CPE + Events Catalog

This course is designed to help any professional to learn how to deliver presentations that have an impact. Learn how to create useful slides, prepare your presentation, manage your nerves, set up the room and handle questions and answers. This webcast was originally broadcast on August 3, 2015. Note: There is a minimum passing rate of 70% for this course.

CPAs are commonly placed in positions to make difficult decisions. This course infuses new case studies highlighting issues that involve handling ethical crises. From audit to tax and from staff to partner, dive deep into high-profile conflicts such as Wells Fargo, Google, and Turing Pharmaceuticals, as well as other conflicts that never make headlines. What would you do if you worked for such a company? What would you do if faced with a compromising position? Acquire the tools to help you choose between alternative solutions. Note : There is a minimum passing rate of 70% for this course. The course was originally presented on May 1, 2018. CalCPA Members: This course qualifies for the four hours of free ethics credits per membership year. Learn more .

Managing and growing a successful practice requires that you have good people providing exceptional service at the right price. That was once done by the hour, but in today's world, when tech can perform work faster than people, the billable hour no longer works. Your price should reflect the value you provide, improve the service provided to customers, and create a better work environment for your team. Yes, the right price can do all that! In this session, we'll explore how a radical approach to your pricing can lead to a stronger firm with greater profits. This course is from The Elevate Forward series, which continues the conversations started at the annual Elevate: Women's Leadership Forum.

Examine significant real estate tax issues and concepts, including planning and compliance topics emphasizing tax elimination or deferral. Discuss the qualified business income deduction (Sec. 199A) as it relates to real estate investments; limited discussion of opportunity zones (Sec. 1400Z-2) relating to real estate; 1031 exchanges; home sale exclusion (IRC Sec. 121); passive activities loss rules; estate planning and gifting with real estate; and California property tax issues, updated for passage of Proposition 19 affecting parent-child transfers and transfer of assessments to a new principal residence.

Tax preparer regulation is a controversial topic among policymakers, the Internal Revenue Service, and certification providers. Proponents claim that regulation protects taxpayers from incompetent preparers, while opponents assert that regulation increases costs and discourages preparers from attaining higher qualifications. Following longstanding regulations in Oregon and California, the IRS implemented the Registered Tax Return Preparer program in 2012, which was unexpectedly invalidated in just its second year. Using this quasi-experimental setting and a unique dataset of all U.S. tax preparers obtained from the IRS, we test the effect of regulation on tax preparer qualifications. We find that tax preparer regulation is positively associated with the proportion of highly qualified tax preparers. We also find that regulation increases (decreases) the likelihood that a market entrant (exiter) is highly qualified. In additional analysis, we find some evidence that tax preparer regulations are associated with increased fees and better tax return quality.

This course covers topics such as tax proposals, valuation discounts, trusts and more. With an easy-to-understand presentation, it's never been easier to get up to speed on the intersection between real estate and estate and trust planning.

Not only are Forms 1099 being released later and later each year, they have become more confusing than ever-especially when it comes to fixed income securities. This course will explain what's on page one of the 1099 compared to the back up material and how to report all of the items correctly.

Are you or your clients struggling to get the most out of your real estate investments? This course will cover the ins and outs of converting real estate, from understanding market pressures to navigating potential obstacles. You'll learn how to maximize returns and create long-term wealth. Learn how to unlock the hidden value in real estate today.

?CalCPA's annual conference brings together industry and public accounting experts to deliver timely updates surrounding the nonprofit market. Engage with speakers who lead sessions covering topics ranging from new and developing tax issues to effective controls and private endowments. You'll gain a renewed understanding of pertinent accounting, audit, legal, tax and regulatory updates relevant to this sector.

Taking money from a retirement plan before age 59-1/2 or failing to withdraw funds after age 73 leads to penalties. Plan beneficiaries have a separate set of rules as well. There are penalty exceptions and waivers, but some issues have no possible resolution. A withdrawal from a retirement plan is taxable unless it's returned to a plan within 60 days. Some withdrawals cannot be returned and there are some ways to make a late rollover tax-free. Early and late distribution penalties and 60-day rollover failures are prevalent issues that tax preparers must handle despite the size of the firm or the wealth of their clients. Learn the rules of the road in this class. Note: This class presents an in-depth discussion of issues presented in the instructor's class Retirement Distributions: Planning Options.

We are all (including tax practitioners) getting older, and the need for effective retirement planning has never been greater. This course is essential for participants who wish to attain a comfortable retirement for themselves and their clients by maximizing tax-saving strategies. Designed to improve the quality of services to clients and the profitability of engagements, this presentation integrates federal taxation with retirement planning. The emphasis is on practical simplicity in dealing with the self-employed and highly compensated individual. Distribution options from IRAs and other retirement plans are explored.

Auditors play a crucial role in identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement by thoroughly understanding the entity and its environment. Privately-owned companies present distinct challenges that require careful consideration. This examination will address key issues such as whether identifiable controls are in place, if owners and managers actively promote compliance with company policies, and whether they have documented these controls and effectively communicated them to staff. Additionally, it will consider whether these controls are observable and can be tested for operational effectiveness, as well as whether owners and managers monitor employee performance and evaluate the effectiveness of the controls implemented.

This course will provide information on Post-Separation Accounting and Reimbursements.

This course will discuss the Separate Property Subject to Community Claims and what to do with Passive Income.

In this course, you will g ain insight from CPAs, attorneys and judges as they share critical information impacting your family law practice. You'll hear about the latest developments, legislation, and trends in family law disputes and dissolutions.

This course explains the k ey principles of Tracing, Characterization and Apportionment of Investment Accounts.

Robotic process automation (RPA) possesses several features that may give rise to similar but also new adoption effects (both benefits and challenges) relative to other information technology (IT) implementations. This study adds to the accounting and emerging technologies literature by examining the beginning-to-end process through which RPA is implemented in the accounting function. We adopt an exploratory and case-centered research methodology based on a mature RPA implementation in an accounting setting. We further corroborate it with interviews with subject matter experts and compare it with another case study of an early-stage RPA implementation. We identify five themes related to RPA adoption in accounting functions: workforce, IT governance, privacy and security, system sustainability, and the measurement of RPA success. We'll also present key takeaways that may support effective RPA adoption in accounting.

Robotic process automation (RPA) provides organizations numerous benefits in achieving efficiency and effectiveness, but not without risks. Without proper management, the risks posed by RPA may outweigh its intended advantages. RPA risk management has received little attention in prior accounting research and practice. We'll discuss risks and control considerations important to achieving the return on RPA investment and maintaining the integrity of the automated processes, substantiated by interviews with RPA and risk professionals. Our interviewees suggest that RPA risk management provides incremental value in addition to risk management of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, that the skillset needed for RPA risk management may be missing among risk professionals, and that existing risk and control frameworks must evolve for RPA risk management.

Identify and discuss various tax planning opportunities related to the operation of a corporate business with an S corporation election. Topics range from annual recurring planning to unusual transactions, such as stock redemptions and the sale of the corporate business.

As liquidating trustee, Jeremiah Foster and Resolute were tasked with winding down Shoot the Moon, a three-state, fifteen franchise restaurant group. Forensic accounting uncovered sources and uses of funds over a five-year period revealing a kiting scheme, Ponzi scheme, and merchant cash advance lending activities. Hear Mr. Foster walk through the case study, highlighting the process, role, and fiduciary duties of a trustee. This session was recorded on March 20, 4 at the 4 Fraud & Forensic Accounting Virtual Conference.