This session revisits useful, but potentially underutilized, managerial accounting techniques. You will appreciate a fresh look at concepts you may not have considered since your college days. We will illustrate practical ways you can immediately implement managerial accounting analysis in your professional endeavors.

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:

• Target profit and Break-even analysis.
• Relevant costs and decision-making.
• Standard costs and variances.
• Activity-based costing.
• Segment reporting and analysis.
• Budgeting.

Who will benefit:

This session is appropriate for any business professional who makes managerial decisions. Accountants who have not recently considered managerial accounting techniques will benefit from a refresher. Even proficient managerial accountants should appreciate fresh, practical illustrations of managerial

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

Participants will learn how to interpret the most common IRS correspondence, adhere to response deadlines, and effectively communicate with the IRS to resolve issues and minimize risks. It provides professionals with knowledge and strategies needed to handle the most common notices including audit requests, collections & return inquiries as well as error notices. Focusing on best practices to ensure compliance and avoiding penalties or escalation.

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:

• Types of IRS letters: General notices, audits, collections, return requests, and errors.
• Deadlines for responding to IRS correspondence.
• Communication best practices for dealing with the IRS.
• Avoiding escalation and penalties through proactive responses.
• Ensuring compliance when addressing IRS correspondence.
• Real-world examples of successful IRS communications.
• Common pitfalls in handling IRS letters and how to avoid them.
• Strategies for advising clients on IRS correspondence.

Who will benefit:

CPAs, EA, Tax Professionals, Financial Planners, Investment Advisors, Attorneys, Tax Professionals assisting clients with IRS tax resolution

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

This course will enable practitioners to understand and apply the AICPA "clarification" auditing standards to audits of Small- and Medium-Sized Entities (SMEs). Further, this course will provide guidance on how to perform an effective, efficient and profitable audit engagement. The course is loaded with practical practice aids to help enable participants to comply with the standards. Troublesome areas as identified in peer reviews and litigation will be covered. Participants who take this course will enjoy smooth sailing in their peer reviews, guaranteed!

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:

• AICPA auditing standards issued during the 18-month period prior to the program that impact audits of Small- and Medium- sized entities (SMEs)
• The new SAS 145 risk assessment requirements
• The new SAS 134 as amended audit reports
• How to fulfill responsibility to detect fraud under AU-C Section 240
• How to help clients design, implement and maintain their internal controls
• Troublesome areas in the audits of Small- and Medium-sized Entities (SMEs) as identified in peer reviews and litigation
• How to perform profitable audits of Small- and medium-Sized Entities (SMEs)

Who will benefit:

This course is designed for practitioners in public practice who must understand and implement the clarification auditing standards, need to be aware of common audit engagement deficiencies and responsible for profitable audit engagements. Also, for internal accountants who oversee the audit.

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

Are you a new advisor handling S Corp clients, or perhaps a seasoned professional facing this common scenario: "My S Corp client didn't take reasonable compensation last year. Now what?" Knowing that reasonable compensation isn't just a tax obligation, but a strategic financial decision, you need to be armed with expert knowledge to help your client navigate this situation. Join us to discuss IRS regulations, understand preventive measures, and address challenges within the year.

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:

• Review best practices to help your client evaluate if an S election is an appropriate choice
• How to be proactive and head off common reasonable compensation issues before they happen
• Explore strategies for cash management if cash isn't available at year end
• Explore what’s at stake when reasonable compensation isn’t paid timely

Who will benefit:

CPA & EA practitioners who advise S Corps on the issue of Reasonable Compensation who are interested in learning about what to do if a client didn't take reasonable compensation in a previous year.

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

Cybersecurity protection is one of the most important responsibilities of every CPA professional to protect the confidentiality of sensitive client information. While there are many aspects of cybersecurity that need to be addressed, the biggest vulnerability to protect against is unauthorized access to your application login credentials. Once your login credentials are breached, the cybercriminal essentially has the keys to your data kingdom. John Higgins, a national leader in the CPA technology, will demonstrate the ease with which you can protect all of your login credentials with maximum security with minimal expense. You will leave this course prepared to deploy this state of the art security tool in your organization.

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:

• Introduction to the world of password management apps and what makes them so secure
• Review and demonstration of top selling password management apps
• Software features that will be reviewed
  • Password generation
  • Emergency user access
  • Entity vs. individual password management
  • Desktop vs. cloud based
  • Multi device synchronization
  • PII (personally identifiable information) forms filler
  • Credit card storage
  • Digital data vault

Who will benefit:

Anyone wants to improve the protection of their login credentials and make password management an easier task to deal with.

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

In this cutting-edge course, participants will gain a deep understanding of how to leverage ChatGPT, OpenAI's powerful language model, to innovate and enhance business advisory services in the accounting sector. The course integrates theory and practice, demonstrating how various enterprise evaluation methodologies can be applied in conjunction with ChatGPT for increased business analysis efficiency, profitability, and growth. It also provides hands-on training for implementing these techniques in real-world scenarios.

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

• Introduction to ChatGPT and its applications in the business advisory context
• In-depth exploration of enterprise evaluation methodologies like SWOT, PESTLE, BCG Matrix, McKinsey 7S Model, Ansoff Matrix, etc.
• Practical case studies demonstrating application of ChatGPT in accounting business analysis
• Key challenges faced by accounting firms and how ChatGPT can help overcome these
• Best practices for implementing AI tools in the accounting sector
• Future opportunities and trends in AI-enhanced business advisory services

Who will benefit:

Ideal for business advisors, owners, analysts, accountants and consultants interested in leveraging AI tools to enhance service offerings. Suitable for AI students and researchers, data science, and business administration wanting to explore practical applications of AI in business advisory domains.

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

Until recently, a percentage of organizations discounted the risk related to external fraud attempts. Most were only concerned with protecting physical assets such as inventory or fixed assets. However, because of the many highly publicized corporate hacking events, such as the ones that affected the Colonial Pipeline and JBS Meats, more attention is being paid to external fraud risk of all types. In this session, we look at what is included in a definition of external fraud and then delve into specific control issues that can give rise to increased risk. We then discuss measures that organizations can employ to help reduce exposure to external attacks.

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:

• Types of external fraud
• Considerations as organizations work to reduce fraud risk
• External fraud and known parties/External fraud unknown perpetrators

Who will benefit:

Accounting and other business professionals that would benefit by understanding how pervasive external fraud can be and wish to work to mitigate the risk associated with it.

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

This course will serve as an introduction to conducting effective walkthroughs to gain an understanding of the client's transaction processes as well as identifying internal controls within each process. This course will review the procedures, questions to ask, and documentation requirements of walkthroughs. It will also include real-world examples of the red flags that may arise while executing a walkthrough.

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:

• Review of audit procedures.
• Documentation requirements.
• Real world examples of red flags that may arise.

Who will benefit:

Auditors looking to conduct meaningful walkthroughs

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

With over 50% of marriages ending in divorce, forensic accountants are frequently used in uncovering hidden income and assets. It is not uncommon for one spouse to hide money from another, sometimes for nefarious reasons. As a CPA, your services are valued by high-net-worth individuals who hire attorneys in their divorce proceedings. In this course, you will learn the art of financial investigations and how to uncover the truth in divorce cases, whether from offshore accounts to lifestyle analysis. Step by step, the course will teach you the valuable skills necessary in finding, analyzing, evaluating, and presenting your findings to your client and if needed, ultimately in divorce court.

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:

• The role of a forensic accountant in divorce proceedings
• The marketing of forensic accounting services to family law attorneys
• How to conduct a financial investigation
• Common areas to uncover hidden assets or income
• The basic calculations in evaluating marital assets
• Testifying in depositions and divorce court

Who will benefit:

CPAs, forensic accountants

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

Seismic changes in tax legislation is currently taking place, and the well-informed tax practitioner will want to attend this two hour monthly program in order to stay abreast of these developments! Approximately one-half of the program is devoted to individual tax issues, and the remaining time is spend on business entity taxation, IRS procedure, tax legislation and other issues. Due to the changing nature of the topic, learning objectives, course descriptions and program content will vary and will be provided in more specificity closer to presentation time. This course provides a concise look at the hottest topics affecting every tax practitioner.

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:

• Current individual tax issues
• Current business entity tax issues
• Any current tax legislation occurring during the period
• Other issues affecting the profession, including IRS procedure, current cases, payroll, and other federal tax issues

Who will benefit:

This course is suitable for corporate tax and finance executives, directors, managers and staff, CPAs, CAs Enrolled Agents, accountants, attorneys and business/financial advisors who work with and advise businesses that have tax implications.

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