CPE + Events Catalog
Hot Topics Audit & Attest Update (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Many public accountants desire to have a quick overview of only the most current changes to professional and ethical requirements. This course will provide an executive summary of the major changes in audit and other attest requirements. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
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Side-Hustle CFO (1 hour)
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Online
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
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This Masterclass is a one-hour training exclusively for employed accountants and bookkeepers. Start a business on the side offering CFO Advisory services to small businesses! Designed exclusively for accountants and CPAs, this class focuses on how you can use your knowledge and experience to start an advisory service in your spare time. By providing a service that your clients really want, you can supplement your income by upwards of $6k per month working only 4 hours per client - with only 3 clients. We'll cover the systems you need to start your own advisory service including how to package, price and market your business. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
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Creating Terrific Equity Compensation Plans: Beware of the Pitfalls (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
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In today’s business world, there is a war for talent and organizations with the best talent will win. We clearly need to motivate talented personnel. Equity compensation plans are useful to retain, reward and recruit. The GAAP and tax accounting for equity compensation plans is not static and decisions that you make during plan set-up can have major consequences to your organization’s bottom line and your management team’s personal tax situations. We will review nuances and details that impact proper accounting. Whether you are the CFO or CEO who has not been happy with prior equity compensation plans or the accountant who performs the intricate analysis and detailed accounting for these plans - this session will help you understand the issues and get it right the first time.
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The Role of Internal Audit in Enterprise-Wide Risk Management (4 hours)
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
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Those charged with governance, with the assistance of internal audit, are responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of the organization, and ensuring value is delivered to the entity's stakeholders. This course will provide guidance on fulfilling the responsibility for challenging how much risk and uncertainty to accept through the application of COSO's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
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Real Estate Tax Update (4 hours)
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
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This program addresses the recent changes imposed by recent tax legislation that real estate owners and investors need to know, including Section 199A, the new Section 163(j) interest expense limits and the opportunity to elect out. An introduction to opportunity zones and other important issues will also be addressed. **Please Note: If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Course Materials Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com.
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Big Picture Mega-Trends, Big Data, and World We Now Face (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
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It is easy for us to get caught up in our work, but it is better to examine the ‘big picture’ by studying the outside factors that impact our business beyond our internal processes and day to day responsibilities. We are sometimes so busy with our tasks that we miss new developments until the developments have a profound impact on us and the organization. This session is designed to review many of these current trends, while thinking and discussing how these trends can impact our organizations and us. This is a fun and lively session that is intended to be interactive with participants either live, virtual or both. Our ever-changing world is evolving more than many realize.
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Critical "Soft" Skills for CFOs and Controllers (4 hours) [NT]
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
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Accounting and finance managers and executives must demonstrate sound soft skills necessary for personal growth and organizational success. This course will provide insights into the most crtical personal skills critical for CFOs and Controllers - or those that want to be!
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Financial Statement Fraud (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
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One of the three major forms of occupational fraud, along with corruption and asset misappropriation, is financial statement fraud. From improper asset valuation to fictitious revenues, this course will review financial statement fraud red flags and examine real-life examples.
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Schedule C of Form 1040 (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
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Many self-employed or sole proprietors find themselves having to navigate Schedule C in reporting business income. While this attachment to Form 1040 seems straightforward on the surface, there are many traps for the unwary. This course is ideal for CPAs, EAs, or other tax professionals. **Please Note: If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Course Materials Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com.
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Shortcuts that Excel Users Love (2 hours) [NT]
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Many people that use Microsoft Excel know a great deal about the functionality of the application. There are, however, a tremendous number of hidden tools that a high percentage of users overlook. Additionally, there are newer features that some have not had the opportunity to explore. This session shows some of the numerous time-saving tools and features that often go unused by spreadsheet creators. People that wish to become more efficient when using Excel should take this session! This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
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Streamlined Excel Reporting Series Session 3: PivotTables Displays and Alternatives (2 hours) [NT]
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $125
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Essential techniques for displaying data in alternative ways You'll work alongside an expert instructor as you practice using PivotTables and exploring creative alternatives for insightful data presentation. You'll learn techniques for effective data presentation, including: Filtering and sorting data Cleaning and organizing data through text manipulation Using dynamic features to summarize and analyze large datasets Using slicers and filters for visual filtering Highlighting key Excel features through guided practice You'll walk through realistic scenarios that show alternative functions for greater data management, such as: GROUPBY PIVOTB PERCENTOF In addition, various text functions such as TEXTJOIN and TEXTSPLIT will be explained, highlighting how to concatenate and split text strings efficiently. *Session 3 is one of four individual sessions. Each session builds on the previous one, so consider watching [Streamlined Excel Reporting Series Session 4: External Data and PivotCharts](https://www.aicpa-cima.com/cpe-learning/webcast/streamlined-excel-reporting-series-session-4-external-data-and-pivotcharts) to tackle real-world issues and create powerful workbooks.*
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Surgent's Applying the Yellow Book to a Financial Statement Audit (4 hours)
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
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Knowing just a little about the Yellow Book can hurt you! It is important to have a thorough understanding of the standards. This course covers the Yellow Book financial auditing requirements and prepares you to excel in applying the standards. You will learn precisely what the Yellow Book does and does not require auditors to do. Updated for the 2024 Yellow Book revision, the course materials utilize a highly illustrative and innovative format. Over 15 focused exercises are included to provide an enhanced knowledge of the Yellow Book.
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Surgent's Integrated Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting for Organizational Success (4 hours)
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
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Planning may be one of the most important assignments of the finance professional; however, it is often accomplished in a way that can harm the organization. In many cases, huge sums are spent only to have a planning document developed that does not serve to bring the company together, but rather causes internal division. In some situations the budget can actually harm both productivity and alignment. This course is designed to bring planning, budgeting, and forecasting together into one fully aligned process that is easier, more efficient, and fully engages all parts of the organization. Rather than the plan being owned by the finance department, it is owned and followed by everyone from the CEO to the entry-level employee.
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Common Deficiencies in SSARS Engagements (4 hours)
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
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Preparation, compilation and review engagements continue to be a hot topic for peer review despite SSARS 21 having been around for nearly a decade. This course will concentrate on the most common peer review findings with a focus on how to comply in an efficient but practical perspective. This course will discuss the root cause of noncompliance so that overall engagement quality increases.
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Forensic Accounting: Court Approved Methods of Proof (4 hours)
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
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How does a forensic accountant calculate financial losses? Federal courts have approved various ways to calculate losses ranging from net worth method of proof to the expenditures method. Each method of proof depends on the available facts to the forensic accountant. This presentation will focus on the various court approved methods of proof, when to use them, and how to calculate the total loss. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
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Individual Income and Tax Compliance Annual Update (4 hours)
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $225
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Tax professionals can get caught up on all the latest developments in the areas of individual, estate, trust and gift tax in this comprehensive course.
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How Technology Controls Should Be Developed and Implemented 25-26
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
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This course is an overview of control creation methods and strategies to implement policies and procedures successfully. Many organizations successfully create a system of internal controls. However, some fail to implement established measures correctly. Moreover, entities need to pay more attention to the critical process of testing, monitoring and updating control procedures, weakening the internal control structure. Receive an array of control maintenance checklists adaptable to your organization to improve policies and procedures. Grasp the need for dynamic, fluid controls that adapt to business tools and methods changes. Gain a strengthened ability to implement and maintain an internal control system.
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Real Estate Taxation 25-26
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
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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.
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Federal Tax Update - Individual & Business Current Developments
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $300
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With the increasing complexity and ever-changing nature of tax laws and issues, today’s accountant needs a one-day fast-paced update course focusing on the hottest Federal income tax topics affecting individuals, businesses and their owners with an emphasis of newly enacted income tax legislation. **Please Note: If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Course Materials Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com
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Applying the Uniform Guidance in Your Single Audits (7 hours)
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Online
7.0 Credits
Member Price: $320
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You can learn to understand, assess and test internal control over compliance as you apply the Uniform Guidance in your single audits.
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