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Retirement Planning: Next Stage for You or Your Client
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Welcome to Your Next Stage -- Developing a new perspective on what this next stage is really all aboutIt's About Time -- Discovering a new sense of purposeMoney Matters -- Assessing your financial conditionsRelationships Matter Too -- Addressing needed or potential changes in your relationshipsHealthy Habits -- Examining new or renewed ways to stay healthyWho I Am -- Creating a new identity, and answering "So what do you do?"My Master Plan -- Figuring out what to do next
Claude Fundamentals for Accountants (2026 Update)
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Understanding Claude and Large Language ModelsPrompt Engineering Fundamentals for AccountantsWorking with Documents, Contracts, and SpreadsheetsProjects, Artifacts, and Reusable AI WorkspacesClaude Connectors and Business System IntegrationMicrosoft 365 Add-ins and Workflow AutomationProfessional Skepticism, Ethics, Privacy, and Verification
Mastering SSARS: From Compilation to Preparation Engagements
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The SSARS landscapeReview engagementsCompilation engagementsPreparation engagementsSelecting from the menu of SSARS engagementsAICPA quality management standardsIndependence and other ethical considerationsConsiderations when changing the level of servicePitfalls to avoidBest practices to adopt
Inside Cost Seg: What the IRS Engineer Actually Looks For
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Cost segregation study fundamentals Depreciation methods used in cost segregation Technical and compliance considerations for cost segregation studies IRS Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide (ATG) Section 1245 property Section 1250 property Classification of Section 1245 versus Section 1250 property Cost allocation methodologies Engineering documentation requirements Supportable cost estimates Key elements of a well-prepared cost segregation report Documentation supporting cost segregation conclusions Common cost segregation study deficiencies Red flags that may trigger IRS scrutiny Audit-defensible cost segregation reports Remedies for strengthening study credibility Audit resilience of cost segregation studies
Start From Trust: An Evidence-Based Approach to AI Adoption
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Why one visible machine error collapses trust while identical human error does not, and what that asymmetry costs firms in both directionsWhere small and midsize firms actually stand on AI adoption, and why a firm that has not adopted broadly is not automatically behindCalibrated trust: the difference between misuse (overtrust), disuse (undertrust), and trust matched to what a tool actually does wellThe five-stop adoption spectrum: paralysis, accidental delay, informed caution, responsible piloting, and reckless adoptionThe AI Trust and Usage Quadrant: four firm postures and the next step each one impliesGoverned versus unstructured AI use, and why staff already bringing their own tools makes abstention a decision rather than an optionWhat the evidence says about human and AI combinations, and the two task questions that predict whether a tool will help or hurtReading vendor claims: the gap between a demo and production, and why fluent explanations increase acceptance of wrong answersFive trust questions to ask any AI vendor: permission, uncertainty, audit trail, explainability, and change controlThe NIST AI Risk Management Framework trustworthiness characteristics as a technical backboneThree vulnerabilities that current firm financial performance can conceal: client expectations, talent, and deferred learningCognitive offloading and skill retention: what firms lose by waiting, and the conditions under which offloading frees capacity insteadFive actions a firm can take this week, and four evidence-based rollout rules for a first pilot
Microsoft Copilot Deep Dive Hands-on Bootcamp for CPAs
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Getting started with Microsoft CopilotTour of the Copilot app and how to use itVariety of hands-on case study examples for accounting, finance and taxProtecting your data privacy in Microsoft CopilotAdvanced Microsoft Copilot features reviewIntegration with Microsoft 365 apps
AI Liability and Malpractice Exposure
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Professional accountability for AI-generated workAI errors, hallucinations, and malpractice exposureEmerging cases, sanctions, and disciplinary actionsAI regulatory expectations in the US, Canada, and UKProfessional liability insurance and AI coverage gapsConfidentiality, privilege, privacy, and data exposureVerification, documentation, governance, and defensibility
Exploring Internal Controls That Could Have Prevented Frauds
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Examination of actual fraudsDiscussion of internal controls that could have prevented the fraudsContemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios
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
Documenting Your EBP Audit: What You Need to Know
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $319
Professional standards Audit planning Risk assessment and control testing Documentation best practices for investments and plan expenses Key audit areas in the financial statements, such as contributions and contributions receivable, benefit payments, and participant notes receivable Participant data and participant accounts Initial audits, plan mergers, and other issues
Taxation of Property Transactions - Tax Staff Essentials
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $139
Sections 1231, 1245, and 1250 Depreciation recapture Capital gains and losses Nonrecognition transactions
Reconciling in QBO
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:What accounts should get reconciled?Why the banking feed still needs reconciliationThe Reconcile interfaceStep-by-step reconcilingTricks to locate errors quicklyHow to solve common QBO workflow errors that create extra transactions...and a slew of time-saving techniques
Identify Leadership Gaps Before Busy Season
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Online
0.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Why leadership capacity gets cappedExternal pressures on public accounting firms: private equity, technology disruption, talent shortageThe three kinds of work: hard (physical), smart (intellectual), uncomfortable (emotional)The cost of saying yes: avoided conversations, rework, and time lost to lower-value workThe inventory: five categories of low-value commitmentsMeetings and events (e.g., meetings without agendas, "got a minute" interruptions, fear of not being in the know)Unrealistic expectations (e.g., scope creep, upward delegation, duties outside the role)Strategies and opportunities (e.g., shiny-object initiatives, unqualified leads, FOMO partnerships)Tasks and projects (e.g., low-priority admin, unnecessary reporting, work that should be delegated, deferred, discontinued, or done differently)Suboptimal performance (e.g., avoided accountability conversations, discount requests, non-revenue activities, technology avoidance)Quantifying the gapEstimating weekly hours lost, applying a conservative haircut, annualizingWhat the reclaimed hours are worth when redirected to highest-value workCommitting to one changeSelecting one inventory item to decline for the next monthNaming the higher-value activity the time will fundWhere this step sits in the broader six-step process for doing uncomfortable work
SOC 2® Report Walkthrough
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Sections within a SOC 2 report CUEC considerations Inclusive versus carve-out methods of reporting on controls at subservice organizations Report opinion types SOC 3 reporting Bridge letters
Tax Season and OBBBA Update for Business 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 on significant 2025-26 business tax developments and related cases and rulingsReview of recent business tax provisions and their integration into tax formsDepreciation changes in Section 179 and Sec. 168(k) bonus depreciationTax issues impacting “gig” workers, including Form 1099-KRulings on OBBBA of 2025 business provisions.
Claude Cowork in Practice: Advanced Workflow for Accountants
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Claude Cowork advanced workflow architectureFinance Plugin and domain-specific intelligenceModel selection and token optimization strategiesVariance analysis and cross-file reasoningInvoice extraction and automation workflowsThe Sparring Partner Protocol (SPP)AI governance, risk, and performance measurement
Ethics: Avoiding the Slippery Slope of Ethical Pressures
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $139
Benefits of ethical behavior Six steps to creating and maintaining an ethical culture Example of unethical behavior in ethical companies
Quality Management: Performing a Root Cause Analysis
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Broad discussion of root cause analysis, including what a root cause analysis is, how it works, and why it is understood to be an effective tool The requirements of SQMS No. 1 (QM section 10) regarding root cause analysis Applying the discussed steps of a proper root cause analysis in a real-world scenario Documentation considerations for root cause analysis
Eat, Drink & Maybe Deduct: Mastering IRC 274
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:IRC § 274 meals and entertainment rules Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changes affecting meals and entertainment Deductible versus nondeductible expenditures Definition of “entertainment” Definition of “business associate” Reimbursement arrangements Exceptions under IRC § 274(e) Compensation-related exceptions Recreational activity exceptions Public availability exceptions Goods or services sold to customers Separately stated food and beverage costs Employer-provided meals Per diem reimbursements Compliance and documentation requirements
Todd and Julie Chrisley Go to Prison
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major topics covered in this course include:What is bank fraud?What is wire fraud?Role of financial service professionals in combating tax evasion and white-collar crimeRed flags indicating of white-collar crimesImportance of knowing customersCriminal justice proceedingsRelationship between victim impact and sentencingRelationship between loss amounts and sentencing