CPE Catalog & Events

Discussion of key individual provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, such as TCJA provisions made permanent, new tip income deduction, new overtime pay deduction, Trump accounts, and the expanded SALT cap Comprehensive coverage of business provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including but not limited to: Bonus Depreciation made permanent Increased §179 deduction Changes to §174 R&E Expenditures Changes to §163(j) Form 1099/1099-K changes Qualified Small Business Stock Exclusion Excess Business Loss Limitation  Section 1244 Small Business Stock and Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock treatment and applicability Principles and considerations for nonresident withholding, composite payments, and passthrough entity taxes Partnership Distributions, Form 7217, and S Corporation Redemptions Thinking beyond §163(j) -- Interest Allocation Rules, Original Issue Discount, Applicable High Yield Discount Obligations, Convertible Corporate Debt Instruments, and Debt-Financed Distributions Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation Selected Practice and Reporting Issues: What’s new? A review of recent cases and tax law changes and IRS guidance affecting S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)

Overview of forensic accounting Differences between investigative and litigation-focused forensic engagements Application of AICPA professional standards in forensic work Ethical and professional boundaries in litigation support Marketing strategies for building a forensic accounting practice Managing conflicts of interest and maintaining objectivity Documentation standards and defensibility in expert witness roles Strategies for entering and growing in the litigation support market

Ethics Leadership Practice Management

Critical audit matters (CAM) PCAOB Expanded audit report XBRL Footnote disclosure Textual analysis Market reaction Unexpected disclosures Audit quality Audit fees

Performance cycle How to prepare a review How to deliver a review

Benefit Plan Audits Financial Statement Audit

Blockchain (BC) Transformative strategic role Leading vendors Event study Market reactions

Ethical Decision-Making in the Accounting Profession Lessons from Tom Hardin's Tipper X Experience Promoting Integrity and Accountability in Practice

What Sustainability is in today's world and why a business owner should care How Sustainability Frameworks are starting to shift business Where accounting fits into the Sustainability and ESG puzzle The benefits of embracing Sustainability frameworks A focused look at B Corporation certification

Behavioral profiling Psychology and reasoning related to both investigators and perpetrators

Mapping mechanics Common pitfalls Popular retirement myths Defining retirement Developing a plan Savings Assets

Business meetings Pause & Apply CPR framework Difficult questions and comments

Building an effective time management framework Three time factors-time wasters, time savers and time management techniques Managing "oneself" to improve the management of time

Fraud Accounting and Auditing

The Numbers: Exemptions, exclusions and discounts Portability and step-up in basis Asset valuation Deductions: Marital, charitable, transmission and administration Retirement plan assets, annuities and life insurance Trust funding and administration

Will Your Advance Directive Protect You Both Personally and Financially? Creating Trusted Planning Relationships Retirement Plans, Roth Planning and Conversions Reverse Mortgages

New developments: Federal and California update IRS audits of estate tax returns New RMD rules, Roth conversions and estate planning for large retirement plans Update from Washington regarding tax law changes Helping your clients reduce, defer or eliminate capital gains taxes Trust reformation and decanting update Hot topics in international tax and estate planning and considerations for transfers to non-U.S. citizen spouses Valuation of notes The feasibility of using IDGTs and how you use it Planning for changing exemption in 2025 Flow-through entities and impact on trusts Changing exemption panel discussion Charitable planning Special needs trusts