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K2's Introducing Artificial Intelligence To Human Resources Pros

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 12:00pm - 1:08pm

Online

1.20 Credits

Member Price: $39

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the hottest topic in technology circles today. And for good reason! AI can help all business professionals – including HR professionals – work more efficiently and effectively. AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot are proving themselves daily as valuable assets. These tools can help you automate research, draft documents, summarize emails, analyze Excel data, and even create PowerPoint presentations for you. If you haven't yet explored what today's AI tools can do, you'll want to participate in this session to become more productive and efficient with this very practical technology.

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Common Peer Review Deficiencies and How to Avoid Them

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $79

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Required Peer Reviews are an important element for ensuring high quality audit and attest services are being offered by CPAs. This course will explore the most common deficiencies identified through the Peer Review program, so that CPAs know what potential problems to avoid.

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Ethical Standards in Tax Practice: Circular 230 and Compliance

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $79

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This instructor-led course offers an in-depth analysis of ethical challenges that tax professionals face, focusing on the provisions of Circular 230 and how they apply to real- world scenarios. Through the discussion of key issues such as conflicts of interest, confidentiality, diligence, contingent fees, and the handling of amended returns, participants will learn how to apply ethical principles in their practice while maintaining professional standards. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to handle ethical dilemmas, manage client pressures, and ensure compliance with regulatory expectations, all while safeguarding their professional integrity. *Please Note:  If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Handouts Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com

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The CFO Who Went to Prison

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $89

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Joshua, a CFO from Chicago, did not go to prison for stealing the $2 million in liquid cash he had access to on a daily basis. Instead, Joshua ended up in prison by rationalizing that he was entitled to a few small perks of the profession. This course explores Joshua's story and covers how and why executives with high annual incomes make short-sighted decisions that can cost them their job and freedom. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

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Not Just Your Everyday FASB Update

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 12:00pm - 3:41pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $129

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This course highlights significant updates that affect financial reporting and related attestation services. We will explore novel FASB pronouncements while examining the enduring impact of lease accounting and revenue recognition standards. This course will provide reminders regarding both GAAP and non-GAAP financial reporting alternatives for closely held entities. We will also explore selected guidance regarding audit, review, and compilation engagements.

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Fraud Busters: Controls to Prevent and Detect Fraud

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $89

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Auditing digital assets: Entity's use of a service organization

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Online

1.00 Credits

Member Price: $75

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Auditing entities that hold or transact digital assets and use service organizations Although the use of digital assets is rapidly expanding, guidance on how to effectively account for and audit digital assets has not kept pace. This is where the AICPA can help. Based on the AICPA Practice Aid Accounting for and Auditing of Digital Assets, this webcast can help you determine what to do when your client uses a service organization to help transact in, safeguard, or account for its digital assets. You'll discover: How to identify whether a service organization is present, including how to determine the nature of the services provided Key considerations when a service organization provides services related to digital assets, including the role of a SOC report in understanding the control environment The risks, challenges and factors to consider when performing audit procedures when service organizations are being utilized

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Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Focus on Digital Forensics

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 1:00pm - 2:35pm

Online

1.80 Credits

Member Price: $59

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Forensic accounting, forensic accountancy or financial forensics is the specialty practice area of accounting that investigates whether firms engage in financial reporting misconduct. Forensic accountants apply a range of skills and methods to determine whether there has been financial reporting misconduct. Financial forensic engagements may fall into several categories. For example: Economic damages calculations, whether suffered through tort or breach of contract. Post-acquisition disputes such as earnouts or breaches of warranties Bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization Securities and tax fraud Money laundering Business valuation Computer forensics/e-discovery This session is designed to delve into further investigative procedures used including digital forensics. Future sessions will focus on computer forensics, network forensics and mobile forensics.  

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Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) Domain V - Part 1

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 1:00pm - 2:54pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $79

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The new Global Internal Audit Standards were released on January 9, 2024, and will become effective January 9, 2025. The previous version, the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, released in 2017, remains approved for use during a one-year transition period. The Global Internal Audit Standards guide the worldwide professional practice of internal audit. They serve as a basis for evaluating and elevating the quality of the internal audit function. The Standards use 15 guiding principles with five separate domains that enable effective internal audit implementation and examples of evidence of conformance. The Global Standards are organized into five domains. Domain I: Purpose of Internal Auditing Domain II: Ethics and Professionalism Domain III: Governing the Internal Audit Function Domain IV: Managing the Internal Audit Function Domain V: Performing Internal Audit Service

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Ethical AI Practices for CPAs: Ensuring Responsible Use

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $89

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Surgent's Forms 7217 and 7203

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $99

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IRS Form 7217 is an IRS tax form required for partners receiving distributions of property from partnerships. Starting for tax years beginning in 2024, a partner who receives property from a partnership must file Form 7217 with his or her annual income tax return. Form 7217 is filed by any partner receiving a distribution of property from a partnership to report the basis of the distributed property, including any basis adjustment to such property as required by Section 732(a)(2) or (b). This new IRS form is part of the IRS's general concern regarding basis shifting in favor of high marginal tax rate related partners. Form 7217 is now required and details the types of property distributed, the aggregate basis, and the allocation of basis to the distributed property. Form 7203 is designed to assist in tracking an S corporation shareholder's stock and debt basis. Form 7203 is a significant improvement from the worksheets the IRS provided formerly and over time will serve to help partners and partnerships keep track of their stock and debt basis. The course covers the structure and organization of Form 7203 as well as how an S corporation shareholder's stock and debt basis are calculated.

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Surgent's The Accounting Leaders' Survival Guide - Strategies for Managing Organizational Change

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $99

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Our country and our accounting methods have undergone huge changes in the previous few years, most of it challenging. Individuals and entire businesses have been left reeling by new tax regulations, doing more with less, and employment restructuring. Organizations must adjust quickly; notwithstanding how painful these changes have been. This course instructs accounting managers on how to deal with change and stress in the workplace. Before it affects them in a negative way, the accounting professional will learn how to best manage the changing work environment and the stress that comes with it. "The first wealth is health," remarked Ralph Waldo Emerson, but for many of us, stressful jobs are putting our health at jeopardy.

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Avoiding Legal Liability and Peer Review Deficiencies in Nonaudit Services, Including Bookkeeping and Preparing Financial Statements

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $129

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The majority of peer review deficiencies and malpractice claims result from nonaudit services. This course will provide best practices for avoiding legal liability and quality control concerns.

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How SAS Nos. 134-145 Improve Risk-Based Audits

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $149

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Recent generally accepted auditing standards were written to improve the quality of risk-based financial statement audits, audit reporting, and required by-product communications. This course will discuss the important clarifications and enhancements intended to improve audit quality to ensure better compliance with requirements contained in SAS Nos. 134-145. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

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K2's Ethics and Technology

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $129

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With the explosion of technology over the past thirty years, one fair question is, “what are the ethical considerations and impacts related to this technology?” Of course, practical technology issues such as data privacy and security undoubtedly carry ethical K2’s Ethics And Technology considerations. However, technology also affects the ethics associated with work-life balance, the digital divide, training needs, copyrights, and fraud, to name a few. This course will teach you about “technoethics” and its implications for individuals and organizations. To that end, you will explore many current and emerging issues associated with ethics and technology, such as copyrights, cybercrimes, privacy versus security, and geo-tracking technologies. Given the profound implications of ethics and technology, this could be the most impactful session you will ever attend.

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Build Better Budgets: Fundamental Techniques

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $89

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This session provides insights for enhancing the preparation and utilization of budgets. Seasoned accountants will benefit from a refreshed awareness of popular techniques. Budding financial professionals will obtain novel insight regarding fundamental budgeting concepts. All participants will develop an appreciation for the holistic nature of budgeting as an integral tool for planning and control. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

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Recruit. Retain. Engage. Mastering LinkedIn for HR Success

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Online

2.00 Credits

Member Price: $89

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Today's savvy executives use LinkedIn to accelerate hiring, as well as, to promote employee retention and engagement. This interactive session is for the financial executive who is actively growing and nurturing a team or company and wants to leverage LinkedIn, which is the best digital resource available. Join us for this powerful webinar and unlock the full potential of LinkedIn as your HR secret weapon for recruiting top talent, retaining your best employees, and elevating overall team engagement. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

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Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 2:00pm - 5:43pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $129

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The Accountant role is evolving from data aggregation to knowledge extraction, with a significant emphasis on understanding and leveraging technological advancements. In this era of rapid digital transformation, it is crucial for accountants to grasp the shift towards more analytical roles, learn the tools, and integrate Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Analytics (DA) in their organization and daily practices. This course will focus on raising the accountant's awareness of BI and DA practices, the impact of AI technologies like ChatGPT, and how these can benefit their organization. By embracing these technologies, accountants can enhance their value proposition by transitioning from traditional accounting roles to becoming strategic advisors and decision-makers.

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Partnership Essentials: Review & Update

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 2:00pm - 6:00pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $129

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This course examines the critical issues and special opportunities facing partnerships and their partners, as well as the relationship between limited liability companies and partnerships, with a focus on reporting tax basis capital accounts. **Please Note:  If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Course Materials Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com.

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Seeing Beyond the Numbers: Analysis for CFOs and Controllers

Wednesday, Oct. 29
 2:00pm - 6:00pm

Online

4.00 Credits

Member Price: $149

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