Perception of Detection. The number one reason fraud occurs. Looking for things that should be there. Looking for things that should not be there.
Create Paginated Reports with Power BI Report Builder WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to Power BI Report Builder: Overview of the tool, its interface, and integration with the Power BI ecosystem. Designing Report Layouts: Techniques for setting up professional layouts, including headers, footers, and managing pagination. Data Connection and Management: Connecting to various data sources and preparing data for reporting. Creating Visualizations: Utilizing Power BI's visualization tools for impactful data presentation. Advanced Report Features: Exploring sub-reports, drill-through capabilities, and dynamic expressions. Publishing and Sharing: Guidelines for publishing reports to the Power BI service and sharing them with relevant stakeholders.
Retirement Planning Update Everything that you Need to Know WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Thorough examination of SECURE Act 2.0 and its implications. Exploring enhanced retirement plan alternatives and revised contribution limits. Analysis of altered rules for Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs). Harnessing the power of novel retirement planning tools and incentives. Navigating beneficiary modifications and their impact on estate planning. Real-world case studies showcasing practical applications of SECURE Act 2.0 principles.
Coaching and Counseling - Performance Management WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Setting and resetting performance expectations. On-the-spot counseling. Addressing erratic performance. Drafting and presenting performance appraisals.
Performing Preparation, Compilation and Review Engagements WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Definition of an engagement. Forms, checklists, and other documentation for preparing, compiling, and reviewing engagements. Explanation of the differences between compilation and preparation engagements. Criteria of a compilation engagement and the entities where compilations can be performed. Criteria of a review engagement. Changes in level of service.
The New Psychology of Fraud with Dr. Toby Groves WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
How we unwittingly assist in the production of misleading information. The neuroscience of psychopathy. Behavioral profiling. The new psychology of skepticism. Cognitive errors including attribution and overgeneralization. How experience, intuition and assumptions can cause cognitive errors.
Why Auditors Fail To Detect Fraud WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Reasons auditors fail to detect fraud. Willful ignorance. SAS No. 82. Additional documentation. How and who to talk to. Determining the tone at the top. How to determine intent. If you expect it, you will see it.
When Leadership Fails WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Who's responsible. The importance of policies and procedures. The development, implementation and monitoring of internal controls. There is no excuse. Who steals. The tone at the top and the big monkey theory.
Asset Misappropriation - Let Me Count the Ways WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Identifying opportunity. The three most common behavioral red flags that we should always look for. The many ways to commit check fraud (it's so easy). Why inventory is such a good place to hide theft of assets. How to cover up inventory fraud. Accounts Receivable Fraud and how it works. How to count inventory that's not there.
Mastering Charitable Remainder Trusts and Form 5227 Compliance WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRTs). Types of CRTs and their benefits. Formation and funding of CRTs. Identifying suitable candidates for CRTs. Understanding Form 5227: an overview. Line-by-line breakdown of Form 5227. Reporting trust assets and income. Distributions and charitable beneficiaries. Compliance updates and recent changes to Form 5227. Best practices for accurate completion and filing.
Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace to Prevent Violence WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Mental health awareness.
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.
Fundamentals of Outbound US Rules of International Taxation WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The U.S. taxing jurisdiction. Sourcing rules. Foreign tax credits. Subpart F. Global-intangible low-taxed income. Passive foreign investment companies. IC-DISCs.
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