CPE Catalog & Events
K2's 2024 Safeguarding Taxpayer Data - A Guide For Your Required Security Plan
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Online
2.00 Credits
Understand the need to protect client data Learn about the required security and privacy standards Leave with a sample plan to consider your tax practice
Valuing Cannabis 2.0: Unique Marijuana Appraisal Challenges
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this course include:Updates to incorporate new and emerging data sources and industry trends in the value proposition for marijuana businessesReview of fundamental valuation concepts and methodsDiscussion of the value of license rights and related intellectual propertyUseful topics for practitioners and owner/operators involved in purchase price allocation work, economic damage assessments, estate planning and merger acquisition
The Controllership Series - The Future Role of the Controller Part 2
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Online
1.50 Credits
Accounting and Finance
When Leadership Fails
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Online
2.00 Credits
Who’s responsible The importance of policies and procedures The development, implementation and monitoring of internal controls There is no excuse Who steals The Tone At the Top and the Big Monkey Theory
Common Financial Statement Disclosures
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this class include:General disclosures about the entity and its environmentCommon critical information useful to financial statement readers for making economic decisionsExplain results of operations through information that supplements the face financial statements
Surgent's The Risks and Benefits of ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence
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Online
2.00 Credits
What are AI tools? Where are we with AI tool development? What is ChatGPT? ChatGPT – what kind of queries are possible? Copyright and intellectual property issues Benefits of AI tools Concerns with AI tools Impact on business use of AI Policy on AI tools
Optimize Your Staff's Performance
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Online
4.00 Credits
The 4 perspectives of optimization The Two Circle Analysis. The What The How. The Leadership 10 The Fatal 13 5 thoughts for a healthy work environment
2024 Revision to Government Auditing Standards Impact
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Online
4.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Key changes made by the 2024 Revision to Government Auditing StandardsReview when the GAGAS requirements are applicable to a financial statement auditWhen reporting on key audit matters may apply in a GAGAS auditClarifications related to the independence requirements in a financial statement audit imposed by the 2024 Yellow BookReview the impact of the Quality Management Standards to a financial statement audit conducted under the 2024 Revision to Government Auditing StandardsOther important matters contained in the 2024 Government Auditing Standards related to financial statement audits
Advanced Excel: Hidden Secrets and Gems
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this class include:Awareness of advanced functionsCreative methods for data manipulationUsing intellectual curiosity and professional skepticism to develop a problem-solving mentalityReal-life examples of innovative ways to analyze and report data with ExcelUsing Excel to perform e-mail mergesMany other functions and techniques that inspire you to continue exploring the depths of Excel and its seemingly bottomless toolboxEnhance creativity in your approach to developing Excel models
Audit 108: Auditing PP&E and Leases - Common Risks
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this course include:Typical audit risks and responses for tangible long-lived assetsSpecial issues related to initial recognition and capitalization, including capitalized interestKey controls related to PP&ELease accounting requirements and practical application of Topic 842
Promote Internal Whistleblowing and Succeed in Creating a Strong Speak Up Culture
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Online
1.00 Credits
Speak up culture Encouraging internal whistleblowing Ethical culture Internal complaint reporting processes
Accounting for Digital Assets Under U.S. GAAP, Part III
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Online
2.00 Credits
How to recognize a derivative or embedded derivative in a digital asset transaction How to determine if a derivative or embedded derivative meets the net settlement criterion Understand the financial statement impact and disclosure considerations related to derivatives and embedded derivatives How the mining process is used to validate transactions How revenue is recognized by mining entities.
Excel - Building Powerful Lookup & Reference Formulas
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Performing advanced searching & data retrieval with LOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH functions Speeding up worksheet creation with the INDIRECT function Testing conditions with the LOGICAL functions (IF, AND, OR, NOT) Using ERROR checking functions
Common Deficiencies in EBP Audits
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this course include:Employee benefit plansAudit procedures and documentation
The Controller Function - Strategic and Annual Planning
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Online
1.20 Credits
Accounting Finance Auditing
Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Focus on Network Forensics
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Online
1.50 Credits
Forensic Accounting Accounting Auditing Finance
2024 Analytical Procedures: Practical Applications and Standards
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Online
2.00 Credits
Discussion of analytical procedures in audit and review engagements Practical examples and illustrations of analytical procedures The order of operations for accomplishing analytical procedures
Planning in an Uncertain World
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Online
2.00 Credits
Why great predictions are not intuitive but the result of critical thinking, gathering information and updating predictions when needed How to separate correlation from causation How to recognize and overcome bias Who is Thomas Bayes and why he matters
Fraud & Embezzlement: Case Studies from the Trenches
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:How organizations can find themselves defrauded due to lax oversight and weak internal controls.How the existence of the ƒ?otrusted advisorƒ?? creates situations where CPAs can drop their professional skepticism.Illustrations of the issues companies should look for in preventing fraud and embezzlement.
Planning for Small Business Success
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Online
4.00 Credits
The integrated planning model The strategic plan Linkage with Performance Based Management Tracking success Real world examples