CPE Catalog & Events
Data Extraction, Transformation, Validation the Right Data Sources for Analysis WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Understand various data types. Structured vs. unstructured data. Completeness and validation testing. Selecting the right data sources for the job. Risks and pitfalls to avoid.
Aligning Analytics to COSO's Fraud Risk Management Principles WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
COSO Fraud Risk Management Guide. Aligning data analytics considerations to an effective fraud risk management program. How to implement and sustain an effective forensic data analytics program as part of an effective fraud risk management and compliance program.
Securing Your Data with a Password Management App - Updated WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Introduction to the world of password management apps and what makes them so secure. Review and demonstration of top selling password management apps. Software features that will be reviewed. Password generation. Emergency user access. Entity vs. individual password management. Desktop vs. cloud based. Multi device synchronization. PII (personally identifiable information) forms filler. Credit card storage. Digital data vault.
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.
Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals for CPAs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
What is intelligence? In what areas are AI processes superior or inferior to humans right now? Brief history of AI and what we've learned thus far. The three phases of AI and the direction they're headed. Examples of competitive applications of AI in the accounting profession.
Estate Planning Issues for the Non-Traditional Client: Navigating Legislative Changes and Maximizing Techniques WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Comprehensive understanding of new legislation and its impact on estate planning. Analysis of estate tax issues and effective planning techniques. Examination of gift tax issues and corresponding planning techniques. Strategies for addressing generation-skipping transfer tax issues. Exploration of both tax and non-tax considerations and planning techniques. Estate planning considerations for tax-deferred retirement funds. Understanding the interplay between education issues and estate planning. Navigating step-up in basis issues for effective estate planning.
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.
2024 Not-for-Profit GAAP Update WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Accounting Standard Updates issued by the FASB. Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC) and the projects they are advising the FASB on.
Key Cybersecurity Controls for CPAs WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The five key tenets of cybersecurity: Identify, Detect, Protect, Respond, Recover. Review specific cybersecurity controls within each of the five cybersecurity tenets. How to appropriately assess key cybersecurity controls.
Understanding Apportionment for a Multistate Business WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Apportionment formulas. Sourcing rules for service income and income from intangibles. Throwback and throw-out and when they apply. Apportionment applied to flow-through entities and sole proprietorships. Learn about alternative apportionment.
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.
Blockchain Technology: What Every CPA Should Know WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
An explanation of what blockchain is. Review of the nomenclature associated with blockchain technology. Thorough review of the components of a blockchain application. Review of current and potential applications for blockchain and its impact on commerce. Potential impact on the CPA profession in accounting and auditing.
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.
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.
Become a Data Analysis Expert WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Data analysis process flow: an introduction to the data analysis process flow and how it is your pathway to becoming a data analysis expert. Data modeling: a comprehensive discussion of building a data model and calculating metrics. Data visualizations: an understanding how visualizations can present data in a more insightful and impactful manner.
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 1 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Why the brain can remember some things a hundred times better than others. Why we typically forget names and faces, and what can be done about it. How our emotions follow the motion of our body, and how that can be used to instill instant confidence. How to tap into a completely relaxed and/or confident state of mind in 10 seconds or less using advanced hypnotic conditioning and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques. How to prevent dementia and brain "fog" using specific supplements and exercise. How to stay motivated to use the methods outlined in this course to advance your career and achieve a higher quality of life. How to use the concept of constant learning to help you maintain a balanced and fulfilling.
Social Security Basics and Strategies for Maximizing Benefits WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Social Security planning, benefit calculation, and beneficiaries. Recent changes to "file and suspend" and "restricted application" strategies. Increasing benefits for self-employed individuals. Planning for surviving spouses. Integrating retirement plan distribution strategies with Social Security claiming strategies. Coordinating drawing Social Security benefits with the start of Medicare benefits, including a discussion of IRMAA.
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.
How to Respond to Upsetting or Critical Email WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Business communication. Emotional intelligence. Human resources. Practice management.
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