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Tactical CFO Series - Make Your Business Process Work For You
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $250
Tactical Budgeting – Moving Beyond Traditional Budgets to Manage Performance Major Subject: Budgeting as a tactical management tool to improve organizational performance. Tactical Business Systems – Getting the Most from Information Systems and ERP Major Subject: Strategic and tactical use of information systems and ERP in finance leadership. Tactical Data Management – Turning Data into Actionable Information Major Subject: Transforming organizational data into actionable insights for better decision-making. Tactical Finance Leadership – Building the Finance Team of Tomorrow Major Subject: Developing tactical leadership skills to build and lead high-performing finance teams.
NOCLAR: Ethics, Audit & Yellow Book Considerations
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Participants will review the scope of the interpretationsThe responsibilities of members in public practice and members in businessConsiderations involving confidentiality, communication, documentation, withdrawal, and further action in the public interest. Related requirements under SAS No. 147 and the 2024 Yellow Book, including how auditors must handle communications related to NOCLAR.
Employee Benefit Plan Best Practices
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Current standards and developments affecting employee benefit plan audits Compliance considerations in employee benefit plan engagements Common compliance issues identified in 401(k) plan audits Correction of 401(k) plan compliance issues Participant data Payroll and compensation Contributions and remittances Participant loans Hardship distributions Plan investments Participant distributions Investment income allocations Plan mergers and acquisitions Audit best practices for employee benefit plans
Corporate Storytelling in Financial Reporting
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Purpose of Management Commentary (IFRS): Understanding the foundational objectivesPurpose of MD&A (AAP): SEC-mandated narrative disclosure requirementsHistorical Context: Past and present frameworks and the limitationsRecent Revisions: Key enhancements and ESG integrationPractical Examples: Real-world applications and improvementsConvergence & Guidance: Frameworks, comparisons, and implementation
Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Focus on Network Forensics
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
Forensic Accounting Accounting Auditing Finance
The Controllership Series - Sales, Collections and Customer Credit
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting Sales Collections
Taking the Financial Executive's Leadership to the Next Level
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Professional/Technical to Business/Behavioral Leader Evolution From Agricultural to Conceptual Age Right Brain Orientation Artificial Intelligence (AI) Perspective to Consider Emotional Intelligence Framework Behavioral Self-Awareness and Self-Management Socially Intelligent Leader/Social Awareness Transformational Leadership
Progressive Management Accounting
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
A taxonomy of accounting: tax, financial, managerial A spectrum of direct and indirect absorption costing Fact-based Data with Activity Based Costing (ABC ) Why do we need advanced management accounting techniques, such as ABC? How the ABC cost assignment network structure connects costs to products and sales channels Learn to use ABC to manage product, service-line, channel, and customer profitability Understand two views of costs: (1) process view versus (2) product view Comparing ABC with time-driven ABC, resource consumption accounting (RCA), lean accounting, and other costing techniques Operational Costing to Optimize Process Costs - How driver-based budgets and rolling financial forecasts lead to productivity improvement and cost reduction Applying “Attributes” to assess ”value-added costs” and “costs of quality (COQ)” The Shift in ROI’s Source from Tangible to Intangible Assets Increasing the ROI from information – with Corporate Performance Management (CPM) as a Value-Multiplier Accelerating the Rate of Adoption for Implementing and CPM Understand the barriers that slow the adoption rate of CPM: technical, misperceptions, model design, and social / cultural How to overcome behavioral resistance to change
Forensic and Fraud Interviewing Techniques and Skills
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Online
2.20 Credits
Member Price: $89
Forensic Accounting Accounting Auditing Finance
Become a Data Analysis Expert
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include: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.
Governmental & Not for Profit Fraud 26-27
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
• Review real-world examples of fraud schemes perpetrated against governments and not-for-profits, including misappropriations of cash, grant frauds, vendor frauds, inventory thefts, and payroll frauds • Understand and recognize fraud risk and fraud indicators • Consider types of fraud prevention programs
Tax Season and OBBBA Update for Individual with Steve Dilley
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Update and integration of recent tax legislation impacting 2026 individual returnsUpdate on significant individual tax developments related to cases and rulingsIndividual tax changes including the earned income credit, child credit, and child and dependent care creditSection 199A changes, including use of carryforward passive activity and 199A losses and latest tax formsCrypto reporting update2027 tax rate schedule and other inflation adjusted itemsPassive activity and hobby loss rules changes.
Driving Corporate Performance: The CFO’s Role in Competitiveness 26-27
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Online
0.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Know why successful companies focus their strategy • Translate strategic initiatives into accomplishments
SSARS Codification: Preparation, Compilation and Review 26-27
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• SSARS Codification requirements • SSARS engagements: preparation of financial statements, compilation of financial statements and proforma financial information • Review of financial statements • Coverage of the amendments to the SSARS contained in SSARS 26 and SSARS 27
Financial Accounting Standards: A Comprehensive Review 26-27
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Online
16.00 Credits
Member Price: $589
• Application of professional judgment • Codification, GAAP and the GAAP hierarchy • Recent changes in financial statement presentation • Hot Topics in financial reporting & accounting
Current and Upcoming FASB Issues
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Recent accounting standards updates Recognition and measurement projects Presentation and disclosure projects Post-implementation preview projects
Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Firm's Data and Reputation
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Assessment of the current cybersecurity threat level and vulnerabilitiesDeveloping your WISP (Written Information Security Program) Deploying a password management app (PMA) to fortify the security of your login credentialsImplementing an incident response plan to minimize the damage from a cybersecurity attackUnderstanding the role of cybersecurity insurance
IRS Penalties and Abatements
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Various types of penalties: Accuracy related, fraud, understatement of valuation, reporting requirement, failure to pay, and pay or deposit penaltiesRules on waiver of penalties and interestsVarious forms and procedures for requesting reliefFirst Time Abatement: Requirements and proceduresHow an individual taxpayer qualifies for Reasonable Cause abatementProcedures for requesting refund of paid penaltiesAvailable administrative options
The Best Federal Tax Update Course by Surgent
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Comprehensive coverage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Review of key components of President Trump's tax bill, including a tip income exemption, overtime pay relief, Social Security tax exemption, auto loan interest deductibility, SALT deduction modifications, a lower corporate tax rate, restoration of 100% bonus depreciation, immediate R&D expensing, and permanent extension of select TCJA provisions Tariff policy and implementation - analyze the use of tariffs as a fiscal and trade policy tool Digital assets and tax implications - understand the new Form 1099-DA for reporting digital asset transactions, along with updated IRS guidance on cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and broker responsibilities Artificial intelligence - discover how AI and generative tools are transforming tax practices, as well as how the IRS is leveraging AI to enhance audit selection Form 1099-K reporting requirements - understand the evolving IRS thresholds and rules for third-party payment platforms Sale of Passthrough Entity Interests and Net Investment Income Tax - analyze the tax implications of selling interests in passthrough entities, including relevant examples, and how the Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) applies to these transactions The Gig Economy - examine key tax implications for gig workers, including Independent Contractor vs. Employee classification challenges, reporting responsibilities, and the impact of the 2024 Department of Labor Final Rule on worker status Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation Practice aids, including all the numbers applicable for the current year -- inflation-adjusted amounts, mileage rates, retirement contributions, and more Advanced practice, reporting, and other issues intertwined with advanced planning and discussion ideas
The Controllership Series - The Controller’s Skillset
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accounting Finance Skills