The past few years have taught us that major risks can come at us from any direction and with barely a warning. All organizations operate in a risk environment, but all too often, they either don't realize it or they don't develop a strategy to deal with the risks. In this session, we will explore...
This course discusses the legal issues in probating and contesting a will, plus the practical issues involved when settling an estate - marshaling of assets, payment of creditors, and distribution and accounting to beneficiaries. Inventory of estate assets is also discussed.
Section 199A has been with us since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was passed. Your clients look to you for explanations and best practices to maximize the 20 percent deduction. Pass-through entities and real estate investors stand to benefit from valuable tax cuts. The average practitioner cannot afford to be uninformed on...
During this interactive game, participants take the role of an auditor performing a physical inventory observation at a client's warehouse. Participants will have the opportunity to use their powers of observation and exercise professional skepticism in identifying areas of risk that might need follow-up, interviewing Wally the client, and performing inventory test counts. After performing...
ASC 842, Leases, is one of the more complex and impactful standards the FASB has updated in decades, likely second only to ASC 606, Revenue. This course is a one-stop shop for what you need to know about applying and understanding the lease accounting guidance. In this course, we will review how to measure the...
This course provides an overview of the accounting requirements with respect to accounting changes and error corrections and the reporting implications within an entity's financial statements. The scope of accounting changes includes a discussion of changes in accounting principles, changes in accounting estimates, as well as changes of a reporting entity. The course also provides...
This course will take new and administrative staff from the most basic concepts to a full understanding of individual tax return preparation -- just in time for the crunch of busy season! Updated for impacts of recent legislation. The course builds from a strong technical foundation, to prepare simple, to moderate, to complicated individual tax...
The course provides a comprehensive, hands-on, pencil-pushing understanding of the preparation of both S corporation and partnership/LLC tax returns, along with the underlying laws, regulations, etc. The course uses the basic concepts underlying the two main types of business returns, 1120-S and 1065, as building blocks for more complex concepts tax preparers should be aware...
This course explores the practical issues in the many instances in which a step-up in basis can create tax advantages for partners and members. This course includes case studies to illustrate the critical points.
Most review techniques developed by professionals are self-taught and fine-tuned via experience. Yet how does one start? The purpose of this course is to give both new and seasoned reviewers additional and advanced procedures via a multitude of checklists to more thoroughly review S corporation and partnership tax returns. Its emphasis is not planning; rather,...
This course provides an overview of two of the most popular SEC topics which result in comment letters from the SEC. This includes a discussion of management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) as well as Non-GAAP Financial Measures. These two areas consistently rank in the Top 10 for the most frequent comment letters issued to public...
The past few years have taught us that major risks can come at us from any direction and with barely a warning. All organizations operate in a risk environment; however, generally only the large for-profit organizations pay a lot of attention to risk management. Or, other organizations equate risk management to insurance and completely miss...
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