CPE Catalog & Events
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Webcast: ACPEN: Common Sense CFO: Decoding and Mitigating Internal and External Risks
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Defining risk as it impacts organizations Understanding external and internal risks Examples of these risks How do we identify and assess? What can be done about the risks? Developing a risk mitigation strategy Monitoring and mitigating risk
Webcast: ACPEN: Five Ways to Improve Your Leadership Skills
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Webcast
1.0 Credits
Leadership Self-awareness Communication Delegation Empowerment
Webcast: ACPEN: Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Strategic Reasons for Mergers & Acquisitions Establishing Acquisition Principles and Target Criteria Business Valuation in the M&A Process Structuring the Transaction and Negotiating the Deal Conducting Effective Due Diligence Post-Transaction Integration and Deal Success
Webcast: ACPEN: IRAs – Contributions & Distributions for Traditional, Roth, SEP & SIMPLE IRAs
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
An emphasis on newly enacted tax legislation affecting IRAs including the NEW final required minimum distribution (RMD) regulations Contribution limits to and tax treatment of distributions from Traditional, Roth, SEP and SIMPLE IRAs Deductible phase-out limits for Traditional IRA contributions for taxpayers that are active participants in qualified retirement plans Roth IRA contribution phase-out limits as well as tax-free qualified distributions Planning opportunities for conversions to ROTH IRAs Rollover rules to/from different retirement accounts and the one-rollover-per-year limitation The different options of receiving IRA distributions before age 59 ½ and avoiding the 10% early distribution penalty (including substantially equal periodic payments) The required minimum distribution (RMD) rules from IRAs needed to avoid the 50% penalty after the account owner turns age 72 or dies The tax ramifications of spouse and non-spouse beneficiaries and how this affects the RMD calculation after the account owner’s death Overview of health savings account (HSA) eligibility rules, contribution limits and distribution rules
Webcast: ACPEN: Getting the Most When Selling a Business: Little Details to Get Top Value
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
What do buyers really want? Steps to take so your business will be attractive to buyers The process to prepare for a sale The steps and timing Pitfalls to avoid The value of a strong advisory team Key considerations
Webcast: ACPEN: Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Overview of Audit Risk Assessment AICPA's clarified Risk Assessment Standards SAS 145 Assessing the Entity's Environment
Webcast: ACPEN: Benefits and Best Practices for Telework
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Communication Business Management
Webcast: ACPEN: Fraud Assessment for Small and Medium Sized Businesses
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
The fraud triangle The fraud savvy model Symptoms of fraud Benford's Law The net worth method The vulnerability chart 10 steps for action today
Webcast: ACPEN: The New Leadership Playbook: From Stability to Agility
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Webcast
1.0 Credits
The Collapse of Stability-Based Leadership The New Mandate for Leaders From Command to Connect Technology, AI, and the Human Imperative The Future Leader's Playbook Personal Leadership Reset
Webcast: ACPEN: Group Audits: Who is Responsible for What?
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Responsibilities of the group audit engagement team, including the group engagement partner Clarifying roles and responsibilities of component auditors and reference auditors in audits of group financial statements Special considerations on audit planning and audit reporting in a group audit
Webcast: ACPEN: IFRS vs. US GAAP - Major Accounting Differences
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Explore major differences in the design and structure of IFRS vs. U.S. GAAP Discover significant differences in financial statement presentation and disclosure principles, including: Periods required to be reported Interim financial reporting Debt classification, and more Recognize significant differences in initial recognition and subsequent measurement standards, including: Consolidation Equity method investments
Webcast: ACPEN: Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 2
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Why we get off balance and how to overcome those tendencies Methods that turbo charge motivation, health and happiness The power of culture and friends to affect our lives The importance of clear intention in order to effect change that lasts
Webcast: ACPEN: Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Reporting Explained
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Discussion of financial reporting risks increased by the current economic environment, including increased uncertainty related to critical financial statement amounts and significant disclosures Executive summary of recent Accounting Standards Updates Overview of fair value disclosure requirements and implementation issues Discussion of issues related to donor-restricted endowment funds Classification of net assets and reclassifications Endowments, including accounting, disclosures and UPMIFA Noncascontributions Contributions received and receivable Expense recognition issues Reporting expenses by function and nature Other relevant matters unique to the nonprofit environment
Webcast: ACPEN: A Guide to Sampling - Part 1
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Auditing Yellowbook
Webcast: ACPEN: Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Accounting Leadership Management
Webcast: ACPEN: How to Get a Better Return on Financial Statement Audits – Avoiding the Most Misapplied Risk-Based Audit Concepts
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Properly assessing inherent, control, and fraud risk on an engagement, and linking the results to an appropriately tailored detailed audit plan based on risk assessment and client service goals, regardless of entity type (for-profit, nonprofit, governmental) Leveraging strong substantive analytic procedures as audit evidence to cut back on tests of details The most common efficiency opportunities for tailoring your audit approach based on risk How to use the workpaper review process as a tool for producing a more effective and efficient engagement Using audit documentation to enhance audit quality, while ensuring every workpaper has a purpose How to use the client to your advantage in planning and performing the audit Learn how to get the engagement out the door – on time and on budget!
Webcast: ACPEN: Advanced Negotiations: Never Split the Difference
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Negotiations Business Management
Webcast: ACPEN: Common Deficiencies in Employee Benefit Plans
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
EBP Auditing Yellowbook
Webcast: ACPEN: FAQ Related to the Most Recent Audit Standards SAS Nos. 142-149
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Clarification of terminology and foundational principles underlying recent generally accepted auditing standards Answers to frequently asked questions that emerge in the proper application of risk-based audit concepts Highlights of important concepts included in SASs No. 142-149
Webcast: ACPEN: Preparing and Reviewing Workpapers – Essential Tips for Avoiding Deficient Audit and Other Attest Engagements
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Best practices for documenting complex and subjective procedures and conclusions, such as estimates, substantive analytic procedures, etc. that impact the nature and extent of audit documentation needed to support audit conclusions Discussing the financial statement audit risk concept, including how proper application better ensures a higher quality audit Tips for an efficient workpaper review process that complies with relevant standards Understanding the quality control standards and guidance related to a CPA firm’s responsibilities for its system of quality control Explain the importance of establishing, applying, and monitoring quality control policies and procedures related to audit documentation