Simple fraud schemes that use social engineering techniques are gaining popularity in the United States. These schemes rely on trickery to persuade an unsuspecting employee to divert cash or sensitive information to the fraudster. This course examines techniques being employed such as email spoofing, phishing and vishing using actual recent cases and discusses techniques to minimize the possibility of this type of fraud in your organization.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 1.0

This course uses cases of three recent accounting frauds to demonstrate the importance of internal controls, management oversight by the board of directors and an organizational emphasis on ethics in the prevention of fraud. It also examines the CPA auditor's responsibility for internal controls and the prevention and detection of fraud as part of its work. The case studies utilized relate to Koss Corporation, Fair Finance Company and Diamond Foods.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 1.0

This course is based on two recent financial statement fraud cases; Dewey & LeBouef and ContinuityX. Dewey & LeBouef was a high-profile law firm that, at its peak, had over 3,000 employees and over 1,400 lawyers. It is alleged that personnel at Dewey & LeBouef made inappropriate financial adjustments starting in 2008 to meet its bank lending covenants and planned to conceal these adjustments from its "clueless auditor". Dewey & LeBouef declared bankruptcy in 2012. ContinuityX was an internet services reseller that, according to an SEC complaint, fabricated 99% of its revenue. It was audited by a firm that was fined and disciplined by the SEC and the partner responsible for the audit was also fined and permanently suspended from practicing before the SEC. ContinuityX declared bankruptcy in 2013. Both cases involve financial statement fraud, auditor deception and some lessons to be learned.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 1.0

IFRS Learning Modules are a series of courses that provide in-depth overviews of various topics related to International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). IFRS represents the global accounting principles that provide the foundation for most of the world's financial reporting. These Standards establish the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure requirements for transactions and events reflected in IFRS financial statements. The growing acceptance of IFRS as a basis for U.S. financial reporting represents a fundamental change for the U.S. accounting profession. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and their U.S. equivalent (the FASB) have made commitments towards the convergence of U.S. GAAP and IFRS and are working to eliminate as many differences between the two Standards as possible. In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission has endorsed the outright adoption of IFRS in the United States. Therefore it is clear that IFRS represents the future of financial accounting and reporting in the United States. Module 3 of the IFRS Learning Module series presents an overview of IAS 10 Events after the Reporting Period (a topic commonly referred to as "subsequent events" under U.S. GAAP) and discusses the IASB's and FASB's efforts towards achieving convergence in this area of financial reporting.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 1.0

IFRS Learning Modules are a series of courses that provide in-depth overviews of various topics related to International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). IFRS represents the global accounting principles that provide the foundation for most of the world's financial reporting. These Standards establish the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure requirements for transactions and events reflected in IFRS financial statements. The growing acceptance of IFRS as a basis for U.S. financial reporting represents a fundamental change for the U.S. accounting profession. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and their U.S. equivalent (the FASB) have made commitments towards the convergence of U.S. GAAP and IFRS and are working to eliminate as many differences between the two Standards as possible. In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission has endorsed the outright adoption of IFRS in the United States. Therefore it is clear that IFRS represents the future of financial accounting and reporting in the United States. Module 2 of the IFRS Learning Module series presents an overview of IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors and discusses the IASB's and FASB's efforts towards achieving convergence in these areas of financial reporting.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 1.0

This course is for aspiring accountant or finance people who want to improve their understanding of how accounting works. This course packs into one hour the best of what you need to know to perform accounting. You will learn tips and techniques to make sure you stay on track and your books balance, and you will learn how to prepare financial statements using a simple conceptual model that can apply to any organization small or large.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 1.0

Implementing a new ERP system is a daunting task for any CFO. An ERP system by design spans the breadth of the organization and as such requires a high level of coordination and collaboration across the business. With so many options available, the task of where to start and how to think through start up elements of your own ERP initiative can be daunting for any CFO. In this course, Jennifer Nicholson, a many-time CFO, who has recently gone through implementing a new ERP system shares with you her own insights and experience with the ERP implementation process. Whether you have begun already, are just beginning, or merely contemplating a change to your systems, this course will guide you through all the relevant stages of the implementation process.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 1.0

IFRS Learning Modules are a series of courses that provide in-depth overviews of various topics related to International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). IFRS represents the global accounting principles that provide the foundation for most of the world's financial reporting. These Standards establish the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure requirements for transactions and events reflected in IFRS financial statements. The growing acceptance of IFRS as a basis for U.S. financial reporting represents a fundamental change for the U.S. accounting profession. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and their U.S. equivalent (the FASB) have made commitments towards the convergence of U.S. GAAP and IFRS and are working to eliminate as many differences between the two Standards as possible. In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission has endorsed the outright adoption of IFRS in the United States. Therefore it is clear that IFRS represents the future of financial accounting and reporting in the United States. Module 5 of the IFRS Learning Module series presents an overview of IFRS 8 Operating Segments; this overview includes a detailed discussion of the processes for identifying, aggregating and reporting operating segments in IFRS financial statements. The course also discusses the IASB's and FASB's efforts towards achieving convergence in segment reporting.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 1.5

IFRS Learning Modules are a series of courses that provide in-depth overviews of various topics related to International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). IFRS represents the global accounting principles that provide the foundation for most of the world's financial reporting. These Standards establish the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure requirements for transactions and events reflected in IFRS financial statements. The growing acceptance of IFRS as a basis for U.S. financial reporting represents a fundamental change for the U.S. accounting profession. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and their U.S. equivalent (the FASB) have made commitments towards the convergence of U.S. GAAP and IFRS and are working to eliminate as many differences between the two Standards as possible. In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission has endorsed the outright adoption of IFRS in the United States. Therefore it is clear that IFRS represents the future of financial accounting and reporting in the United States. Module 6 of the IFRS Learning Module series presents an overview of IAS 33 Earnings per Share; this overview includes a detailed discussion of the processes for calculating and reporting earnings per share measurements in IFRS financial statements. The course also discusses the IASB's and FASB's efforts towards achieving convergence in EPS reporting.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 1.5

Small business enterprises sometimes take the position that effective internal controls cannot be achieved. There aren't enough employees for adequate segregation of duties. Many, if not most, have no internal audit function. However, even within the confines of these and other challenges, small businesses can achieve an effective internal control structure. To overcome an inability to segregate duties as well as other issues, small businesses must look for mitigating controls. The most pervasive mitigating control is the direct oversight of management. This oversight may take the form of financial statement review, approving disbursements, signing checks as well as other review processes. While there are other considerations as to whether the oversight of management may mitigate a lack of segregation of duties and other internal control challenges, if done correctly, this is one of the best ways to overcome these inherent issues. There are internal control fundamentals that are appropriate for small businesses. This course discusses fundamental operational and accounting controls and also reviews the optimal company culture for an effective internal control environment.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 2.0

IFRS Learning Modules are a series of courses that provide in-depth overviews of various topics related to International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). IFRS represents the global accounting principles that provide the foundation for most of the world's financial reporting. These Standards establish the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure requirements for transactions and events reflected in IFRS financial statements. The growing acceptance of IFRS as a basis for U.S. financial reporting represents a fundamental change for the U.S. accounting profession. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and their U.S. equivalent (the FASB) have made commitments towards the convergence of U.S. GAAP and IFRS and are working to eliminate as many differences between the two Standards as possible. In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission has endorsed the outright adoption of IFRS in the United States. Therefore it is clear that IFRS represents the future of financial accounting and reporting in the United States. Module 4 of the IFRS Learning Module series presents an overview of IAS 2 Inventories, the accounting standard for classifying and measuring inventories in IFRS financial statements. This module also discusses the IASB's and FASB's efforts towards achieving convergence in this area of financial reporting.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 2.0

The objective of this course is to inform the reader of the accounting and financial reporting issues related to the receipt and forgiveness of loans received under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Topics include: Understanding the basic rules for PPP loans; a review of how PPP loans should be accounted for under GAAP; accounting for the treatment of PPP loans as debt; how to account for debt issuance costs; accounting for forgiveness of debt; presentation of eligible expenses; presentation of PPP loan transactions on the statement of cash flows; disclosures required for PPP loans; accounting for advances received under the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL); accounting for PPP loans as grants; CPA independence issues when there is involvement in PPP loan transactions; accountant and auditor reporting issues and use of an emphasis-of-matter paragraph in reports; and more. [Updated to reflect Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues Related to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021]

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 2.0

The objective of this course is to review the impact that COVID-19 has on accounting and financial reporting, and the changes made by the 2020 CARES Act, including accounting for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and forgiveness. Topics include: Disclosures of risks and uncertainties; impairment issues related to goodwill and other long-lived assets; accounting for variable consideration revenue and onerous contracts; dealing with inventory costs and stock market investment losses; collectability of trade receivables; loan modification; dealing with business interruption insurance. With respect to the CARES Act, the course discusses the accounting for PPP loans and forgiveness, accounting for tax changes made by the CARES Act, and more. [Updated to reflect Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues Related to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.]

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course covers time value of money, a concept at the heart of economics, finance, and business decision making that also is frequently used by accountants when valuing assets and liabilities. The course consists of a single video that covers interest, future value and present value of various cash flows, and internal rates of return. The applications covered include creating savings plans for future goals, such as vacations and college educations, as well as valuing and accounting for bond investments.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course is comprised of 3 videos, covering investments in equity securities (including mark-to-market accounting, equity method and consolidations); property, plant and equipment; and intangible assets. The financial statements and the footnotes of the companies featured in this course include Walt Disney, 3M and Yahoo

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course defines earnings management and then introduces and illustrates the two basic forms: real earnings management and accruals earnings management. It illustrates each form, provides a number of examples, discusses whether they are appropriate and then creates a framework for accruals earnings management that identifies and relates the four general areas (materiality, disclosure, classification and measurement) where it is practiced. The video concludes with a thorough discussion of why earnings management is practiced, and common strategies used by companies. Throughout the video real-world financial statements and footnotes are analyzed. Companies featured include General Electric, Merck, Harley Davidson, Tesla, AT&T, Volkswagen, Walt Disney and others.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course examines best practices in accounts receivable management. Accounts receivable management is associated with both credit and collections. These important functional areas work with sales as well as treasury and bank vendors to ensure the maximum realization of cash from sales revenue. This course explores each functional area, starting with the sales function, and the best practices that relate to accounts receivable management. Credit and collections will each be discussed followed by accounts receivable management administrative best practices, which will include portfolio review, internal controls and payment application. Banking best practices as they relate to accounts receivable management will be explored last.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 2.5

This course is comprised of 5 videos, focusing on how companies manage and account for the primary current assets: accounts receivable, inventory and some investments. It also provides a broad discussion of the general ways in which assets are depicted on the financial statements. The financial statements and the footnotes of the companies featured in this course include Caterpillar Financial, Caterpillar Manufacturing, John Deere, Nordstrom, Yahoo, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 2.5

The full disclosure principle, one of the major accounting principles, requires that information provided in financial statements be sufficiently complete to avoid misleading users of the reports by omitting significant facts of information. The full disclosure principle also refers to revealing information that would be useful in the decision-making processes of informed users. Full disclosure is required for the fair presentation of financial statements. This course discusses the disclosures required of companies, including those related to accounting policies, segmental information, related parties, contingencies, long-term purchase contract obligations, inflation, and derivatives. Sample annual reports addressing this requirement are illustrated.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 2.5

A statement of cash flows is required as part of a full set of financial statements. It must be prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The statement is not required if the financial statements are prepared on a basis of accounting other than GAAP. The statement must be included in both annual and interim financial statements. This course discusses the requirements of ASC 230, Statement of Cash Flows (ASC 230-10-45-18 and 45-27).

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.0

Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, known as the "Green Book," sets the standards for an effective internal control system for federal agencies. This course covers the effective information, communication system and monitoring of the government internal control framework, as discussed within the GAO Green Book. Effective information and communication systems are a key component of an effective system of internal controls. Effective internal control monitoring assesses the effectiveness of control performance over time and promptly resolves identified weaknesses. These ongoing control evaluations, and corrective actions, are necessary to achieve objectives because they help ensure an effective system of internal controls is in place and operating effectively to mitigate any risks. Together, information, communication, and monitoring support the functioning of the other key components: the control environment, risk assessment, and control activities.

Field of Study: Auditing - Governmental

CPE Hours: 3.0

IFRS Learning Modules are a series of courses that provide in-depth overviews of various topics related to International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). IFRS represents the global accounting principles that provide the foundation for most of the world's financial reporting. These Standards establish the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure requirements for transactions and events reflected in IFRS financial statements. The growing acceptance of IFRS as a basis for U.S. financial reporting represents a fundamental change for the U.S. accounting profession. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and their U.S. equivalent (the FASB) have made commitments towards the convergence of U.S. GAAP and IFRS and are working to eliminate as many differences between the two Standards as possible. In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission has endorsed the outright adoption of IFRS in the United States. Therefore it is clear that IFRS represents the future of financial accounting and reporting in the United States. Module 7 of the IFRS Learning Module series presents an overview of IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment, the accounting standard for classifying and measuring property, plant and equipment (also known as 'fixed assets') in IFRS financial statements. The course also discusses the IASB's and FASB's efforts towards achieving convergence in fixed assets reporting.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.0

IFRS Learning Modules are a series of courses that provide in-depth overviews of various topics related to International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). IFRS represents the global accounting principles that provide the foundation for most of the world's financial reporting. These Standards establish the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure requirements for transactions and events reflected in IFRS financial statements. The growing acceptance of IFRS as a basis for U.S. financial reporting represents a fundamental change for the U.S. accounting profession. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and their U.S. equivalent (the FASB) have made commitments towards the convergence of U.S. GAAP and IFRS and are working to eliminate as many differences between the two Standards as possible. In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission has endorsed the outright adoption of IFRS in the United States. Therefore it is clear that IFRS represents the future of financial accounting and reporting in the United States. Module 1 of the IFRS Learning Module series provides a "deep dive" into the principles governing the presentation of financial statements under IFRS. This includes a review of the IASB's Framework, which addresses the concepts underlying the information presented in IFRS financial statements. It also includes detailed discussions of the IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements and IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows. Finally, this course provides an in-depth look at the joint IASB/FASB project that will result in sweeping changes to financial statement presentation in the near future.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.0

Earnings per share (EPS) is a popular and useful measure of a company's profit performance. Companies with publicly held common stock or potential common stock must disclose their EPS information. EPS tells you how much profit (or loss) each share of common stock has earned after adjustments for potential dilution from options, warrants, and convertible securities are factored in. This course covers the computation, reporting, presentation, and disclosure requirements associated with EPS as stipulated in ASC 260 Earnings Per Share. It includes excerpts from and references to ASC 260, and interpretive guidance. It also provides examples to illustrate the application. Finally, it includes insights from the Securities and Exchange Commission staff.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.0

A company's financial statements sometimes report significantly different results from year to year. This may be due to changes in economic circumstances, but it may also be due to changes in accounting methods or corrections of errors in recording past transactions. Changing the accounting method used can have a dramatic impact on a company's financial statements. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the accounting treatments and disclosure requirements pertaining to accounting changes and error corrections as stipulated in ASC 250 Accounting Changes and Error Corrections. It discusses the different types of accounting changes and error corrections and the related reporting implications within an entity's financial statements. Specifically, it includes excerpts from and references to ASC 250, interpretive guidance, and examples. It also provides insights from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.0

A derivative is a financial instrument or other contract that derives its value from the movement of prices, interest rates, or exchange rates associated with an underlying item. Uncertainty about the future fair value of assets and liabilities or about future cash flows exposes firms to risk. One way to manage the risk associated with fair value and cash flow fluctuations is through the use of derivatives. The derivatives and hedging guidance codified in ASC 815, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities is considered as one of the challenging areas in GAAP due to its extensiveness and complexity. This course provides an accountant-friendly overview of derivative instruments and hedge accounting. It discusses derivatives, including the definition of a derivative, scope exceptions to ASC 815, types of risks, accounting requirements, and guidance on embedded derivatives. It addresses the requirements for applying hedge accounting and the specific requirements for fair value hedges, cash flow hedges, and net investment hedges. It also discusses the presentation and disclosure requirements. Finally, the course identifies special situations such as servicing of financial assets and mortgage servicing rights.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.0

In today's modern economy, the growth of foreign operations is continuing upward and the number of companies with foreign operations has expanded. For example, a company often operates in different economic and currency environments to stay competitive in the global marketplace. Thus, it must have a process for reporting foreign currency balances to address several financial reporting issues, such as determining functional currencies, accounting for foreign currency transactions, and translating its foreign entity's financial statements. ASC 830 Foreign Currency Matters provides guidance for transactions denominated in a foreign currency, and for operations undertaken in a foreign currency environment. This course covers key aspects of the guidance and includes specific examples to illustrate its application. Relevant references to and excerpts from ASC 830 are discussed throughout the course.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.0

This course is divided into three parts. Part I is designed to help you navigate the specialized accounting principles and practices for the media and entertainment (M&E) industry. It discusses all the important authoritative pronouncements on GAAP for broadcasters, cable television, films, and music. Relevant references to and excerpts from ASC 920, ASC 922, ASC 926, and ASC 928 are discussed throughout the course. It also provides specific examples to illustrate the application. Part II focuses on the ASC 606 revenue recognition requirements since it supersedes most industry-specific guidance. Entities across industries are required to follow the guidance of ASC 606. Part III highlights key aspects of the lease standard as leases are common in the M&E industry.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.0

Stockholders' equity represents the cumulative net contributions by stockholders plus accumulated earnings less dividends. Stockholders' equity is synonymous with net worth, or net assets (assets less liabilities). This course discusses generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for reporting stockholder's equity on the balance sheet. It addresses many of the possible actions, such as issuance of preferred and common stock, treasury stock, dividends, retained earnings appropriations, stock splits, and stock warrants. The course is designed to help you navigate components of stockholders' equity with specific examples to illustrate the application.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.0

This course is an introduction to financial statements, why they are important, what they are, and includes a description of the environment in which they are prepared and used as well as a description of the concept of corporate governance. It emphasizes the role of financial statements in measuring how well companies have performed on key factors of business success. This course includes a video presentation.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.0

Climate-change and sustainability are topics that are increasingly on the minds of investors and other stakeholders. Companies are increasingly subject to nonfinancial reporting requirements relating to environmental, social and governance factors. For example, sustainability reporting requirements are increasingly impacting the investment and lending activities of global financial institutions. Investors now expect businesses to frame decisions in terms of environmental, social, and human impact for the long-term, rather than on short-term gains such as next quarter's earnings report. This course reviews the prevailing sustainability reporting and the nonfinancial reporting frameworks. This course also reviews the accounting for climate-change risks under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). While these Standards do not cover climate-change risks and other emerging risks explicitly, they do address issues that relate to them. This course reviews the application of those Standards and the related guidance on materiality to climate and other emerging risks.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.5

Specialized Industry GAAP - Real Estate covers the important authoritative pronouncements on GAAP for the specialized real estate industry. This course focuses on financial reporting requirements for real estate project costs (Part I), real estate sales (Part II), and the rental of property (Part III). Part I addresses whether costs associated with real estate projects should be capitalized or charged to expense as incurred. Part II explains how to apply the five-step revenue recognition model on real estate sales under ASC 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Part III discusses how lessors (landlords) and lessees (tenants) account for leased property under ASC 842 Leases. This course also includes specific examples to illustrate the application of these requirements.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.5

This course is comprised of 12 videos, demonstrating the process of preparing a complete set of financial statements, including discussions of the basic accounting equation, journal entries, ledgers, and contra accounts (e.g., accumulated depreciation and treasury stock). The last two videos address the differences between accruals and cash flows, and the items that reconcile net income on the income statement with net cash from operating activities in the operating section of the statement of cash flows.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.5

This course includes 10 videos that provide a thorough coverage of how to read and analyze financial statements as well as how the analysis can be organized to identify and assess a company's value drivers. It begins with videos covering the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows and the statement of shareholders' equity. It then moves into the real world, focusing on Home Depot, its key performance measures, leading to a complete ratio analysis. Home Depot's performance is then compared to that of Lowe's Home Improvement in terms of the basic ratios, more much more importantly using an ROE-based model that highlights the companies' value drivers.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 3.5

The Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, known as the "Green Book," sets the requirements for an effective internal control system for federal agencies. This course covers the control environment, as discussed within the GAO Green Book. The control environment is the foundation for a system of internal controls, providing the discipline and structure needed to help an entity reach its objectives. It is the control consciousness of an organization that reflects management’s commitment to internal control. Management of any governmental agency should create and maintain a favorable control environment to achieve the organization’s objectives.

Field of Study: Auditing - Government

CPE Hours: 4.0

A series of corporate scandals where employees, investors, and other stakeholders suffered tremendous loss have made the world aware of the severity of financial statement fraud. It is a global scourge that harms the reputations of all industries and costs trillions of dollars in worldwide damages each year. Fraud is a persistent fact of business life. The risks of fraud are only increasing fueled by changes in corporate culture, competitive markets, and periods of economic difficulty. Effective fraud prevention and detection begin with awareness. The goal of this course is to enhance professionals' abilities to recognize the fraudulent activities and develop strategies to deter the misconduct. This course 1) reviews the basic financial reporting principles; 2) identifies the common shenanigans demonstrated with a series of real-life cases; 3) discusses the motivations and opportunities driving fraudsters and types of companies likely to "cook the books"; 4) recognizes symptoms of deceptive accounting practices; and 5) addresses strategies that reduce the possibility of misstatement.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 4.0

Blockchain technology opens the door to revolutionary possibilities. It combines the power of the Internet with the security of cryptography to offer, for example, cheaper and faster payment options than those offered by traditional financial services businesses, without a trusted third party. It is important to first understand how blockchains work before it becomes clear what they can offer to accounting and auditing. As adoption becomes more widespread, accountants and auditors should be getting on board. This course explains block chain fundamentals and how this technology will enhance many of the core businesses of the accounting and auditing profession.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 4.0

The objective of this course is to review the accounting and financial reporting impacts of the economic crisis created by the coronavirus (COVID-19), and the changes made by the 2020 CARES Act including accounting for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and forgiveness. Topics include: Disclosures of risks and uncertainties; going-concern reporting and disclosure issues; impairment issues related to goodwill and other long-lived assets; accounting for variable consideration revenue and onerous contracts; dealing with inventory costs and stock market investment losses; collectability of trade receivables; exit and termination benefit obligations; contingencies, and accounting and auditing engagement matters. With respect to the CARES Act, the course discusses the accounting for PPP loans and forgiveness, accounting for tax changes made by the CARES Act, and more. [Updated to reflect Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues Related to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.]

Field of Study: Accounting (2 CPE) and Auditing (2 CPE)

CPE Hours: 4.0

Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), also known as the Yellow Book, provide a framework for audit organizations and auditors that conduct audits of government entities, entities that receive government awards, and other entities that require a Yellow Book audit. The term "Yellow Book" comes from the original publication of GAGAS in 1972, which was wrapped in a bright yellow jacket. There have been several revisions of the Yellow Book throughout the years. The most current publication, and the focus of this course, is Government Auditing Standards: 2018 Revision.

Field of Study: Auditing - Government

CPE Hours: 4.0

Generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS) provide a framework for conducting high quality audits with competence, integrity, objectivity, and independence. GAGAS contains standards for audits and requirements and guidance dealing with ethics, independence, auditors' professional judgment and competence, quality control, performance of the audit, and reporting. This course will focus on the purpose of performance audits. It describes the features and requirements to provide a basis for good performance audit practices, along with examples to illustrate the application. For instance, it incorporates a flowchart for internal control considerations to assist in applying the requirements. It provides a fraud risk matrix to help auditors determine whether fraud is significant to audit objectives. Finally, it includes samples of audit reports issued under GAGAS. The focus of this course is the latest revision of the Yellow Book, Government Auditing Standards: 2018 Revision.

Field of Study: Auditing - Government

CPE Hours: 4.0

Generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS), also known as the Yellow Book, provide a framework for audit organizations and auditors that conduct audits of government entities, entities that receive government awards, and other entities that require a Yellow Book audit. The term "Yellow Book" comes from the original publication of GAGAS in 1972, which was wrapped in a bright yellow jacket. There have been several revisions of the Yellow Book throughout the years. The most current publication, and the focus of this course, is Government Auditing Standards: 2018 Revision. Course Three is designed to help you navigate the complexities of the standards by laying out the fieldwork and reporting standards for financial audits and attestation engagements.

Field of Study: Auditing - Government

CPE Hours: 4.0

This course discusses the format of the income statement, major income statement categories, unusual or infrequent items, discontinued operations, research and development costs, deferred compensation arrangements, compensation expense arising under a stock option plan, insurance costs, and earnings per share calculation.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 4.0

Companies have different motivations for investing in securities issued by other companies. One motivation is to earn a high rate of return. Another motivation for investing (in equity securities) is to secure certain operating or financing arrangements with another company. This course addresses the accounting and reporting requirements for investment securities and includes specific examples to illustrate the application. Key aspects of debt securities, such as classification, purchases, transfers, impairments, and presentation and disclosure, are addressed. The course also discusses how to account for equity securities and the impairment of investments. Finally, the course explains when to use the equity method and how to apply the equity method.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 4.0

This course is comprised of 6 videos. It begins by discussing the concept of classification and its important role on the financial statements, and then moves into coverage of the company's two primary forms of financing: debt and equity. The financial statements and the footnotes of the companies featured in this course include General Motors, Volkswagen (an IFRS user), Amazon, Home Depot and Panera.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 4.0

This course focuses on an analysis of the corporate annual report. It helps you interpret and understand its components, including the financial statements, footnotes, review of operations, auditor's report, supplementary schedules, management discussion and analysis (MD&A), and Management's Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. It touches upon how the Sarbanes-Oxley 404 reporting differs from traditional reporting. The course also teaches you how to calculate and analyze financial ratios and cash flows.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 4.0

The objective of this course is to address the new auditing standards issued by the Auditing Standards Board as SAS Nos. 142-145. The first segment of the course addresses SAS No. 142's expanded guidance on what comprises audit evidence in a financial statement audit. Topics include: evaluating audit evidence; testing audit evidence; relevance and reliability of audit evidence including its source; susceptibility to management bias; corroborative or contradictory information; evaluating whether information is sufficiently precise and detailed for the auditor's purposes; and use of automated tools and techniques. The second segment is a review of SAS No. 143's guidance on accounting estimates including the degree of estimation uncertainty; risk assessment procedures related to accounting estimates; identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement including responses to the assessment; indicators of possible management bias, and more. The third segment consists of a review of SAS No. 144's changes to auditing standards in connection with use of specialists (management and auditor specialists) and use of price information obtained from external sources. The final section addresses significant changes made by SAS No. 145 to the auditor's understanding of an entity and its environment and the assessment of risks of material misstatement.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 4.0

The accountant is frequently called upon to advise management of the impact of proposed combinations, as well as to prepare consolidated financial statements for completed transactions. Knowledge of the emerging accounting rules in this area is critical in supporting both functions. This course explains the characteristics of a business and identifies transactions required the application of business combination accounting, which refers to acquisition method in ASC 805, Business Combinations. This course also explains how to apply the consolidation guidance in ASC 810, Consolidation.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 4.0

Business organizations obtain resources by providing goods and services. Many not-for-profit organizations (NFPOs) obtain resources from contributors and are accountable to the providers of those resources or to their representatives. In general, GAAP requires NFPOs to issue a statement of financial position, a statement of activities, and a statement of cash flows. The focus is on the organization as a whole and on reporting assets, liabilities, and net assets; changes in net assets; flows of economic resources; cash flows, borrowing and repayment of borrowing, and other factors affecting liquidity; and service efforts. This course addresses the accounting and financial reporting for NFPOs (or NPOs) ---colleges and universities, healthcare providers, voluntary health and welfare organizations (VHWOs), and other not-for-profit entities such as religious, educational, social, and recreational entities. Also addressed is financial analysis and ratios that can be useful to analyze the financial fitness of NFPOs.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 5.0

Governmental accounting is different from commercial accounting. Governmental entities use a fund-based accounting system in which some of the funds use a modified-accrual accounting method as opposed to the accrual method used by commercial entities. Also, the financial statements of governmental entities have a foundation in the individual funds but aggregate to a government-wide level. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to apply the general principles underlying the government accounting standards, demonstrate the basis of accounting used by governments and how fund accounting is used to report the difference programs and activities of the government. You will also be able to identify the financial statements, disclosures, and supplementary information typically reported in the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Sample statements are provided to enhance your knowledge of the relationships between the statements.

Field of Study: Accounting - Government

CPE Hours: 5.0

Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government, known as the "Green Book," sets the standards for an effective internal control system for federal agencies. This course covers the risk assessment and control activities, as discussed within the GAO Green Book. Management of any governmental agency should assess the risks facing its organization as it seeks to achieve the organization's objectives. This assessment will provide the basis for developing appropriate risk responses. Control activities are the actions management establishes through policies and procedures to achieve objectives and respond to risks, which includes actions to address risks associated with the entity's information system.

Field of Study: Auditing - Governmental

CPE Hours: 5.0

This course is designed to help small businesses understand the need for internal controls and develop simple systems to protect businesses against employee fraud schemes. It focuses on common methods of fraud, behavioral and transactional red flags, and control design principles for small businesses. It provides practical recommendations to help small businesses prevent and detect fraud in this unique environment. For example, it offers suggestions for how to overcome the lack of segregation of duties that is often present in small businesses. It discusses how to promote ethical culture through the appropriate tone at the top and code of conduct. It also identifies ways to retain ethical and qualified employees. Finally, it includes checklists to help small businesses assess and strengthen the internal controls in high-risk areas of fraud, such as cash receipts, purchasing & payables, and payroll.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 5.0

Accounts payable is changing. Increased competition resulting from an emerging global market has underscored the intense need for attention on the accounts payable teams. The realm of accounts payable, no longer a simple invoice/payment processing center, is evolving. To move the Accounts Payable departments beyond a back-office operation to a contributor to the company's bottom line, accounts payable leaders must take a more strategic and holistic approach to a successful transformation. This course can be used by accounting professionals who are seeking to improve their operations and results. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: 1) describe the accounts payable operations; from the workflow and accounting concepts to proper closing 2) recognize signs of potentially fraudulent behavior 3) implement controls to mitigate risk 3) prepare for the audit 4) identify trends and new methods 5) develop accounts payable analytics and performance metrics.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 5.0

Enron's bankruptcy represented the collapse of the seventh largest company in the U.S. with over $100 billion in gross revenue. The name Enron has become synonymous with lies, greed, and corruption. Senior executives engaged in wide-ranging deceptive accounting practices to defraud the investing public by materially inflating the company's earnings and hiding debt. The downfall of Enron is a complex story. This course is divided into three sections. Chapter 1 discusses how the company grew from humble beginnings to become a leading energy trader and supplier. Chapter 2 identifies key players and a series of events that eventually led to the bankruptcy of the company. It explains the fraudulent scheme involving widespread abuse of GAAP such as fair value accounting and off-balance sheet financings. It also analyzes warning signs that started showing up in the financial statements. Chapter 3 discusses the role of corporate culture, corporate governance, and Arthur Andersen in Enron's collapse. It examines the comprehensive reform of business financial practices and changes made to accounting, auditing, and the SEC rule.

Field of Study: Auditing-Fraud

CPE Hours: 5.0

Numerous FASB Standards have been issued requiring certain items to be measured and reported at "fair value" on the Balance Sheet. Prior to the release of ASC 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (formerly known as SFAS 157), the concept of "fair value" had never been formally defined in U.S. accounting literature. Since its issuance in September 2006, ASC 820 has become one the most controversial accounting standards ever released. This course provides a conceptual review of fair value accounting, as outlined in ASC 820 and other U.S. accounting standards. This course will also provide an overview of the authoritative guidance for auditing fair value measurements and disclosures, SAS No. 101.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 5.0

International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") represents the international alternative to U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Most of the world already communicates with investors and stakeholders about corporate financial performance in the language of IFRS. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and their U.S. equivalent (the FASB) have made commitments towards the convergence of U.S. GAAP and IFRS and are working to eliminate as many differences between the two Standards as possible. This course provides an introductory overview of International Financial Reporting Standards, including detailed discussions of the impact that adopting IFRS will have on businesses. This course also includes comprehensive reviews of the IASB structure and its standard-setting process, the basic framework that serves as the foundation for IFRS and the differences that exist between U.S. GAAP and IFRS.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 5.0

Fraud is a heavy economic and moral burden on society, and it is a global problem that harms government and costs trillions of dollars in worldwide damages each year. Although the probability of fraud occurring may vary depending on the size and complexity of the operations and programs, opportunities to commit fraud are always present. To prevent and detect fraud, we must understand why people commit fraud, and identify the common type of government fraud, factors leading to government fraud, and the most frequent fraud detection approaches.

Field of Study: Auditing - Fraud

CPE Hours: 5.0

Fair values are more common in financial reports because fair values have increased in business importance in recent years. Increasingly elaborate financial instruments and risk management practices have created financial statement elements for which historical cost is almost irrelevant, and fair value, and fluctuations in fair value, are extremely relevant. This course is designed to help you navigate the complexities of fair value measurements. It covers the accounting and financial reporting requirements in ASC 820 Fair Value Measurement and ASC 825-10 Financial Instrument-Fair Value Option as well as insights into how to apply this guidance in practice. For example, it discusses the items for which fair value measurements are required or permitted, includes excerpts from, and references to, ASC 820 and ASC 825-10, and examples. It addresses the key concepts such as applying the fair value framework, identifying common valuation techniques, and determining eligibility for the fair value option.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 5.0

A liability is a legal debt or obligation that arises during business operations. A current liability, such as accounts payable, is payable within one year. A noncurrent liability, such as bonds payable, long-term loan, and finance lease, is an obligation that is due in over a year. This course discusses generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for reporting both current and noncurrent liabilities on the balance sheet.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 5.0

An asset is an item of economic value expected to yield a benefit to the owing entity in future periods. To provide information about liquidity, assets are divided into current and noncurrent assets on the balance sheet. A current asset, such as cash, account receivable, and prepaid expenses, is expected to be consumed within one year, while noncurrent assets, such as long-term investments, property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets, are to be consumed in more than one year. This course discusses generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for reporting both current and noncurrent assets on the balance sheet. The course is designed to help you navigate common asset accounts with specific examples to illustrate the application.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 5.0

Accounting is evolving. The accounting function has been transformed from information supplier to strategic contributor, and there is a growing pressure to deliver higher quality management data. Organizations now expect the accounting department to be a central resource for critical business information used in the decision-making process across the organization. Many leading accounting departments have implemented a robust infrastructure to address powerful external forces, such as globalization and increased regulation requirements, and to cope with the internal pressure from stakeholders. This course discusses the trends in the market, and will share meaningful insights, tips, techniques, and best practices that help the professionals take an innovative approach to reducing the closing cycle requirements. It can be used as a roadmap to build a modern and strategic financial close that meets regulatory requirements, manages the challenges of data quality, increases efficiency, improves transparency and delivers a competitive advantage.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 5.0

Increasing globalization with related regulations continues to put pressure on accounting authorities to move towards a common global accounting framework - The International Financial Reporting Standards (commonly called IFRS Standards or just IFRS). IFRS Standards is becoming the global standard used by many public companies for the preparation of financial statements. IFRS Standards has replaced many national accounting standards around the world. Currently, over 140 jurisdictions have successfully adopted IFRS Standards. Although public companies in the U.S. are required to apply US GAAP, the SEC continues to explore whether, and if so, when and how to incorporate IFRS Standards into the U.S. financial reporting system. Being financially bilingual in the U.S. is important. This course is designed to identify the significant differences, by accounting area, between US GAAP and IFRS Standards. It discusses key topics, such as conceptual framework and financial statement presentation, revenue recognition, lease accounting, and business combinations.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 5.5

This course is designed to help professions better prepare for these questions by examining two infamous corporate scandals: 1) The Retail Empire: Crazy Eddie, and 2) The King of Cross-Sell: Wells Fargo. It details how Crazy Eddie applied various techniques to "cook the books" and deceive auditors. It explains how Wells Fargo employees engaged different types of sales practice misconduct to meet unrealistic sales targets. It also reviews the factors that led to the end of Crazy Eddie and Wells Fargo's widespread customer abuses. Moreover, it discusses lessons learned from both cases that can result in improved audit processes. It identifies specific mistakes made by Crazy Eddie's auditors and discussed what the auditors should have done. It also describes how internal auditors can help prevent the unethical practice from snowballing in Wells Fargo. Finally, it includes sample audit programs to provide insights into both financial and corporate culture audits.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 6.0

A corporate scandal involves alleged or actual unethical behavior by people acting within or on behalf of a corporation. Since the turn of the century, the U.S. has seen some large corporate collapses and scandals due to shoddy and deceptive accounting practices. Many companies, shareholders and employees suffered as stock prices fell and reputations were tarnished when businesses such as Nokia, Lucent Technologies, energy, and internet-related businesses conducted questionable practices. This course examines developments in finance and accounting and a series of corporate accounting scandals on the heels of the Enron debacle that have led to current sweeping accounting guidelines, proposals, and legislation-most notably, the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act. Many of the issues surrounding the SOX Act-especially Section 404, Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Sections 302 and 906, Management Certifications -are discussed. The general issues on corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR), including stock option expensing, are also covered.

Field of Study: Auditing - Fraud

CPE Hours: 6.0

Accounting for income taxes is one of the more challenging topics of financial accounting. Corporations must file income tax return following the guidelines developed by the IRS. Because GAAP and tax regulations differ in a number of ways, so frequently do pretax financial income and taxable income. Hence, the amount that a company reports as tax expense will differ from the amount of taxes payable to the IRS. Those differences produce a complex accounting standard. This course is designed to help you navigate the complexities of this topic. It covers the accounting and financial reporting requirements for income taxes discussed in ASC 740 Income Taxes. It addresses the basic principles such as the asset and liability method, assessment for uncertain tax positions, and the effect of temporary differences. It explains the process of accounting for income taxes, including valuation allowance, asset acquisition, intraperiod allocations, and interim reporting. It describes presentation and disclosure requirements. It also provides specific examples to illustrate the application. Relevant references to and excerpts from ASC 740 are discussed throughout the course.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 6.0

In 2014, after years of deliberations, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (the IASB) jointly issued the Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2014-09 (codified primarily in ASC 606) and IFRS 15, respectively. ASC 606, the new revenue standard, replaces virtually all (including industry-specific) U.S. GAAP revenue guidance with a single model. The standard does not just change the amounts and timing of revenue but potentially affects organizations' financial statements, business processes, and internal control over financial reporting. The standard also affects other related accounting topics such as contract modification, rights of return, licensing, principal-versus-agent considerations, and income tax. Moreover, the standard creates new and expanded disclosure requirements. In light of the new revenue standard, organizations need to reassess their current revenue accounting processes and systems and implement changes required to maintain compliance with the new guidance. This course reorganizes the guidance contained in ASC 606, to follow the five-step revenue recognition model along with other guidance impacted by this standard. It also provides examples to illustrate the application. The course is designed to help you navigate the complexities of this standard, identify the implications of it, and prepare for implementation. It also shares insights to help you evaluate the effect of required changes to the internal control environment. It provides a working knowledge of the fundamentals of revenue standard that can be applied, regardless of the company size, in the real world.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 6.0

Inventory usually represents a substantial portion of a manufacturing or merchandising company's total assets: on average, it is more than 30% of total current assets for a U.S. company. Inventory management has a significant influence on a company's cash flow and continued viability, and as an asset on the balance sheet, inventory can have a direct impact on reporting the solvency of the company. Thus, determining ideal inventory levels is a balancing act and a key to a healthy and growing business. This course is designed to address the main accounting principles and concepts applicable to inventory. It shares insights and techniques focused on improving inventory optimization processes, forecasting accuracy, and replenishment strategies. It also discusses common warning signs of inventory fraud, investigation techniques, and some control activities to mitigate risks. This course also identifies the uses of technology to improve inventory management systems. Finally, risk areas, processes, and tips for planning a smooth inventory count are included to help a company prepare for year-end audits. This course can be used by accounting professionals as a roadmap to what every accountant should know about inventory accounting, reporting, safeguarding, and optimization strategies.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 6.0

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02, Leases (ASC 842) providing new requirements of financial accounting and reporting for lessees and lessors. This new standard represents the first comprehensive overhaul of lease accounting since FAS 13 was issued in 1976. The new guidance will affect entities across all industries because most companies enter into contracts that contain leases to support their business operations. Lessees will likely see the most significant changes as they are required to recognize substantially all leases on their balance sheets with a corresponding right-of-use asset. While lessor accounting remains similar to previous guidance in most respects, there are some important changes. For example, certain principles of the lessor model are updated to align with changes to the lessee model and the new revenue recognition standard (ASC 606). The new lease guidance introduces significant changes to lease accounting, such as lessees' recognition of lease assets and liabilities, an exception for short-term leases, elimination of leveraged leases, new criteria for reporting sale-leaseback transactions, increased use of judgment, and expansive disclosures. Moreover, entities are required to use a modified retrospective approach to reflect the effect of the new guidance in the earliest year presented in the financial statements. As a result, implementation of ASC 842 could have a significant impact on companies' financial operations - from general accounting and financial reporting, treasury, IT systems, tax, budgeting to forecasting functions. The change in lease standard presents both a challenge and an opportunity to enhance internal control and optimize the lease accounting and administration processes. To minimize disruptive missteps and costly noncompliance, entities need to take a timely and thorough approach. This course is designed to help you navigate the complexities of this standard, identify the implications of it, and prepare for transition and implementation. It provides a working knowledge of the fundamentals of lease standards that can be applied, regardless of the company size, in the real world.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 7.0

The need to properly administer and account for pension funds is critical. There are very specific requirements for pension accounting and postretirement benefits. ASC 715 Compensation-Retirement Benefits provides guidance on financial reporting for employers who offer pension benefits to their employees. ASC 960 Plan Accounting-Defined Benefit Pension Plans and ASC 962 Plan Accounting-Defined Contribution Pension Plans address the plan accounting standards for defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans respectively. Those detailed calculations of pension cost and reporting requirements produce a complex accounting standard. This course is designed to help you navigate the complexities of this standard. It begins with an overview of the pension system in the U.S. discussing the nature of pension plans, plan participants' activities, the classification of pension plans, and types of pension plans and their characteristics. It addresses the significance of pension federal laws, including the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Pension Protection Act, and the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act. This course also provides current coverage of the requirements for accounting and reporting on pension plans and postretirement benefits. It includes specific examples to illustrate the application. Relevant references to and excerpts from ASC 715, ASC 960, and ASC 962 are discussed throughout the course.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 7.0

Organizations need an established internal audit function, operating in full compliance with accounting and regulatory standards. They need a group that is already well equipped to meet the challenge of good governance and transparency of internal control effectiveness and efficiency. This course incorporates and discusses up-to-date guidance from the IIA and the 2013 COSO Framework. It not only addresses the theoretical principles of the internal auditing but it also provides readers with the practical guidance they need to assume a role in the internal audit function in their organizations. It addresses the nature and significance of internal auditing by examining its purpose, scope, and transformation. It focuses on the key internal auditing concepts, such as the risk-based auditing approach, internal audit process, and the Three Lines of Defense Model. It also discusses how internal auditors play a value-added role with respect to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404 certification process. In addition, this course discusses how internal auditors help organizations effectively manage fraud risks and keep them protected. It discusses the key principles and measurements for proactively establishing an environment to effectively manage an organization's fraud risk. It also includes a template which can be adapted for an enterprise-wide fraud risk assessment by incorporating all major business areas/units within the framework.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 7.0

Assets can compose a significant amount of the total assets in many companies. For example, fixed assets usually account for 35-50% of Fortune 500 companies' total assets and represent the majority of capital investments for most companies. These assets are necessary for companies to operate, and, in many cases, the efficient use of these assets determines the amount of profit that companies will earn. Assets: Reporting, Protecting, and Analyzing is designed to address the key accounting principles and concepts of assets and share meaningful insights and techniques that help accounting professionals build a solid foundation to achieve greater efficiency. To maximize efficiency, accountants must answer the following questions: * What are the basic accounting rules and requirements for recording, reporting, and disclosing assets? * How do I properly account for intangible assets and assess goodwill? * What are the key differences between IFRS and GAAP affecting the reporting of assets? * What are the top fixed asset issues and how do I address them? * What are the internal controls for safeguarding valuable assets? * How can I be "audit-ready" for fixed assets? What are the targeted audit areas and common audit findings? * How do I make optimal long-term investment decisions? * What are the various aspects of the lease/buy decisions and considerations of new lease accounting standards?

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 7.0

Technological advances change how we live, work, and relate to one another. Remote presence and the interconnectivity of people, devices, and organizations open a whole new playing field of vulnerabilities and access points that cybercriminals can exploit. Cyber threats have evolved from unsophisticated attackers to state-sponsored criminals. Fast-evolving and multi-dimensional threats exist across all industries and organized crime is becoming increasingly sophisticated in its use of technology to commit fraud. As a result, security incidents continue to rise and will continue to be a top-of-mind item for individuals, businesses, governments, and industry regulators as the number of high-profile attacks increases. Staying aware of cyber security trends is critical to crime prevention efforts and it also helps in the creation of tools and strategies to combat cyberattacks. This course explains how the evolution of technology has transformed society and changed the face of computer and Internet fraud. It identifies common cyberattacks, cybersecurity threats, and vulnerabilities, and ways to protect ourselves from cybercrime. The course also discusses major cybersecurity and privacy laws, significant computer crime statutes, and widely recognized cybersecurity standards. Finally, it explains how the Red Flags Rule affects certain organizations and discusses cybersecurity risks and incidents disclosure requirements for public companies. Real-life cases are included as well.

Field of Study: Auditing - Fraud

CPE Hours: 7.0

The purpose of this course is to review the changes made to lease accounting by ASU 2016-02, Leases, (as further amended by ASU 2018-01, Land Easement- Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842, and numerous other amendments), and to establish the principles that lessees and lessors shall apply to report useful information to users of financial statements about the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from a lease. Topics include a review of the new rules for lessees and lessors, the types of leases, how to account for the balance sheet, income statement and cash flows statement impacts of different types of leases, the implementation requirements, and more.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 8.0

The objective of this course is to address the new revenue standard in ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and its related updates, and provide guidance to nonpublic (private) entities who are required to implement the standard starting in 2019. Topics include and overview of the new standard and its core principle, an analysis of each of the five steps required in the revenue model, selected issues encompassing principal versus agent considerations, dealing with warranties, bill-and-hold arrangements, and consignment transaction. The course also addresses how to account for contract costs, financial statement presentation of revenue-related accounts, disclosures, and transition methods and guidance.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 8.0

A primer on the basic theoretical concepts and the practical procedures of financial record keeping and reporting, and the use of financial and cost data in managerial decision making. It provides an understanding and working knowledge of the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting that can be put to practical application in day-to-day jobs of managers. It also concentrates on providing a working vocabulary for communication. Topics include accounting principles and reporting trends, accounting conventions and systems, interpretation and analysis of financial statements; cash flow statement; break-even analysis; activity-based costing (ABC); responsibility accounting; budget for profit planning; short-term and long-term investment decision making. A list of computer software for accounting, ABC, and budgeting is presented.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 8.0

The introduction of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act law fueled rapid growth in the organizational importance of internal control systems. Appropriate interpretation and implementation of the internal control framework is vital for every organization. This course incorporates and reflects up-to-date guidance from the PCAOB, the AICPA, the ACFE, and the principles of 2013 COSO Framework. The course not only addresses the theoretical concept of the internal control systems but also provides readers with the practical guidance they need to assume a role in the design, implementation, maintenance and evaluation of a comprehensive framework of internal controls for their organizations. Specifically, the course presents the principles of internal control to help readers understand the nature and context of control, such as limitations of internal controls, the most recognized controls frameworks (e.g. COSO Framework, Green Book), and some common and important control procedures. It also includes steps on how to identify risks and controls, advice on how to assess the adequacy of controls, a discussion of how to reach a fair assessment, and documentation requirements for evidences of effective controls. In addition, the course discusses requirements related to performing an integrated audit: SAS 130 and AS No. 2201. Although these auditing rules are mandatory for external auditors and not for management, management should give consideration to following the approach described in these requirements. No discussion of internal controls would be complete without an examination of fraud prevention and detection. All organizations are subject to fraud risks. Fraud is now so common that its occurrence is no longer remarkable, only its scale. The course offers the essential tools for designing and implementing programs and controls to prevent and detect fraud. It focuses on the causes of fraud, fraud risk factors, some of the more common types of fraud, fraud symptoms, and fraud preventive and detective techniques, along with some recent cases in corporate fraud. It explains the differences between forensic accounting and auditing. It also includes the ACFE Fraud Prevention Checkup to help organizations identify major gaps and fix them before it is too late. This course includes an illustration of potential internal controls weaknesses involving accounting and financial reporting cycles, along with examples of compensating controls. It provides sample audit programs of key processes. It also incorporates appendixes including: an example of management internal control report, a SOX Section 404 management compliance checklist, financial reporting controls and information systems checklist for each key cycle (e.g. revenue, inventory, financing), and a computer applications checklist.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 8.0

This course on accounting for governmental entities is intended to be used by anyone who would like to gain knowledge of accounting and financial reporting currently recommended for state and local governmental units. The course provides an overview of (1) the fundamental concepts underlying state and local governmental accounting and reporting, (2) the importance of budgetary accounting in government, and (3) the recognition rules and journal entries related to governmental financing. It also describes (1) the accounts and journal entries related to transactions specific to governmental entities, (2) the process of defining the governmental reporting entity, (3) the components of the comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR), (4) the reporting requirements for government- wide and fund-based financial statements, and (5) other required information in the CAFR.

Field of Study: Accounting - Governmental

CPE Hours: 8.0

This course details the many questions connected with auditing. It provides guidance to auditors in rendering services to their varied clients with a practical "how-to" audit approach. It incorporates and reflects up-to-date guidance from the PCAOB (public companies audits), the AICPA (nonpublic entity audits), and the GAO (Yellow Book audits). For example, it focuses on the principles of independence, audit risk, fraud risk factors, and audit documentation that will establish a foundation for the credibility of an auditors' work. It also includes requirements and considerations related to performing an integrated audit. It highlights the key procedures that require external auditors to attest to management's disclosures regarding the effectiveness of its internal control, such as the use of top-down approach, the test of controls, and evaluation and communication of deficiencies.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 8.0

Analyzing Cost Data for Management covers the managerial use of accounting, financial, and operating data for planning, control, and decision making. The course is designed for managers and entrepreneurs who need hand-on knowledge and tools in processing, developing, and analyzing financial, cost, and business data for managerial use. Topics include strategic cost management, analysis of costs; break-even and contribution analysis; cost behavior analysis; activity-based costing (ABC); responsibility accounting and corporate balanced scorecard (CBS); budget for profit planning; short-term decisions; capital budgeting.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 9.0

The objective of this course is to address the new auditor reporting standards issued by the Auditing Standards Board as SAS No. 134-141. Topics include an overview of the new auditor's report found in SAS No. 134's AU-C 700A, including the new report's format, positioning of sections within the report, title, headings, and expanded language; amendments made to various reporting standards by SAS No. 135; a review of THE new ERISA plan audit standard found in SAS No. 136, AU-C 703, including the format of the new ERISA-plan auditor's report, positioning of sections of that report, the new ERISA Section 103(a)(3)(C) audit (formerly a limited-scope audit) and the auditor's report thereon, expanded audit procedures and communications required by auditors of ERISA-plan financial statements; changes made by SAS No. 137 to the auditor's procedures and reporting on other information, changes made to the definition of materiality by SAS No. 138, changes made to special reports by SAS No, 139, and amendments made by SAS No. 140 to supplementary information, required supplementary information, compliance audits, interim financial information, and audits of internal control over financial reporting.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 10.0

The objective of this course is to discuss the general rules and applications used in the preparation of and reporting on tax-basis financial statements and other bases of accounting found within the special purpose frameworks (also referred to as other comprehensive bases of accounting). Updated for changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the CARES Act, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, topics include an overview of the types of special purpose frameworks, advantages and disadvantages of using tax-basis financial statements, tax-basis accrual versus cash basis, reviewing the key differences between GAAP and tax-basis revenue and expenses and other differences, tax-basis disclosures, reporting options for tax-basis financial statements, unusual reporting and presentation issues related to tax-basis financial statements, an overview of other types of special purpose frameworks including pure cash basis, modified cash basis, regulatory basis, contractual basis, and the other basis of accounting, and more. The course also addresses the presentation and disclosures for PPP loans, Employee Retention Credit (ERC) and the Pass-Through Entity (PTE) tax.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 10.0

Analysis and Uses of Financial Statements is designed for interested parties who must understand how to read, interpret, and analyze financial statements. This course describes in clear, concise, and understandable language the intricacies of financial statements, and their use by investors, creditors, analysts, and other interested parties. This course can enhance your chance for success in business and investing; by enabling you to profit from the knowledge, insights, and perceptions of professionals who use financial statement analysis tools and techniques on a day-to-day basis. Realistic examples and illustrations of financial statement analysis are widely used in this course to make the subject matter crystal clear. That is the major objective of this course. This course explains the objectives of financial statements in a meaningful manner. The accounting principles used in compiling financial statements and the qualitative characteristics of data appearing on financial statements are relevantly and reliably described. After a thorough overview of financial statements, major tools and techniques as explained, including: * Horizontal and vertical analysis * Common-size statements * Ratio analysis * Liquidity and activity ratios * Profitability ratios * Capital structure and solvency ratios * Market test ratios * Cash flow ratios The significance of interim financial statements and segment reporting is explored, as are analysis of annual reports and management discussion and analysis (MDA). The analytical techniques discussed in this course are well within the limits of today's information technology. Once the concepts are understood, software can be used to eliminate much of the computational tedium involved.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 10.0

This course describes the requirements created by the Government Auditing Standards, known as the Yellow Book. Government auditing is essential in delivering an objective and independent view of government programs and services. It reinforces the expectation that the government entities will carry out their functions effectively, efficiently, ethically and in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations. In other words, an effective government audit activity strengthens governance by significantly increasing citizens' ability to hold the government entities accountable through the use of internal or external audit services or a combination of the two.

Field of Study: Auditing - Government

CPE Hours: 11.0

The purpose of this course is to inform the reader of the various changes made to the compilation and review codification by SSARS No. 21 as amended by SSARS No. 22, Compilation of Pro Forma Financial Information, SSARS No. 23, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services- 2016, and SSARS No. 24, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services- 2018, and SSARS No. 25, Materiality in a Review of Financial Statements and Adverse Conclusions. The course addresses the three types of engagements that can be performed under the SSARSs: a preparation of financial statements engagement, a compilation engagement, and a review engagement. This course fulfills the California requirement for 8 hours of preparation engagement.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 12.0

Cost Management: Accounting and Control covers the managerial use of accounting, financial, and operating data for planning, control, and decision making. Emphasis is placed on how to manage costs strategically in order to be globally competitive. The course is designed for managers and entrepreneurs who seek continuous improvement (CI) strategies. Topics include analysis of costs; job order and process costing; break-even and contribution analysis; activity-based costing (ABC); balanced scorecard, cost allocation; responsibility accounting; budget for profit planning; short-term decisions; capital budgeting; quality costs and total quality management (TQM); inventory management and just in time (JIT).

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 13.0

Today's controllers are facing a complex and constantly changing business environment pressuring their accounting departments to provide timely, accurate and reliable information in a more efficient manner. The controller's office is increasingly viewed as a business asset. Despite the uncertainty of the future, organizations look to the controller to provide clear insights using historical and forward-looking data. This course will present recent research relevant to today's controllers, as it describes the role of the controller in detail. He/she is at the center of the corporate universe due organizations' need to capture, manage and leverage accounting and business data to enhance their performance in a competitive market. Dramatic changes in the business environment, such as increased globalization, changes in reporting requirements, rapid technological advancement, and the long-term impact of capital expenditures, have driven businesses to reevaluate the controller's role. Most organizations now expect the controller's office to be a central resource for critical business information to help drive strategic and critical decisions from the C-suite as well as across all operations.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 15.0

This course covers everything business people and managers need to know about accounting and finance. It is directed toward the businessperson who must have financial and accounting knowledge but has little formal training in finance or accounting. This could include a newly promoted middle manager or a marketing manager of a small company. The entrepreneur or sole proprietor also needs this knowledge; he or she may have brilliant product ideas, but not the limited ideas about financing. The goal of the course is to provide a working knowledge of the fundamentals of finance and accounting that can be applied, regardless of the firm size, in the real world. It gives nonfinancial managers the understanding they need to function effectively with their colleagues in finance.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 15.0

This course is divided into two sections. The purpose of Section I is to review unusual reporting and disclosure issues that develop in practice including questions such as how to disclose life insurance, leases, catastrophes, agreements not to compete, and investments. Section II deals with how to disclose and present tax-basis financial statements. Most of the course is presented in a Q&A format.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 16.0

his course is a one-stop problem-solver for today's busy accounting executive. The course is a working guide to help you quickly pinpoint in the complex world of business. - What to look for - What to do - What to watch out for - How to do it You'll find ratios, formulas, guidelines, and rules of thumb to help analyze and evaluate any business-related problem. Throughout, you'll find this course practical, quick, and useful. Chapters 1, 2, and 3 take you through accounting principles and guidelines for evaluating a company's financial health. You will have an increased understanding of various financial statements and their implications. You will be exposed to Corporate Responsibility Law, better known as the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act. You'll learn techniques for analyzing another company's financial position should you wish to invest, extend credit, or compare. You will also learn how to improve a company's corporate profitability and shareholder value. We present internal managerial accounting applications to help you evaluate your own company's performance, profitability, marketing effectiveness, and budgeting process. You'll learn how to highlight problem areas with variance analysis. You will also learn some valuable new tools, such as activity-based costing (ABC), life-cycle costing, target costing, and corporate balanced scorecard. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 take a look at financial analysis tools, financial metrics, and financing methods for decision making. Through break-even and sensitivity analysis, you'll be able to move your company toward greater profits. For investment purposes, this part presents guidelines for evaluating proposals, whether they are short or long term, for profit potential and risk-return comparisons. You'll learn management and financing techniques to ensure the best possible strategies for maximizing and acquiring cash. Also covered are basic financial tenets of portfolio theory, the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), and the Arbitrage Pricing Model (APM). Chapter 7 provides you with a deeper understanding of the financing of your company. A comparison of public versus private placement of securities is provided. You'll learn the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of long-term debt financing. In addition to the various types of debt instruments, the circumstances in which a particular type of debt is most appropriate are considered. The advantages and disadvantages of issuing preferred and common are discussed, along with the various circumstances in which either financing source is most suited. Stock rights are also described. Chapter 8 discusses how a forecast relates to financial planning. You'll learn the components of a forecasts and what it predicts. Various forecasting techniques with examples are identified to help you select the right method. Chapter 9 covers what every accounting professional should know about accounting information systems. The components of an accounting information system, the factors in selecting accounting software, the purpose of extensible business reporting language, and the concepts of web-based software packages are discussed. It also discusses how accounting professionals leverage technology to enable operational improvement and control costs (e.g. the Big Data, robotic process automation, and cloud computing).

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 16.0

In the changing business landscape where volatility, uncertainty, risk, and disruption are becoming more prevalent, the role of the CFO has undergone an evolution. CFOs continue to be stretched and scrutinized. In addition to financial reporting, planning and analysis, CEOs and boards expect the CFO to contribute to the major decisions, such as growth strategy, risk management strategy, and investment strategy. This course is designed to help CFOs navigate these issues. It is divided into seven parts, which provide guidance to the issues faced by the CFO and the finance and accounting functions.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 16.0

The purpose of this course is to inform the reader of the various changes affecting accounting and financial reporting, as well as a review and recall of existing accounting standards. Topics include a summary of newly issued FASB statements, current and pending developments, the new lease standard, practice issues, a discussion of accounting and financial reporting issues related to COVID-19, the CARES Act and PPP loans, accounting and disclosures for the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) and Pass-Through Entity (PTE) tax, and more.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 16.0

Topics include: addressing the auditor's consideration of the business and economic environment in which the client operates; accounting and auditing engagement issues during COVID-19 including the impact of the pandemic on an entity's ability to continue as a going-concern; client and employee fraud; specific accounting risks for auditors to consider; limiting auditor's liability; key audit focus areas during volatile times; lessons from litigation; efficiency engagements to reduce auditor time; various practice issues related to audits; dealing with DOL audits of employee benefit plans; and more. Additionally, in this course, auditors will learn about the new auditor's report, auditing estimates and audit evidence, and changes made to the auditor's understanding of the entity, its environment, and risk assessment procedures, and the guidance on using the work of specialists as audit evidence. These changes are found in newly issued SAS Nos. 134-145 and the new attestation standards found in SSAE Nos. 19-22.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 16.0

The purpose of this course is to inform the reader of the various changes to accounting and financial reporting affecting the accounting professional. Topics include a review of proposed FASB projects including those related to financial performance, leases, and financial instruments, practice issues involving the statement of cash flows, fair value reporting, pensions, the international convergence project, little GAAP, and more. The structure of the course is to encourage the reader to recall existing GAAP rules coupled with identifying, stating and outlining rules related to new and proposed pronouncements. The course also includes a discussion of accounting and financial reporting issues related to COVID-19, PPP loans, the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), and the Pass-Through Entity (PTE) Tax.

Field of Study: Accounting

CPE Hours: 16.0

The objective of this course is to inform the reader of the various changes made to the compilation and review standards by the AICPA's Accounting and Review Services Committee (ARSC), and to address practice issues related to compilation and review engagements. The first section of this course consists of an overview of SSARS No. 21, as amended by SSARS No. 22 through 25, and addresses the three types of engagements that can be performed under the SSARSs: a preparation of financial statements engagement, a compilation engagement, and a review engagement. The remainder of the course consists of practice issues in compilation and review engagements. Topics include a discussion of an accountant's responsibility for fraud, internal control and going concern, representation letters for review engagements, personal financial statements, tax-basis financial statements, legends on financial statements, accountant's liability in compilation and review engagements, saving time in engagements, ethics and independence issues, and more. The focus of the course is to identify, recognize and recall the rules pertaining to various pronouncements, including those related to recent developments.

Field of Study: Auditing

CPE Hours: 20.0

The purpose of this course is to inform the reader of the various changes affecting accounting, compilation and review, and auditing engagements as well as a review and recall of existing standards. Topics include a summary of newly issued FASB statements, new statements issued by the Auditing Standards Board, changes in compilation and review, current and pending developments, practice issues, and more.

Field of Study: Accounting 16 CPE, Auditing 8 CPE

CPE Hours: 24.0

In many cases, network intrusions, loss of data or even loss of funds is due to a failure to follow simple security basics. This course overviews some effective, common-sense techniques to secure your computer or network and associated data that are both low-cost and low-tech solutions. Tips on detecting social engineering emails and employee education to prevent loss of data and funds to social engineers is also discussed.

Field of Study: Information Technology

CPE Hours: 1.0

This course overviews some new features and functions that Microsoft offers in Excel 2019 and/or Microsoft 365. The course has an accompanying workbook. The course introduces the concept of dynamic arrays and related formulas such as SORT(), SORTBY() and Filter(). XLOOKUP() is an update and is intended to effectively replace VLOOKUP(). XLOOKUP() is a must know function and totally improves all the problems of VLOOKUP(). UNIQUE() allows you to identify unique values in a range. The course also covers CONCAT() and TEXTJOIN() which are new text functions that Excel has introduced. CONCAT() is intended to replace the older CONCATENATE(). The course ends with a discussion of some other new functions including IFS(), SWITCH() and MINIFS().

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 1.0

This course covers how to create a custom function (sometimes called an UDF or user-defined function) in Excel. A custom function is a calculation that the user creates and names. This custom function is then stored in Excel and can recalled when it is needed. In this course, we will be using the Visual Basic Editor and using a couple of VBA keywords; however, this is NOT a VBA or programming course. You will create a couple of different custom functions and then see how to create an Add-ins file so that these functions can be used in all your workbooks.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 1.5

Course Description Arrays in Microsoft Excel are a very powerful, yet generally unknown tool. Using array formulas allows you to perform tasks that may currently take more than one step, and consolidate them into one step, improving efficiency. Array formulas make it easier to perform tasks such as comparing and evaluating lists, mathematical operations, quantifying errors and identifying duplicates in data. Excel also has built in functions that may be used to work with arrays. These functions include SUMPRODUCT, the combination of the INDEX and MATCH functions and the AGGREGATE function. These functions will also be discussed.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

Recent research released by Microsoft shows that 80% of Excel users have yet to use pivot tables. In this presentation Excel expert David H. Ringstrom, CPA, covers the basics of creating and using Excel pivot tables. You'll quickly be able to instantly summarize lists of data into meaningful reports with just a few clicks of your mouse. As with many aspects of Excel, pivot tables have several nuances that can frustrate new users, so David will be sure to bring these to your attention so that you can use the feature effectively. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Office 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the webcast.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

This presentation will empower you to take your pivot table knowledge to the next level. Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, takes you beyond the basics of pivot tables by demonstrating how pivot tables differ from worksheet formulas, the importance of the Refresh and Report Filter commands, how to disable the GETPIVOTDATA function, how to drill down into numbers with a simple double-click, and much more. You'll also see how to quickly transform unwieldy reports into pivot table-ready lists. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Office 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the video.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, takes you step-by-step through the process of creating and using macros-one of Excel's most powerful features. In this comprehensive presentation, he introduces the concept of Excel macros as well as the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro. David also explains step-by-step how to use the Record Macro feature and Excel's Personal Macro Workbook. After completing this course, you'll be equipped to use macros immediately. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Office 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the webcast.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

In this comprehensive on-demand webcast, you'll learn even more about how to use Excel's Record Macro feature from Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA. He shows you how to enhance the code you've created with the Record Macro feature by adding error-handling functions, decision-making capabilities, and interactive features. In addition, David presents techniques, features, and keyboard shortcuts that will help you eliminate repetitive tasks and become more proficient utilizing Excel macros. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Office 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the webcast.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

If you'd like to discover features and techniques you can use to speed up your work in Excel, this is the perfect course for you! In his jam-packed session, Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, explains a variety of time-saving features and shares helpful tips, such as how to filter data faster, streamline repetitive tasks, create keyboard shortcuts, access folders and workbooks easily, and more. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Office 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the video.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

You'll discover even more ways to save time and effort in Excel when you take this course. In part 2 of Speed Tips, Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, demonstrates shortcuts that allow you to streamline repetitive tasks and redundant data entry, embed lists you use frequently, transform filtering tasks, and more. In addition, David explains the benefits associated with Excel's Text Box feature, the Personal Macro Workbook, and the Quick Analysis feature. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Office 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the video.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, will teach you how to create dynamic financial reports-for any month of the year-on a single worksheet. Many Excel users build a worksheet for each month of the year, which can be inconvenient and tiresome to revise. Rather than using such a cumbersome method, David demonstrates how to apply the VLOOKUP, OFFSET, and SUM functions to quickly create accounting reports that allow you to toggle to any reporting period with just a couple of mouse clicks. In addition, David shares effective ways to export data from your accounting package so you can create a "set-and-forget" link to your accounting data in Excel. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Office 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the video.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

In this comprehensive presentation, Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, demonstrates how many Excel functions and features can be used to create adaptable and easy-to-maintain budget spreadsheets. David explains how to separate inputs from calculations, build out a separate calculations spreadsheet, create both an operating and a cash flow budget, transform filtering tasks, preserve key formulas, and more. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Office 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the video.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

Learn how to minimize errors in your Excel spreadsheets from Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA. In this valuable presentation, he shares a variety of tricks and techniques you can implement to create and maintain spreadsheets that are free of errors. David demonstrates how to implement Excel features and functions, such as the Hide and Protect feature, the Conditional Formatting feature, the VLOOKUP function, the SUBTOTAL function, and others. In addition, he discusses how to preserve key formulas, perform dual lookups, audit the spreadsheets created by others, and more. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Office 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the webcast.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

This informative on-demand webcast presented by Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, is designed to teach you how to implement Excel's powerful What-If Analysis tools. David explains how and when to make use of Excel's Scenario Manager, how to use the Data Table feature to compare calculation results based on two or three inputs, how to use Excel's Goal Seek feature to perform basic what-if analyses, and more. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Office 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the video.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

In this presentation, David Ringstrom, CPA, shows you how to implement internal control features within your Excel spreadsheets. He explains how several Excel features-Data Validation, Conditional Formatting, and hide and protect features-can be implemented to control users' actions and protect your worksheets and workbooks from unauthorized changes. In addition, David explains the benefits of the VLOOKUP, SUMIF, and CELL functions. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the presentation.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

In this presentation you'll get an overview of the new XLOOKUP function and see how it compares to both VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP and INDEX/MATCH, as well as the similarities that XLOOKUP has with the obsolete LOOKUP function in Excel. XLOOKUP is available to Office 365 subscribers, and is not available in Excel 2019, 2016, or any earlier versions. Some compelling aspects of XLOOKUP include the ability to look across rows or down columns, return data to the left or right of the lookup_value column, return results from multiple columns or rows, and much more. The presentation offers a detailed comparison of XLOOKUP versus the most commonly used look-up functions in Excel. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the presentation.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

Are you tired of trying to manage your large Excel spreadsheets? In this comprehensive presentation, Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, demonstrates a number of ways you can successfully tame cumbersome spreadsheets. His helpful tips enable you to save time, improve the integrity of large workbooks, avoid repetitive tasks, and much more. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the presentation.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

Would you like to learn how to create dynamic Excel charts that will save you time? If so, this course by David Ringstrom, CPA, can help you accomplish those goals. David discusses several helpful features, including the Recommended Charts feature, the Slicer feature, the Sparkline feature, the PivotChart feature, and more. In addition, he explains how to avoid repetitive formatting, create self-updating chart titles, and liven up your charts with clip art. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the presentation.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

Learn from Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, valuable techniques that can be used to verify the integrity of even the most complicated Excel spreadsheets. In this comprehensive course, David shows you how to use Excel's formula auditing and error-checking tools, identify duplicates in a list, monitor the ramifications of even minor changes made to your workbooks, use the Evaluate Formula feature, and much more. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the presentation.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

In this course, Excel and QuickBooks expert David Ringstrom, CPA, shares valuable tips to help you overcome the limitations of QuickBooks internal reports. David teaches several techniques, including how to combine two reports into one, create pivot tables from QuickBooks data, access memorized QuickBooks reports, and more. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the presentation.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

In this course, Excel and QuickBooks expert David Ringstrom, CPA, presents additional ways to analyze data from QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online in this follow-up to part 1. Among other topics, David covers how to flatten multiple-column reports back into a list format for further analysis, how users of Excel 2016 and later can visually present a summary profit and loss report in chart form by way of Waterfall charts, how users of Excel 2013 and later can implement the Bing Maps add-in to transform summary data into interactive maps, and how users of earlier versions of Excel can clean up their QuickBooks reports. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the presentation.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

Excel offers payroll professionals many features and functions that can improve the accuracy and efficiency of payroll production. In this comprehensive course, Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, explains: mathematics for employee timesheets, date and time formatting and stamping, conditional formatting to highlight HR requirements, password protection for sensitive payroll files and worksheets, salary information formatting, using pivot tables for HR reporting and analysis tasks, and more. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the presentation.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

This presentation by Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, is designed for those who haven't worked with Excel spreadsheets before or who haven't used them in several years. David explains spreadsheet basics, different file types you can create, keyboard shortcuts to simplify repetitive tasks, Excel's rows and columns grid, and much more. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the webcast.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

You'll gain even more knowledge of Excel spreadsheets in this presentation by David Ringstrom, CPA. He'll show you more ways to save time working in Excel, such as with pivot tables, charts, and additional features Excel offers. David also will share a variety of techniques, including how to minimize data entry, identify duplicate entries, and more. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the presentation.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

Many accounting professionals are unaware of Excel's many features and functions they can implement to improve the accuracy and efficiency of their spreadsheets. In this comprehensive webinar, Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, shares applicable Excel fundamentals that will enable accounting professionals to achieve those goals. Step-by-step, David demonstrates and explains: several alternatives to Excel's SUM function, including conditional summing; a better alternative to manually hiding/unhiding rows and columns; automating repetitive tasks by way of Excel's Table feature, including creating self-expanding charts; contrasting the Table feature with Data Tables and PivotTables; helpful keyboard shortcuts; and ways to repair damaged Excel workbooks. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Office 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the webcast.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

In this comprehensive presentation, Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, introduces you to several lookup functions, including VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, MATCH, and CHOOSE. These powerful Excel functions allow you to rapidly develop accurate spreadsheets and look up information, such as pay rates, item prices, and accounting results, versus manually linking to specific cells. Step-by-step, David explains the context of when to use lookup functions, demonstrates troubleshooting techniques, and prepares you to deal with subtle issues that can prevent them from working properly. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the webcast.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

Since its inception, Excel's recalculation engine has never been revamped. Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA, introduces webcast participants to an entirely new class of worksheet functions known as dynamic arrays. Available only to Microsoft 365 subscribers, dynamic arrays recalculate traditional formulas faster. They also eliminate the need to use menu commands to sort, filter, and/or remove duplicates from a list of data. You can create formulas that resize themselves automatically, including an amortization table that expands into additional rows when a loan term increases or contracts when a loan term is shortened.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

In this sweeping presentation Excel expert David Ringstrom, CPA explores the Table feature. This feature offers an astonishing number of automation and data integrity opportunities, all without writing any programming code. Start saving time today by creating charts that resize themselves as you add data; formulas and pivot tables that automatically accommodate expansions of a data set; and get through analytical tasks more effectively and efficiently. David demonstrates every technique at least twice: first, on a PowerPoint slide with numbered steps, and second, in the subscription-based Microsoft 365 version of Excel. David draws your attention to any differences in the older versions of Excel (2019, 2016, 2013, and earlier) during the presentation as well as in his detailed handouts. David also provides an Excel workbook that includes most of the examples he uses during the webcast.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 2.0

Microsoft Excel provides some easy-to-use tools that can greatly enhance and expedite the fraud audit process. With all detective work, you want to be able to sift through a large volume of data and utilize a tool that is adequately flexible for you to perform immediate investigations of anything questionable. Excel provides a number of different tools however we are going to focus on a couple of extremely useful ones: Auto filter, Arrays as well as a couple of extremely useful functions that include TEXT(),WEEKDAY(), IFERROR(), IFNA(), MATCH() and MOD(). Another tool used in fraud audits that does not necessarily require Excel, but can be used in conjunction with Excel, is Benford's Law. Benford's law is based on an observation that in certain large data sets, certain digits appear more frequently than others. By comparing the distribution of first digits in some accounting data, this tool can assist you in determining where more investigation is necessary by helping to pinpoint where data may have been contrived through fraud. There is an accompanying Excel file so that you can walk through all the exercises.

Field of Study: 1 CPE Audit and 1 CPE Computer Software and Applic

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course is designed for the intermediate user of Excel 2013 and 2016 who are looking to improve their productivity and to learn some cool new Excel skills. The course covers some basics, along with some advanced tips and tricks on selecting, navigating as well as copying and moving data efficiently. It also covers a spectrum of functions that can be used in everyday practice. Functions such as SUBTOTAL, SUMIF, SUMIFs as well as INDEX MATCH are discussed. New functions, such as AGGREGATE, IFNA, TEXTJOIN and IFS functions are covered. Comparing lists using arrays is overviewed. Pivot tables are discussed in detail. Other topics include: functions and tools for importing data into Excel, conditional formatting as well as charts. There are no associated Excel files.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 3.0

This course shows you how to take basic rows and columns of data and to manage it and turn it into useful information that can be incorporated into the decision-making process. We start with Excel's simple basic Database features of sorting and filtering data and then look at subtotals and nested subtotals. From there, we explore one of Excel's most exciting features - the pivot table. The course then discusses how to use Database functions and apply conditional formatting to data.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 3.0

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis led to a global lockdown that changed how we live and work. The contagion of COVID-19 created an increased need for remote work. Companies of all sizes are adopting cloud-based solutions and embracing online productivity and collaboration services. Cloud migration is a business platform strategy with many deciding factors. Thus, before making cloud computing an integral part of the technology infrastructure, one should recognize the potential benefits and risks. This course is divided into three parts. Part I addresses concepts of cloud computing in simple terms, its features, and types of deployment. It covers the benefits of cloud computing as well as the most relevant legal issues involved in cloud environments. Part II discusses how each service model satisfies a unique set of business requirements and explores the advantages and disadvantages of each model. It also includes recommendations for mitigating the risks of these models. Part III explains cloud security risks, threats, and vulnerabilities. It also identifies security standards and frameworks to help both providers and customers, providing security baselines, validations, and certifications.

Field of Study: Information Technology

CPE Hours: 3.0

This course overviews several Excel Logical functions and then covers other decision-making functions such as AVERAGEIF, SUMIF, SUMIFs, COUNTIFs and IFERROR. You will find these functions useful in your budgeting and analysis work. This course is designed for professionals using Excel 2013 through and including Excel 2019. If you have an earlier version, there may be a few functions covered that you will not be able to try.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 3.0

This course covers the basics of creating, editing and formatting a chart and more. It also shows you how to create a default chart as well as a custom chart. It discusses different chart types such as a combination chart, 2 y axis chart, stock charts, funnel charts and waterfall charts. The course also discusses how to efficiently link your Excel charts into PowerPoint and Word so that your presentations are always up-to-date.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 4.0

This course walks you through setting up Excel charts so they update automatically as data in entered into the worksheet. In addition, to discussing self-expanding charts, it also covers how to specify the number of data points to display in a chart. For example, you may only want the last rolling six months of data to display, in the chart, as you add new data each month. Linking a chart title to a cell and creating a spinner control is also discussed. This eBook walks you through the process step by step and then includes practice exercise for each topic as well as answer files.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 4.0

This course explores functions in Excel that CPAs should use to enhance productivity and ensure accurate answers when working with data. Functions are built-in, preset formulas in the Excel program that calculate certain values or accomplish a certain calculation goal. Functions are essential to CPAs as they provide a simplified user interface to work with complex formulas. This course covers basic functions and then goes into logic functions, text functions, lookup functions and financial functions. This course provides step by step instruction and Excel practice exercises.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 5.0

This course will help you get out from all of that data. It will show you how to quickly organize and summarize your data so that you can analyze it. The course covers everything that you need to know about pivot tables. It starts with having you create a pivot table and then modify and format it. It discusses how to drill down as well as how to create multiple reports from one pivot table. It also discusses how to create and add other formulas and items to an existing pivot table. Finally, it shows you how to update your pivot table with new data without recreating it every time. This is one of, if not the best, feature in Excel. Pivot Tables are a huge time saver if you are working with lots of data.

Field of Study: Computer Software and Applications

CPE Hours: 5.0

The combination of growth in the commercial utilization of the Internet, the rapid changes in technology, and the complexity of management has expanded the scope of the duties of business managers. This covers all aspects of electronic commerce: the Internet, advertising and marketing, and specific technologies. It also addresses steps to move business online, e-commerce strategies, and the concerns of business managers such as security issues.

Field of Study: Information Technology

CPE Hours: 6.0

The course covers what every accountant should know about computers and information systems and technology. The practical and efficient use of computer technology is highlighted. Popular accounting, compliance, taxes, audit, software packages are discussed, along with trends in the computer market. The importance of information system and data protection, data bases, client/server computing, and cloud computing are discussed, with an emphasis on security issues. The course also teaches you how to make lease-rent-purchase decisions and analyze and evaluate information technology (IT) investments.

Field of Study: Information Technology

CPE Hours: 6.0

The course is intended primarily to help business executives and information systems/computer professionals protect the computer and the data from a wide variety of threats. Security concerns have heightened in the recent years. Weak computer security and lack of internal controls increases an organization's vulnerability. The major steps in understanding and managing computer security are discussed in this course. The course helps business executives identify resources in their organizations that need to be protected.

Field of Study: Information Technology

CPE Hours: 9.0

The Internal Revenue Service routinely processes more than 200 million tax returns each year, many of them prepared by tax professionals. Not surprisingly, as tax law becomes increasingly complex, taxpayers often seek the knowledgeable assistance of enrolled agents and other professionals in their preparation. To help ensure enrolled agents and other professionals understand their ethical responsibilities in representing their clients before the IRS and in preparing tax returns, the IRS has published Treasury Department Circular 230. Circular 230 offers substantial guidance by: -Setting forth rules relating to the authority to practice before the IRS; and -Identifying the duties and restrictions relating to such practice. This course will examine the principal rules, duties and restrictions applicable to enrolled agents in their professional activities. CPAs should NOT take this course for CPE credit.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 0.0

Enrolled Agents have the right to practice before the IRS and represent tax clients. As such, EAs need to understand the rules and regulations governing the profession, as discussed in Treasury Department Circular 230. This course is designed to help Enrolled Agents fulfill their 2 CPE ethics requirement.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 0.0

This is an ethics course covering the general standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. Using the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, it presents general standards and acts discreditable found within the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct along with ethical dilemmas. It fulfills a 1-hour ethics requirement.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 1.0

This is an ethics course for North Carolina covering the general standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. Using the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, it presents general standards and acts discreditable found within the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct along with ethical dilemmas. It fulfills the 1-hour ethics requirement.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 1.0

Whether we recognize it or not, we are confronted with ethical situations everyday. Ethics dictate how we act, how we behave, and guides the decisions we make. How do we avoid regretting our actions later on in life? Regret can sometimes sink in almost immediately, but it can also take years to surface. In the course, you will learn two approaches to dealing with ethical situations and preventing regret. Using a principles-based approach, you will learn to take actions and make decisions keeping in mind five simple to remember (but harder to live by) principles. A prescriptive approach will help you embed ethics into your decision-making process. Both approaches are demonstrated through an integrated video case.

Field of Study: Ethics - Behavioral

CPE Hours: 1.0

This is an ethics course covering integrity, objectivity and independence ethical standards for CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. Using the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, it presents an approach to coping with ethical dilemmas. It fulfills a 2-hour ethics requirement.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 2.0

Bernard Madoff Investment Securities LLC was the source of the largest financial fraud in US history. Madoff perpetrated a simple Ponzi scheme whereby older investors were paid with newer investor funds, thus providing the impression of actual investment returns. The extent of the losses related to Madoff's Ponzi scheme have been estimated at $50 - $65 billion. BThe investment firm was audited by a CPA. Unfortunately, Madoff's CPA apparently did not subscribe to the AICPA Code of Conduct as most of the rules contained in the code were ignored. What follows is a case study examining the conduct of Friehling & Horowitz CPA's P.C., the CPA firm that audited Bernard Madoff Investment Securities LLC, within the context of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 2.0

This is an ethics course covering integrity, objectivity and independence ethical standards for CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. Using the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, it presents an approach to coping with ethical dilemmas. It fulfills a 2-hour ethics requirement.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 2.0

This is an ethics course covering integrity, objectivity and independence ethical standards for CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. Using the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, it presents an approach to coping with ethical dilemmas. It fulfills a 2-hour ethics requirement.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 2.0

This is an ethics course covering integrity, objectivity and independence ethical standards for CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. Using the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, it presents an approach to coping with ethical dilemmas. It fulfills a 2-hour ethics requirement.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 2.0

This is an ethics course covering integrity, objectivity and independence ethical standards for CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. Using the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, it presents an approach to coping with ethical dilemmas. It fulfills a 2-hour ethics requirement.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course is designed for California CPAs to meet the 2 hour Regulatory Review requirement. It includes a review of current the California Accountancy Act and the current California Board of Accountancy Regulations. Also included are historic and recent disciplinary actions taken by the Board to help illustrate how the acts and regulations are enforced. Approval Number: RRS-014-0414 The course must be passed with a grade exceeding 90 percent.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 2.0

This video course provides an overview of ethical thought as well as the core values of the CPA in business and the application of these values to ethical reasoning. The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct is used as a basis for ethical conduct for CPAs in business and case studies are used to reinforce concepts.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course is an ethics course for Virginia CPAs. The course includes the viewing of the Virginia Board of Accountancy (VBOA) Segment (video). The text reviews portions of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct covering integrity, objectivity and independence standards for CPAs. This material will enhance a CPA's professionalism when dealing with the public and clients.

Field of Study: 2022 VBOA-approved ethics course

CPE Hours: 2.0

This is an ethics course covering the AICPA standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 3.0

This is an ethics course for Ohio CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach - the threats and safeguards approach - to coping with ethical dilemmas. Chapter 3 covers Ohio Professional Standards and Responsibilities.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 3.0

This is an ethics course designed for Louisiana CPAs. It covers standards of professional conduct and business practices that should be adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It presents the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, along with the threats and safeguards approach to coping with ethical dilemmas. The Louisiana State Board Rules of Professional Conduct are discussed in different sections of the course, in case studies, and in relevant sections where the AICPA rules are discussed.

NOTE: The final exam requires a 90% minimum passing grade.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 3.0

This is an ethics course designed for Florida CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an ethical overview, the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and the threats and safeguards approach to coping with ethical dilemmas. Chapter 3 covers Florida Ethics, including a review of key sections within Chapter 61H1: Administrative Code, Chapter 473: Regulation of Professions and Occupations - Public Accountancy, and Chapter 455: Business and Professional Regulation: General Provisions. Provider Number: 0006223, Course Number: 0018800

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for New York CPAs with a taxation concentration covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. Also included are some cases of AICPA ethics violations. Chapter 3 covers the Standards for Tax Professionals and IRS Circular 230. Chapter 4 deals specifically with New York State rules on ethics as found in the NYS Law, Rules and Regulations.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics - Sponsor ID #002547

CPE Hours: 4.0

This course is designed to meet the 4 hour ethics CPE requirement (3 hours, general, 1 hour, state-specific) for Mississippi CPAs. It also covers standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is a Pennsylvania ethics course covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its impact on business ethics, new internal control requirements, and the CPA's responsibilities are summarized. Finally, a brief discussion of the AICPA's Standards for Tax Service and the IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice are included.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is a Nevada ethics course covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its impact on business ethics, new internal control requirements, and the CPA's responsibilities are summarized. Finally, a brief discussion of the AICPA's Standards for Tax Service and the IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice are included.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is a Minnesota ethics course covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its impact on business ethics, new internal control requirements, and the CPA's responsibilities are summarized. Finally, a brief discussion of the AICPA's Standards for Tax Service and the IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice are included.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for Texas CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients, and other members of their profession. It provides a background on ethical principles and values, ethical codes and requirements included in the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, and a focus on the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy Rules of Professional Conduct. The rules will be supplemented with case studies. The intention is to provide you with precise text from the Board, along with supplemental information to help understand real-life situations or nuances.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for Arizona covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It reviews and includes a minimum of one hour each on the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and on the Arizona Statutes and Rules.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for Massachusetts covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its impact on business ethics, new internal control requirements, and the CPA's responsibilities are summarized.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its impact on business ethics, new internal control requirements, and the CPA's responsibilities are summarized. Finally, a brief discussion of the AICPA's Standards for Tax Service and the IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice are included. This course is appropriate for CPAs in states that do not require a state-specific ethics course.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for Colorado CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach - the threats and safeguards approach - to coping with ethical dilemmas. Chapter 3 and the appendices cover Colorado Rules of the State Board of Accountancy, the Revised Statutes and Policies adopted by the Board. Note: This course meets the requirements for CPA license renewal. This course does not fulfill the 2 CR&R Course for new or reactivating CPAs.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for Idaho CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. A review of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct is covered in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 covers Idaho State Specific Ethics.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for Maryland covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach - the threats and safeguards approach - to coping with ethical dilemmas. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its impact on business ethics, new internal control requirements, and the CPA's responsibilities are summarized. A brief discussion of the AICPA's Standards for Tax Service is included along with some specific rules from the Maryland State Board.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is a 4 hour course for Utah covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. The course includes 1 CPE hour of education on the Utah Certified Public Accountant Licensing Act and Certified Public Accountant Licensing Act Rules, and 3 CPE hours of ethics.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for Connecticut CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. Chapter 3 covers Connecticut Licensing Regulations and Codes.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for California CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its impact on business ethics, internal control requirements, and the CPA's responsibilities are summarized. Finally, a brief discussion of the AICPA's Standards for Tax Service and the IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice are included.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for Oklahoma CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its impact on business ethics, internal control requirements, and the CPA's responsibilities are summarized. Finally, a brief discussion of the AICPA's Standards for Tax Service and the IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice are included.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an Illinois ethics course covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its impact on business ethics, new internal control requirements, and the CPA's responsibilities are summarized. Finally, a brief discussion of the AICPA's Standards for Tax Service and the IMA's Statement of Ethical Professional Practice are included.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for New York CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. Also included are some cases of AICPA ethics violations. Chapter 3 deals specifically with New York State rules on ethics as found in the NYS Law, Rules and Regulations.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics and regulations course for Washington CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It covers the specific Washington Public Accountancy Act and the Board's rules and policies, the profession's Code of Conduct (Code), and the differences between Washington State law and the AICPA Code. After completing this course, participants will have an understanding of the laws and regulations in Washington State governing accountancy, where to access those laws and regulations, and an understanding of the scope and nature of those laws and requirements. This course is for 2022.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

This is an ethics course for Oregon CPAs covering standards of professional conduct and business practices adhered to by accountants such as CPAs in order to enhance their profession and maximize idealism, justice and fairness when dealing with the public, clients and other members of their profession. It also presents an approach --the threats and safeguards approach -to coping with ethical dilemmas. Also included are some cases of AICPA ethics violations. Chapter 3 covers the specific Oregon Statutes, Rules, and Code of Professional Conduct. An overview of recent case studies pertaining to Board rules is included in the Appendix.

Field of Study: Regulatory Ethics

CPE Hours: 4.0

It is important that access to online bank accounts, Instagram pictures, eBooks or even reward miles be considered as part of the estate planning process in today's digital world. This course discusses, in detail, why digital assets should be included in the estate planning process. It then walks you through the steps you need to consider when planning for digital assets and overviews some factors that should be considered during this process. Finally, it discusses some of the difficulties and solutions of managing digital assets due to corporate and state restrictions.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 1.0

This is a course in establishing a capital budgeting process from conducting due diligence through to communicating and facilitating discussions of capital investment opportunities with decision makers. Capital budgeting is a key strategic process that ensures capital is deployed to only those opportunities that have a high probability of meeting or exceeding the expectations for return. It is also a process that ensures that scarce capital resources are deployed to the highest yield opportunities across the organization. In this course, we will walk through how to develop assumptions, prepare the capital budgeting analysis, and quantify risk using tornado charts and monte-carlo simulation analysis. We will also discuss the financing implications of capital investment opportunities by looking at lease versus buy analysis, a related but often confused part of capital budgeting.

Field of Study: Finance - Technical

CPE Hours: 1.0

In this course we are going to tackle capital allocation, that is, how the CEO, and you as their strategic partner, go about deploying cash inside the business. CEO's are ultimately measured on their record of generating returns for their shareholders. The single most important determinant of shareholder returns is capital allocation. Knowing what tools you have available and when to use them is the key. We'll look at how and when you source cash. We'll also look at the strategies behind selecting the most optimal use of that cash, which may include buying back shares in yourself.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 1.5

This course will take a practical approach to considering how finance theory is applied in the business world. The course covers many of the key principles that embody corporate finance and gives participants a comprehensive appreciation of the finance discipline. Whether you are aspiring for a career in finance or looking to round out your appreciation of the financial concepts, this course is designed to cover off such topics as financial analysis, forecasting, present value, future value, rate of return, use of debt leverage, and risk management, including derivative instruments.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 1.5

One of the most crucial skills for any manager to develop, financial or otherwise, is an ability to pick up and read a set of financial statements. Financial statements tell important stories about how a business has performed, its level of financial strength, and the availability of cash generated. Unfortunately, these stories are often not explicitly stated and require understanding and further analysis. In this course, we will work through a set of financial statements highlighting the key points of relevance. We will also learn about ratio analysis, which will help us generate a deeper level of insight into the financial results by making comparisons to prior periods and to peers. This is a foundational course that will deepen your understanding of what the numbers mean.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 1.5

In this course you are going to learn about the financing strategies for your business throughout its lifecycle. You will learn about all the various debt and equity financing arrangements at an application-based level. In the debt sections of the course, you will learn about how operating lines of credit works and what to watch out for. We will also talk about asset-based lending facilities, term loans, and leasing. Mezzanine financing is an increasingly popular way of replacing equity financing with hybrid financial instruments. In the equity sections of the course, you will learn about venture capital, private equity, and the process of going public.

Field of Study: Finance - Technical

CPE Hours: 1.5

In this course we are going learn how to financially model a business using Excel. Financial models underpin strategic and business planning, solicitations for financing, budgeting and forecasting, business valuations, cash budgeting, capital budgeting, and so many other corporate finance purposes. In this course, we are going to concentrate on the preparation of a financial projection of the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flow. We will use an approach that keeps model integrity and credibility top of mind throughout development.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 1.5

CPAs must have a working knowledge of future value and present value concepts because of their application to numerous types of business events and transactions that require proper valuation and presentation. Time value of money is also a critical consideration in financial and investment decisions. For example, compound interest calculations are needed to determine future sums of money resulting from an investment. Discounting is used to evaluate the future cash flow associated with capital budgeting projects. This course aims at presenting the time value tools and techniques that are necessary for fair value measurements and for various financial decisions.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 3.0

This course covers valuations ranging from businesses, bonds, preferred stock and common stock to real estate. Business valuation is essentially a present value concept that involves estimating future cash flows of a business and discounting them at a required rate of return. The value of a bond is essentially the present value of all future interest and principal payments. Stock price may be expressed as a function of the expected future dividends and a rate of return required by investors. Real estate valuation is presented using several rule-of-thumb methods.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 3.0

Cryptocurrency adoption is growing. Since their creation over a decade ago, cryptocurrencies have become more prominent in the global economy. In recent years, cryptocurrency-and in particular, bitcoin-has demonstrated its value, with approximately 18.8 million bitcoins in circulation. Cryptocurrencies, a medium of exchange, leverage blockchain technology to conduct and secure financial transactions. Bitcoin is the most common and well-known cryptocurrency; however, there are over 11,000 cryptocurrencies in circulation, with the potential of many more being created. The explosion of token sales could mark the beginning of a broader shift in public capital markets. Financial institutions, government bodies, and businesses in many fields are all expressing more and more interest in cryptocurrency. Many businesses are looking for better ways to track, manage and account for cryptoassets. As adoption becomes more widespread, accountants should be getting on board. This course goes into well researched and newbie-friendly reflections about the most important aspects of cryptoassets.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 4.0

A derivative is a financial product that derives its value based on an underlying asset, liability or other variable (such as an interest rate, foreign currency or commodity price). Derivatives have become very popular tools for "hedging" (i.e. reducing) financial risk; they have also become an increasingly standard item on big companies' balance sheets. Yet understanding how they work, what they are used for and how they can affect the bottom line of a business has proven to be a significant challenge for the accounting and auditing industries. This course provides an "accountant-friendly" overview of financial risk management and derivative instruments. This overview focuses on the various types of risk that impact financial markets today, as well as the four major categories of derivatives commonly used to hedge these risks (i.e. forwards, futures, swaps and options).

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 5.0

Finance involves obtaining, using, and managing funds to achieve the company's financial objectives (e.g., maximization of shareholder value). The course emphasizes and develops an understanding of financial concepts, tools, strategies, and major decision areas related to the financial management of the business. This course is directed toward the businessperson who must have financial knowledge but has not recently had training in finance. Topics include a broad overview of business types and formation, funding, capital markets, tax planning, budgeting, financial statement and analysis and many other aspects of running a business. Many subjects are discussed with the intention of providing the business person with a quick introduction to commonly used business terms and requirements.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 6.0

This course discusses all facets of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and divestitures, including deciding on terms, key factors to consider, pros and cons, types of arrangements, evaluative criteria, valuation methods, financial effects of the merger, holding companies, takeover bids, SEC filing requirements, accounting and reporting requirements for business combinations, and financial analysis of combinations. Also addressed is emergence of corporate development officers (CDOs).

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 6.0

Cash is the lifeblood of a business. Sound cash management is the key to the survival of any business. You can go broke even while making a profit. Profit is generally measured on an accrual basis in accounting. This course alerts you to the difference between profit and cash flow and teaches you the tools and techniques that allow you to effectively increase and manage your cash flow.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 7.0

Understanding the economy and coping with the economic environment is critical in today's business performance, which is a major concern for managers and investors. The course will address macro-economic factors that may affect the performance of the business. Macro-economic factors include business cycles, interest rates, economic policy, inflation, unemployment, housing starts, money supply, and foreign exchange rates. For example, how the Fed's monetary policy affects corporate earnings is stressed. A variety of economic statistics and indicators are also explained in depth.

Field of Study: Economics

CPE Hours: 8.0

Business and financial forecasting is of extreme importance to managers at practically all levels. It is required for top managers to make long-term strategic decisions. Middle management uses sales forecasts to develop their departmental budgets. Every other plan such as a production plan, purchasing plan, manpower plan, and financial plan follows from demand forecasting. The critical element in any supply chain plan is the demand forecast. The goal of this course is to provide a working knowledge of the fundamentals of business forecasting that can be applied in the real world regardless of firm size. We walk you through basic forecasting methodology, and then practical applications. It encompasses a wide range of topics of major importance to practical managers in all functional areas, including cash flow forecasting, cost prediction, earnings forecasts, bankruptcy prediction, foreign exchange forecasting, interest rate forecasting, and technological forecasting. Stress is placed on the use of computer technology, i.e., spreadsheets and stand-alone forecasting software.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 8.0

Financial markets represent the lifeblood of our global economy. These mechanisms promote greater economic efficiency by transferring funds from individuals, businesses and governments with an excess of available funds to those with a shortage. Funds are transferred in the financial markets through the purchase and sale of financial instruments (such as stocks and bonds). Short-term financial instruments are available in money markets, while longer-term financial instruments are purchased and sold in the world's capital markets. Many financial markets have been in existence for hundreds of years; however the modern era has brought along many new innovations such as securitization and the derivatives market. This course provides an introductory overview of the world's largest financial markets, including the money, bond, stock, mortgage, foreign currency and derivatives markets. This course reviews the various types of financial risk that impact these markets, as well as the economic variables that influence market activity (such as interest rates and monetary policy).

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 10.0

Economic indicators are those often-voluminous statistics released by government agencies, non-profit organizations and even private companies. They provide measurements for evaluating the health of our economy, including the latest business cycles, consumer spending, inflation, housing, and so on. Various economic indicators are released quarterly, monthly, weekly, and even daily. This course provides an introductory overview of the world's most prevalent economic indicators, including those related to unemployment, consumer sentiment and confidence, inflation, productivity, housing, manufacturing, and international trade. This course reviews the impact that changes in these indicators have on the financial markets and monetary policy.

Field of Study: Economics

CPE Hours: 11.0

The course is intended for business professionals engaged in budgeting, financial planning, forecasting, profit planning, and control. A budget is the formal expression of plans, goals, and objectives of management that covers all aspects of operations for a designated time period. The budget is a tool providing targets and direction. Budgets provide control over the immediate environment, help to master the financial aspects of the job and department, and solve problems before they occur. Budgets focus on the importance of evaluating alternative actions before decisions are actually implemented. This course explains what budgets are, how they work, how to prepare and present them, and how to analyze budget figures and results. New developments and uses of budgets such as rolling budgets at various managerial levels within a business are illustrated that combine budgeting, forecasting analytics, business intelligence, and collaboration.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 11.0

Managers of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) generally are not skilled in financial matters. Or, managers are often preoccupied with its welfare objectives and fund raising and ignore the operations efficiency and operating cost controls. A series of appropriate questions that nonprofit financial managers must address in connection with an organization's financial condition and activity include: 1. Do we have a profit or a loss? 2. Do we have sufficient reserves? 3. Are we liquid? 4. Do we have strong internal controls? 5. Are we operating efficiently? 6. Are we meeting our budget? 7. Are our programs valid? 8. Are we competing successfully? 9. Is our prioritizing of programs and activities reasonable? The course is an attempt to help answer these questions.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 12.0

This comprehensive course gives you every sales and financial forecasting formula and modeling techniques you need to analyze your operation both as a whole and by segment. You'll be provided with proven techniques that help you identify and fix problem areas, analysis techniques that help you evaluate proposals for profit potential, proven methods that improve the accuracy of your short- and long-term forecasting, analysis tools that help you better manage working capital, cash, and accounts receivable, plus much more. You also receive dozens of worked-out models and modeling techniques that simplify your most difficult business decisions, and are easy to adapt to any computer spreadsheet program. This course supplies company accountants, treasurers, CFOs with all the forecasting techniques needed to financially analyze a business as a whole or a segment. It includes analysis techniques, methods for improving forecasting accuracy, analysis tools for managing capital, and more.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 13.0

This course teaches you the securities market, the various types of investment securities (stocks, bond, options, futures, tax-advantaged investments, mutual funds, etc.), and the risk-return characteristics of each. It focuses on the principles and tools of investment analysis, asset allocation, portfolio selection and management. The course tells you what are available to invest in, the features of each type of investment, the advantages and disadvantages of each investment category, including global investing, and when a particular investment type might be suitable for you.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 13.0

This course is designed for managers working for multinational companies (MNCs) as well as accountants, CFOs, controllers, treasurers, and international investors. In a modern economy, neither businesses nor individual investors can afford to be ignorant of the basic concepts of international finance. Changes in exchange rates and differences in national inflation and interest rates can affect the competitive position of businesses regardless of whether they are engaged in international operations. It is a valuable overview of financial management of MNCs and how it works. Discussed in detail are practical techniques and tools needed for currency risk management, financing, working capital management, international banking, imports and exports, and international investing and portfolio diversification, as well as for business on a global scale. Foreign currency risks are explained as they are conditioned by inflation, regional political factors, and government intervention in foreign markets.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 14.0

This course is designed for accountants who must have financial knowledge but has not had formal training in finance. Topics include: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act financial reporting requirements, uses and analysis of financial statements, financial forecasting and cash budgeting, risk and return, valuation of stocks and bonds, time value of money, investing and financing, leverage, optimal capital structure, portfolio selection, management of financial resources, and international finance. The goals of the course are fourfold: 1. It provides an understanding and working knowledge of the fundamentals of financial decision making and strategy that can be put to practical application in day-to-day jobs of accountants and managers. 2. It also concentrates on providing a working vocabulary for communication. 3. It uses examples and illustrations, with emphasis on the practical application of financial concepts, tools, and methodology. 4. It also includes checklists, guidelines, rules of thumb, diagrams, graphs, and tables to aid your comprehension of the subjects discussed.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 15.0

Complete Business Math for Accountants provides accountants, managers, and business entrepreneurs with the information, analyses, and insights necessary to analyze and calculate the consequences of a wide range of business financial strategies and problems. The ability to select the right operational technique is vital if the business is to survive, profit, and grow in today's uncertain economic environment. The owner of a small business must be able to make the right financial decision based on sound mathematical reasoning in order to run the business efficiently. They must understand the problem, and then apply math skills to solve it. This course contains hundreds of filled-in examples, illustrations, practical applications, measures, procedures, rules of thumb, statistical data, exhibits, tables, graphs, and diagrams. They are presented to aid in the comprehension and successful solution of a particular problem. The reader will also learn when, why and how to use the appropriate computational method.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 17.0

A comprehensive course on personal finance. What is more important to the "average person"' than personal financial planning and money management? This course teaches you all the major areas in personal financial planning-planning your personal finances, managing your personal finances, making your purchase decisions, insuring your resources, investing tour financial resources, and controlling your financial future. Topics covered include time value calculations, budgeting, career planning, banking, Insurance, home buying, consumer credits and money management, investment planning, retirement planning, and estate planning.

Field of Study: Finance

CPE Hours: 18.0

Sexual harassment is a frequently discussed topic in employee relations. This course includes an overview of Illinois anti-sexual harassment legislation, discusses types of sexual harassment, provides examples of conduct considered unlawful workplace behaviors, and identifies employers' responsibilities under Illinois laws.

Field of Study: Business Law

CPE Hours: 1.0

The pressure on the finance function has never been higher to deliver financial results as soon as possible after the period. Managers, analysts, Boards, and investors are digesting market information in real time and are beginning to expect the same of financial results. To meet these high expectations, the CFO and controller need to find ways to speed up their financial close processes to report the financial results before they become perceived as old news in the new world. In this course, Blair Cook, a many-time CFO, will explore ideas for shortening the financial close process. Leading companies have found ways to close their books in as little as one day and see the benefit of almost real-time analysis (in addition to the actual period financial data) that can be performed with a shorter close.

Field of Study: Management Services - Technical

CPE Hours: 1.0

In this course, we will look at the credibility of the CFO and of the finance function. We will discuss how we assess credibility as well as the factors that erode and build credibility. Credibility is the foundation for finance's position in supporting a growth mandate. Credible CFO's position themselves as strategic leaders as they master execution of the existing business and develop visibility of future financial results. The ability to deliver predictability helps the executive and the board of directors formulate and execute strategic plans with greater confidence. We will explore strategies that the CFO should be considering to enhance their own credibility as well as that of their team using tools and technology.

Field of Study: Business Management and Organization

CPE Hours: 1.0

Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, are just two of thousands of emerging solutions to create frictionless global transactions between counterparties. Additionally, cryptocurrencies are positioning themselves to become the "new gold" of the modern world as a store of value and immune from geo-political risk. The rise and fall of cryptocurrency prices has not deterred interest in the technology or the space, but is leading to every more practical, accessible and useful applications of blockchain technology. This course uses several case studies to illustrate the audit and ethical considerations in the newly emerging sector. Few accountants and auditors are conversant with cryptocurrency technology and this course is designed to improve your level of awareness and deepen your understanding of issues associated with issuing an audit opinion for clients in this space.

Field of Study: Management Services - Technical

CPE Hours: 1.5

Are you working in finance and want to play a larger role in the strategy development process of your organization? Perhaps you see an opportunity to formalize strategy development and execution but aren't quite sure how to go about it? This is a course in strategic management. A course that is going to cover all of the important topics of strategic management from developing mission, vision, and values; to conducting situational analysis; to formulating strategy; to executing strategy. The course ties each of the strategic management phases together with facilitation tools and techniques that will allow the learner to make a valuable strategic contribution to their organization.

Field of Study: Management Services - Technical

CPE Hours: 1.5

In this course we are going to look at getting started in a new CFO role. Whether this is your first appointment as CFO or perhaps you are transitioning to a new CFO role at another organization, we will look at different approaches for your first 100 days. We begin with a profile of the modern CFO, that is, what you need to bring to the organization. From there, we will look at team building principles and using proven tools to help you assess the existing finance function against best practices. We will use a strategic approach to developing an overarching mission and value statement for finance to bring context to specific action plans. We will look at structuring the finance function within the organization context to optimize and balance responsiveness to stakeholders with the need for control. Finally, we will look at change management principles to help you initiate your first major project.

Field of Study: Management Services - Technical

CPE Hours: 1.5

In this course we are going learn how to deliver an inspired presentation. Finance executives are being called on more and more to deliver presentations inside and outside the organization. How you deliver these presentations is ultimately a reflection of your executive presence. In this course, you will learn how to plan and organize your presentation; how to tell your message in a way that your audience will remember it and act up on it; and how to deliver your presentation with poise and confidence. Leadership is a key attribute of the modern finance executive and being a successful leader in part hinges on your ability to communicate your ideas in a way that people will follow. This course has been tailor made for you as a financial professional working in today's business world.

Field of Study: Communications and Marketing - Non-technical

CPE Hours: 1.5

This course will provide participants with a look behind the boardroom doors to evaluate the effectiveness of corporate governance systems. Today's corporate directors, and the executive teams with whom they work, are being challenged by the owners of the organization more so than ever to not only protect their interests, but also enhance corporate performance. As boards already struggle to balance the growing list of regulatory compliance requirements, we are going to identify and explore three key board leadership roles that differentiate good boards from great ones. We will look at ways the Board can make valuable contributions to value creation and long-term viability by achieving what we will describe during the course as Governance Advantage.

Field of Study: Business Management and Organization

CPE Hours: 1.5

The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is a strategic-based responsibility accounting system that converts an organization's mission and strategy into operational objectives and measures for four perspectives: the financial perspective, the customer perspective, the internal process perspective, and the learning and growth perspective. The course addresses the main features of the Balanced Scorecard and its implementation. Presented are several notable case studies that implemented and applied the BSC.

Field of Study: Management Services - Technical

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course covers pervasive topics concerning quality management systems, such as total quality management (TQM), benchmarking, and the ISO standards. A pervasive consideration is the pursuit of quality in all aspects of the organization's activities. Benchmarking and TQM are aspects of the modern approach to quality. Quality management has been recognized by the International Organization for Standardization, which has issued quality assurance standards.

Field of Study: Management Services - Technical

CPE Hours: 2.0

This two-hour course is especially designed to provide you with an overview of the components of the hiring and recruitment lifecycle. It is applicable to all types of companies across any industry sector. For the business leader or hiring manager, this course provides a concise summary and an introduction of new concepts around the foundations of talent acquisition.

Field of Study: Personnel/Human Resource

CPE Hours: 2.0

Real Estate Accounting and Mathematics is a refresher course covering the basic concepts and tools of accounting, finance, and math necessary for all real estate professionals. It is also applicable to accountants and as well as real estate investors. Topics covered are balance sheet, income statement, basic accounting concepts, real estate algebra, finance math, and more.

Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge

CPE Hours: 3.0

This course covers both financing and investing in real estate. The first section deals with two major aspects of real estate financing: (1) financial instruments and (2) the means of financing. It examines the financial side of the lending process. The second section deals with investing in real estate. Topics include: the advantages and pitfalls of real estate investing, how to value an income-producing property, how to use leverage and increase return, and buying a home.

Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge

CPE Hours: 4.0

Identity theft is a common type of fraud. Anyone can be targeted, from a household, business, to a nation. Identity theft impacts not just the victims, but their families, friends, employers, and the organizations involved. There is a need for better education and awareness regarding the threat of identity theft. This course explains what identity theft is and how federal laws protect victims of identity theft. It discusses how criminals steal identity and addresses common schemes they use. It also helps you recognize warning signs and identify methods that secure your identity. Finally, the course discusses how businesses and organizations protect personal information collected and respond to data breaches. Real-life cases and tips to protect yourself against identity theft are included as well.

Field of Study: Business Law - Technical

CPE Hours: 4.0

In technical terms, social media refers to a variety of Web-based applications (such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, et al) that facilitate (1) communication and collaboration amongst users of the Internet and (2) the creation of "user-generated content" in the form of words, pictures, audios and videos. However social media represents much more than this simple definition; social media signifies nothing less than a revolution in the ways that people communicate, consume media and conduct business. Many businesses are rethinking entire marketing strategies in order to focus on this new world known as "Web 2.0". Social media tools such as social networks, blogs and podcasts are now commonly used to market products and services to consumers. This course provides an overview of social media and its impact on the marketing process. This overview includes descriptions of the various forms of social media and profiles of the most popular social media websites. This course also introduces the concept of social media marketing and discusses how you can use social media to market your business, promote your brand and influence your potential customers. Finally, this course provides a step-by-step guide for CPA's and other professionals to utilize when launching a social media marketing campaign.

Field of Study: Communications and Marketing

CPE Hours: 5.0

This course teaches you the art and science of managing and accomplishing organizational goals and improving the way organizations are managed. Management refers to the process of coordinating and integrating work activities so that they are completed efficiently and effectively with and through other people. Managers of today need to be equipped with all the tools and concepts necessary to perform managerial activities in order to be globally competitive. Topics include functions of managers, strategies, planning, decision making, organization, leadership, motivation, control, total quality management (TQM), the role of technology, international business, and analysis of problems central to management.

Field of Study: Business Management and Organization

CPE Hours: 8.0

This course provides an overview on the basic concepts and tools of business. Every functional aspect of business is covered. Topics covered are management, organization, human resource management, purchasing, production/operations, accounting, finance, marketing, quantitative methods, legal environment, information technology, business ethics, and international business.

Field of Study: Management Services - Technical

CPE Hours: 8.0

This course is a primer for aspiring small business owners and entrepreneurs. The course explores step-by-step procedures necessary to set up and manage a small business. Topics include the development of the business plan, market entry strategies, organization and management, financing, Internet marketing, and software, and critical factors for small business owners and entrepreneurs.

Field of Study: Business Management and Organization

CPE Hours: 8.0

This course is designed to train both working CPAs and financial personnel to develop the knowledge and techniques required to review a variety of financing activities for businesses, and commercial and residential real estate. The course focuses on the basic principles, concepts, terminology and instruments to learn and understand how to review a client, a loan, and delineate the various services available in the financial community. It introduces the reader to the available commercial financial services, specialized terminology and financial documents and instruments used in these services. Various business financing sources are covered. The course covers commercial real estate financing, analyzing income property loans, and the lending processes involved.

Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge

CPE Hours: 9.0

This course is designed to provide you with a deep understanding of the applications and importance of Project Management. You will learn how to assess a project with respect to time, costs, and resources in order to effectively and efficiently reach your goals. You will become familiar with the five processes involved in Project management - Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling, and Closing on time and within budget-- Project Integration, Project Scope, Project Time, Project Cost, Project Quality, Project Human Resources, Project Communications, Project Risk Management, and Project Procurement - that are essential to being an expert Project Manager. This course follows for the most part the framework within the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). The material, however, places a financial focus on projects as a way to accomplish desired changes in the enterprise in a coordinated and predictable way for favorable outcomes. Topics covered include economic feasibility study, life-cycle costing, target costing, and earned value analysis. Through better project management, you can reduce or eliminate failed projects and reduce the costs associated with successful ones, increasing enterprise effectiveness in providing the maximum value to shareholders.

Field of Study: Management Services - Technical

CPE Hours: 10.0

This course is especially designed to provide you with the knowledge that is essential to supervision and teach you about the key role that supervisors play in today's organizations. In most organizations it is recognized that a supervisory job is demanding and exacting. Success or failure of the entire organization is often conditioned by the competency at the supervisory level. This course attempts to present and discuss those things that are essential to being a successful supervisor. It is designed to meet the special needs of a person aspiring to a supervisory role, and the practicing supervisor. The course is applicable to all types of supervisory jobs whether in manufacturing, service, or not-for-profit organizations. For the potential supervisor, the course affords a concise but complete presentation to, and acquaintance with, many of the problems that may be confronted. For the experienced supervisor, the material provides an overall review, a broadening of supervisory horizons, and a kindling of new and fresh thinking in the supervisory area.

Field of Study: Personnel / Human Resources

CPE Hours: 10.0

A manager's success depends largely on his or her ability to manage a company's assets. This mission is complicated by the interdependent nature of a company's finances. One short-term financial problem, such as a cash flow shortage, can cause a longer-term credit problem, such as denials for bank loans. The successful manager must be able to quickly identify and resolve such short-term problems in order to prevent their long-term deleterious effects. This course is intended for effective business managers and entrepreneurs. Covering every facet of the daily management of a business's finances, it is designed to help managers pinpoint, remedy, and prevent business and financial problems. In each case, it also points out potential ripple effects-the ways in which a problem in one sector can disrupt operations in other areas.

Field of Study: Management Services - Technical

CPE Hours: 11.0

Strategic vision and action are necessary to enhance a company's competitive superiority, achieve superior performance, and improve its value. Strategic Management introduces, explains, and analyzes the activities needed to develop, select, implement, and evaluate a firm's competitive strategy. This course focuses on both the content of a firm's strategy and the process by which this strategy is developed and executed. This course is designed to illustrate development, formulation, implementation, and evaluation of business strategy. Emphasis is placed on the need for awareness of, and accommodation to, changes in an organization's internal and external environments. Generic types of business strategies and techniques for analyzing strategies are also covered.

Field of Study: Management Services - Technical

CPE Hours: 11.0

The major purpose of Business Law: The Legal Environment is to provide you with a concise summary of the major legal principles affecting business people and business transactions. It provides a quick, yet comprehensive, review of this vital and wide-ranging area of the law. You will be able to analyze business decisions from a legal responsibility perspective.

Field of Study: Business Law

CPE Hours: 12.0

Retailing, the business of selling consumer goods to final consumers, is constantly changing. Retailers are particularly affected by changes in the consumer population; in the economic, social, technological, and political environment; and in competitive conditions. This course teaches you the main requirements of effective retail management: personal qualifications of management; an adequate financial structure; necessary physical facilities; effective policies and procedures; and competence, loyalty, and productiveness of personnel. Also discussed are online retailing strategy, improving Internet presence, and future changes in retailing.

Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge - Technical

CPE Hours: 13.0

This course is an examination of human relations theory and individuals, group, and organizational performance in relation to organizational structure in contemporary business and public agencies. It is an interdisciplinary field, drawing from on concepts from a variety of subject areas. Covered are personality and attitudes, work motivation, interpersonal and group processes, organizational design and development, and decision making.

Field of Study: Business Management and Organization

CPE Hours: 14.0

Good communications, oral or written, is the key to success in business life. The course is intended to assist business people in gaining an understanding of the communication process, writing and organization methods, and oral aspects of communication in business. Effective Business Communications is intended for people in business who have not recently studied business communications as part of their formal education.

Field of Study: Communications and Marketing

CPE Hours: 14.0

This course is a one-stop problem-solver for today's busy executive. It is a working guide to help you quickly pinpoint in the complex world of business. - What to look for - What to do - What to watch out for - How to do it The course has concepts, guidelines, and rules of thumb to help you conceptualize, analyze, and evaluate many business-related problems. Part I takes covers the world of business strategy, management, marketing, and legal environments of business. Part II covers the economic issues of interest to business managers because they have a significant impact upon corporate success or failure. As companies go global, some relevant issues of concern to businesspeople are foreign exchange rates, currency risk management, political risk, and international sources of financing. It also covers the use of technology. This course has been designed to address the pertinent issues that come up during the course of business.

Field of Study: Management Services - Technical

CPE Hours: 14.0

Everyone needs to do estate planning. It is more than just planning for death. Estate planning is designing a program for effective wealth building, preservation, and disposition of property at the minimum possible tax cost. This course surveys wills, gifts, marital property, and probate avoidance. Designed to eliminate estate problems and taxes, the emphasis is on practical solutions that are cost effective. The text reviews and explains both federal gift and estate tax systems giving practice pointers and planning observations.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 1.0

The current litigation explosion has created tremendous interest in asset protection. Not only does this area have financial and estate aspects but it directly impacts tax planning. This course is designed to survey opportunities for asset protection that can arise during tax planning and to determine how to properly report such transactions.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

Practitioners are brought up-to-date information on tax issues affecting estate planning and business issues. A major emphasis of this mini-course is practical estate planning solutions that are cost effective. Devised to reduce or eliminate estate problems and death taxes, this comprehensive guide examines wills, trusts, gifts, insurance, private annuities, and other general estate planning tools. The planning issues and problems that arise from owning a business interest are also addressed.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

Business expenses are the costs of carrying on a trade or business, and they are usually deductible if the business is operated to make a profit. This mini-course reviews various expenses that businesses may deduct and the requirements that must be met for those expenses to qualify for deduction. Furthermore, practitioners can use this as a guide to determine which of their clients' taxes are deductible as business expenses.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

How can you help your clients protect their assets? What is the best way for your client to "go bankrupt"? How can you help your client avoid the tax trap when going through a divorce? This course addresses all of these and many other, critical legal issues for the tax practitioner in a quick and effective potpourri of legal topics and their tax impact. The emphasis is on the tax consequences of common legal issues in today's litigious society. From the Americans with Disabilities Act to Social Security taxes, a generous sampling of key areas is examined and explored. Tax practitioners will be quickly surprised to find how often the "tax tail" can wag the legal dog.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course examines and explains the basics of corporate taxation. The focus is on regular or C corporations, their formation, and operation under tax law. The advantages and disadvantages of corporations are examined; incorporation and capitalization issues are discussed; and, basic tax rates and specialty taxes are reviewed. The tax treatment of operational expenses and deductions are outlined; and accounting periods and methods are explored. Finally, the dangers of multiple corporations and corporate distributions are highlighted.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

Participants will learn how to apply, implement, and evaluate the strategic tax aspects of marital dissolutions and living together arrangements. Current perspectives on property transfers and asset divisions are examined with an emphasis on planning considerations. This mini-course reviews property settlements and other transfers incident to divorce. Basis allocation, third party transfers and purchases between spouses are also examined. Common pitfalls for the unwary such as transfers in trust, installment notes, and purchases between spouses are analyzed. Application of these tax principles is exampled in selected asset divisions of the residence, business interests, insurance, and pension benefits.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

Before launching into an estate planning program, it's important to know who owns what and exactly for whom you are planning. This requires that methods of holding title must be analyzed, considered, and selected. Sole proprietorships, S corporations, C corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies are analyzed as to formation, operation, and ultimate disposition. Since who or what holds title imposes its own unique tax and legal consequences on the estate plan, emphasis is given to the maximization of tax benefits in each business format. While each has its own separate characteristics, several may be used together in more sophisticated planning.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

Everyone needs to do estate planning. It is more than just planning for death. Estate planning is designing a program for effective wealth building, preservation, and disposition of property at the minimum possible tax cost. This exceptional mini-course surveys wills, living trusts, gifts, marital property, and probate avoidance. Designed to eliminate estate problems and death taxes, the emphasis is on practical solutions that are cost-effective. The text reviews and explains both federal gift and estate tax systems giving practice pointers and planning observations.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

While the nuclear family remains the center point of society, today it is under tremendous economic and social pressure. This mini-course is designed to cover "hot" topics having a direct impact on the practitioner who represents any client with family issues. The emphasis is on using tax solutions to ease family economic concerns permitting the practitioner to be a real tax hero.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97), enacted Dec. 22, 2017, created, under Section 199A, a new deduction for up to 20% of qualified business income (QBI) from partnerships, limited liability companies (LLCs), S corporations, trusts, estates, and sole proprietorships for tax years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017. However, determining the Section 199A deduction amount and availability is a very complex multi-step process that may phase out some or all of the deduction. In the face of this complexity, the text provides a selected overview of the basic components of this below-the-line deduction. Qualified business income, taxpayer's taxable income, wage/capital limit, specified services trade or businesses, and other key components are not only defined and calculated but their interaction is demonstrated and exampled.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), legislation designed to provide economic relief for those impacted by COVID19, became law. This course provides a general review of the principal provisions of the CARES Act and of other federal tax-related stimulus legislation passed during 2020, including the Tax Relief Act of 2020 signed into law on December 27, 2020.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

The Affordable Care Act - Individual Rights & Responsibilities reviews the principal provisions of the Affordable Care Act affecting individuals. It considers the coverage-related provisions of the law, the personal income tax changes affecting taxpayers and the tax credits and tax penalties authorized under the law. By changing many of the rules traditionally applicable to health insurance and imposing healthcare-related requirements on virtually every individual, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is likely to affect virtually every person in the United States in some way.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

Taxpayers are once again looking to CPAs for guidance and planning related to travel and entertainment expenses. This comprehensive mini-course examines and explains the practical aspects of business travel and entertainment deductions. To determine the expenses that taxpayers are able to deduct, fundamentals are reviewed and planning opportunities are identified. Practitioners will learn to master the proper administration of these complex and often cumbersome provisions.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act was enacted to minimize abuse of the bankruptcy system. Included in this Act were tax law changes and other changes that individuals, partnerships, and corporations will see in the bankruptcy procedures and qualifications. This mini-course both examines these changes that debtors will face when filing for federal bankruptcy and also explores the many tax issues of bankruptcy. Practitioners will also learn about other issues such as homesteading and garnishment by creditors.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course integrates federal taxation with overall financial planning. The course explores tax strategies relating to the central financial tactics of wealth building, capital preservation, and estate distribution. The result is a unified explanation of tax-economics that will permit the tax professional to locate, analyze, and solve financial concerns. Designed to improve the quality of services to clients and the profitability of engagements, this program projects the accountant into the world of financial planning.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

Today taxpayers must plan for their children's education. Touching on various topics such as qualified tuition programs (QTPs), scholarships and fellowships, this course examines the tax treatment of costs related to education. Practitioners will learn the ins and outs of the tax benefits concerning education and will be able to identify those educational expenses that are deductible. Additionally, financial planning strategies and techniques are outlined to better prepare taxpayers for future educational costs.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

An installment sale is a sale of property where one or more payments are received after the close of the tax year. This course discusses the particulars of installment sales, including requirements, calculations and pitfalls. Cross issues such as a combined installment sale and like-kind exchange, the impact of related parties, pledging, repossession and contingent payments are reviewed. Also, the importance of recognizing the dangers of dealer status, inventory, purchase price allocation, and installment note disposition are emphasized.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course focuses on tax issues affecting the treatment of interest and debt. It covers the definition of bona fide debt, the impact of related parties, the avoidance of equity and lease characterization, and deductible versus nondeductible interest factors. Sticky cross issues such as the impact of at-risk rules under Section 465, passive loss restrictions of Section 469, and below-market rate loans under Section 7278 are examined. In addition, the accounting method treatment of interest, points, prepaid interest, and discounted loans are reviewed. Particular attention is given to imputed interest and original issue discount.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

Estate planning is when tomorrow becomes today! As a result of recent legislation, estate planning has been made surprisingly simple. This mini-course surveys wills, living trusts, gifts, insurance, marital property and probate avoidance. The will and trust forms are explored along with living wills, durable powers of attorney and nominations of conservator.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

This course will teach participants how to apply, implement, and evaluate the strategic tax aspects of marital and financial setbacks. Property transfers, asset divisions, alimony, filing status, exemptions, and child support are examined. The cancellation of indebtedness income inclusion rules are discussed in the context of debt forgiveness and property foreclosure. Emphasis is given to the exceptions from income inclusion contained in Section 108. The tax treatment of property repossession under Section 1038 and bad debt treatment under Section 166 is reviewed.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

In this course, initial marital tax matters such as living together, property rights, premarital agreements, filing status, exemptions, and dependents are explored. The detailed support test for children of divorced or separated parents, the tax treatment of back child support, the deduction of divorce costs, and estimated tax payments are reviewed. Emphasis is given to marital property rules, married versus unmarried tax rate comparison, head of household status, and treatment of refunds and deficiencies.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

The course will examine tax issues relating to the formation and operation of partnerships. Participants will gain a familiarity with basic areas of partnership taxation so as to recognize a problem and have at hand some practical knowledge for its solution.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

Tax reform provisions have frequently changed the tax on profits realized from the disposition of real estate. This has forced investors to seek "escape hatches" from fluctuating capital gains taxes. Tax-deferred exchanges permit the disposition of property often with the taxpayer receiving significant cash but without the payment of any tax. Functionally, an exchange is a "bridge" over the normally taxable event of moving from one property to another. This course alerts the practitioner to the different planning opportunities that surround exchanging and also identifies the tax consequences of home sales, foreclosure, repossession, and other real property dispositions. Additional topics of interest include involuntary conversions and at-risk limits.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

Operating costs for vehicles used in the course of a taxpayer's business are deductible. Thus, when taxpayers use their vehicles in their businesses or employment, they can deduct that portion of the cost of operating their vehicle. Such costs that can be deducted are property taxes that are paid on their vehicle if deductions are itemized on Schedule A. This course reviews apportionment of personal and business use, the actual cost method, the standard mileage method, and expensing. Moreover, this presentation informs practitioners about topics such as the benefits and costs of leasing versus owning, and working condition fringe benefits.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.0

We may all confront issues that directly impact how much we can deduct. This course is designed for participants who want to explore and examine the tax consequences of medical costs, charitable contributions, and casualty and theft losses, especially in relation to their deductibility. The emphasis is examining a wide variety of situations related to these items and the extent to which they may or may not result in a deduction and what limitations on deductibility may be imposed. Note: CPAs will receive 2.5 CPE for this course. EAs will receive 2.0 CPE because the IRS does not accept partial CPE hours.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 2.5

This mini-course examines the various ideas, methods, and techniques capable of optimizing the overall compensation package for key employees and principals in small to medium sized businesses. Qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation, benefit targeting, insurance programs, statutory fringe benefits, interest free loans, and investment planning are investigated. Consideration is given to indirect compensation in the form of business entertainment, expense accounts, auto use, travel, and transportation. The new field of professional services is probed to provide tax, financial and estate planning to the key executive.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

This mini-course describes and compares sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies, C corporations and S corporations. It examines their advantages and disadvantages, permitting the participant to properly select the right business entity for their tax and liability needs.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

The various ideas, methods, and techniques to optimize the overall compensation package for key employees and principals are examined in this mini-course. Generally, businesses may deduct employees' pay including wages, salaries, and other perks. Certain fringe benefits that can provide an unusually tax favored manner of supplementing compensation are described and evaluated. In addition, equity participation is explored through stock sales, repurchase agreements, incentive stock options, ESOT's, stock options, and bonuses. Finally, deferred compensation arrangements are investigated. The goal of this mini course is to provide participants with a working knowledge of types of compensation necessary to structure a compensation package minimizing tax liabilities and cost.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

This course brings the practitioner information on tax issues affecting interest and debt. The various types of interest and their required allocation are explored and reviewed. For the economically troubled client, special attention is devoted to debt cancellation, repossession, discounts, and foreclosure. The program also discusses installment sales, taxable interest, and bad debts.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

The need for effective retirement planning has never been greater. This mini-course is essential for participants who wish to attain a comfortable retirement for themselves and their clients by maximizing tax saving strategies. Retirement income needs are analyzed; Social Security benefits are determined; and distribution options from IRAs and retirement plans are explored.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), signed into law during the closing days of 2017, affects the tax planning and income tax liability for many taxpayers. Among those for whom the TCJA will have a more significant effect are business owners of pass-through trades or businesses who may be eligible for the TCJA's pass-through deduction. Section 199A Pass-Through Deduction course examines this deduction.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), signed into law during the closing days of 2017, will significantly affect tax planning and the income tax liability for many taxpayers. This course will examine the principal changes affecting individual taxpayers made by the TCJA. It examines the provisions of the TCJA with increased potential to affect the taxation of individuals and which are related to changes in: 1. Individual and capital gains tax rates; 2. Standard deduction and exclusions; 3. Income and adjustments to income; 4. Itemized deductions in Form 1040 Schedule A; 5. Form 1040 Schedule C; 6. Tax credits; 7. Individual alternative minimum tax (AMT); 8. Taxation of unearned income of minor children; 9. Qualified tuition plans; 10. ABLE accounts; 11. Tax treatment of student loan indebtedness discharges; 12. Net operating losses; and 13. Affordable Care Act individual responsibility requirement. In addition, it will consider the business-related TCJA provisions affecting individual taxpayers, including the pass-through deduction for qualified trades or businesses under IRC Section 199A.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has brought about the most significant change in healthcare since the passage of the 1965 legislation that authorized Medicare. It imposes healthcare-related requirements on health plans, health insurers and employers. Eligible small employers may receive tax credits for providing health insurance coverage to their employees, and large employers may find themselves subject to tax penalties for failing to provide such employee coverage. This course will review the principal coverage provisions of the law and will examine its tax impact on employers.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

Employer-sponsored retirement plans, generally referred to in the aggregate as qualified employee plans, constitute one of the important "legs" of the retirement stool that individuals look to for their income in retirement. The other two legs of that stool are personal savings-through investment in securities, deferred annuities, savings accounts, etc. and Social Security retirement benefits. This course will examine qualified employee plans, their limits and their tax treatment along with a discussion of annuities and their taxation. Annuities offer their owners the opportunity to systematically liquidate a principal sum or save money for a long-term objective. For many annuity buyers, that objective is to provide income during retirement. As we will see in our examination of annuities, they provide owners with a number of advantages; principal among them is their tax treatment. By purchasing and investing in an annuity, a contract owner can avoid current income taxation of earnings. By avoiding current income taxation, earnings that might have been used to pay current income taxes can be invested to produce additional income.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act was signed on March 18, 2020, followed by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act On March 27, 2020. These Acts have been supplemented by pronouncements from the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service. These emergency coronavirus provisions are intended to limit the spread of the pandemic, support relief efforts, and stabilize the economy. This course covers all Covid-19 related provisions through the March 11, 2021, ARPA legislation. This course is an overview and summary of tax provisions contained in the above legislation and government pronouncements. It provides a reference to selected individual, business, retirement, employment, filing, and charitable tax provisions adopted. The resulting major tax impact carries special meaning to the tax practitioner and return preparer. The course is intended to be a resource for tax professionals and staff alike to gain easy access to the most important major changes.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

The Earned Income Credit (EIC) is a refundable tax credit that has a significant impact on United States revenue and, in the 2019 tax year, amounted to almost $63 billion claimed by more than 25 million tax filers. In a recent year, 153.8 million individual federal tax returns were filed, and 19.6 million - 12.7% of individual taxpayers - claimed the Earned Income Credit. Based on that percentage, it would not be unexpected that any tax return preparer will prepare the tax returns for many EIC claimants.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

Home Office Deduction examines the federal income tax deduction for business use of a home. It addresses the qualifications for a home office deduction and the actual expense and simplified methods of determining the deduction. In addition, it discusses the special home-office deduction rules applicable to daycare facilities and the record-keeping requirements applicable to taking a home office deduction. It considers where the deduction should be taken and the forms a tax preparer should use in connection with the deduction.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

With the adoption of the passive loss limitation rules, taxpayers are looking to CPAs for guidance related to what deductions are allowed, disallowed, or suspended. Updating practitioners on the practical aspects of Section 469, this course addresses the needed skill to handle these pragmatic issues. Fundamentals are reviewed, planning opportunities are identified, and creative strategies are discussed and evaluated along with remaining traditional approaches. The goal of this instructive course is to understand and solve client problems under Section 469, with emphasis on tax savings ideas. Participants will learn to master the proper administration of these complex and often cumbersome provisions.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

In this course, the intricacies of setting up and terminating an S corporation are detailed and taxation is discussed. The numerous advantages and disadvantages of this entity are identified to help practitioners determine whether the S corporation is most suitable for their clients. Eligible domestic corporations can avoid double taxation by electing to be treated as an S corporation under the rules of Subchapter S. Subchapter S provides an optional method of corporate taxation and allows small business corporations to elect unusual tax treatment. The S corporation is taxed like a partnership, but in other respects, S corporations are taxed like C corporations.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

This course explores many tax issues that arise from filing for bankruptcy. Also addressed are asset protection for the tax practitioner and medical costs covered under 213. There is an examination of property settlements and other transfers incident to divorce. A tax surprise for many taxpayers is the taxability of debt cancellation and repossessing property sold on the installment method can also be taxable. Finally, practitioners are brought up-to-date information on tax issues affecting estate planning and business issues.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 3.0

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.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 4.0

Few advantages are as sought after by parents for their children as an education that will enable them to grow professionally and enjoy the benefits such an education can help bestow. The federal government supports and encourages their efforts to provide that education through various programs and income tax incentives. This course will examine the programs, credits, deductions and federal income tax treatment of various items that affect saving for and financing an individual's education. In so doing, it will consider: - Qualified tuition programs; - Coverdell education savings accounts; - The education savings bond program; - Federal tax credits for education; - The federal tax treatment of scholarships, fellowships, grants and tuition reductions; and - Deductions available for student loan interest.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 4.0

Estate Tax Planning examines the various aspects of planning for the estate tax liability. The course begins with a discussion of the genesis of estate taxation in English common law and continues with an examination of the estate and its administration. The subjects discussed in the course are a) the estate and its administration, b) federal gift and estate taxes, c) common estate planning trusts, d) calculating federal estate taxes, e) state inheritance and estate taxation, and f) estate tax payment. The text serves as an introduction to the issues of estate settlement and includes a discussion of the probate estate and the federal gross estate.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 4.0

This course is an overview of basic fringe benefits and examines their mechanics, compensation methods, valuation, withholding, and accounting. Achievement awards, term life insurance, medical reimbursement, meals & lodging, educational assistance, dependent care, employer-provided automobiles, interest-free loans, etc. are identified. Employer and employee economic and tax considerations are recognized. Fringe benefit requirements and limits are specified and ERISA compliance requirements are determined.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 4.0

This course takes an in-depth look at audit triggers from cash intensive businesses, the hobby loss rules, the proper classification of independent contractors and employees, and the requirements of the recent Tangible Property Regulations. This course also briefly reminds the practitioner of the requirements of some of the older red flags, such as meals and entertainment, travel, and the office in the home deduction. At the end of each chapter is an Action Plan, which the practitioner can use to develop procedures with respect to properly addressing these potential audit issues. By following these procedures, we can certainly go a long way to keep our clients out of trouble with the IRS and the DOL.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 5.0

Each year, various limits affecting income tax preparation and planning change. Some changes commonly occur each year as a result of inflation indexing, while others occur because of new legislation or the sunsetting of existing law. This course will examine the tax changes affecting 2022 as a result of passage of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the inflation-changed limits effective for 2022 that are more significant from the perspective of an income tax preparer. Some context will be supplied, as appropriate, to assist readers in understanding the changes

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 5.0

Tax resolution means providing solutions to businesses and individuals alike who find themselves in trouble with the IRS. To resolve tax matters with the IRS, the IRS' Offer in Compromise (OIC) program encourages delinquent taxpayers to settle their back taxes, often for reduced amounts. The areas covered are: Offers in Compromise, Wage Garnishments, Bankruptcy, Installment, Delinquent Tax Returns, IRS Bank Levies, Freedom of Information Requests, IRS Payment Plans, Payroll Tax Problems, IRS Audits, Penalty Abatement, Liens, Collection Appeals, IRS Appeals, Innocent Spouse and Expiration of Statutes.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 6.0

Learn how to structure an effective estate plan using a highly visual, real-life situation approach. Diagrams, charts, tables, and calculation sheets are used to present key elements of any successful estate plan - from the simplest to the most complex.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 8.0

Each year, various limits affecting income tax return preparation and tax planning are affected by inflation-related changes. In addition, various laws passed to address the financial consequences of the coronavirus pandemic significantly affect tax planning and may also affect taxpayers' income tax liability. This course will examine many of those changes. The Annual Tax Filing Season Update course discusses new tax law, including various tax extenders, and recent updates for the 2022 filing season, provides a general tax review, and examines important rules governing tax return preparer ethics, practices and procedures. (Note: Enrolled Agents will receive 8.0 CPE for this course because the IRS does not accept half credits.)

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 8.5

This course examines key individual, business, retirement, and estate tax provisions recently enacted or indexed for inflation in an overview format that is easy to reference. The emphasis is on quick access to major tax changes having special meaning to the tax practitioner and return preparer. The course is a great resource and way for professionals and staff alike to easily review major tax topics and bring their professional knowledge up to speed.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 9.0

This course provides an update for the 2022 tax filing season as well as discussions on some of the latest tax law and inflation-related changes and a review of general tax topics, including effects on individual and business taxes. It discusses changes to individual taxes as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA or Act) and highlights the different sections of the Act affecting individual tax filers. It also includes a discussion of the qualified business income (QBI) deduction for pass-through entities. This course includes numerous changes from recent legislation including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ('CARES ') Act, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133), American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA or H.R. 1319) and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA or H.R. 3684).

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 9.0

This course addresses the practical aspects of Section 469 and the needed skill to handle pragmatic issues. Fundamentals are reviewed, planning opportunities identified, creative strategies discussed and evaluated along with remaining traditional approaches. The goal of this instructive program is to understand and solve problems under Section 469, with emphasis on tax savings ideas. Readers will overview the proper administration of this complex and often cumbersome provision. Note: Enrolled Agents will receive 9 CPE because the IRS does not accept 1/2 credits.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 9.5

Designed to give a quick overview of estate planning essentials, this course surveys wills, living trusts, gifts, marital property, and probate avoidance, as well as using Internet tools for estate planning. Will and trust types are examined in the context of general estate and gift taxation. Designed to eliminate estate problems and death taxes, the emphasis is on practical solutions that are cost effective. This overview course also includes a quick review of immediate postmortem death tax planning and filling out the Form 706.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 10.0

This course is designed to survey selected "hot" topics having a direct impact on the property owner and investor. The emphasis is on problem areas where the unwary beginner and expert alike can be trapped. You will learn to identify dangers involving installment sales, imputed interest, exchanging, equity participation, condemnation, passive loss rules, and transactions with foreign investors.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 10.0

The program will examine tax issues relating to the formation and operation of partnerships. Participants will gain a familiarity with basic areas of partnership taxation so as to recognize a problem and have at hand some practical knowledge for its solution. This course is presented in four practical segments: (1) the formation of partnerships, (2) the basic day-to-day operations of partnerships, (3) distributions of assets to partners, and (4) the termination of partnership affairs.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 11.0

This course integrates federal taxation with overall financial planning. It will explore tax strategies relating to the central financial tactics of wealth building, capital preservation, and estate distribution. The result is a unified explanation of tax-economics that will permit the tax professional to locate, analyze, and solve financial concerns. Designed to improve the quality of services to clients and the profitability of engagements, this program projects the accountant into the world of financial planning. This course will give the participant practice in analyzing problems, developing solutions, and presenting final personal financial plans to clients. The emphasis is on practical simplicity in dealing with the self-employed and highly compensated individual.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 13.0

All tax professionals need to know the tax-economics of investing for themselves and their clients. This need is accentuated by the rapid rise of the Internet as a broad-based and effective investment tool. The tax professional is in a special position to detect a client's need for financial planning. Preparing returns discloses assets, savings, business entities, and family members. Knowledge of the client's assets, activities and the tax characteristics of available entities permit investment matching for maximum after-tax return. The basic tax characteristics of the primary tax entities are explored and analyzed. Their ability to defer, reduce, and eliminate tax is examined. Client goals, purposes and risk tolerances are determined and quantified using the Sharp ratio. Investments and assets are then evaluated using a variety of tools found on the Internet. Finally, investments and entities are matched to produce the best after-tax return for the client.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 13.0

While tax reform visions have changed the tax on profits realized from the disposition of real estate, investors still seek escape hatches from the capital gain tax. Tax-deferred exchanges permit the disposition of property often with the taxpayer receiving significant cash but without the payment of any tax. Functionally, an exchange is a bridge over the normally taxable event of moving from one property to another. This course alerts the practitioner to the different planning opportunities that surround exchanging. Participants will be able to identify, analyze, and handle effectively the complex tax problems that arise under 1031. This understanding will be directly applied to the structuring and audit survival of multi-party and delayed exchanges.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 13.0

This course covers tax implications of bad situations like divorce, bad debt, foreclosures, and more. It will teach participants how to apply, implement, and evaluate the strategic tax aspects of marital dissolutions and living together arrangements. Current perspectives on property transfers, asset divisions, alimony, filing status, exemptions, and child support are examined with an emphasis on planning considerations. The cancellation of indebtedness income inclusion rules are examined in the context of debt forgiveness and property foreclosure. Emphasis is given to the exceptions from income inclusion contained in Section 108. The tax treatment of property repossession under Section 1038 is explored with detail given to the calculation of gain and received property basis. Finally, bad debt treatment under Section 166 is reviewed and critical distinctions made between business and non-business debts.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 14.0

Updating practitioners on current developments, this core program examines and explains the practical aspects of travel and entertainment deductions. Fundamentals are reviewed and planning opportunities identified. Creative strategies are discussed and evaluated along with traditional approaches. Taxpayers are once again looking to their tax professional for guidance and planning related to travel and entertainment expenses. The goal of this course is to understand and solve problems.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 14.0

This course will teach participants how to apply, implement, and evaluate the strategic tax aspects of marital dissolutions and living together arrangements. Current perspectives on property transfers, asset divisions, alimony, filing status, exemptions, and child support are examined with an emphasis on planning considerations. Property settlements, basis allocation, third party transfers, and purchases between spouses are explored and analyzed. Special attention is given to the division of business interests, retirement plans (including QDROs), insurance policies, and the family residence.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 14.0

This informative course covers traditional planning tools and their utilization to protect assets. The Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Bankruptcy Code and various aspects of the tax law are highlighted in describing asset protection aspects of corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, family partnerships, trusts, retirement plans, insurance products and other conventional tools. Special topics include: protection against lawsuits, costs of long-term illness, divorce settlements, foreign asset protection trusts, statutory protections, homestead provisions, exempt assets, cancellation of indebtedness taxation and marital agreements.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 16.0

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. Retirement income needs are calculated; net after tax Social Security benefits are determined; and distribution options from IRAs and retirement plans are explored. Special consideration is given to the tax treatment of the home and business on retirement. Buy-sell agreements are discussed and eldercare planning is examined.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 16.0

This presentation integrates federal taxation with retirement planning. The course will examine tax and savings strategies related to determining retirement income needs, wealth building, capital preservation, and estate distribution. The result is a unified explanation of tax-economics that will permit the tax professional to locate, analyze, and solve financial aspects of retirement. Designed to improve the quality of services to clients and the profitability of engagements, this program projects the accountant into the world of retirement planning. This course will give the participant practice in analyzing problems, developing solutions, and presenting final personal retirement plans to clients. The emphasis is on practical simplicity in dealing with the self-employed and highly compensated individual.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 17.0

This course brings the practitioner up-to-date information on tax issues affecting interest and debt. It covers the definition of bona fide debt, the avoidance of equity and lease treatment, imputed interest rates and debt modification. The various types of interest and their required allocation are explored and reviewed. For the economically troubled client, special attention is devoted to debt cancellation, repossession, discounts, and foreclosure. The program also discusses installment sales, equity participation debt, taxable interest, and bad debts.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 17.0

This course will teach participants how to apply, implement, and evaluate the strategic tax aspects of bankruptcy, property settlements, debt cancellation, and foreclosure. Current perspectives on asset protection, repossession, and bad debts are examined with an emphasis on planning considerations. The cancellation of indebtedness income inclusion rules are examined in the context of debt forgiveness and property foreclosure. Emphasis is given to the exceptions from income inclusion contained in Section 108. The tax treatment of property repossession under Section 1038 is explored with detail given to the calculation of gain and received property basis. Finally, eldercare and estate planning are reviewed and detailed.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 18.0

This course examines the various ideas, methods, and techniques capable of optimizing the overall compensation package for key employees and principals in small to medium sized businesses. Qualified and non-qualified deferred compensation, benefit targeting, insurance programs, statutory fringe benefits, interest free loans, and investment planning are investigated. Effective pay plans essential to attract, motivate, and retain key people are described and evaluated. Consideration is given to indirect compensation in the form of business entertainment, expense accounts, auto use, travel, and transportation. Equity participation is explored through stock sales, repurchase agreements, incentive stock options, ESOTs, stock options, and bonuses. The new field of professional services is probed to provide tax, financial and estate planning to the key executive.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 18.0

This course examines and explains the practical aspects of using the closely held corporation to maximize after-tax return on business operations. Recent developments giving corporations a competitive edge over other entities are explored and detailed. Practitioners are alerted to often missed fringe benefits, retirement planning opportunities, corporate business deductions, income splitting possibilities and little known estate planning techniques. The program covers step-by-step tax procedures to form, operate, and ultimately dispose of a closely held corporation. Distinctions between S and C corporations will be unraveled and guidelines for client direction given.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 20.0

This course covers many different aspects of estate planning, including wills, living trusts, gifts, marital property, and probate avoidance. Will and trust forms are explored along with living wills, durable powers of attorney, and nominations of conservator. Designed to eliminate estate problems and death taxes, the emphasis is on practical solutions that are cost-effective.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 21.0

This comprehensive book describes and compares sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies, "C" corporations and "S" corporations. It examines their advantages and disadvantages, permitting the reader to properly select the right business entity for their tax and liability needs. Major emphasis is given the maximization of tax benefits in each business format. Fringe benefits, retirement plan alternatives, and nonqualified deferred compensation are discussed in detail.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 22.0

Americans who want to be their own boss are not entirely on their own. They have a rich uncle - Uncle Sam - who is there to help, as well as to make demands. The nation's tax laws are intended to encourage people to start new businesses and are chock full of incentives and tax breaks, as well as sometimes onerous reporting requirements. This course is a fast-paced and entertaining guide through tax issues affecting business entities and their owners. The focus of this class is on tax devices and techniques available to the small-business owner. Emphasis will be given to operational deductions, fringe benefits, compensation, family income splitting, retirement plans, and estate planning.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 24.0

This course provides a general overview of the key issues facing families, focusing on how federal taxation affects their current economic situation and their future plans. A wide range of topics include marital tax implications, children, education, retirement, estate planning and more. This course is designed to cover the most important topics that will have a direct impact on the financial planning for a family, today and tomorrow. The emphasis is on providing the tax practitioner with key tax solutions to help alleviate the economic concerns of most families.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 24.0

While accounting and the practice of law are separate professions, the accountant must be conversant with essential legal concepts. Modern accounting practice requires familiarity with corporate legal structure, business entities, partnership operations, contracts, property rights, employment law, divorce, consumer protection, will & trusts, and even bankruptcy law. This course explores these specific areas with an emphasis on business and accounting issues. This informal and clear guide to the basic concepts of business law provides accountants with an excellent review of legal concepts that arise in any tax professional's practice. The attendees will gain the ability to recognize and discuss general legal concepts with both client and their counsel. Knowledge is power and nowhere is that truer than in the field of law. To gain such a working knowledge of law, readily understandable explanations are given to essential and related business law subjects. The accountant is guided through the complex maze of literally hundreds of legal principles from acceptance to zoning.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 27.0

Course description and objectives: Designed to make the practitioner comfortable with "high traffic" issues, this program enables participants to discuss and handle individual tax essentials. The course examines and explains the practical aspects of return preparation and individual planning, bridging the gap between theory and application. Significant new developments are summarized with emphasis on tax savings ideas. Practical applications and illustrations are used to systematically explore tax deferral, reduction, and elimination opportunities accompanying return preparation. For example, the analysis of gross income is discussed together with income splitting techniques; property transactions are examined alongside like-kind exchanges and involuntary conversions. The result is an extraordinary blend of the latest developments affecting individual returns and their related planning ideas.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 28.0

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. This presentation integrates federal taxation with retirement planning. The course will examine tax and savings strategies related to determining retirement income needs, wealth building, capital preservation, and estate distribution. The result is a unified explanation of tax-economics that will permit the tax professional to locate, analyze, and solve financial aspects of retirement. Designed to improve the quality of services to clients and the profitability of engagements, this program projects the accountant into the world of retirement planning. This course will give the participant practice in analyzing problems, developing solutions, and presenting final personal retirement plans to clients. The emphasis is on practical simplicity in dealing with the self-employed and highly compensated individual. Retirement income needs are calculated; net after tax Social Security benefits are determined; and distribution options from IRAs and retirement plans are explored. Special consideration is given to the tax treatment of the home and business on retirement. Buy-sell agreements are discussed and eldercare planning is examined.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 29.0

This course integrates federal taxation with overall financial planning, with a special emphasis on estate and gift taxation. The course will explore tax strategies relating to the central financial tactics of wealth building, capital preservation, and estate distribution. The result is a unified explanation of tax-economics that will permit the tax professional to locate, analyze, and solve financial concerns. Designed to improve the quality of services to clients and the profitability of engagements, this program projects the accountant into the world of financial planning. This course will give the participant practice in analyzing problems, developing solutions, and presenting final personal financial plans to clients. The course surveys wills, living trusts, gifts, marital property, and probate avoidance. Will and trust forms are explored along with living wills, durable powers of attorney, and nominations of conservator. Designed to eliminate estate problems and death taxes, the emphasis is on practical solutions that are cost effective.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 33.0

Designed to make the practitioner comfortable with "high traffic" issues, this program enables participants to discuss and handle business/personal tax essentials. The course examines and explains the practical aspects of individual & corporate planning, bridging the gap between theory and application. Significant new developments are summarized with emphasis on tax savings ideas. This course examines and explains the practical aspects of using a closely held corporation to maximize after-tax return on business operations. Recent developments giving corporations a competitive edge over other entities are explored and detailed. Practitioners are alerted to often missed fringe benefits, retirement planning opportunities, corporate business deductions, income splitting possibilities, and little-known estate planning techniques.

Field of Study: Taxes

CPE Hours: 34.0