This course is designed to help organizations communicate at a higher level of effectiveness. The session will help enhance organizational performance focusing on team work, employee engagement, organizational structure and productivity.
This course provides a concise overview of recent IRS criminal investigations and what practitioners can learn from these cases to help fight economic crime and even avoid personal criminal prosecution. While accountants are numbers people by training (not detectives per se with the exception...
The effective date of the new accounting standard for revenue recognition is fast approaching! With the issuance of FASB ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, FASB has completed a convergence project with the IASB to improve financial reporting by creating common revenue...
Practitioners that provide non-audit services must strike the right balance between complying with relevant professional and regulatory standards, providing value- added client service, and mitigating litigation and other practice management risks. This course contains many case studies to...
As long as LLCs, partnerships, and S corporations form the backbone of many CPAs' practices, in-depth knowledge of all tax aspects of these entities will be essential. The purpose of this practical course is to focus on planning issues in creating, operating, and liquidating S corporations,...
Specifically designed for preparation, compilation, and review practitioners and their staff, this course will provide you with a comprehensive review and hands-on application for performing financial statement preparation, compilation, and review engagements. You will learn the ins and outs of...
CPAs today face greater challenges than ever to maintain the high ethical standards of their profession. This course reviews a history of the CPA profession but will focus on ethical requirements that CPAs must adhere to in their everyday practice, including practical examples of potential...
In this course, tax advisors will be fully updated on the most important aspects of tax reform as well as major trends on the horizon with a view toward planning. Individual, partnership and corporate taxation, as altered by tax reform, will be included. As both formal and informal guidance is...
This advanced course will teach you how to utilize Adobe Acrobat features to create and work within PDF files with maximum efficiency. Adobe Acrobat is widely used as a method of presenting information and exchanging documents electronically. The use of PDF files continues to grow...
This course provides strategies for communicating diplomatically in a variety of tough situations and simple ways to open the lines of communication.
Risk! It is the topic that keeps CFO’s and Controllers awake at night. Are you aware of your firm’s current exposure to risk? Are you prepared for the unexpected disaster, product failure, litigation or compliance set-back? As a CPA in industry your role is...
In terms of selecting an entity to do business in, the universe shifted with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted at the end of 2017. The tax rate for C corporations was lowered to 21% and the new Section 199A deduction offered pass-through entities the chance to significantly lower the rate at...
ASU No. 2016-14, Presentation of Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Entities, is the most significant not-for-profit reporting standard in over 20 years and is now fully effective. To properly implement the new financial reporting model professionals must have a strong, working knowledge of...
"I Trust You" or "I Don't Trust You"! Hearing one of these will either make your day or it will ruin your day. This is because trust speaks to who we are at the core. In this course, Mario Flores explores the definitions of trust and character ( a...
Want to help your client save money and avoid potential trouble with the IRS? This webcast has been updated for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and explains what may trigger an IRS audit, how to negotiate, settle on appeal, qualify for an IRS collection program and evaluate your client's best...
Purchasing and cash disbursements are common targets for fraud in any entity's environment. Today, many practitioners, auditors and management in industry are aware of the criticality of adequate internal controls, but may be uncertain whether existing controls in their organizations are...
Are you comfortable giving presentations and feel good about your performance, or does the experience make you anxious and leave you feeling dissatisfied? In this two hour session, learn how to let your best self shine during interactions with the auditee and governing board. Joining...
OneNote is one of the most practical software tools to come out of Microsoft in a long time. OneNote offers a wide variety of features to record, organize and manage notes of all types. Because it is directly integrated with Outlook and the other Office applications it serves as a central hub...
It's not too late to panic! FASB's Topic 606 on revenue recognition supersedes nearly all current revenue recognition provisions, including industry-specific guidelines, and replaces it with a more principles-based approach, which is now a five-step process. The new standard was...
This course describes the various forms of workplace bullying. It addresses abusive bosses, and bullying between co-workers. It explains both how to avoid bullying and how to respond to it in others. The session delves into behaviors that could be considered abusive and focuses on...
