WICPA CPE & Special Event Catalog
A Working Parent's Guide to Prioritizing Mental Wellness
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Balancing the demands of a career and family life is a challenge faced by many working parents. The pressure to excel at work while being fully present at home can leave little room for self-care, often leading to burnout and mental fatigue. This course is designed to address these challenges head-on by providing actionable strategies to prioritize your mental health and overall well-being. The course emphasizes practical, easy-to-implement techniques tailored for busy working parents. From setting boundaries to prioritizing sleep and physical activity, you'll learn how to create sustainable habits that enhance your well-being. You'll also explore how to recognize the signs that additional support -whether from friends, family, therapy, or other resources- is necessary and how to seek help without guilt or hesitation. Ultimately, this course will help you regain a sense of balance and control in your life by equipping you with tools to manage stress, build resilience and rediscover joy in both your professional and personal roles. 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 Governmental Budgeting
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The introduction to governmental budgeting course is an overview of the typical timeline and process a government uses when creating their annual budget. Topics covered include the basics of governmental budgeting, establishing priorities for the budget, the common steps and timeline of the budget process, what, when and how we should be monitoring the budget throughout the year and how long-term budgets fit in with the annual budget process. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Ethics Aren't for the Byrdes in Ozark
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Professional codes of ethics provide guidance to professionals who are frequently required to choose between doing the right thing & the wrong thing. Sometimes, professionals violate their ethical code & do the wrong thing for what they rationalize is the right reason. This session uses the popular television show "Ozark" & its multiple examples of seemingly good people doing bad things for the right reason to define ethics as well as explore why people make unethical choices & how they justify those choices.Note: This course qualifies to count toward the WICPA membership Ethics CPE requirement.
Better Business Writing: Improve Your Speed & Quality
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Technology has given us many new writing tools, but they may just allow an inexperienced novice to turn out poor communications more quickly. Whatever your expertise level, this webinar will help you take your writing skills to another level, saving your time & making it far more likely your reader will read & understand your message.
Erase the Mark: Best Practices in Penalty Abatement
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
If there is a potential error, the IRS will assess a tax and add a hefty penalty, without even knowing the facts. As a tax professional, you will be exposed to the IRS and their methods of penalizing taxpayers for the smallest of violations. This presentation will focus on the rules and regulations that create the penalty and the reasons that exist that the IRS will consider to remove those penalties. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
How to Audit: Property, Plant & Equipment
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Property, Plant, & Equipment is often one of the largest balances on the financial statements. This course will cover the foundation of auditing PP&E, including the related audit assertions, risks, & threats to the PP&E balance. During this course, we will also highlight the various substantive auditing procedures that staff should perform and also walk through some real-world examples. 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 Governmental Accounting
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Governmental accounting differs significantly From other forms of accounting & requires a distinct approach to financial reporting. This course introduces the foundational principles of governmental accounting, including fund accounting concepts & the modified accrual basis of accounting. Participants will explore the structure & purpose of governmental fund financial statements & government-wide financial statements, gaining clarity on their objectives, layouts & key elements. The course also addresses essential topics such as component units, the role & structure of Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A) & the preparation & significance of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR). Designed for those new to governmental accounting-- or those seeking a refresher-this course provides a solid foundation for understanding & applying governmental financial reporting principles. The course has been updated to reflect recent guidance issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, including GASB Statements 101-105.
Mining Your Firm Client Database for Revenue
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
Your client database is more than a record of past engagements-it's a goldmine of untapped opportunity. In this practical and forward-thinking session, accounting professionals will learn how to strategically analyze and segment their existing client data to uncover new service opportunities, deepen relationships and drive sustainable revenue growth. From identifying cross-selling potential to leveraging automation tools for proactive outreach, this webinar will equip firm leaders and client managers with actionable strategies to turn dormant data into dynamic business development. Whether you're a solo practitioner or part of a larger firm, you'll walk away with a roadmap for transforming your client list into a revenue-generating engine. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
GASB 96 –SBITA, GASB 94 P3 & GASB 87 Leases (Year 2)
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
This is a 2 hour webcast that will focus on the similarities between all three of these GASB accounting standards that deal with contractual arrangements such as leases, Subscription-Based Information Technology Arrangements (SBITA) & P3s. Compare & contrast these standards as you prepare for implementation this year of GASB 94 & GASB 96 & review the implementation efforts of Leases in Year 2.
IRAs: Contributions & Distributions for Traditional, Roth, SEP & SIMPLE IRAs
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $300
This case-driven training is designed to get the inexperienced accountant up to speed quickly in the most common areas of S-corporation taxation. The cornerstone of this course is the preparation of the Form 1120S using a fairly complex trial balance common to most S corporation income tax returns. 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
AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies & Tools
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Does your firm have an interest in expanding its services beyond traditional CPA services? Do you have staff with the expertise to compete against non-CPA firms? Welcome to a course that will lead you through the maze of creating a successful Consulting Business Practice for your CPA firm. The course will help you understand where consulting business opportunities exist, what are the firm's professional responsibilities, how to recognize the needs of the client & how the practice can be leveraged using AI.
Advanced Negotiations: Never Split the Difference
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Anytime someone says "I want," "I need," or "Will you," you are in a negotiation. For decades, the negotiation techniques described in Getting to Yes by Fisher & Ury of the Harvard Negotiations Project were the world's standard negotiation methods. These techniques involved collaborative methods for discovering how to make the "pie" bigger & then split it. More recent research on human psychology has revealed new methods that will allow you to do even better. Sometimes, you can't settle for getting half of what you want. Sometimes you have to have it all. This session explores negotiating's human side, to give you powerful people skills that will help you get more.
Corporate Storytelling in Financial Reporting
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
Developments in the Management Commentary and MD&A Narrative reporting is entering a new era-one that moves beyond compliance checklists to focus on cohesive, decision-useful communication. This seminar examines the evolution of corporate narrative reporting through the revised 2025 IFRS Practice Statement 1: Management Commentary and the U.S. GAAP-based MD&A under SEC Regulation S-K, with key comparisons to help practitioners understand how each framework supports investor-focused disclosure. Using real-world examples and excerpts from the actual annual report of an IFRS reporting company, this seminar highlights how the revised Management Commentary guidance aims to improve the quality, relevance and connectivity of narrative insights. Participants will explore its emphasis on strategy, risks, sustainability factors (ESG), key performance indicators (KPIs) and the integration of financial and non-financial information. The session also analyzes the modernization efforts in U.S. MD&A, including principles-based guidance, reduction of boilerplate disclosures and expanded expectations for entity-specific analysis and trend-based insights. Through a comparative approach, participants learn how both frameworks are converging around common principles: enhanced connectivity, balanced presentation, entity-specific content and alignment of strategy, performance, risk and value creation. This practical seminar provides accounting, finance and business professionals with the knowledge needed for better understanding the management commentary and MD&A. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Individual Tax Update: OBBA & Recent Developments
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
A discussion of the latest tax developments impacting individual taxpayers, with a focus on important provisions, rules and concepts. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Surgent's Fraud In Single Audits
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
With all the planning, procedures and reporting involved in a single audit, sometimes things can slip through the cracks. But what if the thing that slips through is fraud? Compiled from news releases, court records and the thrilling annals of the Federal Audit Clearinghouse, this course tells the tale of seven real-world frauds that seemingly dodged detection in the single audit process. Leveraging the incredible gift of hindsight, this course is designed to raise your awareness and sharpen your focus on the potential for fraud in single audits!
Surgent's Update on Recent AICPA Standard Setting: Staying Current in a Changing Environment
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
The AICPA continues to reshape the auditing profession through an unprecedented pace of standard setting, with increased emphasis on technology, professional skepticism, risk assessment and engagement quality. Since 2019, numerous new and revised auditing standards have significantly changed how audits are planned, performed and evaluated. This course provides an update on recent AICPA standard setting activities, including SASs 142 through 149. It also addresses the AICPA's quality management standards, which replace traditional quality control requirements with a risk based approach to managing quality at both the firm and engagement levels. In addition, the program highlights emerging developments in fraud related auditing guidance, including the AICPA's proposed fraud standard currently in exposure draft form. Designed for accounting and auditing practitioners at all levels, this course helps participants stay current on key changes affecting audit performance, documentation and engagement quality in a rapidly evolving professional environment.
Dashboard & Report Design Principles Using Excel
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Transform your data presentation skills with our comprehensive course on creating impactful dashboards & reports using Excel. This workshop is tailored for professionals who: Regularly produce or update dashboards & reports Struggle with confusing or overly complex reporting tools Seek to streamline varied reporting styles across their organization Aim to establish a consistent, replicable "house style" for reporting Want to impress stakeholders with clear, user-friendly data presentations Through a combination of theory & hands-on practice, you'll learn the fundamental principles that make reports & dashboards easy to understand. We'll distill these concepts into a set of practical rules & guide you through their application in Excel.
Coping With the Growth of Online Fraud
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Just about every company, no matter its size or the types of activities it undertakes, is at greater risk because of all the types of fraud that can be carried out electronically. Potential perpetrators can be operating internally or externally and the scope of the damage that occurs is almost never limited to cyber-assets. While threat awareness is improving, there are still too many owners or top level executives that underestimate the scale of the issue. In this session, we delve into the types and the nature of many electronic defalcation schemes. The material then explores measures that organizations can implement to help stop these activities and add additional layers of security. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Financial Statement Presentation, Disclosure & Analysis
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
This comprehensive session is a must-attend event for accountants who prepare financial statements and want to explore best practices for discerning the stories told by financial statements. We discuss salient requirements for presenting financial information while considering the critical role of disclosure for lending relevance to financial statements. We also explore techniques that will allow participants to perform meaningful financial statement analysis and effectively communicate conclusions to decision-makers and other stakeholders. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Surgent's Business Law Essentials for Practitioners & Controllers
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
This course covers basic legal principles that every accountant should be familiar with to avoid common legal disputes and costly litigation. By analyzing business law issues from the standpoint and background of accountants and auditors, this course will help you develop an approach to client and practice issues with a sensitivity and appreciation for potential legal ramifications.
