CPE Catalog & Events
A&A Update for Closely Held Businesses 26-27
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Online
6.0 Credits
Member Price: $259
This course is designed for the accounting and auditing professional who provides attestation services to closely held businesses. The course reviews recent standard-setting activities of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the AICPA, specifically focusing on those standards having the most significant impact on closely held non-public business entities. The course also discusses adopting the latest audit standards, including the new audit risk assessment requirements.
Top 10 Things to Know About Estate Taxation & Planning 26-27
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Clients believe that estate planning is only for the wealthy who will owe Federal estate tax. This isn't the case. Perhaps as a result of the 2020 pandemic, estate planning has a renewed focus. All practitioners should be familiar with the vernacular, acronyms and techniques. Estate planning involves personal issues that affect everyone, whether or not the estate tax will apply. Learn strategies to pass assets to future generations; provide education benefits; distribute retirement benefits, and provide a charitable legacy.
Fiduciary Taxation Part 4: Miscellaneous Topics & AMT 26-27
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
The final webcast in this series focuses on the special rules that apply when a fiduciary entity invests in real estate or other passive activity assets, elects the 65-day rule, makes specific bequests to beneficiaries or incurs alternative minimum tax (AMT). The underlying statute for AMT is written for individual taxpayers and the fiduciary or adviser must apply the statute to the special rules and calculations that determine fiduciary taxation. Be sure to register for all courses in this series: Fiduciary Taxation Part 1: Introduction to Form 1041 Fiduciary Taxation Part 2: Fiduciary Accounting & Simple Trusts Fiduciary Taxation Part 3: Complex Trusts & Charitable Deduction Fiduciary Taxation Part 4: Miscellaneous Topics & AMT
Fast Start IRS Collections Bootcamp - Tampa, FL 2 days (In Person)
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Tampa
16.0 Credits
Member Price: $199
*** Save 15% on this event when you use the code SAVE15 at checkout *** Tax Resolution Academy® seminars are the premier taxpayer representation events in the country. Since 2015, thousands of tax professionals have attended our tax resolution boot camps to maximize the practical knowledge that truly allows them to serve their clients and build better tax firms.In this immersive program, you and all our attendees will take a "deep dive" into the core principles of resolving individual IRS liabilities, including a structured approach to representation work and the exam and collections strategies that will apply to over 90% of all representation cases you'll work!We'll lay a solid foundation for representation as we cover case work processes for exam and collections matters.We will also discuss marketing tactics as well as some practice management tools you can use to grow the representation side your tax practice and greatly improve your cash flow. After this seminar, you'll be able to apply the step-by-step methodology you learn here to most of the cases that you'll be called to work on.So why join us for this seminar? IRS Representation is one of the most lucrative services you can offer as a tax professional. Right now, over 13 million taxpayers owe back tax liabilities to the federal government and many millions more receive notices with issue, and average case fees from these representation clients exceed $4,500+ per engagement. Imagine how this can supercharge YOUR success!In order to earn CE/CPE credit for this webinar, attendees will be required to sign in and out on the attendance sheet at the door to the hotel ballroom. Attendance will be visually verified and monitored by Tax Pro Academy LLC staff during the entirety of the boot camp to ensure integrity of the CPE hours issued.You will also learn the applicable tax law and IRM procedures for handling these types of cases. This course is NASBA approved.
Ethics: Protecting the Integrity of Florida CPAs (0004980)
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $104
This Florida Board of Accountancy-approved ethics course, developed by the Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA), provides CPAs with a comprehensive understanding of their ethical and professional responsibilities. Designed for CPAs in various professional roles and industries, this course explores ethical principles, regulatory requirements and emerging issues affecting the profession. Participants will gain insight into the Florida Statutes (Chapters 455 & 473) and Florida Administrative Code (FAC) (61H1), AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct and general ethical behavior. The course includes discussions on professional integrity, independence, objectivity, conflicts of interest fraud detection and prevention, compliance requirements, and equipping CPAs with the knowledge needed to navigate ethical dilemmas while maintaining public trust. This course meets the biennial ethics CPE requirement for Florida licensed CPA’s.
Comprehensive S Corporation Taxation Form 1120S 26-27
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
This course comprehensively reviews the laws and regulations impacting S corporations. Get updated on the IRS' compliance campaign that targets the improper reporting and calculations of stock basis and distributions. Learn to calculate and report critical S corporation tax items that generate most IRS audit adjustments correctly. Topics cover issues include S corporation qualifications, making and keeping the S election, reasonable compensation, taxation of distributions, the use of Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiaries, allocation of annual operating income and loss, tax reporting elections and learning the proper method to calculate the basis of stock and debt amounts.
Leases: ASC Topic 842 in Depth 26-27
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
An in-depth coverage of ASC Topic 842, Leases . Leasing is popular among corporations for needs including office space and equipment. Since ASC Topic 842, Leases has been adopted by most entities, it is time to review the topic, including any recently issued updates. Excerpts from publicly traded companies' recent disclosures on Leases are also examined.
Social Security Basics and Strategies for Maximizing Benefits 26-27
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Though many clients see Social Security as a government benefit, it is really a covered worker's investment asset to be managed like any other asset. This course examines how Social Security benefits are calculated, identifying benefit-claiming strategies and what spouses can do now to maximize benefits at retirement. You'll learn how Social Security works and explore common planning situations'including workers with and without spouses, sandwich-generation families with dependent parents and minor children, and surviving and/or divorced spouses'with the focus on techniques to maximize your clients' benefits.
FASB & AICPA Update for Tax Professionals (Highlights) 26-27
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
This 2-hour program covers recent promulgations of the FASB and AICPA with broad applicability.
Comprehensive S Corporation Taxation Form 1120S 26-27
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
This course comprehensively reviews the laws and regulations impacting S corporations. Get updated on the IRS' compliance campaign that targets the improper reporting and calculations of stock basis and distributions. Learn to calculate and report critical S corporation tax items that generate most IRS audit adjustments correctly. Topics cover issues include S corporation qualifications, making and keeping the S election, reasonable compensation, taxation of distributions, the use of Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiaries, allocation of annual operating income and loss, tax reporting elections and learning the proper method to calculate the basis of stock and debt amounts.
Leases: ASC Topic 842 in Depth 26-27
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
An in-depth coverage of ASC Topic 842, Leases . Leasing is popular among corporations for needs including office space and equipment. Since ASC Topic 842, Leases has been adopted by most entities, it is time to review the topic, including any recently issued updates. Excerpts from publicly traded companies' recent disclosures on Leases are also examined.
Social Security Basics and Strategies for Maximizing Benefits 26-27
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Though many clients see Social Security as a government benefit, it is really a covered worker's investment asset to be managed like any other asset. This course examines how Social Security benefits are calculated, identifying benefit-claiming strategies and what spouses can do now to maximize benefits at retirement. You'll learn how Social Security works and explore common planning situations'including workers with and without spouses, sandwich-generation families with dependent parents and minor children, and surviving and/or divorced spouses'with the focus on techniques to maximize your clients' benefits.
Tax Basis Financial Statements 26-27
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
As the complexity of GAAP drives preparers of financial statements to seek GAAP alternatives, many are finding tax-basis financial statements can meet their needs. This 2-hour program covers many of the matters to be considered when choosing the tax-basis for financial statement presentation.
Shorten Month End: Closing Best Practices 26-27
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Surveys show that the average North American company completes its monthly financial statement closing in six days. However, some companies can close their books in one day or less. You don't have to sacrifice accuracy for speed. This session will show you how to close month-end faster, better and cheaper.
K2's Getting Started With Artificial Intelligence 26-27
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot, are available to everyone and offer great promise for enhanced productivity. Learn how you can begin to take advantage of these tools by participating in this session.
Accounting for Crypto Assets 26-27
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Online
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the latest U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) guidelines for accounting and financial reporting of crypto assets. Participants will learn the essential concepts for identifying, measuring, presenting, and disclosing crypto assets in financial statements, with a specific focus on the new guidance from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2023-08.
K2's Securing Your Data: Practical Tools For Protecting Information 26-27
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Online
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $175
Data security is a top-of-mind concern for almost all business professionals, yet most struggle to achieve this objective. Make plans to participate in this session to learn about many practical tools you can use to protect your data and enhance cybersecurity.
How AI Fits into the Accounting World 26-27
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
This session is designed as a primer to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) and to discuss how it will impact accountants as they work. The material will briefly explain what AI is and then focus on ways that it is already serving those in the accounting realm. It will close with a look at future AI-centric developments that will have great potential to positively impact on the accounting profession. Those wishing to gain an understanding of what artificial intelligence is and how it will be used by accountants should consider attending this session.
K2's The Best Kept Secrets Of Microsoft 365 26-27
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Online
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Microsoft 365 offers more than just Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint! Participate in this session to learn about the best-kept secrets in your Microsoft 365 subscription and how they can improve personal and team productivity and security.
Estate Planning: A Comprehensive Overview 26-27
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Online
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
To get started in estate planning, learn the basics of intestate succession, probate, wills, health care directives, general powers of attorney, trusts, gift and estate tax planning, as well as transfers of assets. Become familiar with some basics of transfer tax planning, including A-B trusts and QTIPs/marital deduction planning, portability, planning with life insurance trusts, family limited partnerships and more. Also, particular attention will be paid to the human elements that are impacted by estate planning and related tax strategies.