CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Predictive Accounting – Driver-Based Budgeting and Rolling Financial Forecasts
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Online
2.00 Credits
The shift to “predictive accounting” for Decision Making, Planning, and Budgeting Problems with traditional annual budget processes Develop a driver-based “operational budget” based on resource capacity planning Classify resource capacities and their expenses as sunk, fixed, step-variable, and variable Create closed loop capacity plans Forecast demand for budgeting and rolling financial forecasts Integrating enterprise risk management (ERM) with management accounting Applying target costing for cost estimating
ACPEN: The CFO Series-Artificial Intelligence: A Practical Guide for Financial Leaders and CFOs
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Online
2.00 Credits
AI Evolution: How has AI evolved and where does it stand today Generative AI: What exactly is & generative AI; and how is it different AI Limitations: What AI can't, shouldn't or won't do AI Applications: How can I practically use AI right now AI Ethics: What are the ethical implications of incorporating AI in my work
ACPEN: Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Reporting Explained
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Online
8.00 Credits
Discussion of financial reporting risks increased by the current economic environment, including increased uncertainty related to critical financial statement amounts and significant disclosures Executive summary of recent Accounting Standards Updates Overview of fair value disclosure requirements and implementation issues Discussion of issues related to donor-restricted endowment funds Classification of net assets and reclassifications Endowments, including accounting, disclosures and UPMIFA Noncascontributions Contributions received and receivable Expense recognition issues Reporting expenses by function and nature Other relevant matters unique to the nonprofit environment
ACPEN: Mergers & Acquisitions: Tips and Speed Bumps to Avoid
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Online
2.00 Credits
Making strategic acquisitions Identifying potential acquisition candidates Alternatives to M&A Identifying and understanding organizational culture Understanding the keys to effective and efficient due diligence Planning and executing an effective integration Key considerations
ACPEN: International Tax Treaties
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Online
2.00 Credits
Tax treaties Tax impact of cross-border transactions
ACPEN: Ultimate Small Business HR Guide: Essential Tips for Success
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Online
1.00 Credits
Small Business Management
ACPEN: Leading for Well-Being: Building Resilient Teams & Thriving Workplaces
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Online
3.50 Credits
The Importance of Mental Wellness in Leadership Recognizing and Preventing Burnout Building and Sustaining Resilient Teams Leading by Example: Self-Care and Continuous Growth
ACPEN: Benford’s Law and Other Digital Analysis Techniques
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Online
1.80 Credits
Benford’s Law Digital Analysis Data analytics
ACPEN: Tax Practice Standards
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Online
2.00 Credits
Treasury Circular 230 AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services (SSTS) Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Common law
ACPEN: Taxation of Judgements and Settlements
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Online
2.40 Credits
Types of damages or remedies that can be awarded or agreed upon pursuant to litigation. Review of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations governing the taxation of various types of litigation payments. Suggestions for drafting pleadings or settlement agreements.
ACPEN: Compensation Fundamentals and Pay Transparency: Driving Fairness & Engagement
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Online
1.00 Credits
Compensation
ACPEN: Tax Procedure
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Online
2.00 Credits
Filing a tax return IRS audit RS Appeals Collections and litigation at courts of original jurisdiction
ACPEN: Looking at the AICPA’s “Non-authoritative Guidance” From an Ethics Perspective
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Online
2.00 Credits
When and How are AICPA Pronouncements “Authoritative”? Authoritative Ethical Pronouncements What is “Nonauthoritative” Guidance? Nonauthoritative Guidance in the AICPA Online Ethics Library A Closer Look at: Nonattest Services A Closer Look at: NOCLAR Case Analysis: Hale v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. Conclusion
ACPEN: Considerations of Fraud
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Online
2.00 Credits
AU-C 240 Auditing Yellowbook
ACPEN: K2's Ten Questions To Ask Your IT Team
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Online
1.00 Credits
Ten Strategic Question Frameworks for Technology Assessment Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Oversight Through Targeted Dialogue Cloud Governance and Remote Work Technology Evaluation
ACPEN: Business Valuation Fundamentals
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Online
1.00 Credits
Business Valuation Fundamentals The Objective - What type of report is needed? The Process Agreed Upon Procedures Calculation of Value Conclusion of Value Industry Sanity Checks – Would you pay or accept the value if it were your company?
ACPEN: Consulting Services Secrets
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Online
1.00 Credits
Identifying a consulting specialty Building a practice and translating knowledge into products Managing consulting projects Marketing consulting projects Building a referral network Contingent fees Professional standards for consultants
ACPEN: The Risks of Artificial Intelligence - Part 2
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Online
1.80 Credits
Society and cultural risks of AI Governance and control risks of AI Mitigation and Responsible AI
ACPEN: A Guide to Sampling - Part 2
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Online
2.00 Credits
Auditing Yellowbook
ACPEN: Progressive Management Accounting
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Online
2.00 Credits
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
