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CPE SELF-STUDY COURSES PAGE WHAT’S NEW & BESTSELLING
ACCOUNTING, AUDIT AND ATTEST Bestseller! Annual Update for Accountants
Updates 2-6 and Auditors (2010-2011 Edition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4
Accounting — General 6-10 NEW! Accounting for Leases: Selected Topics . . . . . . .p. 6
International Accounting 11-12
Financial Reporting 13-15
Bestseller! IFRS Essentials with GAAP
Comparison: Building a Solid Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 12
Auditing — General 15-24
Staff Training 25-26 Bestseller! Governmental & Nonprofit
Attestation, Accounting and Review Services 27-31 Annual Update (2010-2011 Edition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 34
PCAOB/SEC 32 NEW! Running a Not-for-Profit Like a
Government/Nonprofit 33-42 For-Profit Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 36
Specific Industries 42-43 NEW! Advanced Real Estate Accounting,
INTERNAL CONTROLS 44-46 Auditing & Taxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 43
FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION 47-49 Bestseller! Internal Control Essentials
BUSINESS VALUATION 49-50 for Financial Managers, Accountants
and Auditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 45
ETHICS 50-53
Bestseller! Understanding Business Valuation . . . . . .p. 50
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Controllership 54-59 NEW! 2010 Health Care Reform Act:
General Management 59-61 Critical Tax and Insurance Ramifications
for You, Your Business, and Your Clients . . . . . . . . . . . .p. 62
Business Law 61
Bestseller! 2010 Corporate Tax Returns
TAXATION Videocourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 64
Updates 62-65 Bestseller! 2010 Individual Tax Returns
Business Tax 65-69 Videocourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 64
Individual Tax 69-72
Hot Topic! IRAs, Roth IRAs, SIMPLEs and SEPs:
Practice, Research, Estate Planning
and Nonprofit 73-74
Contributions, Rollovers, Distributions and More . . . . p. 71
Hot Topic! Estate Planning Essentials:
CPE DIRECT 75 Tax Relief for Your Clients’ Estates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 73
CPEXPRESS 75
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Auditing Update: A Review of Recent Activities Small Business Accounting and Auditing Update
(2010-2011 Edition) (2010-2011 Edition)
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting, Auditing
AUTHOR Mark Beasley, Ph.D., CPA AUTHORS Ronald E. Carlson, Ph.D., CPA and Mark Beasley, Ph.D., CPA
LEVEL Update LEVEL Update
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 12 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 15.5 (Accounting-5.5, Auditing-10)
OBJECTIVES Geared toward practitioners who provide accounting and auditing services
•Apply recently issued AICPA Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS), to small businesses, this course updates the new standards in accounting,
Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS), auditing, compilation and review, and other professional standards that affect
Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) and small businesses and their auditors. It covers practical applications of recent
PCAOB Auditing Standards to accounting and auditing problems pronouncements, a compilation and review update, the latest insights on
•Review exposure drafts and other projects problems of financial statement fraud and professional ethics activities.
PREREQUISITE Experience in auditing OBJECTIVES
•Apply recently issued FASB guidance to accounting issues
FORMAT
•Apply recently issued Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS),
Text Regular $186.25
Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS),
732776SUW AICPA Member $149.00
and Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) to
accounting and auditing problems
PREREQUISITE None
FORMAT
Text Regular $198.75
733014SUW AICPA Member $159.00
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Small Business Accounting Update Small Business Audit, Compilation and Review Update
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
AUTHOR Ronald E. Carlson, Ph.D., CPA AUTHOR Mark Beasley, Ph.D., CPA
LEVEL Update LEVEL Update
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 9 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 6.5
Small business is the engine that powers America! Geared toward Auditing small businesses can be a challenge. Limited resources, a variety
practitioners who provide accounting services to small businesses, this of reporting and working directly with owners all require the auditor to be
course provides the tools needed to keep the small business engine running up-to-date and sharp in these areas. Geared toward practitioners who provide
smoothly. Updates include the new guidance in accounting, compilation and auditing services to small businesses, this course provides the necessary tools
review, and other professional guidance that affect small businesses. You to effectively and efficiently audit small business clients. With updates on the
will cover practical applications of recent guidance, a compilation and latest standards in auditing, compilation and review and other professional
review update, and professional ethics activities. guidance that affect small businesses and their auditors, this course will allow
OBJECTIVES you to succeed on these engagements. Topics covered include: recently issued
•Tackle the latest Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review ASB standards and guidance, practical applications of recent pronouncements,
Services (SSARS) and Statements on Standards for Attestation a comprehensive compilation and review update and the latest insights on
Engagements (SSAE) applicable to small businesses problems of financial statement fraud and professional ethics activities.
•Grasp recently issued FASB guidance that may affect clients and their OBJECTIVE
business activities Grasp and tackle recently issued Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS),
PREREQUISITE None Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS)
and Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) to
FORMAT small business audit engagements
Text Regular $173.75
PREREQUISITE None
734602SUW AICPA Member $139.00
FORMAT
Text Regular $148.75
734522SUW AICPA Member $119.00
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Annual Update for Accountants and AICPA On-Demand format offers immediate online access to content from
Learning the DVD/Manual — divided into concise courses — allowing you
Auditors (2010-2011 Edition) Center to focus on specific topic areas.
Choose Text, DVD/Manual (ideal for group study training!) Recommended Regular/
or On-Demand format! CPE On-Demand CPE Credit AICPA Member
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting, Auditing Annual Update for Accountants and Auditors 29 $311.25
(2010-2011 Edition) On-Demand Series Accounting-13; Auditing-16 $249.00
AUTHOR Ronald E. Carlson, Ph.D., CPA 153670SUW
VIDEO MODERATOR Mary S. Stone, Ph.D., CPA Annual Update for Accountants and Auditors 1 $43.75
LEVEL Update (2010-2011 Edition): FASB 1 of 3 153600SUW Accounting $35.00
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT Text-26 (Accounting-11, Auditing-15); Annual Update for Accountants and Auditors 3.5 $73.75
DVD/Manual-29 (Accounting-12, Auditing-17) (2010-2011 Edition): FASB 2 of 3 153610SUW Accounting $59.00
This course is designed to keep the CPA abreast of the fast-paced changes Annual Update for Accountants and Auditors 8.5 $148.75
for accountants and auditors. Included are all the recently issued guidance (2010-2011 Edition): FASB 3 of 3; AcSEC; IFRS Accounting $119.00
and pronouncements, exposure drafts and consensus reports in the accounting, 153620SUW
auditing, compilation and review arenas. Annual Update for Accountants and Auditors 4.5 $86.25
OBJECTIVES (2010-2011 Edition): ASB 1 of 2 153640SUW Auditing $69.00
•Identify and apply recently issued FASB guidance Annual Update for Accountants and Auditors 7 $123.75
•Recognize and utilize recently issued statements of position and industry (2010-2011 Edition) ASB 2 of 2 153650SUW Auditing $99.00
accounting and auditing guides Annual Update for Accountants and Auditors 4.5 $86.25
•Assess the effect of recently issued auditing standards and standards on (2010-2011 Edition) C&R; Ethics; PCAOB/SEC Auditing $69.00
accounting and review services 153660SUW
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•Anticipate forthcoming guidance and standards in accounting, auditing,
compilation and review services
PREREQUISITE Experience in accounting and auditing
In this video, moderator Mary S. Stone, Ph.D., CPA, Hugh Culverhouse Professor and
Director of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at the University of Alabama interviews
David Alexander, CPA, Managing Director, Chief Investment Office of JP Morgan Chase
and AICPA Accounting Standards Executive Committee member; Michael Glynn, CPA,
AICPA Technical Manager, Audit and Attest Standards team; Russell G. Golden, CPA,
AFASB
Technical Director of the Financial Accounting Standards Board; Ahava Goldman, AICPA
Senior Technical Manager, Audit and Attest Standards team; Hiram Hasty, AICPA Senior Advanced FASB Review: Tackling the Tougher
Technical Manager, Audit and Attest Standards team; Josh K. Jones, CPA, Senior Director
of Professional Practice & Research of the Center for Audit Quality; and Charles Landes, CPA,
GAAP Issues
AICPA Vice President, Professional Standards and Services. (formerly Advanced FASB Review and Update: Tackling the Tougher
GAAP Issues)
FORMATS
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting and Auditing
Save 20%(see p. 88 for details) AUTHORS Bruce C. Branson, Ph.D. and Jon W. Bartley, Ph.D., CPA
Text Regular $189.00
730096STND1 AICPA Member $151.20 LEVEL Advanced
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 18
DVD/Manual Regular $239.00
(170-min. video) AICPA Member $191.20 This course is the perfect complement to the AICPA’s intermediate-level course,
180096STND1 FASB Review: Common GAAP Issues Impacting All CPAs. This advanced course
tackles some of the thornier accounting and disclosure areas, such as derivatives,
Text Regular $236.25 fair value, and business combinations, just to name a few.
730096SUW AICPA Member $189.00 OBJECTIVES
DVD/Manual Regular $298.75 • Understand the advanced FASB topics that have the greatest effect on
(170-min. video) AICPA Member $239.00 accounting and financial reporting
180096SUW •Apply recent FASB pronouncements for non-specialized companies
•Prepare disclosures
Additional Regular $98.75 PREREQUISITE Experience in application of accounting standards
Manual for DVD AICPA Member $79.00
350096SUW FORMAT
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Text Regular $211.25
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Updates
GAAP Review Series Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 FASB Review: Common GAAP Issues Impacting
This GAAP Review Series is designed for the accountant or practitioner who All CPAs
needs a detailed review of guidance that applies to nonspecialized companies. (formerly Review and Update: Common GAAP Issues Impacting All CPAs)
The series provides a comprehensive study of FASB guidance that applies to NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
all companies and presents implementation guidelines and disclosure
AUTHORS Bruce C. Branson, Ph.D. and Jon W. Bartley, Ph.D., CPA
illustrations.
LEVEL Intermediate
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
AUTHORS Bruce C. Branson, Ph.D. and Jon W. Bartley, Ph.D., CPA RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 20
LEVEL Intermediate OBJECTIVES
• Understand FASB standards that have the greatest effect on accounting
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10 each
and financial reporting
PRODUCT CODES •Apply recent FASB pronouncements for non-specialized companies
GAAP Review Series Part 1 732716SUW •Prepare disclosures
GAAP Review Series Part 2 732727SUW
PREREQUISITE Experience in application of accounting standards
GAAP Review Series Part 3 732736SUW
GAAP Review Series Part 4 732746SUW FORMAT
Text Regular $211.25
FORMAT
745771SUW AICPA Member $169.00
Text Regular $136.25 each
AICPA Member $109.00 each
GAAP Review Series — Part 1 APB1
OBJECTIVES
•Understand FASB guidance that impacts financial assets, income
statement presentation, interim reporting and statement of cash flows
•Apply recent FASB pronouncements for these selected areas
•Prepare disclosures related to these selected areas
PREREQUISITE Experience in financial reporting
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FASB Review for Industry: Targeting Recent GAAP Accounting for Leases: Selected Topics AICPA
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing Learning
Issues (2010-2011 Edition) Center
(formerly FASB Review for Industry) AUTHOR Michael J. Ramos, CPA
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting LEVEL Basic
AUTHORS Bruce C. Branson, Ph.D. and Jon W. Bartley, Ph.D., CPA PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT 2
LEVEL Intermediate Interactive, multimedia-based case studies are used to present selected topics
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 14 in accounting for leases that come up most frequently for CPAs who work with
small to medium-size privately held companies. This course covers accounting
Comprehensive coverage of recent FASB, AcSEC, IASB and EITF
for rental income and expense, leases between related parties, scheduled rent
pronouncements is provided in this auditing course geared to the specific
increases vs. contingent rentals, and the most common problems encountered
interests of CPAs in corporate management.
when determining the lease term.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
•Analyze recent FASB guidance and AICPA standards that have a major
effect on all industries •Distinguish an operating lease from a capital lease
•Apply guidance for financial instruments, investments in securities •Identify the key leasing terms that define the lease term
and impaired loans, complex equity transactions, debt and asset •Properly account for scheduled rent increases and contingent rentals
impairment, consolidations, earnings per share, comprehensive income •Identify accounting issues that arise when there is a lease agreement
and hedge accounting between related parties
•Review recent pronouncement and exposure drafts to develop •Determining lease terms with bargain renewals, penalties, and
implementation strategies remote contingencies
PREREQUISITE Experience in financial reporting PREREQUISITE Basic knowledge of accounting
FORMAT FORMAT
Text Regular $198.75 CPE On-Demand Regular $61.25
730567SUW AICPA Member $159.00 160000SUW AICPA Member $49.00
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AICPA’s Technical Hotline Annual Update: Fair Value Accounting: A Critical New AICPA
Learning
Top 10 GAAP Speed Bumps Skill for All CPAs Center
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting Choose Text, DVD/Manual (ideal for group study training!)
AUTHORS J. Cal Christian, Ph.D., CPA or On-Demand format
LEVEL Update NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 13 AUTHORS Teresa D. Thamer, CPA, CFE and Mark L. Zyla, CPA/ABV, CFA, ASA
Topics in this 2010 edition include: VIDEO MODERATOR Lawrence J. Gramling, Ph.D., CPA
1. How to apply fair value in the current economic environment (SFAS 157, LEVEL Intermediate
SFAS 159, FSP 157-3, FSP 157-4, FSP 107-1/APB 28-1) RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT Text-11; DVD/Manual-13
2. What to do when assets and liabilities have been impaired (SFAS 115,
OBJECTIVES
FSP 115-1, FSP 124-1, EITF 99-20, SFAS 114, SFAS 144, SFAS 142)
•Understand key terminology in FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements
3. Effects of changes in the market on not-for-profits. Treatment of
and Disclosures (formerly SFAS No. 157)
endowment funds per SFAS 117 and FSP 117-1
•Apply the fair value hierarchy to appropriate approaches to measurement
4. What IFRS means for the privately held company
•Identify and evaluate the impact of the key measurement components as
5. How to value privately held companies’ stock options
they pertain to management’s representations and auditors’ responsibilities
6. How to account for a defined benefit plan per SFAS 158
•Apply fair value accounting to certain FASB guidance that requires
7. Derivatives: are they really as complex as everyone says?
measurements of assets or liabilities at fair value
Simplifying the process
8. Proposed amendments to FIN 46(R). Will they help? PREREQUISITE Basic understanding of accounting principles
9. Business combinations and SFAS 141(R) and SFAS 160 In this video, Lawrence J. Gramling, Ph.D., CPA, Professor of Accounting at the University
10. How the GAAP Codification affects you: an introduction of Connecticut, discusses the required (and permitted) use of fair value accounting under FASB
guidance with Scot Phillips, CPA, a Partner at Eide Bailly LLP and a PCPS Technical Issues
OBJECTIVES Committee member, Teresa D. Thamer, CPA, CFE, Associate Professor at Brenau University,
• Examine how recent accounting standards impact privately held companies and Mark L. Zyla, CPA/ABV, CFA, ASA, Managing Director at Acuitas, Inc.
• Apply fair value and impairment issues to assets and liabilities on your
FORMATS
financial statements
Text Regular $198.75
• Review actual and proposed changes to defined benefit plans, business
733303SUW AICPA Member $159.00
combinations and FIN 46R
• Become aware of the GAAP Codification DVD/Manual Regular $261.25
PREREQUISITE Experience in financial reporting (125-min. video) AICPA Member $209.00
183303SUW
FORMAT
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745280SUW AICPA Member $159.00 for DVD AICPA Member $59.00
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Accounting for Income Taxes — Applying Advanced Income Tax Accounting — Including
SFAS No. 109/FIN 48: A Whole New Ballgame! Practical Application Exercises
Choose Text or DVD/Manual format (ideal for group study training!) NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting AUTHOR/VIDEO MODERATOR Bobby J. Carmichael, Ed.D., CPA
AUTHOR/VIDEO MODERATOR Bobby J. Carmichael, Ed.D., CPA LEVEL Advanced
LEVEL Intermediate RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 16
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT Text-11; DVD/Manual-14 Accountants both in business and industry and public practice should be fully
No other area in accounting is as far reaching, and requires knowledge of up to speed about all issues involving accounting for income taxes. The
a vast number of topics in financial and tax accounting, as accounting for growing complexity and the difficulty in applying the concepts of this area
deferred taxes. With the FASB’s issuance of FIN 48, now included in the require an in-depth grasp of the advanced issues and how to address them.
Codification as ASC 740-10, it is essential that members in industry and This course not only provides the basis to apply FASB ASC 740 (formerly SFAS
independent auditors be joined by tax professionals in industry and practice No. 109 and FIN 48) to most real-life situations, but it also includes practical
as active participants in this process. In addition to applying FASB ASC exercises illustrating the theory. Learn the IFRS impact on accounting for
740’s (formerly SFAS No. 109’s) complexities to many common differences income taxes as well as the impact when dealing with other accounting
between financial accounting and tax compliance, you now must identify standards in conjunction with SFAS No. 109 and FIN 48.
uncertain tax positions and apply specific criteria to recognize, measure OBJECTIVES
and disclose these positions in the financial statements. This includes a •Apply the complex rules of FASB ASC 740 (formerly SFAS No. 109 and
section on how the guidance for uncertain tax positions applies to nonpublic FIN 48) to new and challenging situations
entities, including pass-through and tax-exempt entities. You will gain a •Identify the similarities and differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS with
sound knowledge of the theory of deferred taxes and how this theory can deferred tax implications
be applied to practical situations. Many practical examples are included to •Apply FASB ASC 740 (formerly SFAS No. 109 and FIN 48) to state and local
illustrate the theory, and the information is presented so you will be able income tax complexities
to apply this theory to any other situation you may encounter. •Determine the applicable tax rate for complex situations
OBJECTIVES •Schedule temporary differences in various complex situations
•Apply the complex rules of FASB ASC 740 (formerly SFAS No. 109) to •Apply FASB ASC 740 (formerly SFAS No. 109) to changes in tax laws or rates,
new and challenging situations accounting methods, tax status
•Apply the provisions of FIN 48 included in FASB ASC 740 to uncertain •Apply FASB ASC 740 (formerly SFAS No. 109 and FIN 48) to interim periods
tax positions, including nonpublic entities •Apply FASB ASC 740 (formerly SFAS No. 109 and FIN 48) to SFAS No. 141(R),
•Identify positions, including nonpublic entities and properly classify Business Combinations, and SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in
deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities Consolidated Financial Statements
•Compute the valuation allowance with consideration given to items that •Apply intraperiod tax allocation with a five-step approach for more
are allowed to reduce the need for an allowance complex situations
•Utilize a five-step approach for more complex situations including •Apply the provisions of FIN 48 included in FASB ASC 740
intraperiod tax allocations (formerly SFAS No. 109) to uncertain tax positions
PREREQUISITE Experience in financial reporting •Apply FASB ASC 740 (formerly SFAS No. 109) to stock based
compensation issues
In this video, Bobby J. Carmichael, Ed.D., CPA, Professor Emeritus of Accounting at
Texas A&M University – Commerce discusses FIN 48 with Scott F. Guertin, CPA,
•Compute the valuation allowance considering items that reduce
Tax Partner and National Leader, Income Tax Accounting Services, at BDO Seidman LLP; the need for an allowance
and SFAS No. 109 with William I. Eskin, CPA, President of WIE, Inc. and an instructor PREREQUISITE Experience in financial reporting and basic knowledge of
for this course; Scott F. Guertin, CPA; and Linda A. Paradis, CPA, Manager in the FASB ASC 740 (formerly SFAS No. 109 and FIN 48)
Tax Department of RubinBrown LLP.
Note: Uncertainty in Income Taxes: A Must Know for Tax CPAs and Accountants/Auditors (FIN 48)! FORMAT
includes a portion of the text and video content of this course. Text Regular $211.25
735241SUW AICPA Member $169.00
FORMATS
Text Regular $198.75
732796SUW AICPA Member $159.00
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(199-min. video) AICPA Member $209.00
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Accounting for Stock Options and Accounting for Business Combinations Under
Other Stock-Based Compensation: New SFAS No. 141(R)
SFAS No. 123(R) (Now FASB ASC 718) NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting AUTHOR Teresa D.Thamer, CPA, CFE
AUTHOR Steven Balsam, Ph.D., CPA hot ic! LEVEL Advanced
LEVEL Intermediate top RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 15 The accounting for business combinations has changed substantially with
the issuance of FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations [SFAS No. 141(R)].
This AICPA course is a must for CPAs whose business clients or employers CPAs will now need to fully grasp the effects of FASB ASC 805 [SFAS
have, or are considering, option plans, addressing FASB ASC 718 (formerly No. 141(R)]. This course goes beyond the “what” by using various case
SFAS No. 123R) in detail. This course explains how to estimate the value of studies to show you “how” to implement these new requirements.
options based upon fair value at the grant date, addressing both public and
OBJECTIVES
nonpublic companies with examples and worksheets. This course also reviews
•Apply the significant provisions of FASB ASC 805 [SFAS No. 141(R)] and
SEC guidance on equity related disclosures including SAB 107, insider trading
the implications of the standard on the accounting for business combinations
considerations and tax-related issues. Benchmarks from research and recent
•Tackle specific issues such as acquisition negotiations and deal structures, the
filing are provided.
effect on financial projections used to model the acquisition, the effect on future
OBJECTIVES earnings forecasts and debt covenants, the expanded required disclosures, and
•Understand conceptual framework for FASB ASC 718 the additional internal controls and skills needed to meet the required use of
[formerly SFAS No. 123(R)] fair values and various measurement and re-measurement periods
•Apply methods for measuring fair value •Discuss the impact on the content, timing and method of communications
•Determine disclosure requirements to stakeholders impacted by the implementation of FASB ASC 805 [formerly
PREREQUISITE Basic understanding of accounting principles SFAS No. 141(R)]
FORMAT PREREQUISITE A basic understanding of FASB ASC 805 [formerly SFAS No. 141(R)]
Text Regular $211.25 and related U.S. GAAP
732102SUW AICPA Member $169.00 FORMAT
Text Regular $186.25
745151SUW AICPA Member $149.00
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IFRS Update and Review of Complex Topics International Versus U.S. Accounting: AICPA
Learning
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting What in the World Is the Difference? Center
AUTHORS Ervin Black, Ph.D. and Gregory Burton Choose Text, DVD/Manual (ideal for group study training!)
LEVEL Update or On-Demand format
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8 NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
Whether the SEC will allow or require U.S. public companies to use IFRS is still AUTHORS Frederick Niswander, CPA, Ph.D.
unresolved. While the SEC deliberates, FASB and IASB continue to work together and Teresa L. Conover, CPA, Ph.D.
to develop high-quality, compatible accounting standards for domestic and cross- VIDEO MODERATOR Rama Ramamurthy, CPA
border financial reporting. While the goal of both organizations is to issue word- LEVEL Basic
for-word converged accounting standards, some significant differences still exist.
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT Text-8; DVD/Manual-10
Learn to understand the differences and implement IFRS when working with cross-
border financial reporting. This course provides an in-depth examination of some The IASB and FASB are continuing to work hard to bring financial reporting
of the most economically significant international accounting topics: revenue standards more in line with one another. Most recently the SEC issued a
recognition, business combinations and impairments. The last part of the course statement in February 2010 expressing its continued support of convergence,
provides an update on the issues and challenges of major current IASB projects. and reiterated their promise to decide in 2011 whether to move forward
with the adjusted roadmap (for convergence), or come up with another plan
OBJECTIVES supporting convergence. Whichever they choose, it is clear that they’re
Clearly understand IFRS accounting for the following: going to continue to march forward.
•Revenue recognition and proprosed changes
•Business combinations OBJECTIVES
•Recognize the significant differences and similarities between U.S. GAAP
•Impairments
and IFRS
•Major current IASB projects including exposure drafts
•Analyze financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS
PREREQUISITE An understanding of the conceptual differences between •Standardize reporting in an international environment
IFRS and U.S. GAAP – IUSA and IFRS (see pages AA-40 and AA-37
PREREQUISITE None
respectively) meet the prerequisite
In this video, Rama Ramamurthy, CPA, Clinical Professor of Accounting at the College of
FORMAT William and Mary, discusses IFRS issues with Janice Butler, CPA, Controller at Strategic
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181661SUW
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351661SUW
On-Demand format offers immediate online access to content from
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Recommended Regular/
CPE On-Demand CPE Credit AICPA Member
International Versus U.S. Accounting: 11 $248.75
On-Demand Series 153284SUW Accounting $199.00
International Versus U.S. Accounting: Introduction; 2.5 $73.75
Financial Statements Prepared Under IFRS 153280SUW $59.00
International Versus U.S. Accounting: Current Assets; 2.5 $73.75
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NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting AUTHOR Greg Zegarowski, CPA, MBA
AUTHOR Mary E. Phillips, CPA, Ph.D. and LEVEL Basic
Robert G. Colvard, CPA, CFP, CRPC, Ph.D.
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 5
LEVEL Intermediate
Since the collapse of Enron and other high-profile corporate scandals, there
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8 have been increased calls from investors, regulators, employees, and lenders
OBJECTIVES for more comprehensive and faster communication of financial information.
•Get the XBRL “big picture” Interactive data technologies based on eXtensible Business Reporting
•Grasp and apply XBRL taxonomies Language (XBRL) provide a way to improve the timeliness, accuracy, and
•Create an “instance” document accessibility of business information. This course will help you understand
•“Map” and “tag” a financial statement the global phenomenon of XBRL and how it is affecting the entire business
PREREQUISITE Experience in financial reporting reporting supply chain. Whether you are a practicing CPA or working for a
public company, private enterprise, government agency, or other entity dealing
FORMAT with business information, it pays to know about XBRL.
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OBJECTIVES
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•Understand why XBRL is changing the business reporting landscape
•Understand how XBRL compliments other major developments in financial
reporting such as IFRS
XBRL
•Identify your position in this exciting new era
PREREQUISITE None
XBRL — Transforming Financial Reporting AICPA FORMAT
Learning
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting Center Text Regular $161.25
745671SUW AICPA Member $129.00
MODERATOR John F. Hudson, CPA
LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 4
The SEC has approved rules that will require companies to submit their XBRL ★ FCFS
financial statements to the Commission starting in 2009. This Webcast covers
the SEC requirements and the steps that financial statement preparers and Cash Flow Statement: Preparation, Presentation and Use
market stakeholders should consider in order to get ready for the coming NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
change in business reporting.
AUTHOR Thomas Klammer, Ph.D., CPA
OBJECTIVES
•Analyze the effect of XBRL on companies, accountants, and investors LEVEL Basic
•Identify how XBRL will change the way companies communicate and RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 16
disseminate information to stakeholders Improve your understanding of existing statement of cash flows preparation
PREREQUISITE None and presentation options, with an emphasis on statement classification and
disclosure issues. Consider how the classification and presentation of cash
FORMAT flow information may change as reporting requirements are further modified.
CPE Webcast On-Demand Regular $86.25
780147LCSUW AICPA Member $69.00 OBJECTIVES
•Understand the cash flow reporting requirements of FASB ASC 230,
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•Make appropriate classifications of transactions and events on the
statement of cash flows
•Answer technical questions related to cash equivalents, net presentation and
“noncash” transactions
•Understand and evaluate internal and external uses of the statement of cash flows
•Evaluate probable and potential changes that are anticipated in cash flow reporting
PREREQUISITE Basic understanding of accounting principles and financial
statement preparation
FORMAT
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(Accounting-7, Auditing-1) statements for various entities. This course is a great way to brush up on the
current standards and identify key issues in preparing and reporting on tax-basis
Highlights include how the tax, accrual, and modified cash bases of accounting financial statements. Controllers as well as audit and tax staff who prepare
differ from GAAP standards; OCBOA financial statement titles, captions and tax-basis financials will benefit.
note disclosures; peer review deficiencies; and numerous case studies.
Highlights include coverage of tax-basis versus GAAP accounting; financial
OBJECTIVES statement presentation and disclosure issues; and solutions to challenges
•Identify the steps to prepare cash, modified cash, or tax-basis financial statements faced by sole proprietors, S Corps, partnerships, and other taxable entities.
•Identify the steps to audit, review, or compile OCBOA statements
OBJECTIVE
PREREQUISITE None Identify the requirements to produce tax-basis financial statements in
FORMAT conformity with all applicable current professional standards
Text Regular $186.25 PREREQUISITE Experience in financial statement preparation and tax returns;
734090SUW AICPA Member $149.00 previous OCBOA experience is helpful
FORMAT
Text Regular $123.75
733552SUW AICPA Member $99.00
★ VIE ★ AGC
FIN 46R Variable Interest Entity Consolidation Rules: AICPA’s Guide to Business Combinations,
Not Just a Big Company Issue! Goodwill and Other Consolidation Issues
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting ted
updaASB NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
AUTHOR Steven C. Fustolo, CPA for F 167 AUTHOR J. Russell Madray, CPA, CIA, CMA, CFM
LEVEL Basic 166 &
LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 12 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8
FIN 46R, part of FASB ASC 810, consolidation is not just an “Enron-big company Learn how FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations [SFAS No. 141(R)], and
issue”; it is also a major area of concern for private and small companies. This FASB ASC 810, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements
course reviews the complex consolidation rules for off-balance-sheet entities (SFAS No. 160), have changed the rules for business combinations and accounting
now known as variable interest entities (VIEs). Learn how to determine whether for noncontrolling interests. Develop standards for applying the acquisition
an entity, regardless of size, is a VIE, what are the types of variable interests, method and how to apply fair value concepts under FASB ASC 805. Identify
and how to identify the primary beneficiary that consolidates the VIE. The variable interest entities’ impact under FASB ASC 810 (FIN 46R). Learn how
course also covers common areas that companies need to consider under FASB ASC 810 deals with noncontrolling interests, including initial recognition
FIN 46R including the consolidation of real estate entities. and transactions affecting control.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES
•Understand VIE consolidation rules • Properly account for a business combination under FASB ASC 805
•Understand that entities and/or individuals must have variable interests [SFAS No. 141(R)]
in the VIE • Understand the accounting for noncontrolling interests
•Determine the primary beneficiary of the VIE •Determine when and when not to consolidate
•Understand the rules for testing VIEs
•Understand the background of consolidations PREREQUISITE Basic understanding of the principles of consolidation
PREREQUISITE None FORMAT
Text Regular $186.25
FORMAT
735163SUW AICPA Member $149.00
Text Regular $198.75
733214SUW AICPA Member $159.00
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Financial Reporting
2. enter CODE 3. click SEARCH Auditing — General
AICPA’s Guide to Reporting and Disclosure Problems Computer-Assisted Auditing Techniques AICPA
Learning
for Private Companies NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing Center
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting AUTHORS Michael J. Ramos, CPA
AUTHORS Richard L. Townsend, Ph.D., CPA and Jan R. Williams, Ph.D., CPA LEVEL Basic
LEVEL Basic PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT 2
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 12 This course allows you to automate the process of data extraction and analysis.
Prepare for any and all issues that may arise in this area. Learn to distinguish Automating this process won't solve all your audit issues, but it will allow you to
among error corrections, accounting changes and changes in estimates, and save time, analyze data in a cost-effective way, and make the scanning of client
get ready to evaluate related-party transactions, deal with ongoing issues of records a more effective audit test and less susceptible to auditor bias. In this
concern and prepare proper and professional disclosures. multimedia, interactive course, we will examine computer-assisted auditing
techniques, commonly referred to as CAATs. To understand how CAATS can be
OBJECTIVES used on your audits, you'll participate in the process followed by one engagement
•Apply generally accepted accounting principles to specific problem team to use data extraction and analysis software on one of their jobs. You will
areas in compilation, review or audit engagements go through a step-by-step process for planning, performance, and documentation
•Prepare appropriate footnote disclosures of a CAAT application. Course reference materials include a study guide and a
•Use OCBOA when appropriate checklist you can use on your engagements.
PREREQUISITE Basic understanding of accounting principles
OBJECTIVES
FORMAT •Identify audit tests for which the use of CAATs is cost- beneficial
Text Regular $186.25 •Follow a step-by-step process for applying CAATs
734339SUW AICPA Member $149.00 •Prepare appropriate audit documentation relating to your CAATs application
PREREQUISITE Basic knowledge of auditing
FORMAT
CPE On-Demand Regular $61.25
162000SUW AICPA Member $49.00
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TTEC AFV
Troubled Times — Current Economic Crisis: Auditing Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures:
Critical Accounting and Auditing Considerations Applying SAS No. 101
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting, Auditing NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
AUTHOR Joanne Cross, Ph.D., CPA, CMA, CGFM AUTHORS Teresa D. Thamer, CPA, CFE
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8 (Accounting-4, Auditing-4)
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 9
OBJECTIVES
This course covers the auditing issues surrounding fair value measurements
•Recognize the underlying causes of the current economic crisis and
and disclosures by providing hands-on exercises and a comprehensive case
governmental responses
study to help participants overcome the challenges that confront auditors in
•Identify and respond to the increased audit and accounting risks that
attesting to fair value measurements and disclosures. Whether auditing fair
have emerged as a result of this crisis
value measurements and disclosures resulting from a business combination,
•Focus on the likely increase in fraud and what can be done to reduce
auditing goodwill and other intangible assets, or auditing impairment or
the possibility that you or a client become a victim
disposal of assets, this course will provide auditors with the tools necessary
•Fill your “trusted business advisor” toolkit with suggestions you can use,
to succeed in this complex engagement area.
elaborate and pass on to your clients (or use yourself)
OBJECTIVES
PREREQUISITE Experience in accounting and auditing
•Understand the fair value auditing standards and guidance provided in
FORMAT SAS No. 101
Text Regular $173.75
•Identify the key aspects of auditing fair value measurements and disclosures
753621SUW AICPA Member $139.00
•Evaluate the impact of fair value accounting components on the
audit engagement
•Apply auditing standards and guidance to fair value measurements and disclosures
through a series of hands-on exercises and a comprehensive case study
PREREQUISITE Basic understanding of fair value accounting principles
FORMAT
Text Regular $186.25
753301SUW AICPA Member $149.00
APRO EBP10
Analytical Procedures for Small Business Engagements Employee Benefit Plans — 2010 AICPA
Learning
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing Audit Briefing Center
AUTHOR Ray Whittington, Ph.D., CPA, CMA, CIA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
LEVEL Basic MODERATOR John F. Hudson, CPA
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 11 LEVEL Intermediate
OBJECTIVES PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT 4
•Overcome practice problems in the application of analytical procedures OBJECTIVES
•Document analytical procedures efficiently •Identify audit and attestation issues affecting employee benefit plans
•Understand how analytical procedures can and should be used •Explain accounting issues and developments in the area of employee benefit plans
PREREQUISITE None •Assess the regulatory developments affecting employee benefit plans
VALUE AID! AICPA Audit Guide Analytical Procedures •Identify significant issues on the horizon in the area of employee benefit plans
PREREQUISITE Experience in auditing employee benefit plans
FORMAT
Text Regular $186.25 FORMAT
730558SUW AICPA Member $149.00 CPE On-Demand Regular $86.25
780221SUW AICPA Member $69.00
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Auditing — General
Audits of 403(b) Plans: A Challenging New Audit Area Audits of 401(k) Plans AICPA
Learning
Choose Text, DVD/Manual (ideal for group AICPA Choose Text, DVD/Manual (ideal for group Center
study training!) or On-Demand format Learning study training!) or On-Demand format
Center
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting, Auditing NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
AUTHOR/VIDEO MODERATOR Melissa G. Critcher, CPA AUTHORS Deloitte & Touche LLP, under the direction of Alice Wunderlich, CPA
LEVEL Intermediate and Jennifer B. Johnson, CPA
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT/YELLOW BOOK HOURS LEVEL Basic
Text-11 (Accounting-2; Auditing-9); DVD/Manual-14 (Accounting-3; Auditing-11) VIDEO MODERATOR Marilee Lau, CPA
OBJECTIVES RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT Text-12; DVD/Manual-14
• Distinguish between the operating differences of a 401(k) and a 403(b) plan OBJECTIVES
•Identify the key issues that must be addressed in preparing for the initial •Understand the requirements for 401(k) audits as distinguished
audit of the 403(b) plan from audits of other types of employee benefit plans
•Recognize the unique internal controls that should be present for a 403(b) plan •Recognize new developments affecting 401(k) audits
•Recognize the challenging open issues on the definition of a plan participant •Plan and conduct 401(k) audits more efficiently and effectively
and a plan asset
PREREQUISITE None
•Design audit procedures responsive to the unique attributes of 403(b) plans
•Plan the scope of the audit with particular attention to first time through procedures In this video, Marilee Lau, CPA, Retired Partner at KPMG LLP and current chair of AICPA
Employee Benefit Plans Audit Quality Center Executive Committee (EBPAQCEC) discusses the
•Apply the accounting requirement for employee benefit plans to
auditing of 401(k) plans with Marcus Aron, CPA, Senior Auditor, Division of Accounting
this arrangement Services, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; Melissa G.
PREREQUISITE Familiarity and understanding of the audit process of an Critcher, CPA, Employee Benefit Plans Audit and Consulting; Diane Wasser, CPA, Partner-in-
employee benefit plan, the basics of ERISA, etc. A working knowledge of Charge, Pension Services Group, of Amper, Politziner & Mattia and former EBPAQCEC member;
the audit requirements of a 401(k) plan will be particularly helpful. and Alice Wunderlich, CPA, National Employee Benefit Plan Industry Professional Practice
Director at Deloitte & Touche LLP and EPBAQCEC member.
In this video, Melissa G. Critcher, CPA, Employee Benefit Plan Audit and Consulting, discusses auditing
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(143-min video) AICPA Member $209.00
FORMATS 180150SUW
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185760SUW
On-Demand format offers immediate online access to content from
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355760SUW Recommended Regular/
CPE On-Demand CPE Credit AICPA Member
On-Demand format offers immediate online access to content from
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Recommended CPA Credit/ Regular/ Audits of 401(k) Plans:Introduction; Planning 4 $98.75
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Audits of 403(b) Plans On-Demand Series 14 $261.25 Audits of 401(k) Plans: Control Structure; Statement 3 $86.25
153700SUW Accounting-2; Auditing-12 $209.00 of Net Assets Available for Benefits 154810SUW $69.00
Audits of 403(b) Plans: Basics; Regulations and 4 $98.75 Audits of 401(k) Plans: Statement of Changes in 3.5 $86.25
Reporting Requirements 153710SUW Auditing $79.00 Net Assets Available for Benefits; Other Considerations $69.00
154820SUW
Audits of 403(b) Plans: Fundamentals; Audit and 4 $98.75
Accounting Issues 153720SUW Auditing $79.00 Audits of 401(k) Plans: Auditor’s Report; Statement 3.5 $86.25
Disclosures; Supplemental Schedules 154830SUW $69.00
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Audits of 403(b) Plans: Audit Opinion and 3 $86.25
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Employee Benefit Plans: Audit and Accounting Essentials SAS No. 70 Reports and Employee Benefit Plans
Choose Text, DVD/Manual (ideal for group study training!) AICPA NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting, Auditing AICPA
or On-Demand format Learning Learning
Center MODERATOR John F. Hudson, CPA Center
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting, Auditing LEVEL Basic
AUTHORS McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, under the direction of Josephine L. Hammond, RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT/YELLOW BOOK HOURS 8 (Accounting-4, Auditing-4)
CPA; Rebecca Miller, CPA; Lynne M. McMennamin, CPA and Mark Wirth, CPA
OBJECTIVES
VIDEO MODERATOR Anita Baker, CPA, CEBS, PHR •When an SAS No. 70 report should be obtained
LEVEL Basic •What type of SAS No. 70 report is appropriate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT Text-12 (Accounting-6, Auditing-6); •How SAS No. 70 reports should be considered in a limited-scope engagement
DVD/Manual-15 (Accounting-7.5, Auditing-7.5) •The implications of subservice arrangements
•How an SAS No. 70 report can affect your engagement
OBJECTIVES
•Audit employee benefit plans in accordance with AICPA and EBSA standards PREREQUISITE None
•Design specialized audit tests • Plan the scope of an audit FORMAT
•Understand the structure of the more popular employee benefit plans CPE On-Demand Regular $146.75
•Understand accounting requirements unique to employee benefit plans 780191LCSUW AICPA Member $119.00
PREREQUISITE None
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In this video, Anita Baker, CPA, CEBS, PHR, Principal-in-Charge of Benefit Services at
LarsonAllen LLP and former AICPA Employee Benefit Plans Audit Quality Center Executive
Committee (EBPAQCEC) chair discusses plan essentials with Melissa G. Critcher, CPA, SAS70
Employee Benefit Plans Consulting; Randy Dummer, CPA, Partner at Baker Tilly Virchow
Krause LLP and an AICPA instructor; Marilee Lau, CPA, Retired Partner at KPMG LLP and
current chair of EBPAQCEC; and Sue Peirce, CPA, MTax, Principal of Apple Growth Partners.
SAS No. 70 Auditing Guidance
DVD/Manual ideal for group study training!
FORMATS
Text Regular $198.75 NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
733004SUW AICPA Member $159.00 AUTHORS Antonio C. Contabile, CPA, MBA;
DVD/Manual Regular $261.25
Maureen A. Driscoll; Amit Dutta, CISA, CAIIB; beslter
(153-min. video) AICPA Member $209.00
Alex Fraga, MBA; Lori W. Godwin, CISA, MBA; sel
Michael S. Hurle, ACA; Susan E. Kenney, CPA;
183004SUW
Errol R. Ramdarie, CPA; Douglas Vogl, CISA, CISSP;
Additional Manual Regular $73.75 and Helena Yoon
for DVD AICPA Member $59.00 VIDEO MODERATOR Susan E. Kenney, CPA
353004SUW LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT/YELLOW BOOK HOURS 12
On-Demand format offers immediate online access to content from
the DVD/Manual — divided into concise courses — allowing you OBJECTIVES
to focus on specific topic areas. •Understand how to perform an SAS No. 70 audit engagement
Recommended Regular/ •Understand the form and content of SAS No. 70 audit reports
CPE On-Demand CPE Credit AICPA Member •Know when and how to use SAS No. 70 audit reports in integrated
Employee Benefit Plans A&A On-Demand Series 14 $261.25 (Section 404) or financial statement audits
153000SUW Accounting-7; Auditing-7 $209.00 PREREQUISITE Experience in auditing
Employee Benefit Plans A&A: Basics 1.5 $56.25 VALUE AID! Service Organizations: Applying SAS No. 70, As Amended,
153010SUW Accounting $45.00 AICPA Audit Guide
Employee Benefit Plans A&A: Accounting and 2 $73.75 In this video, Susan E. Kenney, CPA, discusses issues with Joseph G. Griffin, CPA, CISA;
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Employee Benefit Plans A&A: Reporting and 1.5 $56.25 and James K. O’Neill of IBM Global Services.
Auditing Requirements 153030SUW Auditing $45.00
FORMAT
Employee Benefit Plans A&A: Audit Planning 1.5 $56.25
153040SUW Auditing $45.00 DVD/Manual Regular $236.25
(138-min. video) AICPA Member $189.00
Employee Benefit Plans A&A: 401(k) and 2 $73.75
Other Defined Contribution Plans 153050SUW Auditing $59.00 180302SUW
Employee Benefit Plans A&A: ESOPs; Defined Benefit 4 $98.75 Additional Manual Regular $73.75
Pension Plans; Health and Welfare Plans Accounting-3 $79.00 for DVD AICPA Member $59.00
153060SUW Auditing-1
350302SUW
Employee Benefit Plans A&A: Other Auditing 1.5 $56.25
Considerations; Wrap Up 153070SUW Accounting-0.5 $45.00 Note: This edition includes a print supplement on the new SAS and SSAE that, when effective,
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Fraud and the Forensic Accountant: Detecting Misstatements: Integrating SAS No. 99
Tackling Fraud from Start to Finish and the Risk Assessment Standards
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting, Auditing NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
AUTHORS Chad O. Albrecht, Ph.D, CPA, CIA, CFE; L. Michael Connelley, CFE, AUTHOR Richard H. Gesseck, CPA
CPA; Robert Gardner, J.D.; John J. Hall, CPA; and Joseph Wells, CFE, CPA LEVEL Basic
LEVEL Intermediate RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT/YELLOW BOOK HOURS 10
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 39 (Accounting-18, Auditing- 21) OBJECTIVES
This course tackles this challenge head on by providing a “soup to nuts” look •Conduct more effective brainstorming sessions
at the fraud and forensic accountant’s world. It provides real world guidance •Utilize a top-down approach, starting with those charged with governance
to help CPAs handle this challenging role. •Recognize warning signs
•Develop an overall approach for assessing and responding to risks
OBJECTIVES •Design procedures for responding to specific assessed risks
•Create a fraud policy and an anti-fraud environment •Improve documentation quality
•Identify and assess key fraud exposure areas •Understand the requirements of the related standards
•Develop key audit program steps •Apply the standards to specific situations
•Examine common fraud indicators and symptoms
•Spot red flags for misappropriation schemes and fraudulent financial statements PREREQUISITE Basic understanding of accounting and auditing principles
•Extract information from potential fraudsters FORMAT
•Use public records and business documents Text Regular $173.75
•Develop forensic approaches when there is no paper trail 733792SUW AICPA Member $139.00
•Prepare for deposition phase and witness stand
PREREQUISITE Financial background with accounting systems knowledge
FORMAT
Text Regular $323.75
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FORMAT FORMAT
CD-ROM Regular $148.75 Text Regular $186.25
738802hsSUW AICPA Member $119.00 732436SUW AICPA Member $149.00
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Risk Assessment and Audit Sampling: Applying the Upcoming Peer Review: Is Your Firm Ready?
New Audit Sampling Guide Requirements NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing AUTHOR Duane Reyhl, CPA
AUTHORS Lynford Graham, CPA, Ph.D. LEVEL Intermediate
LEVEL Basic RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 12
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8.5 This course prepares you for a peer review and what can be done on a daily
Learn how to determine appropriate sample sizes, select and evaluate samples basis to create a strong quality control environment for your firm. Learn the
in connection with performing auditing procedures. Learn the situations where most common, significant deficiencies that peer reviews find time after time
various substantive sampling procedures are the most appropriate. The use of and what can be done to prevent them from occurring in your firm.
sampling in special situations, such as estimating amounts and in litigation OBJECTIVES
support, will also be discussed. An example of applying classical variables •Create a firm environment that focuses on quality control
sampling to an audit population will also be illustrated and explained. While •Understand significant recurring engagement deficiencies and how to
the course focus is on non-statistical methods, the statistical basis of these prevent them
methods will be used in illustrations. •Prepare for your next peer review — decisions to make and pulling
OBJECTIVES together the right information
•Relate risk of material misstatement and samping risk PREREQUISITE Experience in providing audit, compilation and review services
•Control and evaluate sampling risk
FORMAT
•Use sampling to meet audit objectives
Text Regular $186.25
•Select a representative sample
731697SUW AICPA Member $149.00
•Use a sample to estimate misstatement in a population
•Use PPS sampling to test a recorded monetary amount
PREREQUISITE None
FORMAT
Text Regular $173.75
745700SUW AICPA Member $139.00
BANK BNKT
Audits of Banks, Savings Institutions, Credit Unions Bankruptcy Today: What Every CPA Must Know!
and Other Financial Institutions NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Business Law
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing AUTHOR Grant Newton, CIRA, CMA, CPA, Ph.D.
AUTHOR S. Thomas Cleveland, CPA, CITP LEVEL Intermediate
LEVEL Intermediate RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10.5
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8 This course covers the essential provisions of the Bankruptcy Code as well as
This course features practical worksheets and insights such as the applicable how to account for and report the results of restructuring on emergence from
metrics that create value for financial institutions. Chapter 11.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES
•Understand the current metrics that create value for financial institutions •Recognize when assignment for benefit of creditors may be preferable
•Understand the significant regulatory structure and laws for the financial to Chapter 11 for small businesses closing operations
institution industry •Help clients determine when to file Chapter 11
•Apply efficient audit procedures for specific balance sheet, income •Aid clients in preplanning for bankruptcy filing
statement and cash flow statement accounts •Account for client's operations during Chapter 11
•Assess the effects of the most important accounting pronouncements on •Assist clients applying fresh start accounting
the financial institution industry •Prepare schedules and reports filed with the bankruptcy court
•Apply auditing literature such as appropriate sampling and confirmation •Advise clients how to work with customers in financial trouble
considerations for the critical loans receivable and deposit accounts •Submit retention documents necessary to work in the bankruptcy field
•Understand additional audit procedures necessary when material
PREREQUISITE None
investments are held by brokers or other third parties
FORMAT
PREREQUISITE Basic general audit knowledge and/or experience
Text Regular $173.75
FORMAT 745720SUW AICPA Member $139.00
Text Regular $186.25
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Audit Workpapers: Documenting Field Work Audit Workpapers: Reviewing Field Work Documentation
(formerly Documenting the Audit Team’s Field Work) (formerly Reviewing Field Work Documentation)
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
AUTHOR Don Pallais, CPA AUTHOR Don Pallais, CPA
LEVEL Basic LEVEL Basic
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 4 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 4
Workpapers are the building blocks of an audit. If it’s not in the workpapers, Are you unsure of what to include in your workpapers? If you include too much,
the manager and partner might not know about it or consider its ramifications. it may create additional work for you and your reviewers. If you include too little,
And a badly prepared workpaper is a time waster. So, proper workpaper it gives the impression to your superiors that you aren’t doing your job, and opens
preparation is critical. This course teaches the basics of workpaper preparation — your firm up to more risk. This course can help! This course’s many case examples
both the form of workpapers and their content — to make sure everything show field work supervisors, in-charges, and staff what factors to consider and the
significant is properly documented. Staff auditors who prepare workpapers steps to follow when creating and/or reviewing working papers. It will alert you
will benefit from this course. to typical deficiencies and explain how to minimize potential liability by making
Highlights include: what every workpaper should contain, how to document certain that the firm’s reports are fully and accurately supported by documentation.
different types of procedures, opportunities to analyze and critique illustrative Staff and reviewers of audit workpapers will benefit from this course.
workpapers, and suggestions for improving efficiency. Highlights include: the “nuts and bolts” of reviewing, checklists for audit
OBJECTIVE documentation, how to review analytical procedures, and common
Identify the basic AICPA standards regarding workpaper documentation workpaper shortcomings.
and proper workpaper technique OBJECTIVE
PREREQUISITE Experience on audit engagements Identify the tasks necessary to ensure compliance with current professional
documentation standards when performing supervisory level reviews of audit
FORMAT field work
Text Regular $111.25
PREREQUISITE None
733403SUW AICPA Member $89.00
FORMAT
Text Regular $111.25
733473SUW AICPA Member $89.00
ATDR PARD
Audit Workpapers: Documenting and Reviewing Partner’s Audit Engagement Documentation and Review
Field Work NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
(formerly Documenting and Reviewing Field Work)
AUTHOR Don Pallais, CPA
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
LEVEL Intermediate
AUTHOR Don Pallais, CPA
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 9
LEVEL Basic
It will be your signature on the report, but the staff did most of the work. In
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8
addition, the Risk Assessment Standards substantially increased the GAAS
Highlights include: what information workpapers should contain, documenting documentation requirements. Don’t get dinged in peer review or litigation because
different types of procedures, illustrative “good, bad and ugly” workpapers,
you didn’t know it had to be written down. All audit partners and managers will
the basics of reviewing, documentation of reviewing internal control and
benefit from this course.
substantive procedures; also includes an in-charge audit review checklist.
This course combines both Audit Workpapers: Documenting the Audit Team’s Highlights include coverage of all the current AICPA rules regarding workpapers,
Field Work and Audit Workpapers: Reviewing Field Work Documentation at a including: work documentation, ethics requirements, workpaper access by
bargain price! outsiders, and workpaper retention. The course also shows what to look for
when performing a high-level review so you know what the staff did, what they
OBJECTIVES
found and what decisions they made without rereviewing all the working
•Identify the basic AICPA standards regarding workpaper documentation
papers. It contains lots of examples, cases and suggestions.
and proper workpaper technique
•Identify the tasks necessary to ensure compliance with current OBJECTIVES
professional documentation standards when performing supervisory •Identify what documentation is (and is not) required under current GAAS
level reviews of audit field work documentation •Identify steps to ensure the audit strategy has been implemented and the
partner is aware of all significant issues and judgments made by the staff
PREREQUISITE None
PREREQUISITE Experience in managing audit engagements
FORMAT
Text Regular $173.75 FORMAT
733323SUW AICPA Member $139.00 Text Regular $186.25
733573SUW AICPA Member $149.00
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Staff Training
revised STB
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$73.75
$59.00
$73.75
studies were used throughout to give beginning 150032SUW $59.00
auditors an understanding of what to look for Risk Assessment and Introduction to 2 $61.25
Internal Control 150092SUW $49.00
and how to look for it.
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Review from web site “Reviews” tab for Staff Training –
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Auditing Cash
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$73.75
$59.00
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Level I (see p. 25). For full review, visit www.cpa2biz.com
150052SUW $59.00
Auditing Fixed Assets 2.5 $61.25
150062SUW $49.00
Auditing Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses 2 $61.25
150072SUW $49.00
Auditing Long-Term Debt 2 $61.25
150082SUW $49.00
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Performing Compilation and Review Engagements Compilation, Review and Accounting Service Update
Choose CD-ROM or On-Demand format — Available Early October NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing AICPA AUTHOR Kimberly Burke, Ph.D. and Hugh Parker, Ph.D., CPA
AUTHOR Michael J. Ramos, CPA Learning LEVEL Update
Center
LEVEL Basic RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 4
PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT 10 This course covers the current year’s Compilation and Review Alert as well
Mr. Ramos is an independent writer and consultant, primarily on auditing and Accounting as developments in independence, engagement and representation letters,
technical matters. He has written a variety of publications, including non-authoritative practice field work, disclosure, reporting, documentation, changes in services or in
aids, implementation guides and authoritative AICPA Audit and Accounting Guides. Following accountants, and specialty engagements. Anyone managing compilation
a career with an international public accounting firm and a regional firm, Mr. Ramos has or review engagements will benefit from this course.
devoted himself full time to his writing and consulting projects. He is one of the AICPA’s
highest-rated course authors and has unique expertise in instructional design, writing and Highlights include what you need to know to plan, review and report on these
technical accounting topics. engagements in 2010; current practice developments; the deficiencies most
commonly found by peer reviewers; and the proposed standards and other
This innovative series is perfect for the practioner looking to review current
developments on the horizon that you should be monitoring.
changes to the standards or for those looking to learn the basics and practice
applying what they’ve learned. This series uses practical case studies to OBJECTIVE
provide cost-effective, quality, self-study training in an exciting and interactive Identify the professional standards and risk factors relevant to the planning
multimedia CD-ROM or online format. of compilation, review, and accounting service engagements
Each of the five courses in the series allows you to complete your exams PREREQUISITE Experience managing accounting, compilation
and earn credit as you progress through the training. You can learn at your and review engagements
own pace, review as often as you like and do it all right from your desk. The VALUE AID! AICPA’s Compilation and Review 2008 Risk Alert
series includes audio and video clips, tips to help avoid common pitfalls and
numerous examples and printable practice aids. A professional narrator leads FORMAT
you through each course, pointing out key information and offering practice Text Regular $111.25
guidance. Each course also includes a printable “study guide” summarizing 733373SUW AICPA Member $89.00
critical content.
COURSES INCLUDED updated ICRE
4Introduction to Compilation and Review Engagements
4Performing Inquiries in a Review Engagement Compilation and Review Engagement Essentials
4Performing Analytical Procedures in a Review Engagement
4InSight: How to Perform a Review Under SSARS No. 19, Case Study Part I
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
4InSight: How to Perform a Review Under SSARS No. 19, Case Study Part II AUTHOR Kimberly Burke, Ph.D. and Hugh Parker, Ph.D., CPA
PREREQUISITE None LEVEL Basic
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 9
FORMAT
CD-ROM Regular $173.75 Many new CPAs are not familiar with two of the local CPA firm’s most popular
739700hsSUW AICPA Member $139.00 engagements: compilations and reviews. Shorten your learning curve and
impress your boss with the knowledge gained by taking this course. CPA firm
staff, including paraprofessionals new to performing compilation or review
On-Demand format offers immediate online access to content from engagements, will benefit from this course.
the CD-ROM — divided into concise courses — allowing you to
focus on specific topic areas. Highlights include identifying the engagement type and the applicable
Preliminary Regular/ professional standards, executing the engagement programs, effective inquiries
CPE On-Demand CPE Credit AICPA Member and analytical procedures, representation letters, the accountant’s report and
workpaper documentation.
Performing Compilation and Review 10 $173.75
Engagements On-Demand Series 154700SUW Auditing $139.00 OBJECTIVE
Introduction to Compilation and Review 2 $61.25 Identify the activities required to perform basic compilations and reviews
Engagements 154730SUW $49.00 of financial statements, draft the accountant’s report, and document the
Performing Inquiries in a Review Engagement 2 $61.25 engagement in accordance with professional standards
154720SUW $49.00
PREREQUISITE None
Performing Analytical Procedures in a Review 2 $61.25
Engagement 154710SUW $49.00 VALUE AID! SASRS No. 19, Compilation and Review Engagements
InSight: How to Perform a Review Under 2 $61.25
SSARS No. 19, Case Study Part I 154310SUW $49.00
FORMAT
Text Regular $173.75
InSight: How to Perform a Review Under 2 $61.25
SSARS No. 19, Case Study Part II 154320SUW $49.00 733880SUW AICPA Member $139.00
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ASCR CRRA10
Accounting Services, Compilations and Reviews: Compilation and Review Risk Audit AICPA
Learning
Effective Risk Management Strategic Briefing — 2009/2010 Center
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
AUTHOR J. Russell Madray, CPA, CIA, CMA, CFM MODERATOR John F. Hudson, CPA
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Basic
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 4.5
This course provides a comprehensive review of the current standards and This Webcast, which offers an in-depth analysis of the AICPA publication,
issues in compilation, review and accounting service engagements. The Compilation and Review 2009 Risk Alert, will update you on recent
scenarios included provide examples from the whole spectrum of practice practice issues and professional standards affecting compilation and
management and engagement performance. All CPAs managing compilation, review engagements.
review, or accounting service engagements will benefit. Watch as John Hudson, CPA, President of Hudson Consulting Group, LLC, leads an informative
discussion of these issues with Michael Glynn, CPA, AICPA Technical Manager, Audit and
OBJECTIVES Attest Standards team; Russell J. Madray, CPA, CIA, CMA, CFM, President of The Madray
•Identify practices to efficiently manage compilation, review, and accounting Group, Inc.; and Carolyn H. McNerney, CPA, Partner, SS&G Financial Services, and chair
services in conformity with current professional standards and best of the AICPA’s Accounting and Review Services Committee.
business practices OBJECTIVES
•Identify the risks inherent in bookkeeping, payroll and other •Effectively plan and perform your 2009/2010 compilation and
accounting services review engagements
•Identify the risk management practices available •Identify current practice issues facing practitioners
PREREQUISITE Experience in accounting services, compilations and reviews •Analyze current accounting and reporting issues
VALUE AID! AICPA Peer Review Checklists •Identify what’s in the SSARS pipeline
PREREQUISITE None
FORMAT
Text Regular $173.75 FORMAT
732825SUW AICPA Member $139.00 CPE On-Demand Regular $86.25
780197LCSUW AICPA Member $69.00
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and Review Services
Advanced Update for Compilation, Review and Write-Up, Payroll and Other Accounting Services:
Accounting Services Managing the Risks
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
AUTHORS Kimberly Burke, Ph.D., Hugh Parker, Ph.D., CPA, and AUTHOR J. Russell Madray, CPA, CIA, CMA, CFM
J. Russell Madray, CPA, CIA, CMA, CFM LEVEL Intermediate
LEVEL Advanced RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 4
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 9 Most sole practitioners and local CPA firms routinely provide write-up, payroll and
If you manage a compilation or review engagement practice, this course is other accounting services to their clients. Since there are no related technical
an absolute must, as it enables you to ensure that current year engagements standards or issued opinions related to these types of engagements, many CPAs
conform to all applicable professional standards. A practice-oriented review view them as risk-free. Be forewarned — they are not! These services can
of the latest developments and cases makes this course helpful. This course generate a surprising number of significant malpractice claims; one case resulted
will benefit CPAs involved with compilation or review services. in a judgment of $1 million! This course identifies the risks and proven risk
Highlights include what you really need to know to plan compilation and mitigating practices throughout the entire life-cycle of an accounting services
review engagements; where responsibility for fraud begins and ends; engagement, from client acceptance, to engagement performance, to withdrawal.
hands-on practice in case studies; the most common peer review Highlights include how to have critical conversations with your clients regarding
deficiencies; proposed standards and other developments on the horizon. engagement scope, firm responsibilities and client responsibilities; supervision of
OBJECTIVE client employees; prevention of engagement creep; maintenance of quality control
Identify responses to compilation, and review practice issues and updates throughout the engagement; withdrawing from an engagement; and numerous
on all applicable current professional standards illustrative examples, flowcharts, observations, and engagement suggestions.
PREREQUISITE Management of compilation or review engagements OBJECTIVES
VALUE AID! Compilation and Review Alert and SSSARS, No. 19, •Identify the risks inherent in write-up, payroll and other accounting services
Compilation and Review Engagements •Identify the risk management practices available
PREREQUISITE Experience in write up, payroll and other accounting services
FORMAT
Text Regular $186.25 FORMAT
731556SUW AICPA Member $149.00 Text Regular $111.25
733762SUW AICPA Member $89.00
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AICPA
InSight — New CPE On-Demand Courses Learning
Center
To help you keep current with new accounting changes as they arise, AICPA has developed a line of On-Demand CPE courses, branded under the InSight name,
to give you the information you need. These online, interactive, media-rich InSight courses are designed to provide practical guidance in making sound judgments.
You’ll be guided by a video mentor and benefit from a robust, printable study guide. For more information or to order, visit www.cpa2biz.com/InSight.
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing InSight: How to Perform a Review Under SSARS No. 19,
AUTHOR Michael J. Ramos, CPA Case Study Part I Available Early October
LEVEL Intermediate Using a comprehensive case study, this course will walk you through each step
FORMAT in the typical review engagement, providing practical advice on how to apply
the requirements of the professional standards.
On-Demand Regular $43.75 each
AICPA Member $35.00 each PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT 2
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154310SUW
InSight: How to Perform a Review Under SSARS No. 19,
InSight: Evaluating and Communicating Internal Control Deficiencies Case Study Part II Available Early October
Identify the key judgments and assumptions required to measure fair value in a Using the comprehensive case study, introduced in How to Perform a Review
way that complies with the definition of fair value provided in FASB AC 820. Engagement Under SSARS 19, Case Study Part I, this course will walk you
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 1.5 through each of the main communications you are required to have with
154200SUW your client as well as the process for preparing your review report.
PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT 2
InSight: Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures —
154320SUW
Auditing Best Practices
The move to fair value measurements poses significant challenges for auditors,
Also Available:
who will need to understand and be able to make judgments.
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 1 InSight: Internal Control Selected Topics
Three of our most popular Auditing InSight courses, available in one
154240SUW
convenient online package:
InSight: How to Perform Effective Walkthroughs of • InSight: Updating Your Understanding of the Client from the Prior Year
Internal Control • InSight: Evaluating and Communicating Internal Control Deficiences
Auditors are required to evaluate the design and implementation of a client’s internal • InSight: How to Perform Effective Walkthroughs of Internal Control
control. This course offers practical advice for performing more effective walkthroughs. NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 1 AUTHOR Michael J. Ramos, CPA
154250SUW LEVEL Intermediate
InSight: SSARS 19—The New Compilation and Review Standard PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT 4
PREREQUISITE Two to three years of auditing
Get the answers to frequently asked questions from practitioners about the
new standards, what they mean, and how they can best be implemented. FORMAT
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 1.5 On-Demand Regular $86.25
154230SUW 154340SUW AICPA Member $69.00
InSight: Fair Value Measurement Selected Topics
InSight: Updating Your Understanding of the Client
Two of our most popular Fair Value InSight courses, available in one
from the Prior Year
convenient online package:
Understand the audit requirements to perform risk assessment procedures
to gain an understanding of your client and its environment. • InSight: Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures —
Introduction to Accounting
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 1.5
• InSight: Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures —
154210SUW Auditing Best Practices
InSight: Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures — NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting and Auditing
Introduction to Accounting LEVEL Intermediate
Identify the key judgments and assumptions required to measure fair value in a PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT 2 (Accounting-1, Auditing-1)
way that complies with the definition of fair value provided in FASB ASC 820. PREREQUISITE Two to three years of accounting and auditing
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting FORMAT
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 1 On-Demand Regular $61.25
154220SUW 154330SUW AICPA Member $49.00
About the Author: Michael J. Ramos, CPA is an independent writer and consultant, primarily on auditing and accounting technical matters. He has written a variety of publications, including non-
authoritative practice aids, implementation guides and authoritative AICPA Audit and Accounting Guides. Following a career with an international public accounting firm and a regional firm, Mr. Ramos has
devoted himself full time to this writing and consulting projects. He is one of the AICPA’s highest-rated course authors and has unique expertise in instructional design, writing and technical accounting topics.
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SEC Reporting
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
AUTHORS BDO Seidman, LLP, under the direction
of Leland E. Graul, CPA; Wayne A. Kolins, CPA;
Jan Herringer, CPA; Wendy Kim, CPA;
Polia Tzvetanova, CPA; Liza Prossnitz, CPA; beslter
and Julie Valpey, CPA sel
LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 24
Confidently comply with the latest SEC reporting requirements with this
comprehensive course. It clarifies new, difficult and important reporting
and disclosure requirements while giving you examples and tips for ensuring
compliance. Learn to apply Regulations S-X, S-K and other SEC guidance,
prepare or review financial statements and their related disclosures, and more.
This course benefits financial reporting managers and those charged with
corporate governance of registrants or companies planning to go public as
“ This course provides great insight into
the details of SEC Reporting. It provided a lot
well as senior staff, managers and partners in public practice with SEC of new focus areas for upcoming filings. Good
registrants as clients. refresher for those who have been in the industry
OBJECTIVES
•Identify current reporting requirements of Regs S-X, S-K and SOX
•Identify key required disclosures on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and
Schedule 14A
for a while too.
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PREREQUISITE Ability to prepare standard financial statements and
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a sole practitioner.
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InSight: Single Audit Fundamentals On-Demand Series Running a Not-for-Profit Like a For-Profit Business
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Governmental Auditing AICPA Available Early October
Learning
AUTHOR Michael J. Ramos, CPA Center NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Business Management and Organization
LEVEL Basic AUTHOR Phil Sherman, CPA
PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT/YELLOW BOOK HOURS 8 LEVEL Basic
This series of on-demand courses will provide background and context for PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT/YELLOW BOOK HOURS 8
audit engagements performed under Office of Management and Budget To succeed, a nonprofit organization must be efficient as well as effective.
(OMB) Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit The key to effectiveness and efficiency is a combination of management and
Organizations. Specifically, this training is designed as an introduction to accounting. Combining some of the business world’s proven management
certain single audit topics and tools an auditor will need to function as a practices with others designed especially for the nonprofit, this course
staff member on a single audit engagement. offers the modern nonprofit organization a much better chance of effective
OBJECTIVES and efficient mission accomplishment. That, together with efficient and
•Compare single audit engagements with traditional financial statement effective accounting practices which produce quality financial information
audit engagements and transparency to the public, can be a winning combination for the
•Analyze how to determine major programs nonprofit organization of the 21st century.
•Describe compliance testing requirements OBJECTIVES
•Identify the characteristics of internal control over compliance
•List available resources • Motivate board members
•Describe reporting requirements • Manage working capital
• Maximize the use of resources
PREREQUISITE None
PREREQUISITE None
On-Demand format offers immediate online access to content — FORMAT
divided into concise courses — allowing you to focus on specific Text Regular $173.75
topic areas. 754000SUW AICPA Member $139.00
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InSight: Single Audit Fundamentals 8 $148.75 updated bestseller bestvalue FSNPO
On-Demand Series 154260SUW Governmental Auditing $119.00
InSight: Single Audit Fundamentals Part I: 2 $61.25 Accounting and Reporting Practices
Background and Overview 154270SUW $49.00
of Not-for-Profit Organizations
InSight: Single Audit Fundamentals Part II: 2 $61.25
The Mysteries of Major Program Determination $49.00 NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Governmental Accounting
154280SUW
AUTHOR Clifford D. Brown, Ph.D., CPA
InSight: Single Audit Fundamentals Part III: 2 $61.25
Understanding and Testing of Controls and Compliance $49.00 LEVEL Intermediate
154290SUW RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT/YELLOW BOOK HOURS 20
InSight: Single Audit Fundamentals Part IV: 2 $61.25 Not-for-profit accounting can be extremely complex, and to be successful
Reporting Requirements and Available Resources $49.00 your knowledge and skills must be superior. Learn from real-world financial
154300SUW statements, cases and problems faced by CPAs with not-for-profit clients
Note: Accessible immediately after completing the purchase process on www.cpa2biz.com and by executives of not-for-profit organizations.
OBJECTIVES
•Ascertain presentation requirements and choices allowed under GAAP
•Understand note disclosures unique to nonprofits
•Solve problems involving dues, contributions, content of financial
statements, and allocation of costs relating to fundraising
•Obtain a working knowledge of the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM
PREREQUISITE Experience in the not-for-profit environment
VALUE AID! AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide Not-for-Profit Organizations
and the AICPA’s Checklists and Illustrative Financial Statements for
Not-for-Profit Organizations
FORMAT
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Government/Nonprofit
Cost Allocation in Nonprofits: Who Gets It? Not-for-Profit Accounting & Reporting:
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Governmental Accounting From Start to Finish
AUTHOR David Harr, Ph.D., CPA NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Governmental Accounting
LEVEL Intermediate AUTHOR Bruce Chase, Ph.D., CPA
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT/ beslter LEVEL Intermediate beslter
YELLOW BOOK HOURS 12 sel RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT/
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Gain vital insights into issues relating to cost YELLOW BOOK HOURS 12
assignments and allocations for not-for-profit Rather than training to run part of the race, train to
organizations. Learn not only the theory behind cost run the entire race from start to finish. This course
assignment and allocation techniques, but also the trains you to clear the key hurdles in not-for-profit accounting and reporting
application of those techniques. in an efficient and effective manner. Avoid the potholes of confusion and finish
OBJECTIVES first by providing a financial picture that end users can truly understand.
•Develop and apply cost-allocation methods for not-for-profit organizations OBJECTIVES
•Understand cost allocation for activities that include fundraising •Understand the critical elements that make up not-for-profit accounting
•Develop a better understanding of functional expense reporting and reporting
•Understand how cost allocations can affect a not-for-profit organization •Confidently work with or in the not-for-profit environment
PREREQUISITE Experience with nonprofit organizations •Recognize the nuances involved in not-for-profit accounting and reporting
FORMAT PREREQUISITE Experience in the not-for-profit environment
Text Regular $198.75 FORMAT
730419SUW AICPA Member $159.00 Text Regular $186.25
732984SUW AICPA Member $149.00
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Analytical Procedures for Nonprofit Organizations Auditing Nonprofits: Tips and Traps
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Governmental Auditing NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Governmental Auditing
AUTHOR Phil Sherman, CPA AUTHOR Phil Sherman, CPA
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT/YELLOW BOOK HOURS 8 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT/YELLOW BOOK HOURS 14
If an organization isn’t efficient, it isn’t going to succeed. With this course, Auditing nonprofits is a challenge. Nonprofits and for-profits have inherent
learn how to measure a nonprofit organization’s strength and efficiency, differences in structure, operation and reporting. Auditors encounter a variety
as well as the effectiveness of its mission accomplishment. of clients with limited resources, quirky terminology and unusual reporting.
OBJECTIVES This course will assist you in tackling these challenges in the most effective
•Develop and apply unique methods of analysis for nonprofit organizations and efficient manner. Gain practical tips on avoiding possible traps
•Understand what analytical procedures are telling you encountered along the way.
•Learn ratio, trend and financial statements analysis techniques OBJECTIVES
•Develop an arsenal of analytical procedures that can be used either •Recognize key issues that make nonprofit clients different from other
within a nonprofit organization or by external auditors entities and adjust the audit for them
PREREQUISITE Experience with nonprofit organizations •Avoid common traps encountered in nonprofit auditing
•Apply proven tools and techniques used in nonprofit auditing
FORMAT
PREREQUISITE General audit experience and knowledge of
Text Regular $186.25
nonprofit accounting
730226SUW AICPA Member $149.00
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CAFC CCAI
Accounting and Finance for Construction Contractors Construction Contractors Advanced Issues
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting, Taxes, Finances NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting, Auditing, Taxes
AUTHOR Andrew C. Copeland, CPA AUTHOR Andrew C. Copeland, CPA
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Advanced
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8 (Accounting-5, Taxes-2, Finances-1) RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10 (Accounting-5, Auditing-4, Taxes-2)
This course reviews the fundamental accounting issues facing the construction Go beyond the basics of many issues the construction industry brings to the
industry and the application of GAAP accounting methods applicable to construction accounting profession. Get hands-on advice on the accounting, audit and tax
contractors. Chapters on assisting the financially troubled contractor, an overview issues that make the construction industry a high-risk client. Address difficult
of tax accounting for the contractor and FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes (formerly issues such as look-back calculations, measuring progress of construction
SFAS No. 109), are also included, as is the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide contracts and overhead allocations. Enhance your skills today to reduce the
Construction Contractors. risk of your next construction engagement.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES
•Tackle construction contract accounting including FASB ASC 605-35 (previously •Recognize and understand the pitfalls that small contractors face with
SOP 81-1) and the percentage-of-completion and completed-contract methods construction issues
•Grasp the nature of working with a surety •Evaluate and rework your audit process to avoid common deficiencies
•Handle construction industry cash management, joint ventures, in construction engagements
benchmarking and construction cost allocations more effectively •Improve how you address construction issues
•Apply GAAP accounting methods applicable to construction contractors
PREREQUISITE Completion of the AICPA course Construction Contractors:
•Assist the financially troubled contractor
Accounting, Auditing and Tax, or experience in providing services for
•Obtain an overview of federal income taxation issues for construction contractors
construction contractors
•Apply FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes (formerly SFAS No. 109)
VALUE AID! Audit Risk Alert Construction Contractors Industry Developments
VALUE AID! AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide Construction Contractors
PREREQUISITE Basic understanding of construction contract accounting FORMAT
Text Regular $186.25
FORMAT 731996SUW AICPA Member $149.00
Text Regular $186.25
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Real Estate Accounting and Financial Reporting: Advanced Real Estate Accounting, Auditing
Tackling the Complexities & Taxation
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting, Auditing,Taxes
AUTHOR Jeffrey Liemen, CPA, CFE AUTHOR Jeffrey Liemen, CPA, CFE; with contributions by
LEVEL Basic Bobby J. Carmichael, Ed.D., CPA
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 13 LEVEL Advanced
Whether the issue is revenue recognition, measurement, fair value or RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10 (Accounting-4.5; Auditing-1.5; Tax-4)
impairment, the real estate industry has some uniquely complex accounting Real estate transactions and assets have some very unique issues. This course
and financial reporting challenges. So if you advise or work for companies considers the special qualities of the real estate industry. How do you record
with real estate holdings, this course is for you. Learn how to properly involvement in real estate ventures? How do you handle reporting issues
record the purchase, sale, rental or development of your real estate holdings. related to sales of real estate with leasebacks? What are some of the taxation
OBJECTIVES issues common to real estate transactions and holdings? If you advise or work
•Grasp the unique real estate accounting and financial reporting standards for companies with real estate transactions or holdings, this course is for you.
•Identify accounting and problems surrounding real estate transactions It starts with a review of fundamental accounting issues and continues
•Properly account for the recognition and measurement of real estate transactions through advanced issues. Prepare for audits of real estate activity. Case
studies, lectures and discussions are used throughout the program.
PREREQUISITE Basic knowledge of real estate accounting
OBJECTIVES
FORMAT • Understand the basic and advanced issues for accounting for real estate
Text Regular $198.75 activities
734622SUW AICPA Member $159.00 •Identify accounting and auditing issues and solutions for real estate ventures
•Record sale-leaseback transactions and non-monetary exchanges of real
estate assets
•Understand the potential taxation issues for real estate transactions
PREREQUISITE Experience in real estate accounting
FORMAT
Text Regular $186.25
745290SUW AICPA Member $149.00
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Documenting Internal Controls Series AICPA PART 3. PUBLIC COMPANY REPORTING ON INTERNAL CONTROLS
Learning This course covers the essential requirements of SEC guidance for entities
Choose CD-ROM or On-Demand format — Center and AS No. 5 for auditors when publicly reporting on internal controls over
Available Early October financial reporting.
Documenting internal controls is a requirement, and an improved understanding of OBJECTIVES
the process will reduce costs and increase the benefits of the task. Through the use •Communicate control findings
of interactive case studies you will review the standards, learn why and how they are •Illustrate the documentation process using documentation software
applied, and practice achieving goals utilizing an industry leading software package. •Improve effectiveness and efficiency in the reporting process
This series of courses has something for organizations that want to improve
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their internal control, would benefit from having their external auditors rely
on management’s work, and for auditors of public companies. You can choose FORMATS
a combination of courses that best fits your needs. CD-ROM Regular $148.75
About the author: Lynford Graham, CPA, Ph.D., CFE, was formerly a Partner and Director 739620hsSUW AICPA Member $119.00
of Audit Policy at BDO Seidman LLP and a member of the AICPA Auditing Standards Board
during the development of the risk assessment suite of standards. He chaired the Risk CPE On-Demand Regular $148.75
Assessment and Audit Sampling Guide Task Forces and was previously a national accounting 159620SUW AICPA Member $119.00
and SEC consulting partner at Coopers and Lybrand.
Or buy Part 1 only. For organizations that want to improve their internal control–
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
Documenting Internal Controls
LEVEL Basic
AUTHOR Lynford Graham, CPA, Ph.D., CFE RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 4
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8 FORMATS
CD-ROM Regular $86.25
PART 1. DOCUMENTING INTERNAL CONTROLS 739600hsSUW AICPA Member $69.00
CFOs, financial managers, internal auditors and external auditors will go beyond
a review of company and auditor responsibility, and the documentation process, CPE On-Demand Regular $86.25
to practice applying what they have learned in practical case studies. 159600SUW AICPA Member $69.00
OBJECTIVES Or buy Parts 1 and 2 only. For organizations that would benefit
•Relate the COSO framework and associated auditing standards to by allowing auditors to rely on management’s work–
practical examples
•Select and document key controls Documenting Internal Controls and
•Understand how documentation software can improve the process Testing Internal Controls for Reliance and Reporting
•Conduct the implementation of a documentation software project
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 6
PART 2. TESTING INTERNAL CONTROLS FOR RELIANCE
AND REPORTING FORMATS
This course covers the basic principles of gathering evidence that the controls CD-ROM Regular $111.25
are operating as planned, allowing auditors to rely on managements work. 739610hsSUW AICPA Member $89.00
OBJECTIVES CPE On-Demand Regular $111.25
•Determine if sufficient evidence has been gathered to rely on the operating 159610SUW AICPA Member $89.00
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Internal Controls
Internal Control Essentials for Financial Common Frauds and Internal Controls for Revenue,
Managers, Accountants and Auditors Purchasing and Cash Receipts
Choose Text or DVD/Manual format NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
(ideal for group study training!) AUTHOR Glenn Helms, Ph.D., CPA, CIA, CISA, CFF
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting beslter LEVEL Basic
AUTHOR/VIDEO MODERATOR sel RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8
Glenn Helms, Ph.D., CPA, CIA, CISA, CFF Transactions that occur within an entity’s revenue cycle (revenues and cash
LEVEL Basic receipts) and the purchase cycle (purchases and cash disbursements) are
common areas for misstatements (both unintentional and fraudulent). While
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT Text-12; DVD/Manual-14
business owners and managers instinctively know that controls are important,
This course is designed to give you a solid understanding of systems and they sometimes have a very limited understanding of what controls are
control documentation at the significant process level. After an overview of the effective. Accountants are in a unique position to fill this knowledge gap
latest COSO guidance on the components and principles of effective internal and help establish a cost-effective system of controls to minimize fraud
control, it will introduce the basic tools used to document an accounting and other misstatements while getting the “biggest bang for your buck.”
process. You will then be able to identify the risks of errors and fraud in the OBJECTIVE
accounting system, and the presence (or absence) of compensating controls. •Focus on common frauds in the revenue, purchasing (including inventory),
Finally, you will practice identifying key controls and control weaknesses. cash receipts, and cash disbursements processes
This course should help management, as well as internal and external •Identify areas of greatest risk
auditors, in complying with the risk assessment standards (for non-public •Set up internal controls to mitigate various risks
entities) and AS No. 5 (for public entities). •Develop an analysis process to ensure efficient and effective risk
OBJECTIVE management
•Interpret basic documentation of a significant accounting process, identify PREREQUISITE None
the significant risks of frauds and errors, locate the presence or absence of
FORMAT
compensating controls, and identify key controls and control weaknesses
Text Regular $173.75
•Learn how to prepare documentation to comply with both the risk
753351SUW AICPA Member $139.00
assessment standards and AS No. 5
Note: This course combines Revenue and Cash Receipts: Common Frauds and Internal Controls and
PREREQUISITE None Purchasing, Inventory, and Cash Disbursements: Common Frauds and Internal Controls
In this video, author Glenn L. Helms, Ph.D., CPA, CIA, CISA, CFF, author and speaker,
discusses internal controls with Lynford Graham, Ph.D., CPA, CFE, author, educator,
and consultant on accounting and auditing matters; Anne M. Marchetti, President of CL4RCR
Account-Ability Consulting, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance author, speaker, and consultant;
Scott J. Auer, CPA, CMA, CIA, the CFO and Controller of Praeses, LLC; and Revenue and Cash Receipts: Common Frauds
Frank S. Venezia, CPA, Director of Accounting and Auditing Services with Marvin and
Company, P.C. and Peer Review Committee chair of the New York State Society of CPAs. and Internal Controls
FORMATS NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing
Text Regular $186.25 AUTHOR Glenn Helms, Ph.D., CPA, CIA, CISA, CFF
731857SUW AICPA Member $149.00 LEVEL Basic
DVD/Manual Regular $248.75 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 4
(143-min. video) AICPA Member $199.00 Revenue and cash receipts are two critical areas that require strong controls to
181856SUW prevent intentional fraud or unintentional misstatements. While there is well
Additional Manual Regular $73.75 publicized fraud in these areas in larger companies, it also occurs in smaller
for DVD AICPA Member $59.00 businesses and nonprofit entities. A sound system of internal controls is needed
351856SUW to help prevent fraud occurrence. All too often, a “one-size-fits-all” system is put
in place without considering the uniqueness of each entity. It is crucial that an
internal control system is tailored so that the areas of greatest risk receive the
most attention to give you the “biggest bang for your buck.” Most importantly,
the possible adverse consequences of not having certain controls in place will
be addressed.
OBJECTIVE
•Learn common frauds in the revenue and cash receipts processes
•Become aware of internal controls to mitigate various risks
•Develop an analysis process to ensure efficient and effective risk management
PREREQUISITE None
FORMAT
Text Regular $111.25
753341SUW AICPA Member $89.00
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CL4PCD COSO09
Purchasing, Inventory, and Cash Disbursements: The New COSO Report: Guidance on AICPA
Learning
Common Frauds and Internal Controls Monitoring Internal Control Systems Center
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Auditing NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting
AUTHOR Glenn Helms, Ph.D., CPA, CIA, CISA, CFF MODERATOR John F. Hudson, CPA
LEVEL Basic LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 4
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8
Inventory, purchasing, and cash disbursements are common targets for fraud
OBJECTIVES
in any entity’s environment. While business owners and managers have heard
•Analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of the internal control evaluation process
by now that internal controls seem to be very important, they often do not
•Implement existing good monitoring practices to support control conclusions
know whether the entity’s system is adequate. While accountants instinctively
•Identify weaknesses in monitoring where they may exist
know that internal controls are important and necessary, it is sometimes
difficult to effectively communicate this to business owners. PREREQUISITE Experience in the application of accounting standards
This course focuses on common frauds and internal controls over the Watch as John Hudson, CPA, President of Hudson Consulting Group, LLC, leads an informative
discussion of these issues with Mark Beasley, CPA, Ph.D, Deloitte Professor of Enterprise
purchasing (including inventory) and cash disbursements processes.
Risk Management at North Carolina State University and a board member of COSO, and
Special attention is given to smaller entities where cost/benefit analysis is Trent Gazzaway, CPA, Managing Partner of Corporate Governance at Grant Thornton, LLP
extremely important. Most importantly, the course will explain the possible and the Project Leader of COSO Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems.
adverse consequences if certain controls are absent in an organization.
FORMAT
OBJECTIVE
CPE On-Demand Regular $148.75
•Discover common frauds in the purchasing (including inventory) and cash
780192LCSUW AICPA Member $119.00
disbursements processes
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•Design internal controls to mitigate various risks
•Develop an analysis process to ensure efficient and effective risk
management
PREREQUISITE None
FORMAT
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current issues and today’s tough economic environment. What should you do if Arresting Financial Fraud:
asked by the CEO to “adjust the numbers” so your company stays in compliance
with bank covenants? What if a client invested in a fund that was just a giant Ponzi The Inside Story from the FBI
scheme and you recommended the fund manager? What happens if your boss asks NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting, Auditing
you to cut bonus checks to employees before year-end — but you’ve never done MODERATOR John F. Hudson, CPA
this before and know the company is in financial distress? This course will take you
from the front lines of running a small business to the executive suite, from the LEVEL Intermediate
accounting department to the boardroom, as you are thrust into real-life ethical RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 4
dilemmas drawn from current events. OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES •Learn the U.S. Department of Justice’s three-part definition of
•Grasp how CPAs in real-life present situations balanced ethical judgments corporate fraud
against other factors (jobs, income, etc.) •Understand the scope of the corporate fraud problem
•Understand how tough economic conditions can challenge your ethical •Identify common accounting schemes
construct and place you in jeopardy •Work effectively with law enforcement
•Use ethical standards, rules, and other resources to guide your response •Understand the effect of recently enacted legislation
to situations that are unlikely to be isolated events PREREQUISITE Basic familiarity with financial reporting
PREREQUISITE Experience in financial accounting FORMAT
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Text Regular $173.75 737139hsSUW AICPA Member $89.00
753501SUW AICPA Member $139.00
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Business Valuation
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Introduction to Business Valuation The AICPA offers comprehensive ethics training. Professional
Ethics: The AICPA’s Comprehensive Course covers all the
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Management Advisory Services
most up-to-date information on the basic tenets of ethical
AUTHOR Gary R. Trugman, CPA/ABV, MCBA, ASA, MVS
and professional conduct. It includes all the information in
LEVEL Basic
the Independence and Selected Topics in Professional Ethics
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courses. Choose the course that best suits your needs.
This is an introductory business valuation course for the individual who
either knows nothing or very little about business valuation. The purpose CD-ROM and On-Demand formats provide a unique
is to introduce business valuation concepts, theory and application. learning experience, with appeal to many types of learners:
This course is intended to assist you in deciding whether business
valuation is for you. Interwoven into this course is a case study analysis those who learn by listening, through visual depiction or by
of a small restaurant to show you how an actual valuation is done. reading text. The presentation is state-of-the-art multimedia.
OBJECTIVES Professional audio narration guides you through the courses.
•Decide if business valuation is something you wish to pursue
•Understand the basics of valuation theory Comprehensive case studies offer you the chance to interact
•Understand the three approaches to value and test your understanding of some complex ethics rules.
•Begin to recognize what is involved in performing a business valuation
PREREQUISITE None
FORMAT
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PEUPDATE PEGAO
Professional Ethics: 2010/2011 Update Professional Ethics: Complying With the GAO Rules
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Learning Learning
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Regulatory Ethics Center NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Regulatory Ethics Center
AUTHOR Catherine R. Allen, CPA AUTHOR Catherine R. Allen, CPA
LEVEL Update LEVEL Basic
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 2
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 2
This course will teach you the GAO independence rules and the ethical
This course will update you on new and revised ethical requirements that principles currently in effect.
were adopted or being proposed/considered during the past year.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES •Describe the GAO ethical principles
•Identify new and revised ethics and independence rules adopted by the •Identify the GAO independence rules related to personal impairments
AICPA and other standard setters and regulators during the past 12 months of independence
•Describe areas of practice affected by the new and revised ethical requirements •Describe the GAO requirements for government auditors engaged in
•Identify pending changes to the ethics and independence rules and areas of internal and external audit functions
practice that may be subject to standard setting in 2010 •Apply the GAO independence rules applicable to non-audit services
•Apply new and revised AICPA and PCAOB provisions performed for audit or other attest clients
•Describe the importance of the IFAC Code of Ethics to CPAs •Identify the similarities and the differences between the AICPA and
•Describe new ethics rules relating to tax practice under IRC Section 6694 the GAO independence rules
and IRS Circular No. 230
VALUE AID! Includes printable files of related rules and interpretations
VALUE AID! Includes printable files of related rules and interpretations
PREREQUISITE None
PREREQUISITE Knowledge of professional ethics
FORMATS
FORMATS CD-ROM Regular $73.75
CD-ROM Regular $86.25 739441hsSUW AICPA Member $59.00
739432hsSUW AICPA Member $69.00
CPE On-Demand Regular $73.75
CPE On-Demand Regular $86.25 159441SUW AICPA Member $59.00
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PEGRAY ★ PECBI
Professional Ethics: Navigating the Gray Areas Professional Ethics for CPAs in Business & Industry
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NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Regulatory Ethics Center NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Regulatory Ethics Center
AUTHOR Catherine R. Allen, CPA AUTHOR Catherine R. Allen, CPA
LEVEL Basic LEVEL Basic
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 2 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 2
This course will teach a methodology for complying with the AICPA Code This ethics “specialty” course uses multimedia and interactive case studies to
of Professional Conduct in the “gray areas,” that is, when explicit guidance, provide an overview of the ethics standards that apply under the AICPA Code
such as rulings or interpretations, is not available. of Professional Conduct to CPAs in business and industry.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
•Understand AICPA principles of professional responsibility, the public
•Identify matters that require an assessment of your ongoing compliance
with the Code interest, integrity, objectivity, independence, due care and competence
•Analyze matters using an ethical decision-making model to determine an and how AICPA standards apply to CPAs in business and industry
appropriate course of action •Analyze matters using an ethical decision making model to determine
•Prepare comprehensive documentation of your assessment of ethical an appropriate course of action
compliance •Understand the consequences of violating ethical standards
PREREQUISITE None
PREREQUISITE None
VALUE AID! Text of AICPA Code applicable to CPAs in Business & Industry,
VALUE AID! Includes printable files of related rules and interpretations
AICPA Ethics Decision Tree and Comprehensive Resource List
FORMATS
FORMATS
CD-ROM Regular $73.75 CD-ROM Regular $73.75
739450hsSUW AICPA Member $59.00 738900hsSUW AICPA Member $59.00
CPE On-Demand Regular $73.75 CPE On-Demand Regular $73.75
159450LCSUW AICPA Member $59.00 158900LCSUW AICPA Member $59.00
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Ethics
★ ★ RWBE
Real World Business Ethics for CPAs: Real World Business Ethics: How Will You React?
How Will You React? NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Behavioral Ethics
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Behavioral Ethics AUTHOR Robert W. Walter, J.D.
AUTHOR Robert W. Walter, J.D. LEVEL Intermediate
LEVEL Intermediate RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 16
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 5 each This course provides case studies drawn from “real life” litigation and
PRODUCT CODES administrative proceedings involving CPAs in public practice and industry
Real World Business Ethics for CPAs in A&A: that were resolved both in favor of and against accounting and auditing
How Will You React? 733603SUW professionals. It helps you take a proactive, risk-avoidance stance by
pointing out common pitfalls and presenting alternative courses of action.
Real World Business Ethics for CPAs in Business & Industry: Gain a renewed sense of appreciation for the pitfalls faced by every
How Will You React? 733593SUW financial professional and a heightened sensitivity for the types of ethical
Real World Business Ethics for Tax Practitioners: dilemmas you could face in the future.
How Will You React? 733613SUW OBJECTIVES
FORMAT •Understand what ethical standards and considerations are critical to
Text Regular $148.75 each accounting and auditing professionals
AICPA Member $119.00 each •Recognize the presence of ethical issues
•Apply ethical standards to “real life”
PREREQUISITE Experience in financial accounting
Real World Business Ethics for CPAs in A&A: CL4AARWBE
FORMAT
How Will You React? Text Regular $198.75
731687SUW AICPA Member $159.00
OBJECTIVES
•Understand what ethical standards and considerations are critical
to accounting and auditing professionals
•Recognize the presence of ethical issues
•Apply ethical standards and considerations to “real life” situations updated ETPP230
PREREQUISITE Experience in financial reporting
Ethics for Tax Practice Professionals: AICPA
IRS Circular No. 230 and the SSTSs Learning
Center
Real World Business Ethics for CPAs in CL4BIRWBE
Choose CD-ROM or On-Demand format!
Business & Industry: How Will You React? NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Regulatory Ethics
OBJECTIVES AUTHOR Catherine R. Allen, CPA
•Understand what ethical standards and considerations are critical LEVEL Basic
to CPAs in business and industry RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 2
•Recognize the presence of ethical issues IRS Circular No. 230 and the AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services (SSTS)
•Apply ethical standards and considerations to “real life” industry situations both guide practitioners engaged in a tax practice. IRS Circular No. 230 governs
PREREQUISITE Experience in financial reporting the ethical conduct of CPAs as well as attorneys, enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries
and appraisers practicing before the IRS. The SSTS are the ethical tax practice
standards for members of the AICPA.
Real World Business Ethics for Tax CL4TXRWBE OBJECTIVES
•Understand and comply with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct,
Practitioners: How Will You React? including the SSTS
OBJECTIVES •Understand and comply with IRS Circular No. 230 rules
•Understand what ethical standards and considerations are critical •Understand the ramifications of ethical violations
to tax professionals PREREQUISITE None
•Recognize the presence of ethical issues VALUE AID! The text of IRS Circular 230, the AICPA SSTS and
•Apply ethical standards and considerations to “real life” tax-related a flowchart on IRS written advice standards
situations
FORMATS
PREREQUISITE Experience in tax reporting CD-ROM Regular $73.75
738703hsSUW AICPA Member $59.00
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158702SUW AICPA Member $59.00
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2010 Leadership Update: Leading the Finance Team Team Building Within the Finance Function:
into the Future A Challenge for Today’s CPA
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Personal Development NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Business Management and Organization
AUTHOR Ron Rael, CPA AUTHOR Arthur G. Pulis III, MBA
LEVEL Update LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 15 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8
This new leadership course is designed to be up-to-date and focused on In this period of global competition and rapid change, world-class organizations
finance leaders at all experience levels. An action plan for the improvement- have learned two crucial things needed for success: excellent customer service
oriented, it covers leadership basics and emphasizes what it takes to be an and maximum efficiency. The most successful organizations have effectively
ethical and courageous leader in the accounting profession. Learn to deal with established cultures where all employees are committed to these dual tasks:
today’s current economic environment and review the results of interviews giving customers the ultimate in service and accomplishing this in the most
with many of today’s leaders in the accounting profession and beyond. efficient manner. Gain an understanding of organizational cultures and how to
OBJECTIVES promote the team culture for maximum customer service and efficiency. Get
•Grow leadership skills detailed suggestions and models on how to change culture and formulate a
•Understand how to create momentum for positive change in your team culture within the finance function.
organization OBJECTIVES
•Discover ways to be a courageous and ethical influence •Understand why customer service and efficiency are key to success
•Explain three current theories of leadership •Explain the four different organizational cultures
•Create an action plan on where to grow your leadership skills •Learn how to improve efficiency and customer service in a team culture
PREREQUISITE At least one year of leadership experience •Recognize how all team members can work toward a common goal
PREREQUISITE Management experience in accounting, finance or operations
FORMAT
Text Regular $198.75 FORMAT
745240SUW AICPA Member $159.00 Text Regular $173.75
745250SUW AICPA Member $139.00
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★ SGYC ★ PTCC
Surviving and Growing Your Company in Difficult How To Succeed as a Part-Time or Contract Controller
Times: Essential Skills for the Finance Team NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Business and Management Organization AUTHOR Ron Rael, CPA
AUTHOR Anthony C. LaRusso, MBA, CMA LEVEL Intermediate
LEVEL Intermediate RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8 Succeed as a part-time or contract hired gun! The number of openings for
This course identifies and teaches the skills that will be required for success part-time and contract controllers continues to grow. You may find yourself
in today's business environment. A series of specific methods and techniques either being asked to serve as an “acting” controller for a client or to become
designed to have an immediate and long-term impact on the bottom line are a controller under contract. The course provides the skills you need to make
identified and discussed in detail. intelligent choices and fully understand the controller’s position as it relates
to a less than full-time or “non-permanent” position. Learn how to employ
OBJECTIVES the skills required of the part-time or contract financial executive. Understand
•Identify the driving forces of behavior in an organization the role the contract controller plays. Identify both the positive and negative
•Explore the current economic and competitive environment aspects of being a part-time or contract controller. Become very effective in
•Organize the finance function to meet it current and future responsibilities the “hired gun” role.
•Expand the role and impact of planning, budgeting, cash management,
and reporting OBJECTIVES
•Provide a process to prepare and introduce Lean concepts into the •Understand the issues surrounding the part-time or contract controller’s position
finance function •Create a position description for a part-time or contract controller
•Offer techniques to evaluate and manage capital investment programs •Market your skills as a part-time or contract controller
PREREQUISITE Management experience in accounting, finance or operations PREREQUISITE Experience in financial management of a medium or small company
FORMAT FORMAT
Text Regular $173.75 Text Regular $173.75
753661SUW AICPA Member $139.00 733583SUW AICPA Member $139.00
★ TTMD ★ FFMD
Thirty-Plus Practical Tools and Techniques for Financial Forecasting and Management Decisions
Making Your Key Financial Decisions NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance AUTHOR Wallace N. “Dave” Davidson III, Ph.D., CMA
AUTHOR Anthony C. LaRusso, MBA, CMA LEVEL Basic
LEVEL Intermediate RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8 Understand and apply the basics of planning and forecasting financial
CPAs and all financial professionals are required to take an active, if not statements. Utilize a basic forecasting model. Learn to determine maximum
leadership, role in numerous activities for their organizations. This course is sustainable growth and to predict external funds needed.
designed to introduce and explore analytical tools and techniques to assist
OBJECTIVES
them in both routine and non-routine situations. These include: identifying
•Understand and apply the basics of planning and forecasting
and addressing structural blockages to decision making, data management,
•Utilize a basic forecasting model
providing information and analysis, improving operations, model building,
•Determine maximum sustainable growth
designing tests, valuing and financing acquisitions and divestitures, as well
•Predict external funds needed
as evaluating capital programs and other long-term investments.
PREREQUISITE Familiarity with basic financial statements
OBJECTIVES
•Apply techniques to uncover patterns/trends in data and apply analytical FORMAT
tools for problem solving Text Regular $173.75
•Use tools and techniques, including constructing analytical models, 732963SUW AICPA Member $139.00
to solve problems throughout their company
•Improve their organization’s budgeting and planning processes and results
•Participate in the planning, valuation and execution of acquisitions,
divestitures and capital programs
PREREQUISITE Experience in finance, operations or accounting
FORMAT
Text Regular $173.75
733832SUW AICPA Member $139.00
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★ BFAZ ★ ASBM
The Nuts and Bolts of Budgeting Advanced Skills for the Budget Manager:
(formerly Budgeting From A to Z: The Nuts and Bolts of Budgeting) Smart and Profitable Planning
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance
AUTHORS Ron Rael, CPA AUTHORS Ron Rael, CPA
LEVEL Basic LEVEL Advanced
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 13 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 13
This course gives accountants and budget managers the tools and valuable Budgeting is no longer a once a year event — it is now a 365 day-a-year efficient
information needed to develop more effective and realistic budgets. Everything and fast-moving leadership process that your firm must master to stay alive in
you wanted to know about budgeting is covered: from accountability to cash this global economy. With this course, you will design a new and more effective
flow planning to performance measures to zero-based budgets. budget and find best practices in planning used today by leading-edge firms.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES
•Grasp the overall planning and budget processes •Improve the overall planning and budget processes
•Build a budget process from scratch •Grasp the four critical elements of budget success and determine their existence
•Focus on critical budgeting success elements •Move your firm’s current budgeting method and planning to a higher level
•Teach others how to do a better job of budgeting •Select the budget software solution that fits their organization
•Improve your ability to plan holistically and strategically •Shift your firm’s culture to one where employees use the budget as a guide
•Improve your ability to plan, manage and control a budget •Use the budget to reduce the high cost unexpected risk
•Solve many common budget problems •Apply advanced best practices to improve their existing budget process
PREREQUISITE None •Raise skills to a strategic and advanced level
FORMAT PREREQUISITE At least five years experience preparing budgeting and
Text Regular $186.25 conducting planning
753481SUW AICPA Member $149.00 FORMAT
Text Regular $198.75
733771SUW AICPA Member $159.00
★ CSCB ★ FSABM
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Controllership
★ CLECP ★ BLFM
Controllership: Leading Edge of Corporate Targeting the Bottom Line: Eliminating Financial
Performance Management Guesswork
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance
AUTHOR Arthur G. Pulis III, MBA AUTHOR James Lindell, CPA, MBA
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 9 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10
To excel, the corporate controller has to understand the changing needs This course teaches you how to use various proven financial tools and
of senior management, investors, creditors and customers. Harness the techniques to assess the impact of day-to-day decisions on growing business
information age. Negotiate transactions. Control product and workflow. operations and profitability. It presents and illustrates useful techniques for
Manage process and people, quality and service. Learn state-of-the-art turning those difficult decisions into routine decisions that will maximize
techniques — both quantitative and non-quantitative. profitability and improve business performance.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES
•Redesign the role of the controller •Achieve target profit levels by establishing proper relationships between
•Create a new work environment or build a power base of knowledge prices, costs and product mix
•Design adaptive policies, procedures and structure •Maximize operating results by making the right decisions concerning
•Utilize style to enhance productivity and compensation alternative courses of action
•Apply quantitative and non-quantitative techniques to financing •Improve profitability by establishing and achieving optimal product
transactions, cash management, planning and budgeting or service cost structures
PREREQUISITE Responsibility for planning and budgeting •Optimize production by utilizing available scarce resources most
efficiently and effectively
FORMAT
PREREQUISITE Experience in finance, operations or accounting
Text Regular $173.75
730449SUW AICPA Member $139.00 FORMAT
Text Regular $173.75
733024SUW AICPA Member $139.00
★ PYPL ★ ACCS
Plug Your Profit Leaks: Ways to Significantly Advanced Controller and CFO Skills
Save Time and Money NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance AUTHOR Ron Rael, CPA
AUTHOR Ron Rael, CPA LEVEL Advanced
LEVEL Intermediate RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 9
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 12 If you want to be secure in your position as the “financial sheriff,” you must
This course gives you specific ways to immediately impact an organization’s be able to document your worth to the company’s leaders by exhibiting the
bottom line. These proven techniques for plugging the most overlooked profit critical, advanced skills that help you add value and contribute to the success
leaks come from specific strategies for lowering costs, improving productivity of the organization. Learn how to translate your firm’s strategies with key
or gaining efficiencies. We will explore the different methods in depth to performance. Improve your skills in the five key areas needed for success.
show how easy they are to implement, yet make a huge bottom-line impact. Employ the balanced performance measuring scorecard. Align your firm’s
Each tool or strategy is one that you can pass on to clients and coworkers. strategies with your internal reporting system. Become an advocate for
your team and develop into a powerful agent of change.
OBJECTIVES
•Develop a clear understanding of the organization’s strategy and how it OBJECTIVES
drives costs •Display best practices of leading-edge controllers and CFOs
•Learn how to improve their internal processes for maximum effectiveness •Employ a balanced approach to your firm’s measures of success
•Define what is most important and use that to create leadership leverage •Develop a tailored action plan suitable for your specific needs
•Identify costs that do not benefit the customer and remove them permanently •Ensure that your strategies are in alignment with the organization’s mission
•Understand how to create a company-wide awareness of the impact of costs PREREQUISITE Basic or beginning controllers course in lieu of experience
PREREQUISITE At least two years of financial management experience FORMAT
FORMAT Text Regular $186.25
Text Regular $186.25 733263SUW AICPA Member $149.00
733822SUW AICPA Member $149.00
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★ TFCRA ★ SUAF
The Fast Close, Soft Close, Virtual Close? Shaping Up Your Accounting Function:
Now Days, Not Weeks Trimming the Fat and Going Lean
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Accounting NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance
AUTHOR Susan C. Longo, CPA AUTHOR Gary Langenwalter, CFPIM, CIRM
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10
During this thought-provoking course, look at the opportunities that a soft This course focuses on eliminating waste from financial accounting processes
or virtual close can bring to your organization. Develop the skills needed such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, the general ledger and month-
to determine the resources used and the processes included in your end close. It will illustrate how accounting functions can be aligned with lean
current closing system. Then you will be able to begin to improve your goals and lean performance measures, and how your firm or client can make
closing process. a smooth and successful transformation to a lean accounting function.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES
•Select options to improve closing and reporting •Eliminate waste from financial accounting processes
•Revamp your accounting processes to speed data collection and reporting •Streamline operational accounting and performance measurement
•Implement a closing process improvement plan •Improve managerial accounting policies and procedures
PREREQUISITE Experience in designing accounting systems •Make a successful transformation to a lean accounting function
•Focus on improving the value stream and customer value
FORMAT PREREQUISITE Responsibility for planning and budgeting
Text Regular $173.75
731095SUW AICPA Member $139.00 FORMAT
Text Regular $173.75
733043SUW AICPA Member $139.00
★ LASN ★ SKLG
Lean Accounting for Service and Business Sustainability: Keeping Lean but With More
Nonmanufacturing Businesses Green for the Company’s Long Haul
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance
AUTHOR Gary Langenwalter, CFPIM, CIRM AUTHOR Gary Langenwalter, CFPIM, CIRM
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Advanced
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8
Lean principles originated on the factory floor at Toyota. But then they were Sustainability is now sweeping through profit and nonprofit businesses all
successfully applied in offices of manufacturing companies, and then in over the world. This course clearly shows you how to harness the power of
companies and organizations in virtually all other industries, including sustainability to give your company a huge competitive edge — attracting and
retailers, banks, airlines, hospitals, charities and universities, and all levels retaining the best employees, the best customers and the best suppliers, while
of government, even county jails and the Navy! So what are these lean reducing financial risk and lowering the cost of capital. Learn how sustainability
principles, and how can they be applied to nonmanufacturing environments in creates a new and eye-opening understanding of waste and prioritizes the many
small as well as large companies? And what are the benefits for doing so? waste reduction opportunities. Gain a practical, real-world grasp of the “triple
OBJECTIVES bottom line” which is the basis for decision making in a sustainable company.
•Grasp the basic universal principles of lean See how sustainable thinking and related tools and techniques can be used to
•Picture lean principles application in a variety of different organizations transform your operations.
•Implement lean successfully OBJECTIVES
•Make financial and non-financial reporting changes required to support lean •Identify and eliminate waste from processes throughout the company
•Capitalize on both tangible and intangible benefits of lean •Capitalize on strategic and tactical opportunities for your company
PREREQUISITE Responsibility for planning and budgeting •Improve managerial accounting policies and procedures
•Transform your company’s use of lean throughout its operations
FORMAT •Focus on increasing value to customer and improving the value stream
Text Regular $173.75 PREREQUISITE Management responsibility in finance, operations or planning
753461SUW AICPA Member $139.00
FORMAT
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★ LAMA ★ BLMA
★ CL4MOA ★ MPSR
Outsourcing — Trends, Tools, Techniques and Management Reporting: Creating World Class Reports
Lessons to Better Your Bottom Line (formerly Management Reporting: Creating More Meaningful Reports
in Less Time!)
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Business Management and Organization
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Finance
AUTHOR Anthony C. LaRusso, MBA, CMA
AUTHOR Ron Rael, CPA
LEVEL Basic
LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 4
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10
More and more organizations are exploring and/or implementing outsourcing
You get what you measure, so measure what you want! Maximize
programs, often based on vague observations about what others have done.
performance with balanced critical success factors. This course defines the
In such an environment, it is easy to overestimate the savings generated
factors that contribute to your organization’s success and identifies the best
by outsourcing, or to underestimate the efforts required for successful
ways to measure and report on them in a manner that inspires higher profits
implementation and ongoing success.
and better performance.
The course examines the potential benefits and pitfalls of outsourcing, both in
Learn how to design a reporting system that measures and keeps score of both
general terms and for your organization specifically. Learn how to develop a
financial and non-financial performance and develop a linked integrated system.
framework for determining when outsourcing will be successful and profitable.
Translate your firm’s strategies into key performance measures. Link those
Create a workable strategy for proceeding with an outsourcing decision.
strategies with performance and define the most critical elements of success.
Prepare the organization for the potential future use of this strategic alternative.
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
•Develop a clear understanding of the organization’s strategy
•Determine if your organization should consider outsourcing
•Translate the organization’s strategy into key performance measures
•Measure the rewards of outsourcing against the risks
•Create a “balanced scorecard” approach to measuring performance
•Establish a framework for identifying potential outsourcing activities
•Identify critical elements of success
•Develop guidelines for initial implementation and long-term management
PREREQUISITE Experience in financial management of a medium or
PREREQUISITE Experience in financial management of a medium or small company
small company
FORMAT FORMAT
Text Regular $123.75 Text Regular $173.75
733273SUW AICPA Member $99.00 733563SUW AICPA Member $139.00
★ Special Interest for Controllers & Financial Managers Business and Financial Management • Controllership 59
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Strategic Planning: A Simplified and Workable Negotiating Skills for Finance Professionals:
Approach for Private Companies Get What You Want When You Want It
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Business Management and Organization NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Communications
AUTHORS James Lindell, CPA, MBA AUTHORS Ron Rael, CPA
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 12
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8.5
The ability to negotiate is not something people are born with — it is a skill
This strategic planning course helps company managers achieve operational that grows with practice. Negotiating is not compromising nor is it creating a
and financial goals. Learn a simplified and workable approach to creating, win/lose outcome. In this course, you will discover that you are better able to
implementing, monitoring and revising strategies to promote greater company negotiate for what you want when you want it by knowing the four critical
success. This course is packed with useful tips and how-to guidance that can skills of negotiation. Since each day you have opportunities to ask and get
be applied immediately. Walk through the major, strategic-management steps exactly what you want, you will gain the confidence to negotiate your way
to run an organization. Explore issues related to overall strategic management, through any situation — buying a building, hiring someone, dealing with a
the business plan, the strategic plan, budgeting, corporate culture, review difficult employee and managing resource allotments at budget time.
and monitoring of performance. Learn about a full range of techniques from
OBJECTIVES
simple- to complex-planning models. •Develop a clear understanding of negotiating as a leadership tool
OBJECTIVES •Understand what negotiating is all about and how to properly
•Understand the overall strategic management process structure a negotiating session
•Create a workable and usable business plan, whether it be a simplified •Know what it takes to create a win/win outcome
one-page plan or a more complex multi-page detailed plan •Apply the negotiating skills on a daily basis
•Create a workable and usable strategic plan — simplified or detailed •Negotiate through the landmines of personality issues
•Understand how corporate culture, leadership and staff development can •Develop a meeting environment that leads to win/win outcomes
energize or destroy strategic management principles PREREQUISITE Experience in financial management
PREREQUISITE Management experience in accounting, finance or operations
FORMAT
FORMAT Text Regular $186.25
Text Regular $173.75 733812SUW AICPA Member $149.00
745270SUW AICPA Member $139.00
★ CFR ★ TNWIS
Coaching: Improving Employee Performance That’s Not What I Said! — Effective Workplace
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Communications Communication
AUTHORS Lisa C. Polack, MLHR and Michael S. Bruner, Ph.D. NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Communications
LEVEL Basic AUTHORS Lisa C. Polack, MLHR and Michael S. Bruner, Ph.D.
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8 LEVEL Basic
Enhance your employee’s advancement by becoming a master at coaching! RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8
Learn today’s top ways to track employee performance, provide corrective Become a master communicator! Learn how to speak so that you are heard,
feedback and follow up on performance problems. Build coaching skills for and listen so that you get the real message. Discover how to open lines of
specific employee situations. communication, conduct productive meetings and make persuasive presentations.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES
•Develop coaching skills for specific employee situations •Understand the impact of your communication style at the workplace
•Understand differences between coaching, counseling and mentoring •Listen so that you hear the real message behind the words
•Enhance interpersonal and communication skills •Understand the factors that influence communication at work
PREREQUISITE Management responsibilities •Match the message with the audience
FORMAT PREREQUISITE Management responsibilities
Text Regular $173.75 FORMAT
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732954SUW AICPA Member $139.00
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2010 Annual Tax Update: Individuals and Tax Update for Pass-Through Entities:
Sole Proprietors S Corporations, Partnerships and LLCs
Available Mid-October Available Mid-October
AUTHOR Bill Harden, CPA, ChFC, Ph.D. AUTHOR Bill Harden, CPA, ChFC, Ph.D.
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
LEVEL Update LEVEL Update
PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT 16 PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT 16.5
Get ready for the upcoming tax season! In this comprehensive course, you will Be prepared for the issues affecting S corporations, partnerships and
learn what’s new and what has changed in the federal individual income tax arena. limited liability companies. Learn about the latest law changes, rulings and
It brings up-to-the-minute guidance on the latest tax legislation, court decisions, pronouncements affecting these pass-through entities. Flow-through taxation
and IRS pronouncements. Gain practical insights and valuable tax-saving strategies is one of the most challenging areas of practice and this course will help
from AICPA’s seasoned tax pros who know what the new laws, rules and court navigate this complexity. Provide more value to clients incorporating
decisions can mean for real-world taxpayers. With the ever changing tax laws and the latest changes into your client engagements.
their increased complexity, you can’t afford to miss out on this course. OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES •Identify and comply with new tax changes during the upcoming tax season
•Identify and comply with the latest requirements resulting from federal •Utilize latest tax minimization strategies resulting from recent changes to
tax statues, regulations, cases and rulings tax statutes, regulations, cases and rulings
•Utilize new planning ideas for individuals and sole proprietors resulting PREREQUISITE Familiarity with federal tax issues for flow-through entities
from recent tax changes
FORMAT
PREREQUISITE Familiarity with federal tax issues for individuals
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Learning Learning
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training!) — Available November 5, 2010 training!) — Available November 5, 2010
or On-Demand format — Available November 19, 2010 or On-Demand format — Available November 19, 2010
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
AUTHORS Sidney Kess, CPA, J.D., LL.M. (Manual and Text) and AUTHORS Sidney Kess, CPA, J.D., LL.M. (Manual and Text) and
Bill Harden, CPA, ChFC, Ph.D. (Text) Wendy Kravit, CPA, MBA (Text)
VIDEO MODERATOR Sidney Kess, CPA, J.D., LL.M. VIDEO MODERATOR Sidney Kess, CPA, J.D., LL.M.
LEVEL Update LEVEL Update
PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT DVD/Text/Manual-29.5 PRELIMINARY CPE CREDIT DVD/Text/Manual-38.5
This video-based course, featuring Sidney Kess and an expert panel, reviews This video-based course, featuring Sidney Kess and an expert panel, reviews
major developments affecting 1120 and 1120S return preparation for 2010 major developments affecting 1040 return preparation for 2010 and useful
and useful tax-planning strategies. tax planning strategies.
OBJECTIVES •Apply the latest changes when preparing federal income tax returns
•Apply the latest changes when preparing corporate income tax returns •Advise individual clients on new developments and tax saving ideas
•Advise clients or employers on new developments and tax-saving ideas in income taxation
in corporate income taxation
PREREQUISITE Knowledge of individual income taxation and
PREREQUISITE Knowledge of corporate income taxation and Forms 1120 Form 1040 preparation
and 1120S preparation
In this video, Sidney Kess, CPA, J.D., LL.M., interviews Alan J. Dlugash, CPA, MBA;
In this video, Sidney Kess, CPA, J.D., LL.M, interviews Andrew J. Fair, Esq.; Sharon Kreider, Sharon Kreider, CPA, EA; Stephen J. Krass, Esq., LL.B., LL.M.; Joseph W. Walloch,
CPA, EA; Sydney S. Traum, CPA, J.D., LL.M; Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, CPA, MST; CPA; Julie A. Welch, CPA, CFP and Christopher Williams, CPA.
Carolyn R. Turnbull, CPA, MST; Joseph W. Walloch, CPA; and Julie A. Welch, CPA, CFP.
FORMATS
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Additional Text/Manual for DVD Regular $123.75
Additional Text/Manual for DVD Regular $123.75 113641SUW AICPA Member $99.00
112651SUW AICPA Member $99.00 Additional Manual Only for DVD Regular $86.25
Additional Manual Only for DVD Regular $86.25 113651SUW AICPA Member $69.00
112661SUW AICPA Member $69.00 Accepted for EA credit
Accepted for EA credit
The On-Demand courses will include the same Video and
The On-Demand courses will include the same Video and Manual content as the DVD/Text/Manual format but not its
Manual content as the DVD/Text/Manual format but not its Text content in order to provide a quicker, smaller-size
Text content in order to provide a quicker, smaller-size update on tax developments.
update on tax developments.
Preliminary Regular/
Preliminary Regular/ CPE On-Demand CPE Credit AICPA Member
CPE On-Demand CPE Credit AICPA Member
2010 Kess Individual Tax Update 9.5 $161.25
2010 Kess Corporate Tax Update 10.5 $173.75 On-Demand Series 1534710SUW Taxes $129.00
On-Demand Series 153431SUW Taxes $139.00
2010 Kess Individual Tax Update: Key Developments, 2.5 $61.25
2010 Kess Corporate Tax Update: 3.5 $73.75 Filing, Exemptions, Income 153481SUW $49.00
Key Developments, S Corporations 153441SUW $59.00
2010 Kess Individual Tax Update: Distributions, 3.5 $73.75
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Tax Accounting, Income, Deductions 153451SUW $59.00 153491SUW
2010 Kess Corporate Tax Update: 3.5 $73.75 2010 Kess Individual Tax Update: Adjustments to Income, 3.5 $73.75
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Business Tax
AICPA’s Hottest Tax Topics for 2010 AICPA’s 2010 Corporate Income Tax Returns Workshop
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes by Sid Kess
AUTHOR William R. Bischoff, CPA, MBA Available Early October
LEVEL Intermediate NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 16 AUTHORS Sidney Kess, CPA, J.D., LL.M and Bill Harden, CPA, ChFC, Ph.D.
Two things you can count on are important new tax developments, and LEVEL Intermediate
economic, social and demographic trends that turn out to have important RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 29.5
tax implications. Boy, do we have a bunch this time around! This course
highlights the hottest tax topics — those that can change every year and Give yourself the AICPA advantage with our unique perspective on the latest tax changes
affect many of your individual, small business and corporate clients. including the recent tax acts. Look at the most recent tax laws and other practical
developments affecting corporations and pass-through entities. Consider the real
OBJECTIVES world practical applications designed by national tax experts, Sid Kess and Bill Harden.
•Shepherd clients through tough economic times with proactive tax-saving
advice and strategies. OBJECTIVES
•Take advantage of new planning opportunities created or enhanced by •Understand the latest tax developments
recent developments •Advise clients and employees on the latest tax-planning ideas
•Keep up to date on small business tax developments •Apply recent tax developments and legislative changes for the greatest
•Keep up to date on tax law changes benefit to your clients
PREREQUISITE Basic knowledge of corporate taxation
PREREQUISITE Basic understanding of individual and business taxation
FORMAT
FORMAT
Text Regular $211.25 Save 20% (see p. 88 for details)
733134SUW AICPA Member $169.00 Text Regular $189.00
735215STND1 AICPA Member $151.20
Text Regular $236.25
735215SUW AICPA Member $189.00
updated ★ TRC updated ★ TRPT
AICPA’s 2010 Tax Review Series: C Corporations AICPA’s 2010 Tax Review Series: S Corps, LLCs, and
Available Mid-October Other Pass-Through Entities
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes Available Early October
AUTHOR Bill Harden, CPA, ChFC, Ph.D. NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
LEVEL Intermediate AUTHORS Bill Harden, CPA, ChFC., Ph.D., Robert Ricketts, Ph.D., CPA and
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 24 Larry Tunnell, Ph.D., CPA
Use a hands-on approach to tackle key business tax issues including the latest LEVEL Intermediate
business tax developments. Apply the latest changes when preparing federal RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 17
income tax returns and advise clients on new developments and tax-saving This course drills down on the key tax issues impacting S Corps and other pass-
ideas for C Corporations. As a perfect companion to the related pass-through through entities. It is the perfect companion to the related C Corp course in this series.
entities course in this series, many key tax return issues are covered. Both of these courses will tackle key business tax issues using a hands-on approach
OBJECTIVES as well as covering the related latest business tax developments. You will truly be
• Apply the latest changes in preparing federal corporate income tax returns getting tax return training from the industry’s best! You will not only reinforce your
• Advise clients on developments and tax-saving ideas understanding of frequently used principles, but will also receive a wealth of tax
• Updated tax rates and inflation adjusted limitations planning tips and strategies. Learn how to apply the latest changes when preparing
PREREQUISITE Knowledge of corporate income taxation federal income tax returns and advise clients on new developments and tax-saving
ideas for pass-through entities. Many key tax return issues are covered in this course.
FORMAT OBJECTIVES
Save 20% (see p. 88 for details) •Apply the latest changes when preparing federal pass-through income tax returns
Text Regular $179.00 •Advise individual clients on latest developments and tax-saving ideas
733643STND1 AICPA Member $143.20 PREREQUISITE Knowledge of pass-through entities income taxation
Text Regular $223.75 FORMAT
733643SUW AICPA Member $179.00 Save 20% (see p. 88 for details)
Text Regular $159.00
733683STND1 AICPA Member $127.20
Text Regular $198.75
733683SUW AICPA Member $159.00
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International Taxation: To and From the United States Tips and Traps for Dealing with the IRS: From Start to
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes Finish
AUTHOR Michael Tilton, CPA, J.D. NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
LEVEL Intermediate AUTHOR Wendy Kravit, CPA, MBA
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 12 LEVEL Basic
This course highlights initiation of inbound U.S. operations by foreign RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 8
businesses and outbound foreign operations by U.S. businesses through a Are you prepared to face the IRS, starting with preparation of a client’s return
representative office, manufacturing branch, incorporation of a subsidiary or all the way through the audit and collection processes? This course gives you
use of a joint venture, partnership or limited liability company. Become adept practical insights on everything needed to choose or reject a tactic when
at completing U.S. tax reporting for outbound transactions and operations. dealing with the IRS. It will help you represent a client with confidence and
Comply with U.S. customs reporting and withholding tax reporting for inbound show how to evaluate your client’s options. Recognize what triggers an audit,
transactions and operations. Carefully examine U.S. and international taxation how to negotiate, settle an appeal, and how to qualify for an IRS collection
rules, the latest planning techniques and legislative changes. program. Develop a tax compliance strategy by focusing on the rules the IRS
OBJECTIVES must follow and the latest tax court cases. Evaluate the pros and cons of
•Comply with U.S. tax reporting requirements for inbound and outbound installment agreements, offers in compromise and other strategies. Keep up
transactions and operations to date on the latest laws, regulations, rulings and cases.
•Participate in a client’s growth into the international arena OBJECTIVES
•Find the tax benefits in the far-reaching changes made by the American •Deal effectively with the IRS from basic to major issues
Jobs Creation Act of 2004 •Evaluate pros and cons of installment agreements, offers in compromise
PREREQUISITE A working knowledge of U.S. business and corporate taxation and other strategies
•Identify the latest legislative, judicial and administrative developments
FORMAT
•Analyze applicability of recent case settlements
Text Regular $198.75
731896SUW AICPA Member $159.00 PREREQUISITE Experience in business taxation
FORMAT
Text Regular $173.75
753441SUW AICPA Member $139.00
★ BASB CHBT
Buying and Selling Businesses: The CPA’s Role Closely Held Business Taxation:
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes, Finance 49 Practical Ways to Cut Taxes
AUTHOR Scott D. Miller, CPA/ABV, CVA NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
LEVEL Intermediate AUTHOR William R. Bischoff, MBA, CPA; Bill Harden, CPA, ChFC, Ph.D.;
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 14 (Taxes-11, Finance-3) Scott D. Miller, CPA/ABV, CVA; and Bruce Nelson, CPA
Become the key adviser to your client or employer who is buying or selling a LEVEL Intermediate
business. Your advice will impact the client for years to come! Lead the team RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 11
of advisers with a keen overview of the transaction in addition to specific tax Walk away with 49 practical tax strategies for the challenges facing your
and accounting technical advice. Buying and selling a business involves more closely held business clients.
than calculating a transaction gain or loss; it must be valued, due diligence
OBJECTIVES
must be conducted, and various stakeholders will be impacted.
•Recognize developing tax issues that are impacted by the business operations
OBJECTIVES •Explore strategies relating to depreciation, benefits, choice of entity, basis
•Understand deal factors and become acquainted with the team considerations, financing alternatives, compensation and accounting methods
of advisers involved with the transaction •Implement strategies to reduce the taxes paid by the business
•Become familiar with due diligence procedures and transaction documentation •Recognize and plan for the impact of the business taxes on the owners
•Understand the basics of alternative valuation methodologies of the business
•Analyze the gain/loss of asset-based or stock-based transactions
PREREQUISITE Basic knowledge of business taxation
•Identify key buyer groups and the impact of a sale on them
•Structure compensation alternatives for buyers and sellers FORMAT
PREREQUISITE Experience in business taxation Text Regular $186.25
753401SUW AICPA Member $149.00
FORMAT
Text Regular $198.75
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Mergers, Acquisitions and Sales of Closely Held Delving Into Top 12 Issues for Partnerships,
Businesses: Advanced Case Analysis LLCs and S Corporations
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
AUTHOR Scott D. Miller, CPA/ABV, CVA AUTHORS Robert Ricketts, Ph.D., CPA and Larry Tunnell, Ph.D., CPA
LEVEL Advanced LEVEL Advanced
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 12 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10
There is typically no more financially important decision an owner makes than This course reviews specialized issues in the taxation of partnerships, LLCs
the purchase or sale of a business. Business transactions are marquee events and S Corps. Twelve common issues, each providing significant tax-planning
in the history of most closely held businesses and, therefore, demand great opportunities or potential traps for the unwary, are identified and the tax
attention to detail and process. Follow the real-life situations in this course consequences associated with different types of pass-through entities are
so you can be your clients’ trusted strategic advisor. explored. Case studies are included with each issue.
Many skill sets are involved in this process and topics such as accounting,
OBJECTIVES
taxes, negotiations, business valuations, strategic thinking, finance, family
•Analyze pass-through entity balance sheets to recognize potential tax
businesses and group dynamics are covered in this course.
opportunities or costs
OBJECTIVES •Consider and evaluate alternative approaches to common transactions that
•Understand transaction strategy and structure may take advantage of opportunities or minimize costs
•Be effective in establishing transaction “price” •Recognize how multiple provisions of the tax law are applied simultaneously
•Master the common elements in negotiated transactions to complex transactions
•Get the best results out of comparing asset and stock transactions •More thoroughly evaluate the impact of entity choice on different types
• Save a business for its employees or for the family of transactions, ranging from the renegotiation of debt instruments to
PREREQUISITE Experience in business taxation liquidating distributions to owners, to determining the owners’ liability
for self-employment taxes
FORMAT
Text Regular $198.75 PREREQUISITE Intermediate courses in taxation of partnerships, LLCs and
732865SUW AICPA Member $159.00 S Corps, or equivalent knowledge or experience
FORMAT
Text Regular $186.25
745220SUW AICPA Member $149.00
Taxation Essentials of LLCs, LLPs, LPs LLC and Partnership Taxation: Beyond the Basics
and Other Partnerships NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes AUTHORS Robert Ricketts, Ph.D., CPA and Larry Tunnell, Ph.D., CPA
AUTHORS Robert Ricketts, Ph.D., CPA and Larry Tunnell, Ph.D.,CPA LEVEL Intermediate
LEVEL Basic RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 16
OBJECTIVES
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 17 •Determine the consequences of selling a partnership or LLC interest
Develop a comfort level with the basic conceptual framework underlying partnership •Adjust the basis of partnership or LLC property following distributions
and LLC taxation, with an emphasis on explaining the tax consequences associated of multiple properties
with issues that are most frequently confronted by tax practitioners. •Allocate income, gain, loss and deduction among partner/members to properly
reflect their agreed-upon interests in partnership or LLC economic activities
OBJECTIVES
•Make elections to protect partners and LLC members from unwelcome future
•Recognize the differences between the various forms of pass-through entities
consequences arising from current distributions, sales and/or transfers of
•Determine the tax consequences, for both investors and the entity, of the
interests in the partnership
most common partnership and LLC transactions
PREREQUISITE Completion of the AICPA course Taxation of LLCs, LLPs, LPs
•Understand how to handle tax-reporting issues associated with LLC and
and Other Partnerships or equivalent knowledge and experience
partnership operations
•Apply the at-risk and passive activity loss limitations to pass-through FORMAT
losses from partnerships and LLCs Text Regular $211.25
•Distinguish between distributions and compensatory payments to partners 731678SUW AICPA Member $169.00
and recognize the tax consequences of each type of payment
PREREQUISITE None
FORMAT
Text Regular $211.25
731709SUW AICPA Member $169.00
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AUTHORS Robert Ricketts, Ph.D., CPA and Larry Tunnell, Ph.D., CPA AUTHORS Robert Ricketts, Ph.D., CPA,
Larry Tunnell, Ph.D., CPA and Gregory B. McKeen, CPA
LEVEL Advanced
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 16 LEVEL Advanced
sel
Focus on a broad range of distribution issues including disproportionate RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 16
distributions of “hot” assets and structuring distributions to retiring partners in
This course addresses the rules that are used to
order to maximize tax benefits for both the retiring partner and the partnership.
determine basis for partnerships and S Corporations
OBJECTIVES and puts the computation of basis in the contexts that often come under scrutiny
•Analyze partnership or LLC balance sheets to recognize potential tax traps — loss limitations, distributions and sales of an interest, among others.
associated with distributions and other transfers between a partnership
or LLC and its partner/members OBJECTIVES
•Recognize opportunities to make tax-free exchanges of like-kind properties •Compute the basis of a partnership interest or S Corporation stockholding
through the partnership or LLC •Determine the amount and the character of income or loss the partner or
•Structure "retirement" distributions to maximize after-tax benefits to the distributee- shareholder should recognize because of distributions of property or money
partner or LLC member and minimize after-tax costs to the partnership or LLC •Apply the basis, at-risk and passive activity loss limitations to pass-through
•Understand the tax consequences associated with transferring equity interests to losses from partnerships, LLCs and S Corporations
partners or LLC members that are not commensurate with their capital contributions •Evaluate the tax treatment of sales of either partnership interests or
•Determine the tax consequences associated with the merger of two or more S Corporation stock
partnerships/LLCs or the division of a single entity into two or more entities •Adjust the basis of partnership or LLC property following certain distributions
and transfers of interests in the entity
PREREQUISITE Completion of LLC and Partnership Taxation: Beyond the
Basics or equivalent knowledge and experience PREREQUISITE Experience in business taxation of pass-through entities
FORMAT FORMAT
Text Regular $211.25 Text Regular $211.25
731539SUW AICPA Member $169.00 733333SUW AICPA Member $169.00
S Corporations Key Issues, Compliance and Strategies: Advanced Tax Strategies for S Corporations
An IRS Target Area NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
(formerly S Corporations: The Ins and Outs of Tax Reporting and Planning)
AUTHOR Hughlene Burton, Ph.D., CPA
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
LEVEL Advanced
AUTHOR Gregory B. McKeen, CPA
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 12
LEVEL Basic
The tax practitioner needs to understand the intricacies of the ever-popular
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 14 S Corporation form of doing business. The ins and outs of planning and
Once again the darling form for many businesses. Find out why during reporting successful, complex S Corporation transactions are set out in
this information-packed course. Practical, real-life examples give ideas to this course. It also covers the latest tax rules that govern the taxation of
immediately apply for your S Corporation clients. Review the advantages S Corporations and will help minimize your client’s tax bill with winning
of the S Corporation tax rules. Minimize your client’s tax bill with the latest strategies related to S Corporations.
business and tax strategies that make S Corporations so popular. Comply OBJECTIVES
with the unique tax reporting rules for completing Form 1120S. Decide if •Apply the rules related to acquisitions and liquidations of S Corporations
an S corporation is your client’s entity of choice. •Explain the uses of trusts as S Corporation shareholders
OBJECTIVES •Understand the complex rules of basis and distributions
•Comply with federal and state S Corporation laws and regulations •Explore the use of redemptions in S Corporations
•Apply special elections and tax treatments in S Corporations PREREQUISITE Completion of the AICPA course S Corporations Key Issues,
•Select tax planning ideas to utilize in S Corporations Compliance and Strategies: An IRS Target Area or equivalent knowledge
•Understand the complex rules of S Corporation distributions and experience
PREREQUISITE None
FORMAT
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updated CEKI updated ★ TPOC
Choice of Entity – Key Issues: S Corp, C Corp, Innovative Tax Planning for Small Businesses:
Partnership, LLC and Sole Proprietorship Corporations, Partnerships & LLCs
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
AUTHOR Bill Harden, CPA, ChFC, Ph.D. AUTHOR William R. Bischoff, MBA, CPA
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 16
This course targets the ever increasing tax advantages and disadvantages This fast-paced, information-packed program showcases state-of-the-art
of general and limited partnerships, C and S Corporations, LLCs and LLPs, planning ideas and tax-saving devices to show you how to keep more profits in
as well as individual proprietorships. It will help you hone in on the key issues the pockets of corporate clients and business owners. And, all with an emphasis
surrounding the myriad factors that drive the optimal form of organization for on the current year’s returns. This course helps you offer clients quality service.
a business. The course also includes plenty of case studies from real life
client situations. OBJECTIVES
•Keep up to date on tax law changes and developments
OBJECTIVES •Solve the unique tax problems affecting small businesses
•Make the best decision when forming a tax entity •Identify savings opportunities and pinpoint tax traps
•Know precisely when an entity change is needed to achieve business or •Explain changes in each client’s tax situation
tax advantages •Substantially cut small business clients’ tax bills
•Avoid getting snared by the complex tax law provisions on the selection,
organization, restructuring and liquidation of business forms PREREQUISITE Basic knowledge of corporate income taxation
•Match business and tax strategies to the appropriate business form FORMAT
PREREQUISITE Experience in business taxation Text Regular $198.75
745523SUW AICPA Member $159.00
FORMAT
Text Regular $173.75
753381SUW AICPA Member $139.00 new! MSSU
Multistate Income Tax: Simplifying the Complexities Sales and Use Tax: Guide to Doing It Right
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
AUTHOR Bruce Nelson, CPA AUTHOR Bruce Nelson, CPA
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Intermediate
RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10 RECOMMENDED CPE CREDIT 10
Knowing both the theoretical disputes and the “nuts and bolts” of compliance With the growth in electronic commerce, service industries, and multistate
is essential to success in the state income tax arena. This course will help you business, the sales and use tax is an area of increasing complexity and
develop a working knowledge of multistate tax compliance, industry specific concern to accountants as states try to extend their tax reach. Mishandling
state laws and related planning opportunities. these taxes can result in lost sales, tax overpayments and possible penalties.
OBJECTIVES Use this guide to offer clients the greatest counsel and protection in light of
•Calculate state income tax base and its conformity to federal taxable income increased state audit activity caused by declining state revenues.
•Identify apportionment issues — for example, composition of sales, property OBJECTIVES
and payroll factors •Understand the latest tax needs, laws and regulations
•Evaluate alternative filing methods for multistate taxpayers •Nexus (where do you have to file?)
•Be informed of the latest news regarding nexus concerns, the impact of •Identify the effect of interstate e-commerce
e-commerce and best planning practices •Analyze state tax laws affecting specific industries
PREREQUISITE Experience in corporate taxation •Understand and substantiate tax exclusions and exemptions
PREREQUISITE Experience in corporate taxation
FORMAT
Text Regular $186.25 FORMAT
732466SUW AICPA Member $149.00 Text Regular $186.25
730067SUW AICPA Member $149.00
AICPA’s 2010 Individual Income Tax Returns Workshop AICPA’s 2010 Individual Tax Review Series:
by Sid Kess Nuts and Bolts
Available Early October Available Early October
NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
AUTHORS Sidney Kess, CPA, J.D., LL.M. and Wendy Kravit, CPA, MBA AUTHOR Wendy Kravit, CPA, MBA
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Intermediate
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Get your tax return training from the industry’s best. Wendy Kravit provides This outstanding course covers the nuts and bolts of individual federal tax
the latest practical insights culled from recent tax changes, including the returns. It is the perfect primer for the follow up Beyond the Basics course.
2010 and 2009 Tax Acts in this workshop originated by Sidney Kess. Start These two courses comprise the individual tax review series, which provide
out with a roundup of all the important tax changes from nationally recognized the latest practical insights from nationally recognized tax experts. Both
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OBJECTIVES preparing federal individual income tax returns and advise clients on new
•Apply the latest changes when preparing federal individual income developments and tax-saving ideas for individuals. Many key tax return
tax returns issues are covered.
•Advise clients on new developments and tax-saving ideas in individual
income taxation OBJECTIVES
•Apply the latest changes when preparing federal individual income tax returns
PREREQUISITE Basic knowledge of individual income taxation and •Advise individual clients on developments and tax-saving ideas
Form 1040 preparation
PREREQUISITE Familiarity with individual income tax issues
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NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
AUTHOR Wendy Kravit, CPA, MBA AUTHOR William R. Bischoff, MBA, CPA
LEVEL Intermediate LEVEL Intermediate
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This outstanding course covers the more difficult aspects of individual federal tax
During recessionary times, conserving cash is key. Help clients successfully
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courses comprise the individual tax review series, which provide the latest practical
insights from nationally recognized tax experts. Both courses will not only drill down OBJECTIVES
on the critical tax areas, but they will also cover the latest tax developments. Learn •Understand how triggering investment, real estate, and business losses can
how to apply the latest changes when preparing federal individual income tax save current taxes and maximize future tax flexibility
returns and advise clients on new developments and tax-saving ideas for individuals. •Help insolvent and financially troubled clients take advantage of beneficial
tax provisions
OBJECTIVES •Get the best tax results from real estate short sales and foreclosures
•Apply the latest changes when preparing federal individual income tax returns •Show clients how to claim tax deductions for IRA and 529 plan losses
•Advise individual clients on developments and tax-saving ideas •Advise clients on how to access retirement account cash without triggering
PREREQUISITE Familiarity with individual income tax issues adverse tax consequences
•Explain tax-smart ways to “hunker down and keep it in the family”
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IRAs, Roth IRAs, SIMPLEs and SEPs:
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NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes AUTHOR William R. Bischoff, MBA, CPA
LEVEL Intermediate
AUTHOR William R. Bischoff, MBA, CPA
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Employ recent tax legislation changes to turn your older, more affluent and
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tax developments •Employ tax planning in the event of divorce
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PREREQUISITE Basic knowledge of individual income taxation PREREQUISITE Basic knowledge of individual financial planning and taxes
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Benefits and Form 1099s NASBA FIELD OF STUDY Taxes
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misclassification. Resolve payroll tax-related issues involving the variety of under 18 years of age. Cover tax computations, tax-saving tips and much more.
employee benefit plans. Master the often confusing rules for Form 1099 OBJECTIVES
reporting — when, what form and how much to report. •Apply the concepts of federal income taxation of estates and trusts
OBJECTIVES •Understand the provisions of subchapter J covering estates, trusts,
•Lock down the statutory definitions of an employee and non-employee beneficiaries and decedents
•Correctly classify employees and independent contractors for payroll •Understand grantor trusts and special problems of the Kiddie Tax for
tax purposes children under 18 years of age
•Resolve worker classification issues with the IRS settlement program PREREQUISITE Basic knowledge of federal income taxation
•Comply with Form 1099 reporting requirements
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AICPA’s Annual Accounting and Auditing Update Workshop (2010-2011 Edition) bestvalue 2
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Accounting Update: A Review of Recent Activities (2010-2011 Edition) 2
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Advanced FASB Review: Tackling the Tougher GAAP Issues 4
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Annual Update for Accountants and Auditors (2010-2011 Edition) bestvalue 4
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Auditing Update: A Review of Recent Activities (2010-2011 Edition) 3
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FASB Review: Common GAAP Issues Impacting All CPAs bestvalue 5
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FASB Review for Industry: Targeting Recent GAAP Issues (2010-2011 Edition) bestvalue 6
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FASB Standards: Comprehensive Review (2010-2011 Edition) bestvalue 5
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GAAP Review Series Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 5
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Small Business Accounting and Auditing Update (2010-2011 Edition) 3
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Small Business Accounting Update 3
Small Business Audit, Compilation and Review Update 3
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■ Accounting — General
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AICPA’s Technical Hotline Annual Update: Top 10 GAAP Speed Bumps new! 7
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Accounting for Business Combinations Under the New SFAS No. 141(R) 10
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Accounting for Goodwill and Other Intangibles: Fair Value Measurements 8
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Accounting for Income Taxes — Applying SFAS No. 109/FIN 48: A Whole New Ballgame! 9
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Accounting for Leases: Selected Topics new! 6
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Accounting for Stock Options & Other Stock-Based Compensation: SFAS No. 123(R) (now FASB ASC 718) 10
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Advanced Income Tax Accounting — Including Practical Application Exercises 9
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Fair Value Accounting: A Critical New Skill for All CPAs 7
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Navigating the New FASB Codification: Research Real-Life Accounting Issues 6
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Revenue Recognition in Today’s Business Climate 10
Uncertainty in Income Taxes: A Must Know for Tax CPAs and Accountants/Auditors! (FIN 48) 8
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IFRS Essentials with GAAP Comparison: Building a Strong Foundation 12
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International Versus U.S. Accounting: What in the World Is the Difference? 11
Introduction to IFRS: Grasping the Big Picture 12
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AICPA’s Guide to Business Combinations, Goodwill and Other Consolidation Issues 14
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AICPA’s Guide to Reporting and Disclosure Problems for Private Companies 15
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Cash- and Tax-Basis Financial Statements — Preparation and Reporting 14
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Cash Flow Statement: Preparation, Presentation and Use 13
Computer-Assisted Auditing Techniques new! 15
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ACCOUNTING, AUDIT AND ATTEST
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FIN 46R Variable Interest Entity Consolidation Rules: Not Just a Big Company Issue! 14
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Introduction to XBRL: Revolutionizing Business Reporting! 13
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Preparing Tax-Basis Financial Statements: A Private Company GAAP Alternative 14
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Troubled Times — Current Economic Crisis: Critical Accounting and Auditing Considerations 16
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XBRL & the New Era in Financial Reporting: Moving Beyond Theory 13
XBRL — Transforming Financial Reporting 13
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■ Auditing — General
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AICPA’s Technical Hotline Annual Update: Top 12 Audit Speed Bumps new! 15
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Analytical Procedures for Small Business Engagements 16
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Applying the Risk Assessment Standards Using a Case Study Approach 21
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Audit Documentation 24
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Audit Risk Alert for Year-End 2009/2010 24
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Audit Workpapers: Documenting Field Work 23
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Audit Workpapers: Documenting and Reviewing Field Work 23
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Audit Workpapers: Reviewing Field Work Documentation 23
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Auditing Accounts Receivable 24
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Auditing Considerations in an Uncertain Economy new! 24
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Auditing Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures: Applying SAS No. 101 16
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Auditing Inventory 24
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Auditing Real-World Frauds: A Practical Case Application Approach 19
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Auditor/Accountant Communications: SAS No. 115 and Other Critical Requirements new! 19
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Auditor’s Risk Assessment Process: Tackling the New Risk Assessment SASs 21
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Audits of 401(k) Plans 17
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Audits of 403(b) Plans: A Challenging New Audit Area new! 17
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Audits of Banks, Savings Institutions, Credit Unions and Other Financial Institutions 22
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Bankruptcy Today: What Every CPA Must Know! 22
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Detecting Misstatements: Integrating SAS No. 99 and the Risk Assessment Standards 20
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Employee Benefits Plans: Audit and Accounting Essentials 18
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Employee Benefit Plans Strategic Briefing — 2010 16
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Forensic Accounting: Fraudulent Reporting and Concealed Assets 20
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Forensics and Financial Fraud: Real World Issues and Answers 20
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Fraud and the Financial Statement Audit: Auditor Responsibilities 19
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Fraud and the Forensic Accountant: Tackling Fraud from Start to Finish bestvalue 20
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Internal Control Deficiencies: Assessment and Reporting Under SAS No. 115 19
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Partner’s Audit Engagement Documentation and Review 23
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Risk Assessment and Audit Sampling: Applying the New Audit Sampling Guide Requirements 22
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Risk Assessment Standards — Understanding the Entity and Assessing Risk 21
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Small Business Audits: Best Practices Including Risk Assessment and Internal Control 21
Upcoming Peer Review: Is Your Firm Ready? 22
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Staff Training — Level I 25
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Staff Training — Level II 26
Staff Training — Level III 26
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■ Attestation, Accounting and Review Services
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Accounting and Auditing with Excel: Practical Applications for Maximum Performance 30
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Accounting Services, Compilations and Reviews: Effective Risk Management 28
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Advanced Excel: Practical Applications for the Accounting Professional 30
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Advanced Issues in Compilation, Review and Accounting Services 29
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Advanced Update for Compilation, Review and Accounting Services 29
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Compilation and Review Engagement Essentials 27
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Compilation and Review Risk Alert Strategic Briefing — 2009/2010 28
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Compilation Engagements: Mastering the Fundamentals 28
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Compilation, Review and Accounting Service Update 27
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Compiling Personal Financial Statements 30
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InSight: Evaluating and Communicating Internal Control Deficiencies new! 31
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InSight: Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures—Auditing Best Practices new! 31
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InSight: Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures—Introduction to Accounting new! 31
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InSight: Fair Value Measurement Selected Topics new! 31
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InSight: How to Perform Effective Walkthroughs of Internal Control new! 31
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InSight: How to Perform a Review Under SSARS 19, Case Study Part I new! 31
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InSight: How to Perform a Review Under SSARS 19, Case Study Part II new! 31
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InSight: Internal Control Selected Topics new! 31
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InSight: SSARS 19—The New Compilation and Review Standards new! 31
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InSight: Updating Your Understanding of the Client from Prior Year new! 31
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Managing Compilation, Review and Accounting Services 29
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Performing Compilation and Review Engagements new! 27
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Review Engagements: Mastering the Fundamentals 28
Write-Up, Payroll and Other Accounting Services: Managing the Risks 29
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Public Company Update: SEC, PCAOB and AICPA Developments 32
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SEC Reporting bestvalue 32
SEC Reporting Update 32
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ACCOUNTING, AUDIT AND ATTEST
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Auditing Nonprofits: Tips and Traps 38
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Audits of HUD-Assisted Projects 40
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Cost Allocation in Nonprofits: Who Gets It? 37
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Foundations in Governmental Accounting 38
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Fraud in the Governmental and Not-for-Profit Environments: What a Steal! 39
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Frequent Frauds Found in Governments 39
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Frequent Frauds Found in Not-for-Profits 39
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Governmental & Nonprofit Annual Update (2010-2011 Edition) bestvalue 34
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Governmental Accounting and Auditing Update (2010-2011 Edition) 33
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Governmental Accounting and Reporting: Putting It All Together 37
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Not-for-Profit Accounting & Reporting: From Start to Finish 37
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Religious and Other Faith-Based Nonprofits: Tax, Accounting and Management 37
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Running a Not-For-Profit Like a For-Profit Business new! 36
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Solving Complex Single Audit Issues for Government and Nonprofit Organizations 42
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State & Local Government Strategic Briefing — 2010/2011 38
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Studies on Single Audit and Yellow Book Deficiencies 41
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The Revised Yellow Book: Government Auditing Standards 40
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Real Estate Accounting and Auditing 43
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Real Estate Accounting and Financial Reporting: Tackling the Complexities 43
Taxation of Construction Contractors 43
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Internal Control and IT: Reliable Reporting and Fraud Prevention 46
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FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION
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Advanced Forensic Techniques for Accountants 49
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Arresting Financial Fraud: The Inside Story from the FBI 47
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Auditing for Internal Fraud 48
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Finding the Truth: Effective Techniques for Interview and Communication 48
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Fraud and the CPA 47
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Identifying Fraudulent Financial Transactions 48
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The Fraud Trial 49
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Independence 51
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Professional Ethics: The AICPA’s Comprehensive Course 50
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Real World Business Ethics for CPAs: How Will You React? 53
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Real World Business Ethics for CPAs in A&A: How Will You React? 53
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Real World Business Ethics for CPAs in Business & Industry: How Will You React? 53
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Real World Business Ethics for Tax Practitioners: How Will You React? 53
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Selected Topics in Professional Ethics 51
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Controllership: Leading Edge of Corporate Performance 57
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Critical Skill for Creating Great Budgets: Maximizing Profits, People and Power 56
Financial Forecasting and Management Decisions 55
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