CPE Catalog & Events
Shorten Month-End: Closing Best Practices
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Trends in financial statement closings including the Quick Close, Soft Close and Virtual CloseReview and discuss information systems' headaches that slow you downWork through examples of close cycle "time killers" and how to resolve themGet inventory and cost of sales under controlIdentify the improvement projects that will yield the biggest benefitReview what leading edge finance managers are doing to close more quickly
Walter Haig's GAAP for SMEs, Tax & Cash Frameworks Update
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Amendments to the U.S. Accounting Standards Codification (i.e. - U.S. GAAP) issued during the 18-month period prior to the program that impact SMEsUpdate and review of the tax and cash special purpose frameworksUpdate and review of the AICPA Financial Reporting Framework for SMEsUpdate on common errors and deficiencies as identified in financial statements as identified in peer reviews and in litigation
Building Trust in Remote Teams: Catalyze Collaboration and Communication
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Teamwork Collaboration
Prioritizing Mental Health in the Post-COVID Workplace
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Introduction to Common Mental Health Issues in the Workplace Identifying and Managing Mental Health Issues in the Workplace Helping employees with mental health issues perform their jobs more effectively Building a supportive workplace environment and policies that destigmatize and address mental health concerns, provide resources and encourage self- care
Preparing for & Conducting Discharge Meetings
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Issues to be evaluated pre-discharge. Off-site/off work-misconduct. Pre-discharge interviews Resignations Discharge meetings Exit Interviews Reference checks
Maintaining a Harmonious Working Environment
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Disassociating yourself and your employer from discriminatory comments. Scripts for addressing potential and actual sexual harassment situations. Consensual relationships between leaders and their subordinates. Effective violence prevention measures Survival tactics in active violence situations.
Balancing Employee and Employer Rights
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Customary management functions. Delegation of authority. Implementing changes in terms of employment. Fundamental duties owed to employer.
An Ethical Framework - How It Works
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Structure of Professional EthicsThe Differences Between the Code of Professional Ethics as maintained by the AICPA, the Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC), Joint Ethics Enforcement Program (JEEP) and Joint Trial Board What Happens When an Ethics Complaint is ReceivedCase Studies
Surgent's Section 754 Step-Up in Basis: Understanding the Tax Issues for Partnerships and LLCs
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
How and why a partnership makes a 754 election The effect of the 754 election when an interest in a partnership is sold or inherited How the 754 election applies when a partnership makes a distribution of property to one or more of its partners How to make the 754 basis adjustment
Surgent's Strategies for Maximizing Social Security Benefits
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
When is a person eligible to take Social Security benefits? Factors to consider when selecting an option for taking Social Security benefits Is there a best age to start taking Social Security benefits? How to maximize Social Security benefit payments for surviving spouses How can a divorced spouse collect Social Security benefits based on the work record of a former spouse? How minor children can collect Social Security benefits based on the work record of an older parent
Individual Tax Update: Recent Developments
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:2021/22 legislation impacting individual taxpayersExtenders legislation updateChild tax and dependent care creditsSection 199A deductionCapital gains and lossesRental real estateOther passive activities losses
2024 Professional Skepticism for the Public Accountant
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Self-evaluation of skepticism Requirements set forth by the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Risk assessment Analytical procedures Advice for cultivating your professionally skeptical mindset
Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Understanding & Appreciating Our Differences
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Emotional Intelligence Communication Teamwork
2024 How to Choose the Right Business Entity for Your Client
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Recent tax legislation and developments related to choice of entity -- such as sole proprietorship, single member LLCs, partnership/LLCs, S corporations, and C corporations Impact of the Section 199A deduction Ramifications of the C to S election and the S to C election Corporate tax rate to individual tax rate comparison examples
Audit 503: Management - Being a Balanced Leader-Manager
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Differentiating between managing and leading, while highlighting the importance of eachAssessing your own natural management and leadership styleAdapting management and leadership styles to the specific circumstancesBecoming a catalyst for positive changeOvercoming barriers to successfully managing and leadingSuccessfully engaging in difficult conversations to minimize performance issues and conflict
CFO Series: Re-inventing the Modern CFO: How to Adapt?
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Championing the role of innovation in the workplace.Technology evangelists and change agents.What does it mean?What is our role?The roles we take on and differences between the roles we are assigned.How innovation and strategy matter.Current and future trends and expectations for financial leaders and CFOs.Top ten crucial skills for 2035.
Corporate Finance Competency: Analytical Toolbox 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Forecasting as a valuation tool Bank/banker selection Ten hints for toolbox success Seven cases
Federally Declared Disaster Guidance 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
• Preparing for a disaster with a risk assessment and emergency fund • Insurance and other risk management tools • Above- and below-the-line deductions for casualty losses • Tax deferral using involuntary conversions • Tax-free and penalty-free distributions from retirement plans • Disaster checklists, procedures, and processes • Helping individuals and communities recover
What's Going on at the FASB (2024)
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Accounting Standard Updates effective in 2024 for public entities, private entities, and nonprofits. Review year 2 implications of the leases standard including modification accounting. A look at the projects identified by the FASB's Invitation to Comment: Agenda Consultation.
Servant Leadership 101
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Assessing your organization’s culture The benefits of great cultures The basics of what servant leadership is, and is not How to coach using a servant leadership style