CPE Catalog & Events

For the past two decades the trend has been to move away from brick and mortar offices and have a greater number of people work or telecommute from home. Because of the upheaval caused by recent events, the rate of this move has been accelerated. This has and will continue to create control challenges and organizations must work to address these. Such things as moving from time based employee value to task completion based measurement and the ability to drive needed inter-company communication are just a sample of the issues with which entities must contend. This session looks at the benefits and pitfalls of workers that telecommute. It then discusses important risks and controls to consider as this trend continues and evolves in the business world.

Internal controls are applied within an organization to satisfy objectives related to operations, compliance, and financial reporting. This course provides practical analysis and tips for how a reporting entity can manage financial reporting risk in an effective and efficient way. This course also differentiates the auditor's responsibilities for internal controls under Sarbanes Oxley, Government Auditing Standards, and Single Audit requirements.

Please join us for an introductory course in international cross border transactions. We will discuss typical situations in which a cross-border transaction arises, and how a taxpayer can utilize the rules to potentially decrease an entities effective tax rate. Other issues, such as documentation and IRS audit risk will also be covered. These rules will be illustrated by a hypothetical US- Canada transaction.

Define the systems. This self-study online course is part of the U.S. International Tax Certificate, a comprehensive learning program geared to help global finance and accounting professionals navigate the highly complex world of international taxation. This course can be purchased individually or as part of the U.S. International Tax: Core Concepts bundle. You must purchase the bundle to earn the digital badge. This course covers U.S. international tax fundamentals, beginning with defining tax systems employed around the world. Featuring an introduction of the concepts of inbound and outbound taxation, this course provides you with a baseline of residency concepts, foreign tax credits, entity classifications, and different types of income. Also covered are such key fundamental concepts as income sourcing, withholding taxes, tax treaties, and transfer pricing.

Build a solid foundation. This self-study online course is part of the U.S. International Tax Certificate, a comprehensive learning program geared to help global finance and accounting professionals navigate the highly complex world of international taxation. This course can be purchased individually or as part of the U.S. International Tax: Advanced Issues bundle. You must purchase the bundle to earn the digital badge. The CPE self-study course focuses on the international tax implications cross-border Sections 367 and inversion transactions. Ratings an

Build a solid foundation. This self-study online course is part of the U.S. International Tax Certificate, a comprehensive learning program geared to help global finance and accounting professionals navigate the highly complex world of international taxation. This course can be purchased individually or as part of the U.S. International Tax: Advanced Issues bundle. You must purchase the bundle to earn the digital badge. The CPE self-study course focuses on the international tax implications under Section 367 in Sections 351 and 332 transactions (outbound/inbound) including: the need for Gain Recognition Agreements calculation of the all Earnings and Profits (E&P) inclusion impact from Section 367(d).

Save when you buy the complete Tax Staff Essentials, Level 4 online bundle. Brush up on your international tax concepts. Whether your organization is contemplating a global move or is already involved in international business, you need to know about the activities that create multi-jurisdictional tax exposure and the required tax reporting for each relevant jurisdiction. This course has been updated for tax reform and the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA).

The detailed rules you need. This self-study online course is part of the U.S. International Tax Certificate, a comprehensive learning program geared to help global finance and accounting professionals navigate the highly complex world of international taxation. This course can be purchased individually or as part of the U.S.International Tax: Inbound and Outbound Transactions bundle. You must purchase the bundle to earn the digital badge. This CPE self-study course covers effectively connected income (ECI), branch profits tax (BPT), branch level interest tax, and 1120-F with treaty-based form compliance in more detail with computational examples. It then covers detailed rules regarding sourcing, withholding tax (WHT), Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and the associated compliance with examples. Finally, it covers the definition of a U.S. Real Property Interest (USRPI) and U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation (USRPHC), the applicability of the Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (FIRPTA) to certain transactions and the exceptions, and the FIRPTA withholding rules (and exceptions).

Build a solid foundation. This self-study online course is part of the U.S. International Tax Certificate, a comprehensive learning program geared to help global finance and accounting professionals navigate the highly complex world of international taxation. This course can be purchased individually or as part of the U.S.International Tax: Inbound and Outbound Transactions bundle. You must purchase the bundle to earn the digital badge. This CPE self-study course covers the other major areas of U.S. international tax reform such as dividends received deduction (DRD), Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI), Base Erosion and Anti-abuse Tax (BEAT), Foreign-Derived Intangible Income (FDII), and Section 965. It then details Section 956, investment in U.S. property by a Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC). Finally, it covers Section 959, previously taxed income. Discussion will also focus on general operating rules, consequences of previously taxed income ( PTI) distributions, and successor rules. Finally, this module will cover section 1248 applicability in bother taxable and non-taxable transactions with examples.

This video-based CPE course is included in the Not-for-Profit Certificate II Program. It can be purchased individually or as a part of the Not-for-Profit Certificate II - Financial Reporting track. Identifying mission-critical information in a not-for-profit (NFP) organization's financial statements is vital to analyzing an NFP's health and making plans. Ratio analysis and other methods are tools that can be used to make informed, strategic decisions regarding cash flow management, resource allocation, and investment in capacity-building activities to more effectively and efficiently achieve an NFP's mission. This CPE course offers you detail-rich examples and case studies that will help you understand how financial statements interrelate, identify potential red flags within a set of NFP financial statements, and perform strategic analysis. Included in the course resources are various financial statement examples and common ratios used in analyzing NFP financial statements. Note: As of August 1, 2018, course content has been updated to reflect implementation of FASB Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) effective for most not-for-profit entities for their next financial reporting period, including those related to financial statement presentation (ASU 2016-14) and revenue recognition (ASU 2014-09 and ASU 2018-08).

Governmental accounting is very unique. This course will introduce the financial reporting basics for governments, including fund accounting and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Attendees will analyze the layouts of the fund financial statements as well as the government-wide financial statements.

Nonprofits face unique accounting challenges. This course will introduce attendees to the financial statements and unique accounting principles applicable to not-for-profit organizations. Specifically, we will focus on the typical transactions and account balances unique to NFPs, including net assets, agency transactions, contributions, endowments, and programmatic investments.

Start preparing an operational budget. The course explores the budgeting tool that helps managers for planning, controlling, and forecasting. By focussing on key steps in the budgeting process, you can recognize budgeting concepts and components and identify the trends and variations to meet your target. ### Value added topics: Budgeting process Operational budget Forecast sales volume Gain experience with detailed exercises. The practical hands-on exercise uses real-world examples. They are designed to provide you with real-world knowledge on how to apply daily cost accounting principles. This is a standalone course but if you're interested in more of this type of learning while earning a designation, explore the CGMAr Finance Leadership Program.

Save when you buy the complete Tax Staff Essentials, Level 3 online bundle. Learn about taxes for business acquisition. Learn skills to offer tax advice to a client or employer who is considering buying or selling a business. Learn about the most common types of business acquisitions and the necessary tax-related skills. In addition to a thorough overview of buying and selling, including guidance on due diligence procedures and best practices, you will learn how to properly calculate, document, and value a business acquisition transaction.

Creating and managing value Financial management is fundamentally about creating and managing value, the importance of what "value" is, and knowing what drives it. This course focuses on commonly used approaches for arriving at values that will form the basis of negotiation. In addition to valuation methods, you will understand the importance of gathering a deep understanding of the organization's industry, technology, business environment, customers, competitors, synergies, current major stakeholders, and the rationale for selling or the reluctance to sell and how all these factors come into play when arriving at valuations. Value added topics Valuation using cash flows Advantages and disadvantages of cash-based techniques Forecast dividends without constant growth Gain experience with detailed exercises The practical hands-on exercise is designed to teach you how to value a business and get a deeper understanding of the variables in business valuation to help you make the right decisions. This is a standalone course but if you're interested in more of this type of learning while earning a designation, explore the CGMAr Finance Leadership Program.

This CPE course is included in the 15-hour Preparation, Compilation, and Review Staff Essentials program. It can also be purchased as a part of the Review Engagements Series. This innovative CPE course has been designed to provide a convenient, accessible way for firms to train their staff in this area of practice. With the introduction of the SSARS No. 21, Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services: Clarification and Recodification, this area of practice will be experiencing a level of change not seen in over 30 years. This CPE course provides fundamental training on the general principles and objective of a compilation engagement. This enhanced learning program contains a customized "learning coach" to create a flexible, engaging learning experience. This CPE course has also been updated to reflect the most recent changes resulting from the issuance of SSARS No. 22 and SSARS No. 23, to help practitioners comply with the latest developments in regulation.

What does it cost for future success? Discover the tool that provides information on how to better understand costs in your business. Be able to make distinctions between the different types of costs and how they behave with different activity levels. You can recognize these quick cost accounting techniques as a value-added enhancing tool. Acquire new skills to demonstrate proficiency in cost accounting: Rationales for costing Appropriate costing for decision making Direct and indirect costs Cost behaviour and cost drivers Variable and fixed costs Gain experience with detailed exercises. The practical hands-on exercise uses real-world examples and are designed to give you real-world knowledge on how to apply daily cost accounting principles. This is a standalone course but if you're interested in more of this type of learning while earning a designation, explore the CGMAr Finance Leadership Program.

In the accounting profession, dealing with data is life. Doing it efficiently and effectively are skill differentiators. Power Query, part of Microsoft Power BI suite, is indispensable for extracting, transforming and loading data (the "ETL"; of the commonly referred to ETLR). In this session, we will explore the basics of the Power Query add-in - extracting, transforming and preparing data for analysis.