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Improving Writing Skills for CPAs – 2024 – Self Study Course

Course Description The responsibility of a CPAs is to provide professional services for their clients. The majority of these services require the practitioner to produce documents and other written works for a variety of reasons. Improving Writing Skills for CPAs is a course that will provide both an overview and guidance for improving writing skills. This course …

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Interpersonal Skills for CPAs – 2024 – Self Study Course

Course Description 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 …

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Leadership and Motivation for a Practice – 2024 – Self Study Course

Course Description 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 …

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Leading Effective Meetings for CPAs – 2024 – Self Study Course

Course Description 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 …

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Effective Communication Styles for CPAs – 2024 – Self Study Course

Course Description Working with clients requires all practitioners to be able to communicate effectively. Effective Communication Styles for CPAs is a training course that will define the various communication styles that are available to CPAs. This course will define the communication process and describe the two parts to every message. This course describes four communication styles. …

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Performing Auditing and Other Assurance Services – 2024 – 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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Auditing – Evaluation of Internal Controls – 2024 – 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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Fraud Auditing – 2024 – 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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Audit Materiality and Risk Assessment – 2024 – 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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Accounting Internal Controls – 2024 – 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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Accounting for Current and Long-Term Liabilities – 2024 – 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 Systems and Financial Statements – 2024 – 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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Measuring Organizational Performance Including both Master and Flexible Budgets – 2024 – 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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Investment Evaluation and Accounting Treatment – 2024 – 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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Key Process Controls – Order Entry – 2024 – 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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Managerial Accounting – Product Costing – 2024 – 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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Managerial Accounting Concepts – Cost Behavior, Breakeven (Cost Volume Profit) Analysis, Variable Costing, Management Decisions, and Measuring Organizational Performance – 2024 – 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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Key Process Controls – Credit – 2024 – 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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