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2026-27 OSCPA-Select™ CPE - 2 catalog options:
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Audit & Attest Quality Matters that Should be on Your Radar – Avoiding Common Deficiencies in SAS, SSARS and SSAE Engagements
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
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Quality management is important. Every CPA firm that provides audit and other attest services must undergo a third-party quality control review. This session will provide you with the tips on how to avoid common quality control deficiencies in all services that are subject to peer review. YELLOW BOOK: Qualifies for Yellow Book CPE based on your unique audited entity.
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Applying the New Expected Credit Loss Model (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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All entities are subject to the new expected credit loss model established by recent GAAP. This course will provide highlights of the latest requirements for measurement, presentation, and disclosure.
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Cost of Capital: What It Is and How to Use It (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Every business needs capital, and capital has a cost. Providers of debt and equity demand a return and the combination is the cost of capital for the business. This session discusses how to calculate the cost of capital, how to use it to make superior business decisions every day and some common ways organizations misuse this number. Who should understand your organization's cost of capital? Even if you are not yet the CFO, you need to thoroughly understand the cost of capital and its use. The cost of capital allows managers to, Get the biggest bang for the buck. If you want to enhance your corporate finance skills, this session is for you.
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Common Peer Review Deficiencies and How to Avoid Them (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Required Peer Reviews are an important element for ensuring high quality audit and attest services are being offered by CPAs. This course will explore the most common deficiencies identified through the Peer Review program, so that CPAs know what potential problems to avoid. YELLOW BOOK: Qualifies for Yellow Book CPE based on your unique audited entity.
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Cost and Pricing Models: Boost Your Bottom Line (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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If sales increase, so should profits. Yet, the opposite result often leaves executive’s scratching their heads. When organizations work with inferior cost information, they make mistakes in four specific situations. Bad information causes sellers to overprice easy, high-volume work and under-price difficult, low-volume work. This session discusses how to use activity-based costing to build accurate costing models that consider far more than just the labor and materials necessary to provide goods and services.
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Common Deficiencies in Employee Benefit Plans (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Discover critical insights from the latest Department of Labor studies on employee benefit plan audits and tackle the pressing issue of audit deficiencies head-on. This course dives deep into the most common errors undermining audit quality and explores the underlying causes of these issues. Through practical strategies, engaging case studies, and regulatory guidance, participants will learn how to close gaps in compliance, enhance audit execution, and protect plan participants and beneficiaries. Whether you're an experienced auditor or new to benefit plan audits, this course will equip you with the tools needed to elevate audit quality and ensure regulatory compliance. YELLOW BOOK: Qualifies for Yellow Book CPE based on your unique audited entity.
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Data Analytics & Journal Entry Testing for Auditors (3 hours)
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Online
3.0 Credits
Member Price: $109
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This course provides a practical understanding of IT controls and SOC reporting within financial audits. Participants will learn how to interpret SOC reports, evaluate control effectiveness, and determine reliance strategies. Real-world examples will demonstrate how IT controls tie directly to relevant financial statement areas and alignment with Complementary User Entity Controls (CUECs).
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Considerations of Fraud (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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This course provides an in-depth exploration of AU-C 240, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statements Audit. Participants will gain practical insights into identifying, assessing, and responding to fraud risks within the context of financial statement audits. Through engaging lectures, real-world examples, and case studies, the course examines the nature and characteristics of fraud, including fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriation of assets. It also delves into the auditor's responsibilities under AU-C 240 for planning and performing audits with fraud considerations, techniques for identifying fraud risk factors and assessing risks of material misstatement, and methods for designing and implementing effective audit procedures. Additionally, participants will explore best practices for communicating and documenting findings related to potential or identified fraud. Ideal for auditors at all experience levels, this course equips attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate fraud-related complexities and maintain audit integrity. YELLOW BOOK: Qualifies for Yellow Book CPE based on your unique audited entity.
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Communicate Financial Concepts to Non-Accountants (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Do you ever get blank looks when you present your company's financial statements? Does your board nod knowingly, during your presentation, but never seem to have any meaningful questions? It could be that they have no idea what you are talking about and are just pretending to understand! Learn how to connect with your CEO, board, fellow managers, and ordinary employees so they understand your message.
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The Controllership Series - Financial Statement Preparation (2.6 hours)
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Online
2.6 Credits
Member Price: $99
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One of the important roles of any member of the financial team. Including the controller, may be involvement in the preparation of the company’s financial statements. Even if that responsibility falls within the office of the CFO, the controller and other finance personnel must understand how their transitions recorded impact the financial statements. Financial statements (or financial reports) are formal records of the financial activities and position of a business, person, or other entity. Relevant financial information is presented in a structured manner and in a form which is easy to understand. They typically include four basic financial statements accompanied by a management discussion and analysis: A balance sheet or statement of financial position reports on a company's assets, liabilities and owners’ equity at a given point in time. An income statement may have varying names including profit and loss report (P&L report), statement of comprehensive income, or statement of revenue & expenses. These report on a company's income, expenses, and profits over a stated period. A profit and loss statement provides information on the operation of the enterprise. These include sales and the various expenses incurred during the stated period. A statement of changes in equity or “statement of equity” also called “statement of retained earnings” reports on the changes in equity of the company over a stated period. A cash flow statement reports on a company's cash flow, particularly its operating, investing and financing activities over a stated period. A balance sheet represents a single point in time, where the income statement, the statement of changes in equity, and the cash flow statement each represent activities over a stated period. For large corporations, these statements may be complex and may include an extensive set of footnotes to the financial statements, management discussion and analysis and supplementary information. The notes typically describe each item on the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement in further detail. Notes to financial statements are considered an integral part of the financial statements.
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The Controllership Series - Managerial Accounting Basics and Costs (1.2 hours)
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Online
1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
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Managerial accounting provides economic and financial information for managers and other internal users. Managerial and Financial Accounting have similarities and differences. Each field of accounting deals with the economic events of a business. Both managerial and financial accounting require that a company’s economic events be quantified and communicated to interested parties. This another course in our series on the controller’s role. The controller’s role encompasses many traditional functions. Within this segment of our controllership series, we discuss the area of managerial accounting and the basic concepts that surround this discipline as it primarily relates to cost accounting issues.
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Progressive Management Accounting (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Traditional managerial accounting has often been criticized as ineffective, and in some cases even misleading, leaving many line managers skeptical of the information it provides. Modern management accounting addresses these shortcomings by developing precise cost-per-unit metrics that support budgeting, cost analysis, and performance control. Activity-Based Costing (ABC) enhances accuracy by tracing costs through cause-and-effect relationships rather than relying on broad overhead allocations. This fact-based approach delivers clear visibility into true profit margins across products, service lines, sales channels, and customers. In addition, ABC empowers organizations to reduce costs and improve productivity by reporting unit costs that track trends and benchmark performance against competitors. By moving beyond outdated accounting methods, organizations can unlock significant strategic and financial advantages.
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Addressing Common Documentation Deficiencies (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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The Enhancing Audit Quality Initiative has identified inadequate or nonexistent audit documentation as one of the most significant issues facing the profession today. Over half of the engagements reviewed by the AICPA failed to meet the requirements of AU-C 230, highlighting a critical need for improvement. This course addresses common misconceptions about audit documentation and provides actionable strategies to overcome these deficiencies. Attendees will learn best practices to ensure compliance with professional standards, enhance audit quality, and mitigate risks associated with poor documentation. Whether you are an experienced professional or new to auditing, this course will help you strengthen your documentation practices and uphold the highest standards of the profession. YELLOW BOOK: Qualifies for Yellow Book CPE based on your unique audited entity.
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The Controllership Series - Overhead, Direct and Indirect Costs and Allocation Methods (1 hour)
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Online
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
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Managing expenses is a key for business success, and overhead costs play a pivotal role in realizing favorable profit margins. Almost all companies have some form of overhead consisting of specific categories of indirect expenses. The better organizations are able to manage overhead costs, the more competitive they are in the marketplace. It is incumbent in the Controller’s role to effectively manage, monitor and perform ongoing assessment of overhead costs, allocations and rates. Overhead refers to the ongoing business expenses not directly attributed to creating a product or service. A company must pay overhead on an ongoing basis, regardless of how much or how little the company sells. It is important for budgeting purposes but also for determining how much a company must charge for its products or services to make a profit. Overhead can be fixed, variable, or a hybrid of both. There are different categories of overhead, such as administrative overhead, which includes costs related to managing a business. In short, overhead is any expense incurred to support the business while not being directly related to a specific product or service.
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The Controllers Role in Data Analytics and Big Data (1.5 hours)
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Online
1.5 Credits
Member Price: $79
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Today’s economy and all of the digital enhancements have impacted the way companies engage with their customers as well as how the company manages their internal practices. The business control function needs to keep pace. The rising importance of analytical capability is critical when defining the role of the modern controller. Execution of analytics can vary but there are still key questions that must be asked. What are the options and what we need to understand to decide the best way forward? This course focuses on the value that can be brought by the Controller when becoming involved with data analytics powered by technology and also Big Data. The digitized world we live in has made it important for the Controller function to evolve and take on this advanced task.
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Sarbanes-Oxley Overview (1.6 hours)
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Online
1.6 Credits
Member Price: $79
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Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. Although there have not been any changes in the legislative concepts of the law since its release in 2002, some aspects of executing the work have evolved. Sarbanes-Oxley was passed in 2002 and year one of attestation for publicly traded companies was 2004. Years later the legislation continues to challenge companies, auditors and compliance professionals when evaluating a company's control structure. SOX 404, although the most prominent, is only one of the many requirements covered under the legislation. In addition, the impetus of COSO 2013 has re-focused companies' efforts on evaluating their key controls. Companies must continually evaluate whether they have designed and identified the proper controls and have adequate tests in place to determine control efficiency. With the evolution of technology solutions, the impact of information systems changes must be continually evaluated to ensure controls are adequately addressed.
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Spring 2026 - Accounting & Auditing Conference Group On-demand CPE Training Package
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On-Demand
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $355
2026 OSCPA Accounting & Auditing Conference On-demand Group CPE Training Package On-demand Group CPE Training Package Fee = $355 The 2026 OSCPA Accounting & Auditing Conference On-demand Group CPE Training Package includes: Link to the recorded program One on-site CPE Credit Compliance Packet Two sets of participant materials plus one set of discussion leader materials (note: to qualify for CPE, you must have a discussion leader in addition to minimum of two participants) For groups with more than two participants, additional materials are required for each participant ($99 per additional participant). What do you need to do to offer the On-demand Group CPE Training Package? To provide CPE credit, the Oregon Board of Accountancy rules require you to follow specific rules pertaining to CPE as the sponsor for your locally offered program. Firm/business supplies a qualified discussion leader to assure CPE credit for each participant. The qualified discussion leader moderates the video replay, leads discussion and answers participants' questions. The on-site CPE Credit Compliance Packet (mentioned above) provides the materials and information you need for your program to comply with the Oregon Board of Accountancy rules for Continuing Professional Education. The packet provides planning tools and required program documents. Requires a minimum of two participants plus a qualified discussion leader. Paperless (electronic) materials are provided for the discussion leader and each participant. The On-demand Group CPE Training Package will be available June 29, 2026.
Spring 2026 - Accounting & Auditing Conference Informational Only (No CPE) On-Demand Package
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On-Demand
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $199
2026 OSCPA Accounting & Auditing Conference On-demand Informational Only (No CPE) Training Package Are you unable to attend the 2026 Accounting & Auditing Conference? The conference will be recorded so you can still receive the latest updates on nonprofit topics. The Informational Package, NOT designed for CPE credit, includes a link to the recorded program and one set of participant materials. Note: All sales are final. The Informational (No CPE) Package will be available June 29, 2026.
Spring 2026 - ERISA Conference Group On-demand CPE Training Package
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On-Demand
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $355
2026 OSCPA ERISA Conference On-demand Group CPE Training Package On-demand Group CPE Training Package Fee = $355 The 2026 OSCPA ERISA Conference On-demand Group CPE Training Package includes: Link to the recorded program One on-site CPE Credit Compliance Packet Two sets of participant materials plus one set of discussion leader materials (note: to qualify for CPE, you must have a discussion leader in addition to minimum of two participants) For groups with more than two participants, additional materials are required for each participant ($99 per additional participant). What do you need to do to offer the On-demand Group CPE Training Package? To provide CPE credit, the Oregon Board of Accountancy rules require you to follow specific rules pertaining to CPE as the sponsor for your locally offered program. Firm/business supplies a qualified discussion leader to assure CPE credit for each participant. The qualified discussion leader moderates the video replay, leads discussion and answers participants' questions. The on-site CPE Credit Compliance Packet (mentioned above) provides the materials and information you need for your program to comply with the Oregon Board of Accountancy rules for Continuing Professional Education. The packet provides planning tools and required program documents. Requires a minimum of two participants plus a qualified discussion leader. Paperless (electronic) materials are provided for the discussion leader and each participant. The On-demand Group CPE Training Package will be available June 18, 2026.
Spring 2026 - ERISA Conference Informational Only (No CPE) On-Demand Package
Available Until
On-Demand
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $199
2026 OSCPA ERISA Conference On-demand Informational Only (No CPE) Training Package Are you unable to attend the 2026 ERISA Conference? The conference will be recorded so you can still receive the latest updates on nonprofit topics. The Informational Package, NOT designed for CPE credit, includes a link to the recorded program and one set of participant materials. Note: All sales are final. The Informational (No CPE) Package will be available June 18, 2026.