It is imperative for public companies to produce quality financial reporting. This course will share insights into the latest SEC and PCAOB areas of emphasis and concern.
Sampling is an important method for determining the extent of testing controls, testing compliance, and tests of substantive details. It allows the auditor to apply procedures to less than 100% of the population yet extend results to project likely conclusions about the entire population. This module will describe the proper process for both attribute testing...
As gig workers, remote employees, and hybrid working environments have become more commonplace, the tax rules pertaining to independent contractors and employees have become more complex. If someone can work whenever they want, are they still an employee? How are expense reimbursements reported? And most importantly, what happens if a contractor should really be classified...
Financial statements are a crucial window into the daily operations and overall health of a company. They reveal the strengths and weaknesses that define the organization's financial standing. However, the interpretation of financial statements can vary widely depending on the user's perspective. This course is designed to help you refine your financial statement analysis skills...
One thing that is nearly impossible to get away from as a tax practitioner is IRS notices. Even if you are not a tax attorney, it is important to know what to do when the client comes to you with a letter. What information do you need to collect? What types of notices are there?...
With the rising cost of college, education planning has become an increasingly greater need for clients. 529 plans continue to be a valuable way to save for college in a tax-efficient way. However, are there any costs that 529 plans cannot be used to cover? What about using 529 plans to cover student loan payments?...
South Carolina CPAs operate within a detailed framework of statutes, regulations, professional standards, and ethical obligations. Knowing the rules is essential—but understanding how they apply in practice is what helps professionals recognize risk, make sound decisions, and maintain compliance.This two-hour ethics course provides a practical review of the South Carolina statutes and Board of Accountancy...
South Carolina CPAs operate within a detailed framework of statutes, regulations, professional standards, and ethical obligations. Knowing the rules is essential—but understanding how they apply in practice is what helps professionals recognize risk, make sound decisions, and maintain compliance.This two-hour ethics course provides a practical review of the South Carolina statutes and Board of Accountancy...
Properly designing, documenting and evaluating results of analytic review procedures is critical for performing an effective and efficient audit engagement. This module will provide the tips and techniques necessary to gather sufficient appropriate audit evidence to support conclusions using analytic procedures common to financial statement audits.
This series will provide valuable tips and techniques from an experienced auditor to successfully design and perform financial statement audits in "real-life" circumstances. Practical understanding of principles and standards can result in a high-quality, insightful, and profitable engagement.
Unethical behavior can ruin professional careers, and could result in fines, penalties, or even a loss of licensure. Every CPA must comply with the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct, which is a hallmark of the CPA designation. CPAs in public practice must overcome higher barriers, such as when attest service providers must also retain independence....
It is imperative that audit staff understand the fundamentals of expenses & payables. This course will cover the basics of auditing expenses, accrued liabilities, and other payables, including the related audit assertions, risks, & threats to the expenses & payables balances. During this course, we will also highlight the various substantive auditing procedures that staff...
Single Audits are a critical area of focus within the profession and require a thorough understanding of the Uniform Guidance and its unique requirements for auditing federal awards. This course provides a clear, practical introduction to the performance and reporting standards that distinguish Single Audits from other types of audit engagements. Participants will explore foundational...
This course is an introduction to preparation, compilation, & review engagements. During this course, we will compare and contrast these different engagements by reviewing the procedures that should be performed, different reports, as well as the level of assurance specific to each type of engagement.
Cash is essential to every business, and is often one of the first accounts audit staff are exposed to. This course will cover the basics of auditing cash, including the related audit assertions, risks, & threats to the cash balance. During this course, we will also highlight the various substantive auditing procedures that staff should...
Governmental accounting differs significantly from commercial and nonprofit accounting standards and requires a distinct approach to financial reporting. This course introduces the foundational principles of governmental accounting, including fund accounting concepts and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Participants will explore the structure and purpose of governmental fund financial statements as well as the government-wide...
The financial statement auditor's overall responsibility is to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to provide reasonable assurance as to whether the financial statements are materially misstated due to fraud or error. The difficulty is that there are inherent limitations related to detecting fraud due to deliberate schemes to conceal the intent to deceive, such as...
Taxpayer data is one of the most valuable—and most targeted—assets in any CPA firm. This session focuses on how risk actually occurs in day-to-day CPA workflows and how firms can apply practical safeguards to reduce the likelihood of preventable incidents. Participants will learn how IRS Publication 4557 guidance, the FTC Safeguards Rule requirements, and a...
The Enhancing Audit Quality Initiative has identified inadequate or nonexistent audit documentation as one of the most significant issues facing the profession today. Over half of the engagements reviewed by the AICPA failed to meet the requirements of AU-C 230, highlighting a critical need for improvement.This course addresses common misconceptions about audit documentation and provides...
Yellow Book and Single Audit engagements are routinely selected for peer review and continue to be areas of heightened scrutiny by peer reviewers and federal oversight agencies. This course examines common deficiencies identified in GAGAS and Single Audit engagements, with a focus on understanding why these issues arise and how they can be avoided.Participants will...
Attendees will leave with a clear, actionable approach to developing or strengthening a security program that is appropriate to their firm's size and complexity and can be supported with consistent documentation and review practices.
Partnership distributions of cash to the partners are generally straightforward to handle. However, when partnerships begin to distribute property, things can get tough! When do we need to recognize gain? What type of gain do we recognize? When does a disproportionate distribution result in ordinary income? And what about 704(c)? When these situations come up,...
A deduction is a deduction is a deduction. Right? Well, not exactly. In corporate taxation, the general rule is that a corporation can deduct any expenditure that is ordinary, necessary, and reasonable. However, there are nuances that we need to be aware of, such as a floor on charitable contributions, limits on meals, and even...
When a new business is formed, there are a lot of questions. What is the most tax-advantageous way to structure the entity? What issues do we need to be aware of? How should owners pay themselves? For corporations, these questions are even tougher since they are regulated so heavily. In this course, we will discuss...
Stay current on significant developments affecting Single Audits with this focused update on recent regulatory and professional guidance. This course reviews the 2024 Uniform Guidance overhaul, including the increase in the Single Audit threshold to $1 million and other changes impacting audit planning and execution. The course also examines Appendix B of the 2025 GAS/Single...
AU-C Section 230 requires that auditors maintain sufficient audit documentation throughout the engagement. Audit documentation is essential, as it serves as the evidence that auditors performed appropriate procedures to support their opinion on the financial statements. This course will cover the basis and best practices of audit workpapers and proper audit documentation, as well as...
The role of finance leaders within an organization has changed considerably in more recent years. CFOs and controllers are constantly being asked to take on new tasks that involve the critical functions of the organization. This course will discuss how finance leaders can create value within their organizations in the current competitive market, how the...
Partnership tax law is always difficult. However, when certain transactions come up, not knowing how to handle them can be costly to clients and practitioners. In this course we discuss several of these types of situations. We will explore the tax impacts of a PTE election and how a 754 election affects the inside basis...
Quickly assess how client data is collected, stored, shared, and protected across your organization. This course provides a practical, checklist-based audit to identify gaps, reduce risk, and strengthen data handling practices without overcomplicating the process.
Create a clear, practical roadmap for implementing multi-factor authentication and password managers across your organization. This course outlines best practices, common adoption challenges, and rollout strategies to strengthen security while minimizing user resistance.
Those in a supervisory or managerial role must create a culture of discipline, where a high priority is placed in accomplishing responsibilities in an effective and efficient manner. This module provides best practices for various areas that support this culture of discipline, including time, team, and project management.
In the early days of a small business, the owner is often putting every dime they have back into the business. Once the business starts to make money, the question often arises as to how to get money out of the business in the most tax-advantageous way possible. In this course, we will explore this...
While accountants deal with many complicated code sections and analytical issues, perhaps the most difficult thing that every financial professional deals with is how to create a good office environment. Utilizing discussions and case studies, this course will explore how to become a better teammate. We will learn strategies for how to form better relationships...
You have probably heard the saying that "employees quit managers - not companies." Perhaps this has never been more true than now - when many people are working from home, and the only contact they often have with their employer is through their manager. There can be no doubt that one of the most important...
True financial planning is a collaborative process between a client and advisor that encompasses all aspects of an individual's financial life. However, what does the financial planning process look like and what should the approach be? By examining academic theory and illustrative case examples, this course will explore how financial planning changes over a client's...
This series will provide valuable tips and techniques from an experienced auditor to successfully design and perform financial statement audits in "real-life" circumstances. Practical understanding of principles and standards can result in a high-quality, insightful, and profitable engagement.
Properly designed and effectively operating internal control over financial reporting is critical for preventing, or detecting and correcting, material misstatement. This module will describe how to satisfy the audit requirements related to taking a control reliance strategy by testing the operating effectiveness of internal controls, while promoting an effective and efficient financial statement audit.
Those in a supervisory or managerial role must create a culture of discipline, where a high priority is placed in accomplishing responsibilities in an effective and efficient manner. This module provides best practices for various areas that support this culture of discipline, including time, team, and project management.
Inventory observations are often a right of passage for audit staff. This course will cover the basics of auditing inventory, including the related audit assertions, risks, & threats to inventory. During this course, we will also highlight the various substantive auditing procedures that staff should perform, and also walk through how to conduct a physical...
Single Audits are a critical area of focus within the profession and require a thorough understanding of the Uniform Guidance and its unique requirements for auditing federal awards. This course provides a clear, practical introduction to the performance and reporting standards that distinguish Single Audits from other types of audit engagements. Participants will explore foundational...
Stay current on key developments affecting audit and attestation engagements with this comprehensive update on what's happening at the AICPA. This course begins with the next phase of quality management, with a particular focus on firms' monitoring and remediation responsibilities and what those requirements mean in practice. Participants will also review recent and upcoming standards...
Cash is essential to every business, and is often one of the first accounts audit staff are exposed to. This course will cover the basics of auditing cash, including the related audit assertions, risks, & threats to the cash balance. During this course, we will also highlight the various substantive auditing procedures that staff should...
It is imperative that audit staff understand the fundamentals of expenses & payables. This course will cover the basics of auditing expenses, accrued liabilities, and other payables, including the related audit assertions, risks, & threats to the expenses & payables balances. During this course, we will also highlight the various substantive auditing procedures that staff...
Governmental accounting differs significantly from commercial and nonprofit accounting standards and requires a distinct approach to financial reporting. This course introduces the foundational principles of governmental accounting, including fund accounting concepts and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Participants will explore the structure and purpose of governmental fund financial statements as well as the government-wide...
Practitioners who provide non-audit services must strike the right balance between complying with relevant professional and regulatory standards while mitigating litigation and other practice management risks. This course contains many best practices for managing the accounting, reporting, and performance issues associated with the attest services of compilations and reviews where reports are issued, as well...
Ensure sensitive files are shared securely while meeting retention and compliance obligations with confidence. This course covers best practices for secure file sharing, access controls, and retention policies to reduce risk and protect organizational data.
The sheer number of sources of tax law can be overwhelming when you are first starting off as a practitioner. How do you differentiate between each one? What does each of them do? And what happens when there are conflicts between them? Through simple, plain language explanations and examples, this course gives the new practitioner...
Answering clients' tax questions accurately and on time is a key challenge for tax practitioners. Through simple, plain language explanations and examples, this course will help practitioners perform tax research more efficiently by describing the structure of the primary sources, highlighting the difference between primary and secondary sources and describing the steps in the tax...
Accounting estimates are an approximation of a monetary amount in the absence of a precise means of measurement. The risks of material misstatement for areas of estimation tend to be higher due to the dependence on future events and the intended actions of management. This module will discuss tips and techniques for gathering sufficient appropriate...
Properly designing, documenting and evaluating results of analytic review procedures is critical for performing an effective and efficient audit engagement. This module will provide the tips and techniques necessary to gather sufficient appropriate audit evidence to support conclusions using analytic procedures common to financial statement audits.
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