WICPA CPE & Special Event Catalog
Leases Accounting under Topic 842: Answers to FAQ After Implementation
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Lease accounting under FASB ASC 842 is now fully effective for all entities. Transitioning to new GAAP always leads to implementation issues & concerns. This course will answer the most common questions asked related to the latest lease accounting & financial reporting requirements after adoption & transition.
Advanced Cost Accounting: Eliminate Calculation Distortions
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Organizations that use primitive costing methods make predictable mistakes, allocating too much cost to easy, high-volume "gravy" products & too little cost to difficult, low-volume "dog" jobs, putting an organization with inferior information at a significant competitive disadvantage. The secret to being the "smart competitor" is learning how to deal with overhead. This session will show you how to assign 16 key overhead categories. Whether you work in a wholesale, retail, healthcare, service or manufacturing business, you will find this session invaluable. Get your cost right & you will be able to give the "dogs" to your competitors & keep the "gravy" for yourself.
State of AI
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Artificial Intelligence is moving fast & increasingly adopted in businesses, significantly improving efficiency in many industries, including finance, retail, healthcare & manufacturing. What is real & what is just hype? What should business leaders consider as they lead their organizations in the adoption of this technology? Why is AI governance the key to success? This webinar will cover some of the major advancements in artificial intelligence in 2025 & key insights on where AI is headed & recommend both strategic & tactical steps to take as we move into 2026.
The Psychology of Fraud
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
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 & 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.
Audit Skills for Beginners
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Learn the basic skills new staff need to hit the ground running & efficiently complete assigned tasks, including what new auditors are expected to know & do, including the nature, timing & extent of common audit procedures. Focus on why certain procedures are performed & perform typical procedures.
Ethics: A Line in the Sand; Implications for Daily Business
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Online
4.20 Credits
Member Price: $149
Ethical behavior continues to be a problem in society & even in the CPA ranks. "Ethics: A Line in the Sand" looks at the behavioral issues that influence how CPA's act. The course will address why individuals make ethical blunders, the state of ethical conduct in business organizations, the relationship between strong cultures, policy & procedures & successful ethical work environments. In addition, the course will highlight the one behavior to watch for as an indicator of potential ethical violations.Note: This course qualifies to count toward the WICPA membership Ethics CPE requirement.
Supervised AI Agents as Internal Audit Team Members
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
How should internal auditors & finance team leaders use Agentic AI? What are the dos & do nots? When deployed properly AI is wonderful. Can AI help with SOX testing? We review how to avoid the common mistakes that eliminate the benefits that AI can provide. Join us to learn about those expensive lessons. Agentic AI ('Artificial Intelligence') is rapidly being deployed by leading audit, compliance & finance teams. While AI agents are not yet replacing all of today's knowledge workers like auditors, accountants & IT security professionals, the knowledge workers that effectively use Agentic AI may soon be replacing those knowledge workers who do not use these tools to drive high quality business growth & scale. AI is moving beyond automation to become a true teammate, especially in the governance, risk & compliance processes. This session will show how supervised AI agents can work alongside accountants, auditors & IT security professionals to enhance efficiency, consistency & assurance quality. Of critical importance is training & supervision so that the AI agents accomplish their testing to mee the intended quality standards. Attendees will leave with a practical view of how AI-powered testing can be applied to both internal & external assurance. Be prepared & learn From others.
Resolving Ethical Dilemmas—You Make the Call
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
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 & the GAO Yellow Book's Threats & Safeguards approach to remaining ethical & resolving ethical dilemmas. The session will present several ethical case studies that illustrate the complexities of & 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.Note: This course qualifies to count toward the WICPA membership Ethics CPE requirement.
Triple Your Memory, Prevent Dementia & Halve Your Stress Part II
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
This is not your average CPE course--Part 2! In this second part course (which is equally fun & engaging), you will learn how to feel confident--even in highly stressful situations. You will learn new secrets to great health that take under 10 minutes per week & you will learn how to know what is most important to you--so you can be happier & healthier in the long run. Tune in for techniques to relieve stress & tips on incorpating meditation into your daily routine. All of which will help improve your memory & overall mental health & wellbeing. In addition, you'll learn an unsurpassed method for making sure you stay consistent with actually implementing these methods in your daily life.
Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
This business coaching course is designed to enhance your coaching effectiveness by integrating innovative tools like ChatGPT (Generative AI) to support & elevate your coaching practice. You'll explore the key differences & similarities between coaching & managing, uncover the most important skill every coach should master & learn how to get to the root cause of any problem. With hands-on coaching strategies, including neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) techniques, you'll enhance your ability to drive results. Additionally, you'll discover how to use performance gap analysis to identify & bridge gaps, ensuring the success & growth of the individuals you coach.
Mental Illness & Depression: Understanding & Supporting Employees Under the ADA
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
This webinar aims to provide HR professionals with a comprehensive understanding of mental illness & depression under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It will cover key aspects of the law, provide practical advice & address common challenges.
Introduction to Governmental Accounting 103
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Intro to Governmental Accounting 103 is the natural follow up course to the first two Intro to Governmental Accounting courses, 101 & 102 & will take a dive into more complex issues surrounding the reporting of capital assets & long-term debt, investment accounting & a little introduction to grant accounting & reporting.
How to Get a Better Return on Financial Statement Audits: Avoiding the Most Misapplied Risk-Based Audit Concepts
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $250
By far, the biggest contributing factor that leads to a profitable, yet high quality, financial statement audit is the proper identification, evaluation & response to assessed risk of material misstatement. When designing your detailed audit plan, how & where you decide to spend your time is largely a matter of professional judgment. The proven tips & techniques for critically rethinking how you plan & design your audit taught in this course will help auditors enhance audit quality & manage profitability in all engagements.
FAQ Related to the Most Recent Audit Standards SAS Nos. 142-149
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Recently issued generally accepted auditing standards were designed to enhance audit quality. This course will address the most commonly misapplied concepts & FAQ in properly implementing the new requirements in the way intended to achieve that goal.
Cost of Capital: What It Is & How to Use It
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Every business needs capital & capital has a cost. Providers of debt & equity demand a return & the combination is the cost of capital for the business. This session discusses how to calculate the cost of capital, how to use it to make superior business decisions every day & some common ways organizations misuse this number. Who should understand your organization's cost of capital? Even if you are not yet the CFO, you need to thoroughly understand the cost of capital & its use. The cost of capital allows managers to, Get the biggest bang for the buck. If you want to enhance your corporate finance skills, this session is for you.
Common Peer Review Deficiencies & How to Avoid Them
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Required Peer Reviews are an important element for ensuring high quality audit & 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.
HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance & Growth
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
This course is tailored for business leaders & HR professionals who want to enhance their strategic management skills & create actionable plans for success. You'll learn the overall strategic management process, how to develop both simplified & detailed business & strategic plans & the crucial role of corporate culture, leadership & staff development in driving or hindering strategic outcomes. Additionally, you'll explore how to leverage ChatGPT (Generative AI) as a powerful tool to improve your performance as a key business partner to the management team, helping you make data-driven decisions & enhance organizational effectiveness.
10 Keys to Outstanding Service & More Referrals
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
In a competitive economy, CPA's & their firms need a way to stand out. The best way to do this is to give outstanding service to your clients. In this experiential workshop, you'll learn skills that lead to dramatic client satisfaction. In addition, you'll learn several specific ways to guarantee you'll get a lot of word of mouth referrals that will lead to a dramatic increase in your number of clients.
Audit & Attest Quality Matters that Should be on Your Radar: Avoiding Common Deficiencies in SAS, SSARS & SSAE Engagements
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $250
Quality management is important. Every CPA firm that provides audit & other attest services must undergo a third-party quality control review. This session will provide you with the tips on how to avoid common quality control deficiencies in all services that are subject to peer review.
Optimize Your Staff's Performance
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The same theory applies to departmental performance-- the overall result is only as strong as its weakest contributor. Leave our interactive & entertaining session with insight for developing & sustaining the best team you can possibly assemble. The four elements in this process are (1) development, (2) leadership, (3) hiring & (4) environment. Discuss how to effectively use these elements in your creation of an outstanding organization. Discover the power of the 10 Attributes for Leadership Success & the negative impact of Leadership's Fatal 13. Above all, learn how to combine these four elements as a successful catalyst for sustained high-quality output & results.
