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This course provides recent and proposed changes to relevant technical standards most relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of current period financial statements.

The construction industry faces many unique challenges to survive and remain profitable. These include specific accounting and reporting aspects for construction contracts and estimating project costs and profitability. Analyze revenue recognition under the percentage of completion method (including comparing current standards to the new FASB revenue standard) by exploring the underlying details. Reduce potential errors made using established concepts, including the shortfalls of the "cost to cost" method. Take a focused look at construction contractors' accounting, reporting and auditing. Discuss techniques and examples that provide a realistic audit approach for the contractor, including detailed auditing procedures for many types of contracts.

Compare, assess and evaluate accounting software, ERP systems, and third-party tools for optimized workflows. Gain hands-on experience with automation, advanced reporting, and AI-driven financial insights.

This interactive, two-hour seminar will address how to make the most of the vital time immediately following your promotion into management. This includes how to quickly engage your learning curve, getting to know your boss and their expectations, building rapport with your team and the importance of securing initial small wins. Note: There is a minimum passing rate of 70% for this course. The webcast was originally broadcast on August 8, 2015.

Want to level up your advisory or fractional CFO services? Start with what clients care about most: cash flow. This session shows you how to turn cash flow management into a high-impact, high-value offering, while clarifying where your practice fits best across consulting, advisory, and implementation. You'll learn how to spot your ideal clients, leverage cloud-based tools for smarter insights and stronger communication, and price your services for both value and sustainability. It's practical, strategic, and designed to help you scale your impact. You'll learn how to: Make cash flow management a core part of your value prop Choose the right service model for your firm Use modern tools to deliver insights clients actually use Package, price, and position your services for growth Ideal for advisors ready to deepen client relationships and drive smarter business decisions. This session was recorded on April 17, 2025 for CalCPA's Practice Management Bootcamp conference.

Is it time to begin adding personal financial planning services to your existing practice? Gain the necessary skills to assess whether adding these services to your practice makes sense. This course examines the benefits and potential pitfalls of creating this type of entity; the skills of how to develop the appropriate infrastructure; and the appropriate type of entity and licensing requirements. We'll take a look at associating with appropriate financial services companies and professionals, staffing, technology, networking and other features of launching this new service, as well as the six steps of the financial planning process and how to apply them to each planning discipline. The webcast was originally broadcast on June 30, 2016. Note: There is a minimum passing rate of 70% for this course.

If you find yourself working with PDF files consistently throughout the day, this course will teach you how to review, annotate, format and organize PDF files more effectively and in less time. You will also learn how to use Adobe Acrobat for e-signatures to reduce document processing time significantly and enhance confidentiality. Adobe Acrobat has many features that you can take advantage of and this course will explain and demonstrate how to use them.

This course concisely explains the latest "see, hear, speak" multi-modal updates to ChatGPT and how they can be used in an accounting context. New features include vision processing, voice conversation, image generation, real-time Internet access, advanced data analysis, plugins and more. Discover how this technology can be used in mind-blowing ways to analyze financial data, optimize processes, and solve problems in the accounting domain. Through the lens of ChatGPT, practitioners can explore innovative solutions, automate routine tasks, and generate deeper insights and value to their clients and organizations in previously unimaginable workflows. You'll walk away with scores of advanced ChatGPT strategies and tips that can be immediately applied and deliver instant results to elevate the efficiency and effectiveness of your accounting projects and tasks.

Advanced Excel for Staff - Build Reports and Analyze Data is a comprehensive, 2-hour course tailored for professionals looking to enhance their Microsoft Excel skills in creating reports and performing data analysis. This course bridges the gap between basic Excel functionality and the advanced techniques required for effective data-driven reports. Participants will learn to efficiently gather, organize, and structure data, apply calculations to derive key metrics, and create professional-grade reports that are both visually appealing and actionable.

Accountants and other business professionals who work in Excel extensively become very strong with many aspects of the ubiquitous spreadsheet application. In this course, we'll highlight many of the powerful tools found in Excel and provide details on how they are beneficial and used. Topics include data connectivity, advanced functions available for formula creation, Tables and PivotTables, and charting tools. Many proficient Excel users only utilize a limited percentage of the available functionality when they work with spreadsheets, which is like tying one's hands behind his back. This session will help make participants "two-fisted" Excel users!

In this course, you'll learn advanced techniques for Power BI that will help you create sleek and professional dashboards from start to finish, applying each technique directly to several retail data sets. You'll begin by enhancing a set of existing dashboards with better visuals and an improved user experience, then dive into Power Query to build an advanced combine-files-from-folder solution from a blank query. From there, you'll explore dynamic, user-controlled elements in visuals such as legends, colors, axes, and levels of hierarchy. You'll also work with a financial statement Power BI report, which you'll enhance with artificial intelligence to get deeper insights from the data more quickly, and finish by exploring three ways to integrate Python into Power BI to extend its capabilities. By the end of this course, you'll be comfortable executing complex tasks in Power BI and building world-class dashboards more efficiently and with greater flexibility.

This advanced-level course equips financial and forensic experts with the sophisticated strategies and ethical frameworks necessary to deliver compelling and credible deposition testimony in litigation. Taught by Brian Peter Brinig, JD, CPA/ABV, ASA, a nationally recognized expert witness and educator, the course focuses on the pivotal role of expert testimony in the discovery process and how experts can protect their credibility and professionalism under intense scrutiny. You'll explore the dual landscape of legal expectations and professional standards, including key guidance from the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Through real-world examples, tactical guidance, and behavioral strategies, learners will understand how to manage deposition settings confidently, communicate effectively with attorneys, and avoid common pitfalls that can undermine testimony. Topics include the distinction between the expert's role and the lawyer's role, pre-deposition preparation, advanced communication techniques, handling difficult questions, and maintaining objectivity. This course is ideal for CPAs, forensic accountants, valuation professionals, and other financial experts who may serve as expert witnesses in legal proceedings. Prerequisite Course: Expert Deposition Testimony 101

Professionals need modern solutions to serve the needs of new and existing clients confronted with complex partnership tax issues.

Upskilling tax professionals on essential topics in partnership taxation.

A look beneath the surface of S corporation taxation, with in-depth discussions of planning opportunities designed for the popular tax form.

This advanced course equips CPAs and financial experts with the skills necessary to excel as expert witnesses in trial settings. Building on foundational testimony principles, you'll learn advanced preparation techniques, strategies for delivering persuasive direct examination, and methods for withstanding the challenges of cross-examination. The program emphasizes courtroom demeanor, communication tactics, tactical defenses, and adherence to professional standards, ensuring that expert testimony is credible, defensible, and impactful.

Intricacies of single audits are unraveled to enhance your knowledge and ability to plan, perform and evaluate single audits in accordance with the Uniform Guidance requirements.

New to AI? Start here. This beginner-friendly course explains how generative AI works, what terms like "LLM" and "agentic AI" really mean, and how CPAs can safely put these tools to use. You'll leave with a solid understanding of AI fundamentals and how they apply to accounting, tax, and finance.

This course provides a concise overview of how artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the construction industry and reshaping financial oversight, accounting practices, and regulatory compliance. From autonomous equipment to predictive risk analytics, construction firms are increasingly adopting AI to enhance safety, efficiency, and profitability. As this transformation unfolds, accountants and financial professionals must evolve their roles-leveraging AI for smarter budgeting, automated compliance, and real-time auditing. The course highlights the top 20 macro-level AI trends in construction and explores how accounting professionals can align financial systems with operational AI, uphold audit integrity, and prepare for emerging tax and compliance challenges.