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AI & Accounting in Retail (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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This course provides a concise overview of how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming financial strategies, tax compliance, and audit practices in the global retail industry. As retailers deploy AI to personalize customer experiences, automate inventory, and optimize pricing, accounting professionals must adapt to new challenges in data integrity, regulatory compliance, and financial reporting. Drawing on real-world case studies from retail giants and small businesses alike, this course explores how AI technologies intersect with accounting workflows and outlines strategies to maintain accuracy, trust, and control in an AI-driven marketplace. 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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Schedule K-1: What is it & What do I do with it? (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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This seminar offers a practical and in-depth exploration of IRS Schedule K-1, a critical reporting document issued to taxpayers with interests in pass-through entities such as Partnerships, S Corporations, and Estates or Trusts. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how to interpret and accurately report Schedule K-1 data on Form 1040, with emphasis on common income, deduction, and credit items. The course also demystifies the Qualified Business Income (QBI) Deduction, including eligibility criteria, reporting mechanics, and integration with K-1 data. Key compliance topics-such as basis and loss limitations, material participation rules, and passive activity considerations-will be addressed through practical examples. In addition, attendees will be briefed on recent developments affecting Schedules K-2 and K-3, ensuring they are equipped to navigate evolving international reporting 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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Numbers to Narrative: Storytelling in Business Communication (1 hour) [NT]
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Online
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
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Information becomes influential when it is structured. In this 1-CPE session (Professional Development), participants explore narrative frameworks presented in the course materials, including situation-complication-resolution and hero-based narrative arcs. Using business-oriented examples, the session demonstrates how structured storytelling enhances clarity and impact without sacrificing rigor. Participants will examine how to define context, introduce tension, present evidence, and guide audiences toward resolution. The emphasis is on logical flow and disciplined narrative construction rather than dramatization. The course concludes with application of a structured storytelling model to a professional scenario. 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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Smart Formula Selection in Excel: What to Use When (2 hours) [NT]
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Excel gives you multiple ways to solve the same problem - but which formula is the right one? This course teaches a decision-based approach to function selection, helping you confidently choose between similar and competing functions. Through real-world examples and side-by-side comparisons, you'll learn when IFS or SWITCH is cleaner than nested IFs, how SUMPRODUCT can help with complex summarizing data, how to use LET in place of defined names, and much more. Ideal for professionals who want to make smarter, faster formula choices that are easier to maintain and audit. 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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A Practitioner’s Guide to IRAs and Qualified Retirement Plans
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
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Are you ready to expand your practice and offer comprehensive retirement planning services? Look no further! Delve deeper into the realm of IRAs and qualified retirement plans with this comprehensive eight-hour course tailored for financial practitioners. Understanding the intricate tax implications, design options, and strategic considerations of these plans is essential for meeting your clients' diverse retirement needs effectively. By the end of the program, practitioners will emerge equipped to confidently advise clients on a myriad of retirement planning strategies, enhancing their expertise and credibility in the field. Explore the intricacies of different IRAs, ranging from traditional to Roth, and gain valuable insights into SEPs, qualified plans, and contribution plans. Navigate through the complexities of 401(k) plans, including Roth 401(k)s, and master the art of seamlessly navigating minimum distribution rules. Through practical highlights, case studies, and real-world scenarios, this course empowers practitioners to not only select the optimal retirement plans for their clients' unique financial goals but also to provide personalized retirement solutions tailored to individual needs. Don't miss out on this opportunity to elevate your practice and establish yourself as a trusted advisor in retirement planning. Enroll today and embark on a journey towards maximizing your clients' financial future! *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 terri.storer@acpen.com
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Accounting for and Auditing Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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How to properly account for and audit digital records is increasingly gathering importance as more entities have cryptocurrency and other digital assets on their financial statements. This course will address common questions, risks, and challenges evolving in this area. 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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Don't Be Spooked: Mastering Conflict Resolution (1 hour) [NT]
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Online
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
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In an age where our workplaces have seen a rise in incivility and we are dealing with rising conflict, it's important for HR professionals to know when to recognize conflict before it explodes and how to resolve it moving forward. This presentation will address the root causes of conflict in the workplace, how to spot it, and how best to address it in a way that keeps your workplace a place where employees want to be.
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AICPA Town Hall Series (Rebroadcast of 8/6/2026) (1 hour)
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Online
1.0 Credits
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Each event is a rebroadcast of the live Town Hall webcast from the previous week.The AICPA Town Hall Series delivers: Timely & Critical Information Interpretation & Analysis Firm and Business Strategies Practitioner Capabilities **Free for AICPA membersNot an AICPA or CIMA member? Become one today.
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Resistance to Resilience: Strive for Tech Change Acceptance (1 hour)
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Online
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
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Technology adoption often comes with resistance, but it's possible to transform this challenge into an opportunity for growth. This course explores the journey from resistance to resilience in embracing new technologies, focusing on overcoming barriers and ensuring successful implementation. Participants will examine cutting-edge audit technologies, including AI, data analytics, and automation, and learn how to align these innovations with both organizational and personal goals. Through case studies, insights into the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), and practical discussions, participants will gain the tools and strategies to foster acceptance, driving seamless integration of new technology into both individual tasks and team workflows. 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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August 2026 AI Update: Current Issues, Future Possibilities (1.5 hours)
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Online
1.5 Credits
Member Price: $55
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This quarterly update keeps CPAs current on new topics and issues with LLMs, chatbots, AI research and writing, rules and regulations, and AI agents. The course covers recent changes in the AI field, focusing on applications for CPAs in business and accounting firms. Handouts are designed as takeaways for discussions about AI with clients or in business firms. Join us for all five live updates: 2026 - June, August, & November 2027 - January & March
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An Ethical Approach to Mental Health Issues at Work (2 hours) [NT]
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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In the past talking about mental issues in the workplace was taboo. Not anymore!!! So many of us suffer with mental health issues at some point in our lives. Poor mental health impacts, from a work perspective, productivity, absenteeism, retention and more. On a personal level it often causes personal distress and hopelessness. The Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) is addressing mental illness as a critical factor for the wellbeing of organizations. Additionally, the EEOC is cracking down on mental health discrimination. It is a very important topic for any functional business! This ethics-based webinar will bring awareness to this issue and offer suggestions on managing mental health issues in ethical, compassionate and healthy ways. It will offer suggestions on managing mental health issues for leaders, managers and all staff to create and environment of safety and belonging. This webinar will also address the topic of suicide talking about warning signs and resources. 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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Auditing digital assets: Client acceptance and continuance, risk assessment, and laws regulations and related parties (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Auditing entities that hold or transact digital assets (bold) Would you like to better understand the environment of digital asset transactions? Have you ever wondered if you should accept or continue a client engagement? This webcast will help you identify challenges, risks and factors to consider when deciding to accept or continue with a client who holds or transacts with digital assets. During the webcast and discussion, you will learn: The Digital Assets Working Group's mission and the process through which nonauthoritative guidance is developed What private keys are and ways to safeguard them and the digital assets to which they enable access About the rapidly evolving nature of the digital asset ecosystem that may lead to challenges when performing required procedures surrounding laws and regulations You will gain: Insight into the unique aspects of the risk assessment process when involved in the digital assets space Awareness of the pseudo-anonymous nature of digital asset transactions that may lead to challenges in performing required procedures surrounding related-party relationships and transactions with related parties You will also gain access to valuable resources: Accounting for and Auditing of Digital Assets Practice Aid Blockchain Universal Glossary Webcast: Accounting for Digital Assets under U.S. GAAP Digital Asset Resources
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Fiduciary Taxation Part 2: Fiduciary Accounting & Simple Trusts 26-27 (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
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In part 2 of this four-part series, we'll focus on the concept of fiduciary accounting and its relationship to fiduciary taxation. It also addresses the identification of a "simple trust" for purposes of taxation. Problem examples will cover both the calculation of fiduciary accounting and the taxation of simple trusts through the use of an Excel spreadsheet that translates to a completed Form 1041. Be sure to register for all courses in this series: Fiduciary Taxation Part 1: Introduction to Form 1041 Fiduciary Taxation Part 2: Fiduciary Accounting & Simple Trusts Fiduciary Taxation Part 3: Complex Trusts & Charitable Deduction Fiduciary Taxation Part 4: Miscellaneous Topics & AMT
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Surgent's Comparing and Contrasting Retirement Plans for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
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Clients often ask accounting and finance professionals whether they have the "best" pension plan and whether they are using it to its maximum advantage. This program explains how various pension plans work and analyzes why a small or medium-sized business owner would choose one plan over another.
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Surgent's Defending Firms: Email Fraud, Cloud Risks, Cyber Insurance, and Remote Work Security (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $119
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Cyber threats targeting accounting and finance professionals are growing more sophisticated, putting sensitive financial data at risk. This session explores the most pressing cybersecurity challenges accounting and finance professionals face today, including email fraud, phishing attacks, cloud security risks, and securing remote work environments. It also addresses the role of cyber insurance. Through real-world case studies and practical strategies, participants will learn how to recognize and mitigate cyber threats, evaluate cyber insurance policies, and implement security measures that protect their firms and clients. Attendees will leave with actionable steps to strengthen their cybersecurity posture and ensure compliance with evolving regulatory and industry standards.
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Surgent's Understanding Partnership Taxation: Debt Allocations (2 hours)
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
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How debt is allocated to the partners in a partnership is important. It dictates how much money may be taken tax-free as a distribution, the losses that flow down to the partners, and the gain or loss on the sale of a partnership interest. However, the allocation of debt can differ depending on the type of debt it is and the type of partner we are talking about. Furthermore, 704(c) can complicate things. And what in the world is a constructive liquidation scenario? In this course, we will tackle the concept of debt allocations - how you do it, what it means, and why you do it.
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Creating A Coaching Leadership Style (3 hours) [NT]
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Online
3.0 Credits
Member Price: $109
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This course explores the leadership and coaching principles, concepts, frameworks, techniques, and competencies that will lead to a Coaching Leadership Style. While it is often said that effective leadership is situational, the leadership style that is employed in the everyday workplace is typically the dominant style of the leader. The leadership style that emphasizes coaching in lieu of others that are more autocratic, affiliative, or even more participative can be more fulfilling for the leader, employee, and team. The course illustrates how a Coaching Leadership Style leads to a highly desirable organization culture. This course takes the attendee through a coaching process and discovery that can be applied to various situations. Results one can expect from the Coaching Leadership Style are covered as are measurements depicting the success of this leadership style. The attendee will walk away with the knowledge and skills necessary to begin leading their company towards a coaching culture that will leave employees motivated, transformed and driven to higher levels of innovation and performance from the empowerment of the Coaching Leadership Style.
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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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All About Fraud - Examples, Prevention and Auditing (4 hours)
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
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Fraud continues to make headlines, underscoring the importance of understanding how fraud occurs, how it can be prevented, and how auditors are expected to respond. This course begins with an overview of common fraud schemes identified in the 2026 Report to the Nations issued by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, along with key characteristics commonly observed among fraud perpetrators. The course then explores practical approaches organizations use to prevent and deter fraud, highlighting controls, policies, and cultural factors that can reduce fraud risk. Participants will also review recent fraud cases reported in the news to reinforce how these schemes manifest in real-world settings. The course concludes with a discussion of the auditor's responsibilities related to fraud under AU-C 240, including an overview of proposed changes to the fraud standards and what they may mean for future audit engagements. 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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Becoming Conflict Competent (2 hours) [NT]
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Conflict is often avoided, or dealt with in a passive manner. When ignored, conflict often escalates and can become polarizing. In this session, participants will gain insights for enhancing their natural responses to conflict, learn healthy communication styles, and build constructive behaviors to manage conflict. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.