CPE Catalog & Events
Forensic Accounting: Crafting Expert Reports
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Virtual
4.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Introduction to Forensic Accounting: Gain an understanding of the fundamentals, roles, and responsibilities of forensic accountants in uncovering financial discrepancies, fraud, and economic damages.Maintain Ethical Integrity: Learn the importance of ethics in forensic accounting and strategies for ethical decision-making.Expert Report Preparation: Learn the essential components, best practices, and common pitfalls in writing clear, concise, and objective expert reports for legal proceedings.Investigation Report Writing: Explore the methodologies for conducting investigations, gathering evidence, and crafting thorough and accurate investigation reports.Economic Damages Writing: Understand the methodologies and best practices for calculating economic damages, including lost profits, business valuation, and other financial impacts.Reviewing Investigation Reports and Economic Damages: Analyze real-world examples to review and critique investigation reports and damage calculations, highlighting key insights and lessons learned.
K2's Business Intelligence, Featuring Microsoft's Power BI Tools
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Online
8.00 Credits
The importance of Business Intelligence in today’s business climate Differentiating between Power BI licensing options A hands-on approach to creating effective Power BI reports and dashboards
K2'S Supercharging Your Spreadsheet Collaboration
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Online
1.00 Credits
Collaboration methods using Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 Ways to track changes to sheets and compare different versions of a file Tools for sharing and responding to comments among a team from within a file
Liquidity & Uncertainty Disclosures for Nonprofits
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Online
2.00 Credits
Required disclosure related to liquidity and other significant uncertainties for fair presentation of financial statements Evaluating the need for going concern and other uncertainty disclosures in the current environment
Accounting Update in a Post COVID-19 World
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Online
2.00 Credits
Risk assessment Government assistance Pandemic-related accounting pronouncements Learning to be an auditor in a pandemic environment Financial statement disclosures Exploring liquidity options
Considerations of Fraud
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Online
2.00 Credits
AU-C 240 Auditing Yellowbook
AI Privacy, Security, and Compliance Masterclass
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Introduction: What is AI Security, Privacy and Compliance (AISPC)?Why AI Security, Privacy and Compliance (AISPC) is Increasingly Important for AccountantsAISPC Policy Best PracticesKey Tactical Questions for Addressing Data Security and PrivacyOpenAI and Compliance with Government RegulationsOpenAI and Two-Factor AuthenticationOther OpenAI Security, Privacy and Compliance ConsiderationsBest Practices for Secure Data Sharing with GPT How to Create a GenAI and ChatGPT Usage Policy for Your OperationsGeneral AI Policy Do’s and Don’tsAI Copyright Compliance & Protection GuideDeepfakes and Synthetic Media: A New Frontier for Fraud and MisinformationFrom Financial Oversight to AI Governance: The Sarbanes-Oxley Legacy and Accountants' New Frontier in AI Security, Privacy, Compliance and EthicsKey Takeaways
Surgent's Ethics for Tax Professionals
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
What does practicing before the IRS mean? Who may practice before the IRS? What should a tax preparer do if he or she has knowledge of a client's omission of income from a tax return? May a tax preparer rely on the work of other tax return preparers? May a tax preparer rely on and use client-provided information? Standards associated with giving advice to clients Abolition of the disclaimer requirement When must a tax preparer examine a client’s books and records?
Surgent's Understanding Partnership Taxation: PTE Elections, 754 Elections, and Selling a Partnership Interest
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
Notice 2020-75: PTE elections What is a 754 election? What if a 754 election is not in effect? Tax implications of a partnership interest sale on the seller Look-through provisions
Taxation of Business Entities
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Online
2.50 Credits
Types of business entities (Sole proprietorship, Partnership, Corporation, Limited Liability Company and Limited Liability Partnership) Considerations in choosing a business entity, including taxes, limited liability protection, management & control, funding options & opportunities, tax consequences for the owners and the business. Future tax considerations that will impact various business entities.
Hands-On Tax Return Workshop - Partnerships & LLCs (Form 1065)
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Online
8.00 Credits
Extensive review of the partnership income tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative changes Comparison of partnerships, LLCs and LLPs Overview the formation of a partnership/LLC and the §704(c) pre-contribution gain or loss rules Schedule K analysis– determine if income statement items are separately (i.e. schedule K) or non-separately stated income and expense items How schedule K items get allocated to partners on schedule K-1s Look at detailed Schedule K-1 information reporting to partners needed for the qualified business income (QBI) deduction, 3.8% net investment income tax and business interest expense limitations Learn the special tax treatment of fringe benefits paid on behalf of the partners and LLC members Comparing the tax and §704(b) book capital account computations Discuss partner guaranteed payments and self-employment tax issues Schedule M-1 – reconciliation of income or loss per books with income or loss per income tax return Schedule M-2 – analysis of partners’ capital accounts Review the importance and basics of calculating a partner/member’s outside tax basis. Overview of the tax treatment of distributions, recourse and nonrecourse debt allocations, §754 election for optional basis adjustments and §743/§734 mandatory basis adjustments
Surgent's Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations: Engagement Performance and Annual Update
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Virtual
8.00 Credits
SSARS No. 21, Clarification and Recodification, and updates to SSARS No. 21 due to the issuance of SSARS No. 23, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services SSARS No. 22, Compilation of Pro Forma Financial Information SSARS No. 24, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services -- 2018 SSARS No. 25, Materiality in a Review of Financial Statements and Adverse Conclusions SSARS No. 26, Quality Management for an Engagement Conducted in Accordance With Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services Sample comprehensive engagement work programs for preparation, compilation and review engagements Reporting and disclosure illustrations for each level of service, including attesting on personal financial statements, prescribed form, special purpose framework and other engagement variations Other communication requirements, such as sample engagement letters and management representation letters
SEC Case Studies: Ethical Dilemmas in Finance and Accounting
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Introduction to Ethics and Ethical DilemmasEthical Codes and Professional StandardsFraud and the Fraud TriangleEthical Decision-Making ModelsFinancial Statement Manipulation TacticsCash Flow and Key Metrics Misrepresentations
K2's Ripped From The Headlines - Lessons From Interesting Tech Crimes
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Online
2.00 Credits
Common security weaknesses that occur with hardware and software at home and in the office Malware, ransomware, data breach, and incident response tips Internal control failures which result in the theft of assets or unauthorized manipulation of data
Ethical Leadership: Guiding Principles When Others Falter
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Online
2.00 Credits
Understanding yourself and others in the workplace How emotion plays a vital role in ethical dilemmas and in solutions What are some of the various outlooks on ethics? Recognizing lies Managing ethics towards solutions
Internal Controls That May Have Prevented Fraud
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Online
2.00 Credits
Understand what factors allowed certain frauds to occur Recognize what internal controls may have prevented the frauds Consider application of these lessons to circumstances you encounter in your professional endeavors
Entertainment, Meals & Travel Expenses: Review and Update
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Definition of what qualifies as an entertainment expenseStrategies to deduct business entertainment expensesDeductibility of mealsSituations not subject to the 50% meals and entertainment reductionHow to handle automobile issues related to employer-provided parkingProper accounting for deductible vs. non-deductible expendituresThe four steps to analyze business expensesThe latest federal legislation, cases and rulings
K2's CPA Firm Update
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Online
2.00 Credits
Emerging trends like changes in client expectations, supplier strategies, and competitive dynamics AI and advanced software innovations with tailored solutions for service lines like tax, audit, advisory, and niche industries Next-gen automation tools, including the role of machine learning, RPA, and advanced analytics in streamlining operations Optimal technology stacks to enhance firm productivity, efficiency, and profitability Cybersecurity advancements. Proactive approaches to safeguarding client and firm data
The Controllership Series - Financial Statement Preparation
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Online
2.60 Credits
Accounting Finance Financial Statement Preparation
Retirement Planning: Next Stage for You or Your Client
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
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
