WICPA CPE & Special Event Catalog
Ethical Leadership: Guiding Principles When Others Falter
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
This is a compelling course designed to strengthen the ethical foundations of experienced accountants in leadership roles. This course delves into the challenges and responsibilities of maintaining high ethical standards in complex & pressure-filled business environments. Participants will explore key concepts of ethical decision- making, the impact of leadership on organizational integrity & strategies for fostering an ethical culture even when external behaviors fall short of these standards. Through engaging lectures, dynamic discussions & real-world scenarios, this course equips leaders with the skills necessary to act as ethical pillars within their organizations, ensuring their actions influence positive change & uphold the highest standards of professional conduct.Note: This course qualifies to count toward the WICPA membership Ethics CPE requirement.
K2’s Eight Awesome PivotTable Features
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Unlock the full potential of Excel's most powerful feature-PivotTables! While many users rely on them daily, few tap into the advanced capabilities that can transform data into dynamic insights. Join us for an eye-opening session where you'll discover eight game-changing PivotTable techniques that go far beyond the basics. From custom calculations & KPI integration to multi-source consolidation & advanced reporting tricks, we'll show you how to elevate your analytics & impress stakeholders. Whether you're a seasoned Excel user or just getting started, this session will equip you with the tools to turn ordinary PivotTables into extraordinary decision-making engines. Don't just use PivotTables-master them!
Failure to Detect Fraud & the Reasons Why
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
SAS 122, AU 240, Consideration of Fraud in A Financial Audit state that auditors fail to detect fraud for two reasons. One, they haven't been trained to look for it & two, they don't know what it looks like. I would like to add a third reason: they don't want to find fraud because it causes problems for the audit. This session is designed to familiarize auditors with the many faces of fraud; where & how to look for them & what to do if you think you have found fraud. Not everyone is able to recognize fraud. During this program, the attributes a fraud auditor (frauditor) will be discussed. In order to recognize fraud, an auditor must understand their client's operation. What is an indicator in one client's operation may be business as usual in another & you have to know the difference. After viewing this program, chances are you will never look at your client the same way!
Surgent's Depreciation Rules for Bonus & Section 179 Expensing
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) passed in 2025, 100% bonus depreciation is now permanently available for new and used assets. OBBBA has restored 100% bonus depreciation and increased the depreciation that can be taken under Section 179. OBBBA also provided a new, important depreciation topic — qualified production property. These topics, covered extensively in the program, are vital for tax practitioners advising business taxpayers.
Surgent's Strategies for Maximizing Social Security Benefits
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
As Americans live longer and increasingly move away from traditional pensions, Social Security has become the main source of retirement income for many clients. Meanwhile, concerns about solvency and a lack of understanding of key rules have led to confusion and sometimes misguided decisions. This program offers tax practitioners the knowledge they need to help clients make informed choices about Social Security and retirement income.
The CPA's 2026 Guide to Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
We have passed the 15 year anniversary of the start of the cryptocurrency market with the release of Bitcoin in 2010. It is estimated today that 1 in 5 people in the U.S. trade in cryptocurrency. With the recent changes in the legislative landscape, this number is poised for substantial growth. In addition, there will be natural evolution towards "smart contracts" powered by AI and the integration of cryptocurrency as the payment mechanism. For these reasons, it is important for every CPA to have a baseline understanding of the cryptocurrency marketplace and the technology it is built on. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
World-Class Cost Accounting: A Practical Application Part I
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Gain an invaluable skill set to advance your career by learning how to design & apply a comprehensive cost accounting system modeled on a real company. This course shows you how to precisely identify all direct & indirect manufacturing costs for each product, link direct costs to their base drivers & recognize fluctuating variable & semi-fixed costs that are actually direct in nature. You'll also learn how to trace certain fixed costs to products, distinguish which fixed costs are directly assignable & apply budgeting techniques to establish accurate standard costs. It's highly recommended to take Part 1 before Part 2 as several foundational principles in Part 1 carry forward throughout Part 2.
Corporate Ethics Cases: Discuss Real Life Conflicts
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
If you have ever had someone just read you the rules in an ethics class, you know there is a better way. Cases in Corporate Ethics reviews 8 real life cases & puts you in the position of someone in the middle of it all. You'll learn about conflicts that corporate financial professionals often encounter, you'll gain skills for dealing with a boss who is behaving badly & find out where to go for help. Once you have studied ethics using real world cases, you'll never want to do it any other way.Note: This course qualifies to count toward the WICPA membership Ethics CPE requirement.
Retaining Talent in a Competitive Marketplace
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Retaining Talent in a Competitive Marketplace -Creating a Benefits Program Employees Care About In today's competitive marketplace, retaining talented employees is becoming increasingly difficult. A solid benefits program can make a difference in the fight for talent - but only if those benefits matter to the employees you are trying to hire! Through statistics and case studies, this course will explore what benefits are most valuable to employees. We will also explore the basic types of retirement and health insurance plans and discuss what financial leaders should consider before adopting a benefits package. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
S Corporation Preparation, Basis Calculations & Distributions: Form 1120S Schedule K & K-1 Analysis
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $300
This comprehensive training is designed to get the accountant up to speed quickly with S corporation formation & preparation issues as well as a complete understanding of calculating a shareholder's stock & debt basis. The cornerstone of this course is the in-depth line-by-line analysis of the Form 1120S Schedule K & K-1 & how these items affect the shareholder's Federal individual income tax return. 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 & submit to terri.storer@acpen.com
An Exhaustive Look At Fraud & Ways To Control It
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
Fraud activities can be executed from within an organization, by parties outside an entity, or by both. Importantly, as the business world becomes more technological, the way fraud is carried out is changing. There must be an increased focus on understanding where new fraud vulnerabilities exist. In this session, we delve into the reasons that both internal and external intentional defalcations take place. The material discusses the new ways fraud is being actuated and looks at the factors driving those that undertake fraud. We spend time examining measures that can be implemented in order to stop fraud via the deployment of added security across the enterprise. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Retaining Top Talent: Strategies for CPA Firms
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
In today's challenging talent market, accounting firms face unprecedented pressure to retain their best performers. This course provides actionable, research-backed strategies to help firms keep their top talent from leaving. Based on comprehensive surveys of both current accounting professionals and those who have recently left the profession, participants will learn the real reasons employees stay or go-and what firms can do about it. The course goes beyond simple solutions like "pay more, expect less" to explore comprehensive retention strategies including whole-person compensation, work-life balance improvements, career development pathways and necessary business model transformations. Participants will discover why 73% of surveyed professionals want to stay with their current firm, yet many still leave-and how to bridge that gap. Key topics include understanding the true cost of turnover versus retention, implementing flexible work arrangements that actually work, creating meaningful career paths for non-partner track professionals and transforming firm operations to support both profitability and employee satisfaction. Special attention is given to retaining diverse talent and adapting to the expectations of younger professionals who will comprise 27% of the workforce by 2025. Whether you're a firm leader, HR professional, or manager responsible for team retention, this course provides the insights and tools needed to build a sustainable talent strategy in an evolving profession. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Accountant’s Guide to Anti-Money Laundering (AML): People, Patterns & Prosecutions
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accountants in the various financial services industries are expected to be alert to potential money laundering situations, even if they are not specifically tasked with monitoring AML compliance. This workshop unpacks the basic AML compliance requirements & considers real world cases involving financial professionals & responses to AML red flags. The content of this workshop emphasizes the ethical considerations faced by accountants who encounter money laundering situations.Note: This course qualifies to count toward the WICPA membership Ethics CPE requirement.
Current Fraud Trends: Nonprofit & Government Entities
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Nonprofit entities & governmental entities have a high degree of public accountability. This course will examine the most common fraud schemes & provide multiple examples of how to prevent or detect these schemes.
Basic Individual Taxation Course
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Please join us for an introductory course on the fundamentals of preparing and filing an individual federal income tax return. We will cover topics such as what the federal income tax is and how it is computed. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Internal Control Changes for Remote Workers
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
For the past two decades the trend has been to move away from brick and mortar offices and have a greater number of people work or telecommute from home. Because of the upheaval caused by recent events, the rate of this move has been accelerated. This has and will continue to create control challenges and organizations must work to address these. Such things as moving from time based employee value to task completion based measurement and the ability to drive needed inter-company communication are just a sample of the issues with which entities must contend. This session looks at the benefits and pitfalls of workers that telecommute. It then discusses important risks and controls to consider as this trend continues and evolves in the business world. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Preparing Financial Statements for Clients 26-27
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
This course provides an overview of standards for preparation services, accountants' risks and strategies to minimize risks. The course objective is to furnish current guidance and examples from the AICPA's professional standards for financial statement preparation so that you can apply these to reduce the risk of material misstatements caused by fraud or by error. In addition, this course covers the AICPA's guidance about professional judgments when providing preparation engagements. Together with the four-hour course "Start-up and Small-Business Financial Statements: Issues and Fraud," these two courses meet the eight-hour accounting CPE requirement for accountants that prepare financial statements for clients but do not perform client audits, reviews or compilations.
Microsoft Outlook "Must Know" Email Tips
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
If you use Outlook on a daily basis to process your email, chances are pretty good that you are missing out on a lot of opportunities to improve your efficiency in composing, processing and organizing your messages. There are many different features in Outlook that often get overlooked, even though we are working in the app all day, every day. John Higgins, a strategic advisor to the profession on Microsoft 365 deployment, will review numerous tips and features to improve your productivity in Outlook. You will learn many time-saving, practical ways to improve the quality of your email message. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Navigating IRS Collections: The Collection Process
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
This course is designed for tax professionals seeking to understand and navigate the IRS collection process effectively. Participants will gain indepth knowledge of the various collection methods employed by the IRS, including liens, levies and wage garnishments. Additionally, participants will learn strategies to avoid or halt collection actions and the implications of the statute of limitations on tax collection. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Ethics in Communicating & Reporting
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
This course on ethics in communication & reporting covers essential topics to ensure integrity & professionalism in our interactions. We begin with the fundamentals of ethical communication, emphasizing the importance of honesty, transparency & respect. We then explore four must-have communication skills crucial for effective & ethical exchanges. The session also provides practical application steps on how to improve these ethical communication skills in daily practice. Finally, we discuss the problems associated with unethical behavior in reporting & communication, highlighting the potential consequences & the importance of maintaining ethical standards to build trust & credibility.Note: This course qualifies to count toward the WICPA membership Ethics CPE requirement.
