CPE + Events Catalog

The world of retirement planning is undergoing a transformation with the introduction of SECURE Act 2.0. Staying informed and adapting your retirement strategies accordingly is crucial. This comprehensive course delves into the intricate details of SECURE Act 2.0, equipping you with the knowledge needed to optimize your retirement plans, embrace new opportunities, and ensure your financial well-being in this changing landscape

Award winning discussion leader Mark Hugh will review the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and key Oregon differences; discuss new developments at the national and state level in ethics in the last two years; best practices for CPAs in public accounting and industry; highlight emerging issues; and discuss Oregon administration and enforcement, including case studies.NOTE: This course meets the Oregon Board of Accountancy's biennial four-hour general ethics requirement.For the most current Oregon Administrative Rules (OARs), refer to the BOA website: https://tinyurl.com/OR-BOA-Rules.

The employer-employee relationship strains both sides in uncertain times, and businesses need CPAs, controllers, and other advisors to provide understanding of the complex legal, tax, and health care issues associated with all aspects of employment. This course provides in-depth coverage of this critical area. It will be updated and supplemented throughout the year to cover breaking developments.

The construction industry stands out in its need to adhere to a diverse range of accounting standards. This course explores the essential knowledge required for success in construction accounting, as well as the key issues influencing this field. Discover the implications of recent developments for yourself, your business, or your clients. In addition, we will examine the relationship between contractors and sureties. Given the construction industry's significant and ever-expanding share of the economy, staying up to date with the latest accounting updates in this sector is critical.

Completion of this course is required for admission to the Oregon Municipal Roster. This program is offered twice a year. Plan early to meet your requirement! This course may be appropriate to meet the biennial CPE requirements to continue on the Municipal Roster. YELLOW BOOK: Qualifies for Yellow Book CPE based on your unique audited entity.

With the increasing complexity and ever-changing nature of tax laws and issues, today's accountant needs a S corporation course focusing on the birth, growth, maturity, and death of a closely held S corporation. This case driven course will deal with S corporation income tax laws from formation to liquidation.

CFO Series - Day 2This presentation focuses on one key role we all share - being a reviewer. Every financial professional must review. We review, processes, systems, test results, performance, taxes, financials, timelines, and progress. The spotlight is to enhance our skills as reviewers. Are we great at listening, and asking the right questions? We will also discuss a high-level overview of taxation and the newer skills needed to be an effective financial leader. At every level, we are responsible for reviewing and improving ourselves, a responsibility that never ends. We cannot fall behind in an ever-changing, dynamic environment. Technology is always moving forward, just as we should.The CFO Series provides a convenient, one-stop way for CFOs and those who aspire to be CFOs, to an entire year of CPE with a single decision. Each day consists of a subject matter expert leading discussions about four different topics. The CFO Series features high-quality presentations and an interactive, executive level colleague-to-colleague approach with case studies, group discussions, and team exercises. Register by May 6 and save $25. That's a savings of $100 on the full series!  CFO Series - Day 1: May 10, 2024 – CFO Series: Advanced Profit Enhancements – 6 Tech & 2 [NT] – NEW! – WebcastCFO Series - Day 3: June 19, 2024 – CFO Series: The Effective CFO – 4 Tech & 4 [NT] – NEW! – WebcastCFO Series - Day 4: June 20, 2024 – CFO Series: Employees Today and Tomorrow [NT] – NEW! – Webcast Each topic and each day stand on its own.  If you are not sure about making a multi-day commitment, sign up for just a single day.  We think you will come back for more!

People always pay attention to a good story, but they will tune out someone who gives them only facts and figures. It is Human Nature! A lot of your time is spent presenting financial data in many ways to non-accountants, who suffer from numbers phobia. Therefore, if you need employees and leaders to take your oral and written reports seriously you must start with a story that is relatable and interesting. This powerful session is led by Ron Rael, a 40-year professional presenter. Ron will delight you and enlighten you with innovative ideas so that you deliver important business information that is understandable, concise, and actionable.This highly interactive program containing leading edge content and insights is a show-and tell session about how to present financial and operational data in meaningful and memorable ways. At the end of the day, you will fully understand how human nature and storytelling help you deliver the information that your decision makers need and want.

With the increasing complexity and ever-changing nature of tax laws and issues, today's accountant needs a partnership/LLC course focusing on the birth, growth, maturity, and death of a closely held partnership/LLC. This case driven course will deal with partnership/LLC income tax laws from formation to liquidation.

Anyone who has ever attended a lecture-format ethics seminar knows there is a much better way. Cases in Corporate Ethics provides an opportunity for lively group discussion of real world, ethical dilemmas.Cases in Corporate Ethics examines eight cases drawn from real life business conflicts involving corporate financial managers.NOTE: This course meets the Oregon Board of Accountancy's biennial four-hour general ethics requirement.For the most current Oregon Administrative Rules (OARs), refer to the BOA website: https://tinyurl.com/OR-BOA-Rules.

This course will review common deficiencies identified by the AICPA and state boards of accountancy. It features discussion on a variety of topics, including auditing estimates, internal controls deficiencies, documentation deficiencies, sampling, and risk assessment. We will review the areas of concern and how you can overcome them by employing best practices. YELLOW BOOK: Qualifies for Yellow Book CPE based on your unique audited entity.

This course focuses on the key federal tax issues affecting business from the internal accountant's point of view, with a focus on the major ramifications of the TCJA and other recent tax legislation and developments. Planning alternatives and the potential risks associated with those strategies will also be discussed.

Tightening down the hatches and intelligently using tax breaks to help leverage one's future is critical to being able to retire and retire well. This course locks down on building a future to count on via a thorough exploration of all tax and asset protection aspects individual retirement accounts and related arrangements.

This past year has shown us the need for numerous projects and the need to manage those projects in a unique way. Project management is an important part of every organization; however, often companies do not differentiate between project management and operations management. Sometimes the finance professional is called upon to serve on a project team, or in other cases is in a position to manage a project within the finance or accounting department. In either case, he or she should be well versed in both the theory and practice of project management. While project management has probably been around since the time of building the pyramids, the modern discipline started to take hold in large organizations in the late '50s and early '60s. From there it spread to smaller organizations to the point where almost any-sized organization can benefit from its ideas. This course is designed for the finance professional of the small and medium-sized organization. It is not meant for the experienced project manager of a large organization or the person wanting training for project management certification. In an effort to avoid talking theory without concrete examples, we will often use examples born from projects needed as a result of our experiences with COVID-19.

Learn about a variety of current issues that are impacting the forest products industry.

Business Intelligence (BI) is perhaps the hottest topic in most professional circles in today's business climate. Increasingly, organizations of all sizes seek to take advantage of the data available to them to identify previously undiscovered insights and gain competitive advantages thought to be out of reach just a few short years ago. A growing array of tools - from Excel add-ins to dedicated solutions such as Power BI - now allow you to leverage your existing knowledge and skills to create powerful, interactive dashboards and analyses unthinkable until recently.This program will teach you to implement "do-it-yourself business intelligence" using various techniques and tools. First, you will learn to use advanced Excel data query and summarization features to create Excel-based dashboards. You will then learn how to leverage that knowledge to build even more powerful BI objects using Microsoft's Power BI tools. If gaining better insights into your data to make better decisions interests you, then join us for a fast-paced look at how you can take advantage of these fantastic tools.

CFO Series - Day 3Whether you are a seasoned CFO or a staff professional, we all want to enhance our skills and become more effective. We discuss four methods to improve, including getting the most from the sales function, how CFOs can (and should) deliver much more value, new skills to develop, and how to find the time to do this? We also review the value of sustainability, ESG reporting, and measurement. A newer technique that adds value to our role so we can become even more effective. Each of these four topics will help you truly deliver more value. The CFO Series provides a convenient, one-stop way for CFOs and those who aspire to be CFOs, to an entire year of CPE with a single decision. Each day consists of a subject matter expert leading discussions about four different topics. The CFO Series features high-quality presentations and an interactive, executive level colleague-to-colleague approach with case studies, group discussions, and team exercises. Register by May 6 and save $25. That's a savings of $100 on the full series!  CFO Series - Day 1: May 10, 2024 – CFO Series: Advanced Profit Enhancements – 6 Tech & 2 [NT] – NEW! – WebcastCFO Series - Day 2: June 14, 2024 – CFO Series: Chief Reviewer – NEW! – WebcastCFO Series - Day 4: June 20, 2024 – CFO Series: Employees Today and Tomorrow [NT] – NEW! – WebcastEach topic and each day stand on its own.  If you are not sure about making a multi-day commitment, sign up for just a single day.  We think you will come back for more!

This course gives CPAs the knowledge to help their clients plan for retirement by evaluating how much retirement income they will require and planning for how to reach their retirement goals.

Many business professionals consider PivotTables the most powerful feature in Excel, yet most accounting and financial professionals do not use them in their day-to-day activities. If you are ready to learn how to take advantage of PivotTables or extend your existing knowledge of PivotTables, then plan to participate in this course. You will learn how to build PivotTables, group data inside PivotTables - including grouping options for fiscal periods - and create user-defined calculations in your PivotTables. You will also learn advanced PivotTable techniques, including building PivotTables that consolidate data from multiple data ranges and PivotTables that connect dynamically to external databases and financial accounting systems. Additionally, you will learn to take advantage of other Excel features associated with PivotTables, including Slicers, Power Query, and Power Pivot. You will be a master of Excel PivotTables at the end of the day! This course is for you if you have been leery of working with PivotTables or have struggled to realize their many benefits. With some information, guidance, and coaching from your K2 instructor, you will be ready to use PivotTables to analyze and report on extensive data sets in a fraction of the time you spend completing such tasks.

A company's financial statements are far more than just financial data. This is where the disclosures become key to explaining what the numbers may not be able to on their own. Keep your professional reputation stellar by making sure your financial statements are up-to-speed. This course will explain and illustrate disclosure requirements, clear up misconceptions on practice problems, correct disclosure deficiencies most frequently cited by peer reviewers, and illustrate revenue and lease disclosures based on Topics 606 and 842.