Professional Development and Event Catalog
2024 Financial Statement Presentation and Disclosure
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
This comprehensive session is a must-attend event for any professional accountant who prepares financial statements for either a private enterprise or a firm client. We illustrate best practices for presentation and disclosure by revisiting fundamentals of financial reporting for various industries. This workshop explores best practices for United States GAAP in addition to considerations for special purpose frameworks. Experienced accountants will benefit from a refresher whereas other accountants will appreciate formative skill-building insights.
2024 Year-End Tax Planning: Thinking Outside the Box
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Tax planning is more than an estimated tax calculation, it's a process. Where are we now and what can we change? This timely program will highlight significant 2022-23 tax developments and discuss key tax planning ideas for your clients as you prepare for the upcoming tax season. Don’t wait until late December to start planning for your clients! **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.
Consulting Services Secrets
7:00pm - 7:57pm
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Award winning discussion leader Mark Hugh discusses how to create and capture value with consulting services. Whether you want to consult a little or full time, this valuable course reviews identifying a specialty, growing a practice, capturing value, creating deliverables, and effective marketplace marketing strategies.
The Education Advantage: Strategies for Boosting Employee Retention and Engagement
7:00pm - 8:02pm
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
In the dynamic landscape of modern workplaces, the ability to retain top talent and foster employee engagement is a key determinant of organizational success. "The Education Advantage" is a one-hour program designed to help HR professionals, employers and employees understand: Turnover Costs Cost of Disengaged Employees Professional Development as a Strategic Imperative Employer Hesitations How to Embrace Professional Development Initiatives Types of Educational Opportunities This one-hour session is ideal for HR professionals, managers, and organizational leaders seeking tangible solutions to elevate employee engagement and retention through strategic professional development. Elevate your workforce and organizational success with "The Education Advantage."
SECURE Act 2.0: What You Need to Know
7:00pm - 8:03pm
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Signed by President Biden on December 29, 2022, as part of the Consolidation Appropriations Act, this program provides an explanation of the Secure Act 2.0 provisions impacting individuals and business taxpayers. Learn what you need to know for this filing season and how to plan for future years for your clients. **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.
Strategic Synergy: Unleashing HR's Impact on Business Strategy
7:00pm - 8:05pm
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
In today's dynamic corporate landscape, HR professionals are no longer just HR experts; they are integral business strategists. This session unveils the pivotal role HR plays in shaping and influencing a company's overarching business strategy. It emphasizes the need for HR to don the hat of a businessperson first and an HR professional second. In this engaging presentation, we will delve into the critical strategic business concepts that HR leaders should not only grasp but also embrace confidently at the executive level. Moreover, we will explore how HR can navigate the fast-paced, technology-driven world by adapting to evolving strategic HR concepts. Discover how HR can transform from a support function to a strategic partner, contributing directly to the organization's bottom line. Learn how to align HR initiatives with business objectives, fostering a synergy that propels the company forward. Join us as we explore the art of blending business acumen with HR expertise to create a winning formula for success at the executive table. It's time for HR to lead the way in strategic synergy!
5 Steps to Cultivate a Values-Based Approach to Governance
7:00pm - 8:09pm
Online
1.20 Credits
Member Price: $39
Emerging from the pandemic is a workplace culture governed by values. Far from a soft approach, it can drive significant business results. Organizations that embrace an empathetic culture increase performance and decrease turnover, while their customers report a more positive experience. Additionally, being more “person-focused” strongly correlates with more effective ethics and compliance programs. These insights can provide a roadmap for the "new normal" as the world emerges from the crisis. How employees and management move forward from this experience will shape the workplace for decades to come.
2024 Resolving Ethical Dilemmas-You Make the Call
7:00pm - 8:17pm
Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
By now, we should all understand the ethical obligations we have as CPAs. So, theoretically, if we just all agree to remain ethical, we should not have CPA ethical violations. But, of course, our professional ethics committees still have plenty of cases to investigate. This session will examine several ethical frameworks, including the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct’s and the GAO Yellow Book’s Threats and Safeguards approach to remaining ethical and resolving ethical dilemmas. The session will present several ethical case studies that illustrate the complexities of and challenges to staying ethical. By exercising our “ethical muscles”, we should be better positioned to effectively deal with the ethical dilemmas that we will inevitably encounter.
2024 The Psychology of Fraud
7:00pm - 8:20pm
Online
1.75 Credits
Member Price: $59
We all know that Fraud Happens. But, why? Why do people we think we can trust let us down? This session will explore the minds of white-collar criminals and examine some recent high-profile fraud cases. Why did they do it? How did they do it? What were the warning signs? If you think that fraud cannot happen to your organization, this session might give you pause.
2024 Financial Accounting for Related Party Transactions
7:00pm - 8:57pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Loans, rental agreements, business combinations – what do these all have in common? They all have the potential of creating a related party transaction. This program presents a detailed analysis of the financial accounting rules for transactions with related parties, as well as compares and contrasts those rules with the AICPA financial reporting framework for small and medium-sized entities.
Expand Your Analytical Toolbox More Tools for Success
7:00pm - 10:39pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Valuation techniques and cash management activities are two other tool categories that can round out your analytical toolbox. In this course we will initially discuss how to turn your financial plan into a powerful valuation engine. We then will discuss the formation of an efficient cash management program based on solid banker relationships. Finally, we will review Ten Steps for keeping your financial toolbox full.
2024 Key Tax Issues Facing Business and Industry
7:00pm - 11:00pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
This course focuses on the key federal tax issues affecting business from the internal accountant's point of view, with a focus on the major ramifications of the TCJA and other recent tax legislation and developments. Planning alternatives and the potential risks associated with those strategies will also be discussed. **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.
K2's 2023 Understanding Your Ransomware Risk
9:00am - 9:57am
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Protecting yourself from ransomware requires more than just anti-virus software. Additional technology protections are necessary. Further, business continuity, legal and regulatory, and cybersecurity insurance considerations should all be a part of your risk abatement strategy. Attend this session to determine if your current level of ransomware protection reduces your risk to an acceptable and identify ways to ensure that you are protected.
Cyber Attacks Through Impersonation
9:00am - 10:00am
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
This course describes how cyber attacks through impersonation are conducted. It also provides practical advice and recommended security controls to implement, reducing the likelihood and impact of an impersonation cyber attack. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Cloud Forensics
9:00am - 10:17am
Online
1.40 Credits
Member Price: $59
Cloud computing has become a source of cyber-crime. “Cloud forensics is the application of digital forensics in cloud computing as a subset of network forensics to gather and preserve evidence in a way that is suitable for presentation in a court of law.” Cloud forensics is a combination of the varied types of accounting forensics including: • Digital forensics • Network forensics. • Hardware forensics In cloud crime, the cloud is considered the object when the target of the crime is the cloud service provider they are directly affected by the act. It is considered the subject of the crime when the criminal act is committed within the cloud environment. It is considered the tool when it is used to plan or conduct a crime. This course will delve into the many concepts involved in cloud forensics. The course complements other courses in the series of Becoming a Forensic Accountant.
Fraud Risk Management
9:00am - 10:47am
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The ACFE/COSO Fraud Risk Management Guide (FRMG) was published in 2016 (and updated in 2023). It has quickly gained acceptance as the set of best practices for preventing, detecting, and thus deterring fraud. The fraud landscape is constantly changing and evolving. The FRMG sets out a rigorous set of principles and leading practices for managing fraud risk for forward-thinking organizations to follow. It covers: How to establish fraud risk management governance. How to conduct rigorous fraud risk assessments. How to design and implement fraud control activities. How to establish reporting mechanisms and investigative procedures. How to monitor the overall fraud risk management program. Fraud risk can be managed. All anti-fraud and accountability professionals will benefit from this session's focus on effective fraud risk management.
Crucial Tax Topics 2021-2022 with Art Werner - Mergers and Acquisitions: Complete Guide to Relevant Issues
9:00am - 10:49am
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Arthur Werner will provide financial professionals with the information their teams will need to successfully plan and execute mergers and acquisitions. For major topics covered, see below. This course may be customized or tailored based on the needs of your organization.
2024 Taxation of Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs)
9:00am - 11:00am
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs), unique, identifiable digital assets based on blockchain technologies, have become a fast-growing industry. This course will provide a background on how NFTs came into the mainstream marketplace. These materials will assist the practitioner to understand the tax implications of the creation, purchase and sale of these assets. **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.
Surgent's Examining ASC 842, Leases: More Than Meets the Eye
9:00am - 12:30pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Implementing ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) is sure to have a major impact on your balance sheet and potentially on your business as well. This course is a one-stop shop for what you need to know about the now-effective changes to the lease accounting guidance. In this course, we will review how to measure the lease liability and right-of-use asset that will now be recorded on the balance sheet for all leases. We will also tackle the tricky issues of accounting for lease modifications and other lease remeasurement events as well as address the other major provisions of ASC 842, such as disclosures and transition. We will also review the income statement treatment of lease expense for all leases for both lessees and lessors and discuss recent FASB implementation guidance. Lastly, the course will cover all recent updates to the originally issued guidance in Topic 842, including that related to discount rates. With Topic 842's effective date here, now is the time to get up to speed on this complex new standard.
Surgent's Navigating Your Client Through the IRS Appeals Process
9:00am - 12:30pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Despite the fact that a client's tax matter may be taken directly to court, utilizing IRS Appeals usually results in saving your client both time and money. Join us as we discuss the misunderstood process of going to IRS Appeals.