CPE Catalog & Events

Enterprise Risk Management for SMEs

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.  The same theory applies to departmental performance—the overall result is only as strong as its weakest contributor.  Leave our interactive and entertaining session with insight for developing and sustaining the best team you can possibly assemble.  The four elements in this process are (1) development, (2) leadership, (3) hiring and (4) environment.  Discuss how to effectively use these elements in your creation of an outstanding organization. Discover the power of the 10 Attributes for Leadership Success and the negative impact of Leadership’s Fatal 13. Above all, learn how to combine these four elements as a successful catalyst for sustained high-quality output and results.  

Trust is essential, because without trust, there can be no teamwork.  Trust is like oxygen, when it is gone - we suffocate.  This session provides a 15-step action plan to gain commitment from your team members, build trust, hold each person accountable and create results for your organization. 

Every one of your business clients is at least one legal entity — and most are several. Each of those entities carries its own set of state obligations that have nothing to do with the tax return: annual reports, registered agent requirements, and foreign registrations in states the client may have stopped operating in years ago. When those obligations slip, the consequences land on your desk, in March, when the client can't get a good standing certificate for a loan closing, discovers a $400 Florida late fee that no one can waive, or learns the entity was administratively dissolved last September. November is the only month on the calendar when a firm can get ahead of all of it. Tax season is behind you and the 2027 compliance year hasn't started. Florida's annual report window opens January 1 and closes May 1, and every other state runs its own clock alongside it. This session is built for exactly that six-week gap. What We'll Cover We'll start with what actually happens to a business entity between January 1 and May 1 — in Florida first, and then in the states Florida clients most often carry entities in: Delaware, New York, Texas, and the Wyoming and Nevada . Those are LLCs clients form online without telling anyone. We'll draw a clear line between state registration obligations and tax filing obligations, and explain how a client can be fully current with the Department of Revenue while sitting in revoked status with the Secretary of State. From there, we'll walk through the four failure points that account for most lost good standing — dormant foreign registrations, outdated registered agent addresses, missed annual reports, and revoked or administratively dissolved status. We will show you how to spot each one in a client's entity portfolio, and what it actually costs to unwind. We'll close with a practical year-end entity review your firm can run across its client base in an afternoon, and a simple entity register template that turns a once-a-year fire drill into a repeatable, billable service. You'll leave With A clear picture of which entity deadlines reset on January 1 and which run on anniversary dates. A working understanding of Florida's 2027 annual report cycle, fees, penalties, and dissolution timeline. A four-point audit you can apply to any client's entity portfolio. A downloadable multi-state compliance calendar and entity register template. A model for offering entity compliance as a year-round service rather than a reactive cleanup. Speakers  Frank Tumminello, CEO and Co-founder, FileForms Frank Tumminello is the CEO and Co-Founder of FileForms, the compliance automation platform that handles entity formations, annual reports, registered agent services, foreign qualifications, and related state filings across all 50 states. Built API-first, FileForms powers compliance programs for more than 35,000 businesses and 2,000 professional services firms, and provides white-label compliance infrastructure to CPA firms, law firms, family offices, and fintech platforms. Before founding FileForms, Frank spent nearly a decade in private equity and investment banking. As Director of Corporate Development at Flores & Associates, a private equity–backed benefits administrator, he led eight acquisitions of third-party administrators and business compliance providers. Earlier, he was a Senior Associate at Century Equity Partners and an investment banking analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. and Raymond James. Frank is a frequent speaker and podcast guest on state compliance and the professional-services channel, including past appearances with the FICPA. He holds a B.S. in Physics from Bates College and is based in South Florida.   Ryan Mulligan, Head of Account Management, FileForms Ryan Mulligan leads Account Management at FileForms, where he works directly with accounting firms, law firms, and multi-entity businesses to design and run their entity compliance programs — from registered agent coverage and annual report calendars to multi-state foreign qualifications and good standing remediation. Ryan brings 13 years of experience in corporate compliance services. He spent the majority of his career at Corporate Creations, one of the country's leading registered agent and corporate services providers, and continued with the business following its acquisition by Computershare, where he managed a team of account managers serving professional firms and their clients. That background gives him a practitioner's view of what actually goes wrong inside a client's entity portfolio and what it costs to fix. At FileForms, Ryan leads onboarding and ongoing account management for professional firms, bulk filers, and API partners.    

Technology adoption often comes with resistance, but it's possible to transform this challenge into an opportunity for growth. This course explores the journey from resistance to resilience in embracing new technologies, focusing on overcoming barriers and ensuring successful implementation. Participants will examine cutting-edge audit technologies, including AI, data analytics, and automation, and learn how to align these innovations with both organizational and personal goals. Through case studies, insights into the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), and practical discussions, participants will gain the tools and strategies to foster acceptance, driving seamless integration of new technology into both individual tasks and team workflows. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Learn the history of medical plans and how the American health insurance system developed into it's current state. This section will help HR and Finance professionals actually understand the mechanisms behind traditional fully insured plans and their self funded plan counterparts. It will also introduce some key concepts around Stop Loss, Third Party Administration, and Medical Plan Underwriting

Managing and auditing employee spending on personal and corporate credit cards is a challenge everywhere. Legacy manual expense reporting preparation and approval processes are tedious and repetitive and are an excellent place to start your company's use of business process automation solutions. This session will cover a variety of expense workflow tools which use technologies and features like bank feeds, mobile receipt capture, OCR data extraction/filling, automated policy enforcement, and artificial intelligence-based validation to automate and eliminate the tedium. Attend this session and learn how to use automation and cure the expense reporting blues for you and your employees.

This session explores the nature of analytical procedures, with significant emphasis placed upon professional standards involving the use of analytical procedures in audit and review engagements. Practical examples to illustrate the application process will also be given.

This is a specialized course designed for experienced accounting professionals who are looking to strengthen their interpersonal and professional skills in maintaining appropriate boundaries within and beyond the workplace. This course delves deep into the complexities of workplace relationships, personal practices, & ethical dilemmas, providing participants with advanced strategies to effectively manage professional distances and avoid problematic conflicts of all kinds. Through interactive sessions, case studies, and expert guidance, attendees will learn how to navigate sensitive situations with tact and integrity, ensuring that their professional conduct remains impeccable, and their careers continue to thrive in an increasingly complex business environment.

Do you get bored with similar rubrics’ cube COSO risk model courses?  They are important and great, but this course is intended to offer a fresh approach on the view of risk using the dynamic landscape of modern business; CFOs are charged with navigating an array of external and internal risks that can impact organizational performance and sustainability. This seminar will empower finance professionals with the foresight and practical tools needed to understand, anticipate, and mitigate both external and internal risks. We must be aware and anticipate. If we do not adequately prepare, we will be exposed to avoidable and onerous risk. Essential for leaders and organizations that want to survive and thrive. This seminar stands on its own but is also part of the Common Sense CFO series.

Freelance work and other non-permanent employment arrangements are becoming increasingly popular ways for people to earn a living. Although these non-traditional activities offer novel, flexible ways to earn income from diverse sources, they also introduce nuanced recordkeeping, reporting, and attestation issues. We investigate characteristics of the gig economy, employee-versus-contractor considerations, bookkeeping, regulatory compliance, and external reporting considerations. We also explore best practices for CPAs who fulfill the role of trusted advisor for gig economy clients.

Clients concerned about market volatility often prefer more conservative fixed-income investment strategies. There are many choices to consider: taxable or tax-exempt bonds; Treasury Bills or inflation-indexed bonds; and direct purchases, exchange-traded funds, or mutual funds. This course will explore the current economic environment, various fixed-income strategies, and their taxation. Companion course: Tax Aspects of Stock Investing

Revenue involves significant risks that warrant special consideration during audits. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued a new standard—"Revenue from Contracts with Customers" that replaces most industry-specific revenue recognition requirements in US GAAP. A new principles-based, five-step revenue recognition model now applies. Recent disclosures of qualitative and quantitative information, significant judgments, and changes in judgments are also required. New systems, processes, and controls may be needed. Poor design or implementation may pose heightened risks of material misstatement, including those due to fraud.

This course will elevate your individual income tax preparation skills and knowledge. It will help you go beyond the basics and will help you provide superior service to your clients. We will cover topics including taxation of investments, reporting of partnership and S-corporation income, net investment income tax, calculation of self-employment taxes, household employer taxes, social security taxation, basic retirement planning opportunities and Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). In addition, we will also do a review of loss limitations and much more.

This webinar gives CPAs a practical look at designing, implementing, and maintaining effective internal controls. While many organizations are able to build a solid control framework, too often, the execution falls short'especially when it comes to testing, monitoring, and keeping controls up to date. That weakens the entire structure. We'll walk through proven strategies to ensure controls aren't just created, but successfully embedded into day-to-day operations. You'll receive a set of customizable checklists to help maintain and improve your organization's policies and procedures. Most importantly, you'll develop a deeper understanding of why internal controls must evolve alongside changes in business tools and processes'and how to keep yours responsive, relevant, and effective.

Many business professionals consider PivotTables the most powerful feature in Excel, yet most accounting and financial professionals do not use them in their day-to-day activities. If you are ready to learn how to take advantage of PivotTables or extend your existing knowledge, then this course is for you! In this dynamic and engaging session, you'll master how to: •    Build PivotTables from scratch •    Group data inside PivotTables, including options for fiscal periods •    Create user-defined calculations in your PivotTables We start with the fundamentals and quickly move to advanced techniques, including: •    Building PivotTables that consolidate data from multiple ranges •    Connecting PivotTables dynamically to external databases and financial accounting systems •    Leveraging other Excel features associated with PivotTables, such as Slicers, Power Query, and Power Pivot This seminar is a must for anyone eager to enhance their Excel skills and transform their workflow. With guidance and coaching from your K2 instructor, you'll be ready to use PivotTables to analyze and report on extensive data sets in a fraction of the time you spend completing such tasks.

Please join us for an introductory course on the fundamentals of preparing and filing an individual federal income tax return. We will cover topics such as what the federal income tax is and how it is computed. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Participants will learn to create customized AI chatbots that can enhance client interaction and internal operations-all without coding experience. This course provides a concise overview of specialized, task-oriented AI chatbots and GPT builders, focusing on how these technologies are revolutionizing professional workflows. Through hands-on exploration of platforms like AgentGPT, Claude Projects, Gemini Gems, and NotebookLM, participants will learn to design, deploy, and manage custom AI assistants tailored to their specific needs. The course emphasizes creating advanced AI apps that can understand context and solve complex problems autonomously. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

This program addresses the many issues impacting investment scams. The unique challenges facing practitioners in finding deductions for the horrendous losses many clients experience due to these scams are related to actual practice situations – and then analyzed for their deduction implications. The situations are based on real life experiences of practitioner clients.

Thsi course provides a comprehensive overview of Written Information Security Plans (WISP), focusing on their purpose, requirements, and implentation. All PTIN holders must certify they have a WISP prior to renewal, along with certifying the training of employees, staff and contractors as necessary. Participants will explore the history and legal foundation of WISP under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and how compliances is enforsed through IRS Circular 230, AICPA Statments of Standards, The American Bar Associations and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.