As our business environment shifts, so do trends with fraud schemes and perpetrators. This course will give you the absolutely latest information with how to identify and mitigate shifting fraud risks in any entity. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:

• Summary of the impact of fraud on entities worldwide.
• Common fraud schemes and typical median losses that result.
• How smaller entity fraud risk differs from those of larger entities.
• The statistical profile of the most common fraud perpetrator.
• The most effective methods for preventing and detecting fraud.
• Cybersecurity risk management trends and best practices.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

This Masterclass is a one-hour training to show accountants how they can grow their practice this year through CFO and business advisory services. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Practitioners need to exercise caution to ensure they maintain independence as they assist their clients with reviews, audits, and compilation engagements. This course provides a roadmap to best practices and guidance provided by the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct and analyzes and applies it to actual scenario-based case studies, providing accounting professionals with ethical standards to integrate into their practices. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available for questions during the event.

The major topics covered in this course include:

• Review the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct.
• Provide best practice tips and practical strategies for preserving independence when assisting clients with technical matters.
• Discuss the principles of professional conduct.
• Address compliance with professional standards.
• Use case studies to address circumstances that may create threats to independence.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Cash flow management is often the most important task of any CFO or financial leader. Regardless of whether one works in start-ups or established companies, non-profit or for-profit entities, cash flow makes our organizations run. Have you ever wondered whether you are optimizing your company's cash flow? In this course, we will explore how to improve your company's cash flow using analysis and financial theories in the context of real-world situations. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

• How do I optimize cash flow?
• Qualitative Evaluations – Core Earnings & Sustainable Growth
• Quantitative Evaluations – Liquidity Ratios
• Increasing Customer Base vs. Payment Terms
• Business Cycle & Cash
• Investing Company Cash
• What keeps companies from becoming streamlined?
• Behavioral Finance Biases
• Information Processing Biases
• Emotional Biases
• Dealing with Behavioral Biases

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Difficult conversations tend to be avoided because professionals shy away from the uncomfortable, and the fear of polarizing their relationships. Participants will learn strategies and tactics to engage in productive conversations which address challenges and deepen relationships. They will understand where and why they are avoiding having difficult conversations. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major subjects that will be covered in this course include:

• Awareness of your mindset entering the conversation
• Tactics to build a pool of meaning
• Clarity around story telling
• Biggest mistakes to avoid

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Professional Skepticism - Creating a Mindset for Finding Fraud and Error is a critical skill for audit and other attest services. The public places a high value on assurance services provided by an external public accountant, as the CPA's involvement directly enhances the degree of confidence intended users can place on the financial statements to make economic decisions. A proper mindset, including professional skepticism, is a critical feature of a high-quality audit or other attest service. Professional skepticism is an essential attitude that enhances the ability to identify and respond to conditions that may indicate possible material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics covered in this course include:

• The importance of professional skepticism, especially when performing audit or other attest services
• Specific fraud responsibilities in a financial statement audit
• The varying levels of persuasiveness of evidence to support assurance conclusions or opinions

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

When asked, most people would say they are an ethical person. So why is it that every month there are reports of ethical breaches at major companies? The concept of ethics is easy to understand, easy to talk about, but incredibly hard to implement on a consistent basis. In this course, we will discuss current ethical issues, and walk-through a nine-step ethical decision-making model. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:

• Discuss ethics from an every-day real-world perspective
• How to prevent an ethical lapse that can turn your business into the next news story

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Having sufficient assets to live a comfortable and secure retirement is one of the concerns that many people face. This concern cannot be resolved without having a solid retirement plan. In this course, we will discuss the fundamentals of IRAs, stating the rules related to contributions and distributions and highlighting the effect of the recent tax law changes on the planning process. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics covered in this class include:

• IRA Types & Basic Requirements
• MAGI Thresholds for Traditional & Roth IRA's
• IRA Distributions
• Handling Coronavirus Distributions
• Handling Roth IRA Distributions
• Required Minimum Distributions
• Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD's)

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

This program provides an update on the latest tax developments, rules and regulations impacting individual and business taxpayers, including a review and integration of the most recent legislation. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

• Update and integration of the most recent tax legislation impacting individual and business taxpayers.
• Review of individual and business provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.
• Update on significant individual and business tax developments related to cases and rulings.
• Update on earned income credit, child credit, and child and dependent care credit.
• Crypto reporting update.
• Depreciation changes in Sec. 179 and Sec. 168(k) bonus depreciation.
• Tax issues impacting "gig" workers, including Form 1099-K.
• Update on partnership and S corporations, including Schedules K-2 and K-3 of Forms 1065 and 1120S related to foreign transactions.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Adapting to the Engagement - Differentiating the Requirements of Preparations, Compilations, Reviews, and Audits is a critical foundational course. A CPA may perform various attest services under relevant professional standards, including compilations, reviews and audits. Reviews and audits are also considered assurance services, providing either limited or reasonable assurance that financial statements are free of material misstatement. In addition, the CPA may perform non-attest services, such as bookkeeping or preparation of financial statements. CPAs must fully understand the professional responsibilities related to each of these varying levels of services, in order to effectively and efficiently satisfy engagement objectives. Note: This course is recommended as a part of a 16-hour audit skills curriculum for beginning auditors and attest providers, while it is also appropriate for anyone who has assurance responsibilities under the SSARS. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics covered in this course include:

• Compare and contrast the basis and requirements of preparing financial statements, compilations, reviews, and audits
• Critical elements of compilation, review, and audit reports
• Impact of special purpose accounting frameworks and other special issues
• Exercise on designing inquiries and analytics in a review
• Case study differentiating the scope of various non-attest and attest services
• Avoiding litigation risks in accounting services

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.