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K2's Optimizing Your CAS and Advisory Tech Stack
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
CAS overview to understand the service offerings, client needs, and market opportunities Selecting technology tools in CAS for accounting, workflow, and client collaboration Designing Service Delivery Models that are scalable and efficient processes for CAS Managing client relationships and setting expectations to deliver consistent value
Mergers & Acquisitions: Tips and Speed Bumps to Avoid
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Making strategic acquisitions Identifying potential acquisition candidates Alternatives to M&A Identifying and understanding organizational culture Understanding the keys to effective and efficient due diligence Planning and executing an effective integration Key considerations
Quality Management: My System is Set Up -- Now What?
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Additional ongoing requirements of SQMS NO. 1 Monitoring and remediation requirements Identifying, evaluating, and responding to findings and deficiencies The required annual evaluation of the system of quality management Evaluating the performance of those with responsibilities Considerations for firms in a network Sole practitioner and small firm guidance
Strategic CFO – Developing Strategy and the Why
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
What strategy really means and who is involved in developing it Common reasons strategic plans fail and how to avoid them Cost leadership, differentiation, and niche strategies Using metrics, KPIs, and the Balanced Scorecard to measure success The role of non-financial drivers in financial performance Benchmarking and competitive analysis Aligning mission, culture, and strategy Case discussions on strategy execution and performance measurement
Surgent's Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Achieving Success in a Worker Classification Audit
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
The 20 common law factors in a worker classification audit that are used to distinguish an employee from an independent contractor How disgruntled independent contractors can use IRS Form 8919 against a former employer When and how to use §530 as a defense in worker classification audits What is "industry practice" for §530 purposes Common sense steps that will avoid the recharacterization of workers treated as independent contractors to employees The IRS’s Voluntary Classification Settlement Program — advantages and disadvantages The DOL Final Rule
Surgent's Guide to the AICPA Quality Management Standards
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Quality management standards SAS 146, SSARS No. 26, and SSAE 23 Risk assessment, which forms the basis of the SQM Monitoring and evaluating the SQM
Avoiding Peer Review Deficiencies and Professional Liability in Public Accounting
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Differentiating risks faced when performing various levels of professional services, such as audits, reviews, compilations, preparing financial statements, bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and similar Best practices for preventing quality control concerns that could lead to peer review deficiencies or malpractice claims Establishing an understanding with the client to minimize misunderstandings as to the nature and scope of engagements Explain situations when independence should be appropriately safeguarded when performing nonattest services
Fiduciary Accounting & Tax Planning for Estates & Trusts
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Fundamentals of fiduciary accounting Uniform Principal and Income Act Discretionary Power to Adjust Allocations between principal and income Trust accounting 3.8% Net Investment Income Form 1041 - Schedule I Section 645 Election Simple or complex trusts
Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Strategic Reasons for Mergers & Acquisitions Establishing Acquisition Principles and Target Criteria Business Valuation in the M&A Process Structuring the Transaction and Negotiating the Deal Conducting Effective Due Diligence Post-Transaction Integration and Deal Success
Accounting for the Gig Economy
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Characteristics unique to the gig economyIndependent contractor and employee classification considerationsRecordkeeping considerations for independent contractorsAccounting and reporting issues for gig economy participantsAudit and attestation for clients who participate in the gig economyTax and regulatory considerationsThe CPA as a trusted advisor for independent contractors
Revenue Recognition - Topic 606 Disclosures
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revenue Recognition Accounting
The Controllership Series - The Controllers Role in Financial Forecasting
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting Finance
Liquidity & Uncertainty Disclosures for Nonprofits
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Required disclosure related to liquidity and other significant uncertainties for fair presentation of financial statements Evaluating the need for going concern and other uncertainty disclosures in the current environment
Third Party Verification (Comfort) Requests- What Are Options for Responding and How to Determine Which Professional Standards to Apply?
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Common third party verification requests Differentiating the allowable options for responding to requests for comfort, including SSARS, SAS and SSAE engagements Critical elements of professional standards that may apply to nonattest and attest services performed Establishing an understanding with the client regarding the nature and scope of services
Interview Techniques & Detecting Deception
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Interview techniques Signs of Verbal and Non-verbal communication Planning and preparing for an interview
Accounting & Auditing for Cryptocurrency
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Accounting and auditing issues related to cryptocurrency ASU 2023-08 and related FASB developments FASB discussions, Invitation to Comment, and research agenda updates Case study application of cryptocurrency accounting guidance Accounting for cryptocurrency transactions and balances Audit considerations for cryptocurrency engagements
Reasonable Compensation for S Corps
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Explain the payroll tax advantage of taking distributions over wagesReview key court cases that shape todays reasonable compensation landscapeHow to use court factors to stress test reasonable compensationBest practices for determining reasonable compensationReview of the IRS’s enforcement on reasonable compensation; past, present and future
Measuring Audit Risks
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Webinar
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $109
Audit Risk Material Misstatement Error vs. Fraud Risk Assessment Audit Documentation Audit Procedures Auditing Standards
S Corporation Checkup: Tax Issues & Forms Reporting
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Discuss the calculation of basis when the entity is formed including the impact of contributed property Explain the importance of shareholder loans to the entity Uses a comprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process Schedules K-2 and K-3 Discuss how basis is impacted by distributions of corporation property Explain how basis is impacted by sale/or liquidation of the S corporation interest S corporation losses and how they impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting Show how to get from the Schedule K-1 information to the basis calculations Comprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process
Everything You Need to Know About the Pass-Through Entity Rules: IRC §199A The Code and Regulations
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Understanding the term “QBI” (qualified business income) Understanding the terms “SSTB” (specified service trade or business) Understanding the term “QTB” (qualified traded or business) Calculate the 199A deduction Understanding the phaseouts Understanding “aggregation” Rental property as a trade or business Identify how your clients can maximize the deduction Planning ideas Understand the Section 199A Regulations