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Key Process Controls – Shipping (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description 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 …

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Key Process Controls – Credit (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description 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 …

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Managerial Accounting Concepts – Cost Behavior, Breakeven (Cost Volume Profit) Analysis, Variable Costing, Management Decisions, and Measuring Organizational Performance (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description 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 …

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Managerial Accounting – Product Costing (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description 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 …

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Key Process Controls – Order Entry (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description 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 …

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Investment Evaluation and Accounting Treatment (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description 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. Learning Objectives Upon successful …

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Measuring Organizational Performance Including both Master and Flexible Budgets (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description 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 …

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How to Avoid Accounting Malpractice (v23) – Video Self Study Course

Course Description How to Avoid Accounting Malpractice is a course that will review the topic of malpractice and it will discuss negligence is the leading course of many lawsuits. This course will explain what constitutes reasonable practitioner behavior with reference to practice standards and common law. This course will describe many common pitfalls and actions …

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Accounting Fraud and Embezzlement Case Studies from the Trenches (v23) – Video Self Study Course

Course Description Account Fraud and Embezzlement: Case Studies from the Trenches is a course that will review the topic of fraud and explore why some organization are susceptible. This course will identify the factors unique to governmental entities that create an environment for fraud to easily occur. This course will identify areas where there could …

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Accounting Systems and Financial Statements (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description All business entities require information to operate efficiently and effectively. The accounting system is one of the most important systems for the organization’s decision makers. Accounting information systems collect and process data from transactions and events, organize them in useful reports, and communicate results to decision makers. Accounting Systems and Financial Statements is a course …

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Accounting for Current and Long-Term Liabilities (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description Every business has both current and long-term liabilities that must be tracked and recorded. Accounting for Current and Long-Term Liabilities is a course that discusses important characteristics of liabilities and how liabilities are classified and reported in financial statements. This course will identify how to distinguish between current and long-term liabilities. This course will …

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Accounting Internal Controls (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description Internal controls are required to ensure the integrity of financial and accounting information, promote accountability, and prevent fraud. This course will describe the importance of internal controls and the purpose of audit committee. This course will review the goals for internal controls and discuss the internal control framework used by most companies based …

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Audit Materiality and Risk Assessment (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description Every audit requires planning. Audit planning requires evaluating materiality and risk. Both materiality and risk evaluation require judgement from the auditor because both concepts directly impact the auditor’s planned audit evidence. Materiality is important because the auditor provides assurance to financial statement users that the financial statements are free of material misstatements. This requires the auditor to …

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Fraud Auditing (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description In every audit, the auditor is required to specifically assess the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud. Fraud auditing is a course that examines the types of fraud considered by auditors when auditing financial statements: fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriations of assets. This course describes the way auditors gather information to …

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Auditing – Evaluation of Internal Controls (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description Internal controls are required to ensure the integrity of financial and accounting information, promote accountability, and prevent fraud. This course will describe the importance of internal controls and the purpose of audit committee. This course will review the goals for internal controls and discuss the internal control framework used by most companies based …

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Performing Auditing and Other Assurance Services (v23) – Self Study Course

Course Description 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 …

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Compliance Audits (v23) – Video Self Study Course

Course Description Compliance Audits is a CPE course that will discuss audit compliance requirements and the utilization of risk assessment procedures. This course will review compliance in reporting and documentation as defined by SAS No. 117. This course will discuss the auditor’s responsibility in relation to other information in documents containing audited financial statements and …

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Auditing – Considering Management Plans and OCBOA Reports (v23) – Video Self Study Course

Course Description Auditing – Considering Management Plans and Special Reports is a CPE course that will review SAS numbers 59 and 62. This course will discuss the auditor’s responsibility in evaluating an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. This course will review auditor’s considerations relating to management’s plan and its effective implementation. The …

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Auditing – Supplementary Information, Client Illegal Acts and Analytical Procedures (v23) – Video Self Study Course

Course Description Auditing – Supplementary Information, Client Illegal Acts and Analytical Procedures is a CPE course that will review SAS numbers 51, 52, 54 and 56. This course will discuss reporting standards defined by SAS No. 51 for financial statements prepared for use outside of the United States. This course will describe the procedures to …

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