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Advanced Excel: Hidden Secrets and Gems
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Awareness of advanced functions Creative methods for data manipulation Real-life examples of innovative ways to analyze and report data with Excel Using Excel to perform e-mail merges Many other functions and techniques that inspire you to continue exploring the depths of Excel and its seemingly bottomless toolbox
Cost and Pricing Models: Boost Your Bottom Line
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Cost Accounting Activity-based Costing
Entertainment, Meals & Travel Expenses: Review and Update
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Definition of what qualifies as an entertainment expenseStrategies to deduct business entertainment expensesDeductibility of mealsSituations not subject to the 50% meals and entertainment reductionHow to handle automobile issues related to employer-provided parkingProper accounting for deductible vs. non-deductible expendituresThe four steps to analyze business expensesThe latest federal legislation, cases and rulings
Exercise Your Ethics: Techniques to Improve Ethical Response
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Explore research for common answers to "what does ethics mean to you?" and examine whether those are valid.Identify common ethical barriers - reflecting the latest from the ACFE Report to the Nations.Discover ways to improve ethical response.Practice, using practical advice from leading thinkers in ethics.
Surgent's Getting Ahead: The Art of Marketing for CPAs
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Challenges of marketing CPA firms Developing marketing strategy Elements of a marketing plan Example: CPA firm marketing plan Marketing regulatory/AICPA issues Picking the right marketing channels Marketing channel statistical analysis Developing marketing metrics
Excel for Accounting Professionals Session 8: Dynamic Headers, Mapping Tables and Error Check
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Webinar
3.50 Credits
Member Price: $125
Dynamic headers Horizontal reports Mapping Tables Data Validation Improve error checking Concepts applied
Retirement Advising: Accumulation and Decumulation Strategies 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• The downside of traditional retirement asset accumulation strategies• Threats to a successful retirement• Holistic retirement planning: how personal goals integrate with tax, estate, risk, and investment management principles• Matching investment assets with the appropriate retirement plan and distribution strategy• Review recent legislation, including the changes for seniors in the One Big Beautiful Bill and the provisions of the SECURE Acts, and how they will impact retirement planning
K2’s Excel Best Practices
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $250
Best practices associated with creating Excel workbooks, including managing workbooks How to secure Excel workbooks Collaboration options and best practices in Excel Effective reporting techniques in Excel
How Changes in Business Methods Affects Internal Control
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics covered in this class include:How is business changing.What is driving the change and how long will it last.How specifically is an organizations control system important.What steps are needed to “keep up” with the upheaval.
Surgent's Key Current Financial and Economic Issues Facing the Financial Executive
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
Taking a strategic perspective relative to risk management and crisis management Reviewing the impact uncertainty and risk at the operational level relative to short- and intermediate-term decision making Determining the safety and soundness of the financial plans for your organization in an uncertain economic climate specifically as it relates to capital adequacy and strategic direction Managing the debt and equity mix for your organization in a rapidly changing economic landscape Determining the impact that competing in a global marketplace has on an organization and how to take steps to become more competitive globally Evaluating the impact of federal, state, and municipal deficits and unfunded mandates as it relates to tax planning Evaluating retirement programs with Social Security funding for your employees Determining the safety and soundness of your credit and collections processes and selection of customers in an uncertain environment Influencing growth through acquisition of distressed organizations The economic way ahead for the CFO/Controller
Looking at the AICPA’s “Non-authoritative Guidance” From an Ethics Perspective
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
When and How are AICPA Pronouncements “Authoritative”? Authoritative Ethical Pronouncements What is “Nonauthoritative” Guidance? Nonauthoritative Guidance in the AICPA Online Ethics Library A Closer Look at: Nonattest Services A Closer Look at: NOCLAR Case Analysis: Hale v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. Conclusion
Operations Level Internal Control
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this course include:An overview of controls that drive proceduresConsiderations for procedural control developmentUnderstanding and controlling risk that arises when organizations change
Living in the World of AI – How AI Has Changed Ethics?
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Is it ethical to use AI, or not? What is ethical AI? Why does it matter for finance and business professionals? Understanding and managing AI hallucinations, bias and misinformation. Internal friction: navigating fear, resistance, and cultural challenges. Creating sustainable, people-focused AI practices that build trust.
Professional Skepticism for the Public Accountant
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Self-evaluation of skepticism Requirements set forth by the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Risk assessment Analytical procedures Advice for cultivating your professionally skeptical mindset
Federal Disasters - How to Deduct Personal Casualty Losses
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Federal Disaster Relief Act provisions enacted in December, 2024 and July, 2025 Comparison of personal use casualties with business/investment casualties When to claim casualty losses How to postpone casualty gains Filled-in forms examples Time limits for amended returns
Addressing Misconduct
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Insubordination Personality and attitude problems Generalized disparaging comments Previously unaddressed conduct Misconduct due to mental condition Corrective action meetings and documentation Attendance control
An In-Depth Understanding of the Generation Skipping Transfer Tax
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of the GST tax and its policy purpose Direct skips, taxable terminations, and taxable distributions Skip persons and treatment of trusts as skip persons Application of the GST exemption and inclusion ratio Timely, late, and retroactive GST allocations Formula-based exemption allocations Planning strategies for GST tax minimization Filing considerations for Forms 706 and 709
Self-Rental Real Estate: Integrating the Passive Activity Rules with the Flow-Through Entity Deduction Rules
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Definition of self-rental property – both for Sections 199A and 469 Self-rental income from directly owned properties and reporting on Form 1040, Schedule E, page 1 Self-rental income from indirectly owned (partnerships, S corporations) and reporting on Form 1040, Schedule E, page 2 Self-rental property and the Form 8582 (passive activity) Self-rental property and the flow-through entity grouping election Self-rental property and ""former passive activities"" rules Real-life situations illustrate the various possibilities and discuss the consequences of failing to comply with the reporting standards
Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) Domain IV - Part 2
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Internal audit Standards GIAS Accounting Auditing
Internal Control - Testing for Operating Effectiveness
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Generally accepted audit requirements related to testing controls for operating effectivenessIdentifying key controls that may prove effective and efficient to test in a control reliance strategyResponses when deviations are discovered when evaluating the design or operating effectiveness of internal controlLeveraging audit evidence available for Service Organization Control (SOC1) ReportsGeneral computer control considerations when evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting