WICPA CPE & Special Event Catalog
Business & Industry Fall Conference
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Brookfield
7.80 Credits
Member Price: $389
Your Source For Key Updates & Insights on Timely Issues Attend this year's Business & Industry Fall Conference to gain timely insights into the economic, tax and business issues shaping today's organizations. Hear from leading experts on the latest tax developments, AI and cybersecurity, business transactions and valuation, workforce talent strategies, leadership and emerging trends affecting finance and accounting professionals. You'll leave with practical strategies to strengthen your organization and prepare for what's ahead. Audience CPAs, CEOs, CFOs, controllers, directors, managers, HR professionals and accounting staff will benefit greatly by attending. Overnight Accommodations A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn in Brookfield (next to the Brookfield Conference Center) for the night of Wednesday, Sept. 23, with a room rate of $136 (plus tax). To reserve a room in the block, please book online by Sept. 1 or call 877-782-9444. Online Option For those unable to attend the conference in person, another option is available! This year's Business & Industry Fall Conference will be streamed live, including all of the general sessions and the most popular breakout session! The registration page and more details for attending via WICPA CPE Livestream is available here. Registration Changes We are excited to provide the convenience of offering both in-person and livestream options for attending our conferences. However, if a registrant wishes to change from in-person to livestream attendance 14 days or less prior to a conference, the WICPA CPE Department must be contacted to make the change and a $25 fee will apply. For Cancellation Policy details, please see the registration form or visit the CPE Requirements & FAQs page.
Generative AI & Agentic AI: How These Technology Trends Are Reshaping the Profession
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $69
This session will discuss and walk through how firms are implementing generative AI tools and developing agentic AI options for both internal and client-facing purposes. Learn how certain tools have developed and advanced since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022 with live examples. This session will also address topics like cybersecurity, internal controls and AI governance.
Complete Breakfast Programs Season Pass
Multiple Events Between -
Up to 26.00 Credits
Member Price: $699
Take advantage of the most CPE and cost savings by registering for ALL the Livestream Breakfast Programs! This Season Pass includes ALL Livestream Wednesday and Friday Breakfast Programs. In addition, a three-part series on Tax Planning Strategies for Business, Real Estate & Charitable Contributions is being offered free for members.
Quality Management: Bundle & Save
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Up to 16.00 Credits
Member Price: $699
The AICPA Quality Management (QM) Standards have changed the way firms approach quality. To help your firm with QM implementation, the WICPA is offering two days of interactive seminars this fall. Attend both days and save $59 on your registration by purchasing the Quality Management Bundle. Day 1 - Quality Management: A Practical Approach The first half of this course is designed to discuss the process of implementing the QM Standards. During the second half, participants will work on their firm's QM implementation process, including identifying potential quality risks, assessing those risks, developing responses and meeting the new QM documentation standards. Day 2 - Quality Management: The Next Steps Building on the foundations of the Quality Management: A Practical Approach course, this course shifts the emphasis from QM design documentation to developing the monitoring and documentation needed to clearly explain how a firm's QM systems address risk and to support the annual partner conclusion required under the standards with meaningful, defensible evidence. Overnight Accommodations A block of rooms has been reserved at the at Milwaukee Marriott West in Waukesha for the night of Monday, October 19 and Tuesday, October 20, with a room rate of $169 - $219 (plus tax). To reserve a room in the block, please book online here by October 9 or call 262-574-0888 and mention you're attending the WICPA program. If you're interested in attending only one day, select your preferred event below and complete your registration there.
The Best S Corporation, Limited Liability & Partnership Update Course by Surgent
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
This year practitioners need to keep abreast of tax changes affecting pass-through entities used by their business clients and employers and this enlightening course delivers that information. You will learn invaluable strategies, techniques, innovative tax-planning concepts, income-generating ideas and other planning opportunities available to S corporations, partnerships, LLCs and LLPs. In addition, this course will discuss current trends and emerging issues, helping practitioners stay informed about relevant and significant topics that may impact their clients. Continually updated to reflect enacted legislation.
New Trademark Law: What CPAs & Their Clients Should Know
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
In 2020, Congress passed the Trademark Modernization Act ("TMA"), the first major overhaul of Federal Trademark Law since 1946. The TMA enacted some new USPTO proceedings while updating existing proceedings. This seminar seeks to provide CPAs & their clients with an overview of the changes brought about by the TMA while also providing attendees with helpful takeaways that could be applied with their existing trademarks & for action against competitors.
Benford’s Law & Other Digital Analysis Techniques
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Online
1.80 Credits
Member Price: $79
Numbers & especially the digits within those numbers can conceal a lot of information. Benford's Law & other digital analysis techniques can be the keys to unlocking that information. This session will explain what Benford's Law is, how it works & how it can be used to reveal bogus information & made-up data. Accountants & auditors should understand how to use this valuable audit tool as well as other digital analysis techniques. But, if you attend this session, you must promise not to reveal the secret behind these techniques to any fraud perpetrators.
Internal Audit in The Future
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
As organizations face accelerating change-- AI adoption, cyber threats, regulatory expansion,ESG scrutiny, geopolitical instability-- the role of internal audit is evolving rapidly. The future of internal audit is not about doing more audits. It's about delivering forward-looking insight, strategic alignment & intelligent risk coverage. Organizations, their environments & ways of working have evolved rapidly & in ways that had not been previously envision. IA must look within to determine how to stay relevant & add value in this changing & emerging environment.
Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
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Online
1.60 Credits
Member Price: $79
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries, decision-making & everyday life at an unprecedented pace. While its potential for innovation is immense, AI also raises profound ethical challenges around fairness, accountability, transparency & human rights. Bias in algorithms, misuse of personal data, opaque decision-making & the displacement of human judgment underscore the urgent need for ethical frameworks to guide AI development & use.Note: This course qualifies to count toward the WICPA membership Ethics CPE requirement.
Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English, is a 2 hour webcast highlighting the AICPA's clarified risk assessment standards, along with a new Statement on Auditing Standard (SAS 145) related to understanding the entity, the entity's environment, the entity's internal controls & assessing the risks of material misstatement. This session will attempt to simplify the requirements using common sense examples & language.
How to Audit Prepaid Expenses
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Understanding how to effectively audit prepaid expenses is a key skill for audit staff. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals, including the applicable audit assertions & common risks & threats associated with the prepaid expense balance. Participants will learn how to perform substantive auditing procedures to ensure accuracy & reliability, with guidance on applying these techniques to real-world scenarios. Designed to enhance practical knowledge, this session equips auditors with the tools & confidence needed to navigate prepaid expense audits with proficiency.
Ethics for CPAs: The Practical & the Possible
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Award winning discussion leader, former AICPA Council Member & former state accountancy board member Mark Hugh will review the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct & its interpretations; discuss new developments in regulation at the national & state level; & discuss examples of best practices, case studies & disciplinary actions.Note: This course qualifies to count toward the WICPA membership Ethics CPE requirement.
Leading Risk Management Practices in a Dynamic Risk Environment: Part II
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Online
1.20 Credits
Member Price: $39
In Session One we evaluated: Examine Governance Organizational Framework (Strategy & Risk), Determine how to identify risks, Understand how to Assess Risk: Risk Assessment impact & likelihood, Steps towards performing a comprehensive Risk Assessment & Prioritization. This session goes deeper into the process of risk management & risk assessment. This session also includes a case scenario for evaluating risk management risks.
Accounting for Leases
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Online
2.60 Credits
Member Price: $99
In February 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which provides new guidelines that change the accounting for leasing arrangements. To be able to properly account for leases, financial professionals must understand ASU 2016-02 (also referred to as Topic 842). This guidance covers information on how leases should be accounted for. The previous leasing standard (ASC 840) had been in existence for almost 40 years. Under ASC Topic 842, lessors continue to classify leases as operating, direct financing, or sales-type. While lessees now classify leases as operating or financing leases. Previous guidance only required capital leases to be reflected on the BS. The new guidance requires all leases to be reflected on the BS. This is a major change for organizations & will cause their balance sheets to swell as leases must now be disclosed on the balance sheet. The standards original effective dates were prior to 2019. In April 2020, due to COVID-19, FASB voted to defer the effective date for ASC 842 for private companies & certain not-for-profit's for one year. For private companies & private not-for-profits, the leasing standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 & interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. For public companies the leasing standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The course covers elements of lease classification for both lessees & lessors. Also, numerous examples are incorporated as reference.
Consulting Services Secrets
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Award winning discussion leader Mark Hugh discusses how to create & 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 & effective marketplace marketing strategies.
White-Collar Crime: What Every CPA Should Know
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
According to the FBI, "white-collar crime is ... synonymous with the full range of frauds committed by business & government professionals ... characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust .... The motivation behind these crimes is financial-- to obtain or avoid losing money, property, or services or to secure a personal or business advantage." CPAs can & should play a crucial role in preventing & detecting white-collar crime, as well as in prosecuting the perpetrators. This session will explore whether we are up to this challenge, heighten awareness regarding the CPA's role as a front-line defender of the public interest & assess whether we are deserving of the public trust we enjoy.
Procurement Standards 2026: What You Need To Know
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Federal procurement requirements under the Uniform Guidance were significantly revised effective October 1, 2024, introducing new expectations for procurement methods, internal controls, contractor oversight & domestic sourcing preferences. This session will provide grant recipients & subrecipients with practical guidance on implementing compliant procurement procedures under 2 CFR SS200.317-200.327 & aligning procurement policies with updated federal standards & thresholds From the FAR. Attendees will learn how to strengthen procurement documentation, apply revised competition requirements & prepare for federal agency or Single Audit procurement system reviews. This session provides the regulatory application to develop your own SOP.
Effective Manager: Traits & Skills
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Many courses deal with leadership & manager skills. Whether you have held a management position for several years or are just transitioning to a manager role, you will find that becoming/remaining a good manager can often be an art rather than just a technical skill. It can be (and should be) a learning & an ever- evolving process.
Artificial Intelligence: Conference
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $389
Step into the future 2026 AI Summit. Join leading CPAs and innovators to explore how generative AI and autonomous agents are redefining auditing, risk management and client advisory.
AI in Action: Your First Steps to Smart Adoption
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
This session is your practical introduction to AI in the workplace. Designed for professionals in any function from Finance to HR to Marketing and Operations, this course breaks down the AI journey into clear, actionable steps. You'll discover easy-to-use tools, see real-world examples and leave ready to take your first confident steps toward using AI to save time, boost creativity and make smarter decisions. Whether you're new to AI or just looking to get started effectively, this session helps you move from curiosity to confident action in just one hour.
