CPE Catalog & Events
Overview and Analysis of the New Tax Law: Part 1 - Focus on Individual Taxation (NEW1) - Virtual
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
Treatment of state and local taxes (SALT) Taxation of overtime pay Treatment of income from tips New deduction for senior citizens Marginal tax rates, personal exemptions, itemized deductions, Child Tax Credit, Alternative Minimum Tax, casualty losses, and other return items Moving expense exclusion Dependent Care Assistance Program and Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Home mortgage interest deduction Deduction for new vehicle loan interest Non-itemizer tax deductions Trump accounts/pilot program Estate and gift tax changes Energy deductions and credits Education: expanded use of 529 plans; student loans Many, many other newly enacted individual tax provisions in the far-reaching legislation affecting nearly all taxpayers and their advisors
Overview and Analysis of the New Tax Part 2 – Focus on Business Taxation - Virtual
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
Employer treatment of new tips and overtime legislation Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction 100% bonus depreciation/Section 179 depreciation Increased dollar limitations for expensing of certain depreciable business assets Qualified Production Property Full expensing for domestic research and development expenses Opportunity Zones Section 1202 - treatment of Qualified Small Business Stock Business interest deduction Increased threshold for reporting payments to independent contractors and other payees Extension and enhancement of Paid Family and Medical Leave Termination of auto and other energy-related subsidies Excess business losses Foreign Tax Credit Increased penalties connected to employee retention credits Many, many other newly enacted business tax provisions in the far-reaching legislation affecting nearly all taxpayers and their advisors
Farm Tax Update - VIRTUAL
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $375
Review of major income tax law changes How to help farm families deal with land in multiple entities and ownership Inflation Reduction Act, SECURE 2.0, CTA and other Acts -- impacts, planning opportunities, what's still unknown and what requires more IRS guidance Other relevant tax developments, court cases and rulings affecting farmers and ranchers Examples pertinent to small and mid-sized farm operations A refresher on various farm tax planning topic such as: Interplay of Section 199A, SE and Net Investment Income taxes Section 1245 Real Property Tax-Deferred Exchanges Installment sales, easement proceeds and other gain recognition issues Interplay of NIIT, SE and Passive Income and Losses Will farmers be switching to a C corporation soon
Forensic, Litigation, and Business Valuation Conference - VIRTUAL
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Online
16.00 Credits
Member Price: $589
Forensic, Litigation, and Business Valuation Conference - VIRTUAL
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Online
16.00 Credits
Member Price: $589
Yellow Book and Single Audits: How to Stay in Good Graces and Out of Bad Places with Your Peer Reviewer (YBS4)
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
The key requirements and audit areas that peer reviewers hone in on when reviewing Yellow Book and single audit engagements Avoiding common pitfalls seen in Yellow Book and single audits How to improve your performance on Yellow Book and single audits while staying in good graces with your peer reviewer
Contract Law for Accounting and Finance Professionals (CLW2)
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $100
Contract formation The necessary components of an enforceable contract Common defenses to enforcement Legal capacity requirements Contract interpretation
Avoiding Deficiencies in Peer Reviews: Focus on Engagement Quality (ENQ4)
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
AICPA's Enhancing Audit Quality initiative Recent revisions to Quality Management standards Feedback from peer reviews, including areas driving deficiencies in audit Elements of an effective risk assessment and how to link to audit procedures performed Understanding internal controls and making the decision whether or not to test them Best practices in documentation
Guide to the AICPA Quality Management Standards (AQM2)
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $100
Quality management standards SAS 146, SSARS No. 26, and SSAE 23 Risk assessment, which forms the basis of the SQM Monitoring and evaluating the SQM
K2's Excel Essentials for Staff Accountants
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $320
Best practices for creating and working with Excel workbooks Effectively using Excel functions when creating formulas The importance of PivotTables in modern reporting environments Best practices for formatting your workbooks
Accounting and Auditing Update for Not-for-Profits
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $320
Not-for-profit accounting update Revenue recognition in not-for-profits FASB update Auditor's report and conforming changes Auditing Standards Board update Ethics update SQMS No. 1, A Firm's System of Quality Management Governmental auditing update
K2's Excel Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Accountants
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $320
Fundamental Excel techniques all accounting and financial professionals should know and use Creating date-based calculations in Excel How to create Excel templates Key options you should enable in Excel Linking data in Excel
Getting Ahead: The Art of Marketing for CPAs (AMC2)
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $100
Challenges of marketing CPA firms Developing marketing strategy Elements of a marketing plan Example: CPA firm marketing plan Marketing regulatory/AICPA issues Picking the right marketing channels Marketing channel statistical analysis Developing marketing metrics
Best Practices in Not-for-Profit Accounting and Reporting (BPN4)
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
The key requirements, options, and best practices seen in each of the basic financial statements Today's core accounting and reporting requirements related to contributions and how to effectively and efficiently apply them How to analyze and incorporate the needs of financial statement users into a not-for-profit's financial statements and disclosures
K2's QuickBooks For Accountants
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $320
New features in QuickBooks Desktop and Online Enhancing internal controls in QuickBooks-based environments Improving financial and operational reporting when using QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online Best practices for setting up companies
The Most Critical Challenges in Not-for-Profit Accounting Today (CNA4)
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
Key issues related to not-for-profit financial reporting (e.g., presenting a measure of operations, various disclosures, concentrations of risk, and etc.) Key challenges encountered in not-for-profit accounting (e.g., contributed services, restricted contributions, conditional contributions, membership dues, noncash contributions, and etc.) Additional issues in not-for-profit financial reporting
Construction Contractors: Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues (CST4)
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
Overall landscape of the construction industry GAAP and recent changes affecting the construction industry FASB ASC 606 and its impact on the construction industry The unique relationship between the contractor and the surety FASB ASC 842 and its impact on the construction industry
Latest Developments in Nonprofit Accounting and Auditing (NPAA)
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $320
Developing issues related to the 2024 Yellow Book revision and the 2024 revision to the Uniform Guidance for Federal Awards Key AICPA developments affecting audits of nonprofits (including SAS No. 146 on quality management) Key issues related to not-for-profit financial reporting (e.g., presenting a measure of operations, various disclosures, etc.) Key challenges encountered in not-for-profit accounting (e.g., conditional contributions, restricted contributions, contributed services, membership dues, noncash contributions, etc.)
Artificial Intelligence for Accounting and Finance Professionals (AIP2)
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $100
What is artificial intelligence? What are the different forms of artificial intelligence? The difference between artificial intelligence and machine learning The types of problems artificial intelligence can solve The role of algorithms How artificial intelligence will affect accounting and finance careers Data governance, security, and privacy How accounting firms are using AI today The role of artificial intelligence in asset management