To help you meet your professional development needs, the FICPA has brought together an outstanding collection of CPE programming designed to sharpen your skills, keep you informed of the latest developments and enhance your career. With nearly 300 programs, the FICPA has found or helped develop events you've been asking for to help meet any CPE need: accounting & auditing updates, ethics, specialized topic conferences, governmental courses, the latest on taxation, and many more. The FICPA provides a one-stop shop for the high-quality CPE courses in the many formats.

Review the online catalog of continuing education in Florida.

Coming Soon! – FICPA Save on Seminars Rewards Program

Similar to your book store or airline mileage rewards, the FICPA is introducing a discount program for loyal FICPA members who purchase FICPA seminars. This month you can sign up for the Save on Seminars Rewards Program* then begin saving 15% on the third seminar you purchase and every FICPA seminar purchased afterward through March 31, 2011.

Signing up will be easy. Check back here in the next few weeks for more details and your enrollment link.

*Save on Seminars Rewards is a FICPA members-only program. After enrollment, discount applies to all FICPA CPE Seminars purchased after two full priced Seminars. Applicable seminars must be attended between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011.

2010 CPE SCHEDULE

You may now download the tentative 2010 CPE schedule (as of February 10). Details on discussion leaders, meeting sites, and registration fees will be available soon. This is being provided to help you plan your CPE schedule for 2010.

• CLICK HERE to download a listing by city.
• CLICK HERE to download a listing by date.

New CPE Opportunities in 2010

Employee Benefit Plans Conference
May 27, 2010 – Orlando
With the accounting profession’s increasing oversight of employee–benefit plans, it’s important to stay on top. This conference provides everything you need to know: what’s new; how to comply with current regulations; coping with audit deficiencies and more. For more information or to register, click here.

Practice Management Conference
June 23, 2010 – Tampa
Previously only available in Ft. Lauderdale, the Practice Management Conference will help you build fundamentals; manage and market your firm; develop leadership skills; and recruit and retain team members. For more information or to register, click here.

Accounting & Auditing Conference
Nov. 12, 2010 – Ft. Lauderdale
Designed for practitioners who focus on the accounting and auditing arena and want to stay current on this ever–changing field, this conference offers an in–depth look at the major topics affecting the profession. Watch for more information on this program coming soon.

Need ethics credits but don’t have time to go to a class? FICPA has your solution – NEW online ethics self study course, Ethics: Protecting Integrity of FL CPAs. Get the latest laws and rules for Florida as well as the internal and external issues CPAs face including: professional standards, ethical conduct, and client communication and independence.

Study at home or at your office – either way, it's on your own time, at your own pace and involves no travel expenses. Individuals that complete this online course and successfully pass the exam will earn 4 hours of ethics CPE credit.

Online CPE Options

Has traveling across town for CPE got you down?

Do you prefer to take CPE from your home or office?

The FICPA has several exciting online CPE options. If you want real-time online training, the FICPA and our partners Accounting CPE Network (ACPEN) and CPE Link bring great topics and speakers to your desktop. These online CPE courses (webcasts) are broadcast live, feature video or audio of the speaker, slides of their presentation to follow along, links to download any written materials, and a forum to post questions and comments in real-time. For more information please click here.

Free – Weekly Federal Tax Update Podcasts

The FICPA is pleased to bring you weekly tax updates via podcast. You can “tune-in” to the podcasts each week to get updates on the latest federal tax changes. You can rely on this information to keep you up-to-date on the latest tax issues. The podcasts have been created for CPAs by veteran lecturers Lynn Nichols and Ed Zollars of MaresNichols CPE.

These podcasts do not qualify for CPE credit. They are designed to provide you with the most relevant and timely tax information to assist you in providing your clients, firm and company the best services possible.

Click here to begin tune in each week.

Registration Volume Discount
Register five or more people from your firm or organization for the same event and get a volume discount.  Click here for complete details.  (Some restrictions apply.)