2023 Courses

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

Individual retirement accounts are investing tools that permit individuals to set aside money for retirement in a way that is preferential from a tax standpoint. This course will review the following types of IRA accounts: Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs and SEP IRAs. This course will describe who is allowed to open and contribute to an IRA account during the taxable year. This course will identify when contributions are deductible and when they are not deductible. This course will describe the time allowed to rollover distributions and the ramifications of not completing rollovers within the allotted time. Finally, this course will describe when taxpayers are permitted to take distributions from an IRA account.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

Few recent pieces of legislation have been discussed more than the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, but what's really in it and how will it affect your clients? This one-hour course covers all of the law’s pertinent components, and also points out the portions that we are waiting for further clarification on.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 1

Information and Documents Included in the Auditor's Report is a CPE course that will discuss the guidance concerning other information and documents included in addition to audited financial statements and the independent auditor's report. This course will review the procedures an independent auditor should consider in regards to SAS No. 12 Inquiry of a Client’s Lawyer Concerning Litigation, Claims, and Assessments. This course will discuss the auditor’s responsibility in expressing an opinion in the auditor’s report or stating that an opinion cannot be expressed. This course will review SAS No. 29 and its guidance on reporting on information accompanying the basic financial statements in auditor-submitted documents. Finally, this course will discuss supplementary information required by GAAP in terms of SAS No. 29.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

All CPAs and Tax Practitioners deal with very sensitive client data. Cybercriminals are highly sophisticated, well-funded, and technologically adept at hacking computers and sealing information. CPAs and tax practitioners are some of their most highly desired targets. Cybercriminals desire the client data of all CPAs and tax practitioners. If these cybercriminals can successfully obtain the client information of CPAs and tax practitioners, they can file fraudulent tax returns for refunds or commit identify theft. As a result, all CPAs and tax practitioners must protect their client’s information by protecting their computers, networks and by taking some simple safety approaches. This course will define information security, describe the numerous types of threats that exist today and define how to protect your computer systems and networks to keep client data safe.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 6

Internal control requires that the information systems in a company are secure, reliable, and can be trusted. Cyberattacks and data breaches represent the greatest threat to most company’s today. Network Security for Internal Control Assurance is a webinar that will describe the importance of network security for all types of businesses and practices. This webinar will identify the vulnerabilities and define safeguards for computers, networks, networking components, software applications, and mobile devices. This webinar will describe the threats that can compromise the computers and company data such as viruses, trojans and phishing. This webinar will describe some simple steps that users can take to properly protect themselves from any threats that penetrate the network and protect confidential company data. Finally, this webinar will discuss how to create a data security plan and an information security risk management plan along with some recommendations and best-practices for keeping networks safe.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

Internal control requires that the information systems in a company are secure, reliable, and can be trusted. Cyberattacks and data breaches represent the greatest threat to most company’s today. Network security for internal control assurance is a course that will describe the importance of network security for all types of businesses and practices. This course will identify the vulnerabilities and define safeguards for computers, networks, networking components, software applications, and mobile devices. This course will describe the threats that can compromise the computers and company data such as viruses, trojans and phishing. This course will describe some simple steps that users can take to properly protect themselves from any threats that penetrate the network and protect confidential company data. Finally, this course will discuss how to create a data security plan and an information security risk management plan along with some recommendations and best-practices for keeping networks safe.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 8

The malware and cybersecurity landscapes are constantly shifting in response to the actions of one another. On one side, cybersecurity experts are identifying, analyzing, and patching new forms of malware as consistently as possible so they can be detected by antivirus software and purged from infected systems before they can cause harm to their potential victims. On the other side, malware creators and cybercriminal organizations are constantly creating new malware, and altering old malware, to circumvent cybersecurity efforts and continue to infect as many computers as possible for a variety of purposes. This course will identify the overarching concepts that make up the current information security landscape. This course will provide an overview of the different types of malware that can infect a computer system as well as the different techniques used to conduct both phishing attacks and identity theft. This course will identify the general malware trends over the past several years and explain how the current malware landscape arrived at where it is today. Finally, this course will describe the most commonly seen pieces of malware from this year and provide both an in-depth explanation on how the malware operates and best practices to properly deal with each piece of malware.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 6

All CPAs and Tax Practitioners deal with very sensitive client data. Cybercriminals are highly sophisticated, well-funded, and technologically adept at hacking computers and sealing information. CPAs and tax practitioners are some of their most highly desired targets. Cybercriminals desire the client data of all CPAs and tax practitioners. If these cybercriminals can successfully obtain the client information of CPAs and tax practitioners, they can file fraudulent tax returns for refunds or commit identify theft. As a result, all CPAs and tax practitioners must protect their client’s information by protect their computers, networks and taking some simple safety approaches. This webinar will define information security, describe the numerous types of threats that exist today and define how `to protect your computer systems and networks to keep client data safe.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 1

Most CPAs work in an office with other CPAs and office staff. Interpersonal skills are the skills that should be used by all practitioners to establish and maintain relationships with others. This course will identify the interpersonal skills required in a business environment.  This course will describe the communication process between co-workers and the importance of speaking and listening. This course will also describe leadership and culture within the business organization.  Finally, this course will define conflict and various techniques that can be used to avoid conflicts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

This course can benefit accountants, as well as business managers, that want to understand how financial ratios and other forms of analyses can be used to evaluate a business.  This course also covers the investment classifications and investment accounting used by companies to record investments within their financial statements.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

Controls around the procurement of goods including the purchasing, receiving, and accounts payable processes are important for companies that want to procure goods effectively at fair prices. A clear understanding of the key controls in a process can benefit internal auditors, business managers, and others who want to understand, improve, or audit the process.  The course allows participants to become familiar with, or brush up on, basic internal control definitions and concepts.  Participants will also learn the key accounts payable process activities as well as specific controls related to the accounts payable process. 

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

Companies must accurately bill customers in order to stay in business. A clear understanding of the key controls in a process can benefit internal auditors, business managers, and others who want to understand, improve, or audit the process.  The course allows participants to become familiar with or brush up on, basic internal control definitions and concepts. 

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

All businesses need cash to survive.  Proper controls in the receipt of cash are extremely important as this is the primary way that most companies generate cash.  A clear understanding of the key controls in a process can benefit internal auditors, business managers, and others who want to understand, improve, or audit the process.  The course allows participants to become familiar with, or brush up on, basic internal control definitions and concepts.  The course covers the cash receipts process in detail. 

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

Companies must collect outstanding accounts from customers as part of their business activities. A clear understanding of the key controls in a process can benefit internal auditors, business managers, and others who want to understand, improve, or audit the process.  The course allows participants to become familiar with or brush up on, basic internal control definitions and concepts. 

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 2

Properly evaluating, setting, and monitoring customer credit limits can be important to companies for issuing credit and ultimately, collecting cash receipts. A clear understanding of the key controls in a process can benefit internal auditors, business managers, and others who want to understand, improve, or audit the process.  This course allows participants to become familiar with, or brush up on, basic internal control definitions and concepts.  The course also covers the credit process in detail.  Participants will learn the key credit process steps under both a manual and a computerized system.  While relatively few companies may still have a purely manual system covering a manual system will help an accountant, auditor, or business manager to better understand what the key documents received, created, and sent from the process are. 

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

This course can benefit anyone that wants to better understand the role that internal controls can play in creating a reliable and consistent accounting system for today’s competitive and complex business environment.  A clear understanding of the key controls in a process can benefit internal auditors, business managers, and others who want to understand, improve, or audit the process.  The course allows participants to become familiar with, or brush up on, basic internal control definitions and concepts it also covers in detail the order entry process.  Participants will learn the key billing process activities under both a manual and a computerized system.  While relatively few companies may still have a purely manual system covering the manual process will help an accountant, auditor, or business manager to better understand what the key documents received, created, and sent from the process are. 

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

Controls around the procurement of goods including the purchasing, receiving, and accounts payable processes are important for companies that want to procure goods effectively at fair prices. A clear understanding of the key controls in a process can benefit internal auditors, business managers, and others who want to understand, improve, or audit the process.  The course allows participants to become familiar with, or brush up on, basic internal control definitions and concepts.  Participants will also learn the key purchasing process activities as well as specific controls related to the purchasing process. 

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

Controls around the procurement of goods including the purchasing, receiving, and accounts payable processes are important for companies that want to procure goods effectively at fair prices. A clear understanding of the key controls in a process can benefit internal auditors, business managers, and others who want to understand, improve, or audit the process.  The course allows participants to become familiar with, or brush up on, basic internal control definitions and concepts.  Participants will also learn the key receiving process activities as well as specific controls related to the receiving process. 

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

Proper controls around the shipping process is essential in order for companies in providing accurate and timely orders to customers. A clear understanding of the key controls in a process can benefit internal auditors, business managers, and others who want to understand, improve, or audit the process.  The course allows participants to become familiar with, or brush up on, basic internal control definitions and concepts.  The course also covers in the shipping process in detail.  Participants will learn the key shipping process activities under both a manual and a computerized system.  While relatively few companies may still have a purely manual system, covering the manual process will help an accountant, auditor, or business manager to better understand what the key documents received, created, and sent from the process are. 

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

Leadership is a broad term that describes the skill of leading or directing individuals, teams, or a business organization. The practice owner or managing partner serves a critical leadership role for their practice. Individual practitioners may also be required to lead teams. Leadership requires motivating office staff members. Leadership and Motivation is a course that will describe the skills and traits for leading and motivating office staff members within a practice.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

All practices consist of multiple individuals and groups working towards the success of the organization and their practice. To ensure that all employees are on the same page, meetings are sometimes required. There will be meetings consisting of only practitioners, others with only office members, and still other meetings that includes all employees who participate in the practice. The practice owner or other practitioner will typically lead these group meetings. Leading Effective Meetings for CPAs is a webinar that will help CPAs to lead more effective meetings. This webinar will describe the purpose and benefits of using an agenda for all CPAs. This webinar will also describe and benefits of establishing ground rules for meetings and the importance of recording meeting minutes. Finally, this webinar will list the steps for effectively closing a meeting.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 1

All practices consist of multiple individuals and groups working towards the success of the organization and their practice. To ensure that all employees are on the same page, meetings are sometimes required. There will be meetings consisting of only practitioners, others with only office members, and still other meetings that includes all employees who participate in the practice. The practice owner or other practitioner will typically lead these group meetings. Leading Effective Meetings for CPAs is a course that will help CPAs to lead more effective meetings. This course will describe the purpose and benefits of using an agenda for all CPAs. This course will also describe and benefits of establishing ground rules for meetings and the importance of recording meeting minutes. Finally, this course will list the steps for effectively closing a meeting.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 2

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

Anyone who wants to make informed, fact-based decisions that are key to the success of an organization will benefit from this class.  This course can benefit accountants, as well as, other business decision makers.    Companies must have a good understanding of their costs to succeed.  Managers within an organization can use managerial accounting as a basis for making informed, fact-based decisions. This course will cover managerial accounting concepts.

The course allows participants to become familiar with, or brush up on, basic concepts used to allocate product costs and analyze aspects of company performance. Use of job order costing, process costing, or activity-based costing as appropriate for the business can provide business managers with the tools and techniques they can use to analyze company performance as well as categorize and evaluate company product costs to make informed product decisions.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

Anyone who wants to make informed, fact-based decisions that are key to the success of an organization will benefit from this class.  This course can benefit accountants in addition to business decision makers.  Managers within an organization can use managerial accounting as a basis for making informed, fact-based decisions. This course will cover managerial accounting concepts.

The course allows participants to become familiar with or brush up on concepts used to categorize costs, compares absorption costing to variable costing, and provides analysis of company performance for various business scenarios. This course provides business managers with the tools and techniques they could use to analyze company performance as well as categorize, and evaluate company product costs to make informed product decisions.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs, by nature, work alongside others in a practice to accomplish the services required by their clients. Just like any other career field, there are times when conflict arises in the workplace that needs to be dealt with in a civil, respectful, and safe manner. Managing Conflict in a Practice is a course that will provide an overview of conflict that can occur within a CPAs practice. This course will identify the issues that lead to conflicts between office team members.  This course will also define techniques that can be used to resolve conflicts. Being able to correctly identify conflict before it arises may present an opportunity to diffuse the conflict altogether. This shows the importance of learning the techniques that will lessen conflict and turn these issues into positives for the practice.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 2

Most CPAs find themselves performing many different financial activities throughout the week. Although most CPAs are not official project managers, the different financial activities such as audits, preparing financial statements, and preparing tax returns may be handled as individual projects. As a result, a project management methodology needs to be selected. This course will describe the Project Communications Management Methodology.

Managing Project Communications is a course that will provide an overview of the project communications management knowledge area. This course will describe the purpose of project communications management. This course will also define the inputs, tools and techniques and outputs for all of the processes in this project management knowledge area.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 1

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

Accountants and business decision makers who want to understand concepts related to measuring and tracking company performance could benefit from this course.  The course allows participants to become familiar with tracking performance of a decentralized organization, as well as understanding the benefits and key pieces of both a master budget and a flexible budget.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

A CPA is challenged in today’s work world to not only serve his/her client or employer but also to protect the public interest by ensuring that there is transparency in financial reporting or there is fair administration of the tax laws.  In balancing the two interests, a CPA may find him or herself in an ethical dilemma. This course covers not only basic ethical frameworks, but also specific rules from the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, and the Mississippi Revised Statues, Administrative Rules and Code of Professional Conduct.  These sources govern the practice and responsibilities of Mississippi CPAs. It concludes with a section on how a CPA can put his or her ethics into action.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services they provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

Ohio Professional Standards and Responsibilities is an ethics CPE course that is designed for a CPA’s initial licensure, a return to practice or for CPAs that are required to comply with disciplinary compliance mandated by the Ohio Board of Accountancy. This ethic course emphasizes Chapter 4701 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) and ACC 4701 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC). Section 1 of this course reviews the requirements for a CPA certificate. This course also reviews the CPE requirements to maintain an active CPA certificate. This course reviews the advertising rules for CPAs and CPA firms. This course reviews the actions that would be classified as unauthorized practice for those that are not in possession of a valid CPA certificate. Finally, this course reviews when independence has been impaired, the rules related to contingency fees, and the actions that would be considered discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 3

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

A CPA is challenged in today’s work world to not only serve his/her client or employer but also to protect the public interest by ensuring that there is transparency in financial reporting or there is fair administration of the tax laws.  In balancing the two interests, a CPA may find him or herself in an ethical dilemma. This course covers not only basic ethical frameworks, but also specific rules from the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, and the Oregon Revised Statues, Administrative Rules and Code of Professional Conduct.  These sources govern the practice and responsibilities of Oregon CPAs. It concludes with a section on how a CPA can put his or her ethics into action.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

The Generally Accepted Governmental Auditing Standards, also known as the Yellow Book, provides a comprehensive framework for conducting governmental audits with a focus on high quality, integrity, competence, independence, and objectivity. The Yellow Book is used by auditors of government organizations, entities that receive government awards, and any other audit organization performing Yellow Book audits. The Yellow Book outlines all requirements for governmental audit reports, professional qualifications for auditors, and audit organization quality control.

This course will describe when the Yellow Book standards must be applied. This course will identify the new organization and format of the 2018 Yellow Book. Finally, this course will recognize the five areas that changed in the 2018 Yellow Book from the 2011 Yellow Book.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 1

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

Auditing and assurance services are important services provided by CPAs. Performing Auditing and Other Assurance Services is a course that will describe auditing and assurance services. This course will identify the different types of audits and the different types of assurance services. This course will define the importance of ethics in the CPA and auditing professions. This course will describe the different organizations that create and enforce ethical guidelines. Finally, this course will describe the important of independence for auditors.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4

CPAs are professionals that are required to make ethical decisions daily when performing their duties. Ethics are moral principles or values that tend to be unique to each individual and are used to shape decisions. Ethical standards are based on ethical principles. All CPAs are required to apply ethical principles to their practice and to the services that provide. This course identifies why it is crucial for all CPAs to practice ethics and to solve ethical dilemmas that they encounter. Part one of this course will identify the need for ethics in the CPA profession and the ethical principles that all CPAs are required to comply with when performing their duties. This course will review ethics rules, regulations, and entities that provide ethics enforcement for CPAs. Part 2 of this course will review the principles of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct. It will identify when independence is considered to be impaired and define discreditable acts.

Field of Study: 2023 Courses

CPE Hours: 4