CPE Catalog & Events
Don Farmer's 2025 Federal Tax Update
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $309
Join us for Don Farmer's 2025 Federal Tax Update — an engaging and informative course that will keep you up-to-speed on the latest tax developments. Using a blend of humor and practical examples, we'll walk through the most significant new tax legislation and updates affecting individual, corporate and business income taxation.This course emphasizes the key changes that impact 2025 tax return preparation and planning. Whether you’re advising individuals, corporations or non-corporate businesses, you’ll leave with actionable insights and strategies to navigate the evolving tax landscape with confidence. It’s a relaxed, enjoyable way to stay current on tax law while sharpening your skills for the year ahead. Delivery Method: Group internet-basedCPE Credit: TaxesProgram Level: Update Virginia Society of CPAs is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State Boards of Accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual course for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org
55th Annual Virginia Accounting & Auditing Virtual Conference
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Online
17.00 Credits
Member Price: $595
Join us for the 55th Annual Virginia Accounting & Auditing Virtual Conference. Get the latest updates in auditing, tax, fraud, accounting and technology from the comfort of your home or office. This year’s virtual event spans three shorter days, allowing you to balance learning with your daily workload. We are fully committed to delivering quality content and an outstanding virtual experience. Instead of simply streaming in-person sessions, our expert speakers will present live from various locations, giving you a more personalized and interactive experience. You'll have the opportunity to ask questions in real time and engage with fellow attendees in a dynamic online setting. Delivery Method: Group-internet based CPE Credit: Accounting, Auditing Program Level: Update
AI Ethics 2025 (VBOA-Approved)
Available Until Feb. 1, 2026
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $62
The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries, including accounting, with profound implications for professionals and firms. This Virginia Board of Accountancy-approved ethics course on responsible AI for the accounting profession explores the integration of AI in accounting, emphasizing ethical principles like transparency, accountability, privacy and fairness. The course offers a comprehensive overview of AI technologies, their applications in streamlining processes and improving decision-making within the profession. It also addresses the challenges of regulatory compliance, data privacy and mitigating risks such as bias and security breaches. Through real-world case studies, you will gain insights into resolving ethical dilemmas, ensuring responsible AI usage, and fostering trust with clients and stakeholders.By completing this course, you will develop strategies to navigate the complexities of AI governance and regulation, create robust frameworks for ethical decision-making, and adopt sustainable practices to balance innovation with responsibility. Designed for accounting professionals at all levels, this course equips learners with the tools to harness AI's potential while upholding the profession's ethical standards, ensuring compliance with legal obligations, and contributing to a more inclusive and accountable AI future. Please note: After registering, you will receive a separate email with instructions on how to access the course. This course contains review questions and a final test to assess knowledge of course objectives. Successful completion of the final test is required to receive CPE credit. This course has been approved by the Virginia Board of Accountancy (VBOA) to fulfill your 2025 ethics requirement. Delivery Method: QAS Self-StudyCPE Credit: 2 Regulatory EthicsProgram Level: Intermediate
The Controller Function - Inventory Part 2 - Valuation, Inventory Methods and Inventory Fraud
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
This course is one of the courses dedicated to our Controllership Series. This series of courses is dedicated to exploring the traditional controller role and stepping out of the box to identify areas where the controller can continue to add strategic value to their organizations. Within this segment of our controllership series, we continue our discussion on inventory from segment one. This specific segment focuses on areas of inventory valuation, the types of physical inventory methods, and inventory fraud. These areas are critical for the controller to have a strong comprehension of and also participate in the development of policies and procedures. Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: AuditingProgram Level: Basic
Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English, is a 2 hour webcast highlighting the AICPA’s clarified risk assessment standards, along with a new Statement on Auditing Standard (SAS 145) related to understanding the entity, the entity’s environment, the entity’s internal controls, and assessing the risks of material misstatement. This session will attempt to simplify the requirements using common sense examples and language. Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: AuditingProgram Level: Basic
Power Skills: Your Guide to Professionalism and Client Interactions
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Client interactions and professionalism are at the core of what we do as accountants. However, communication with clients is not always as straightforward as it may seem. Sometimes there will be difficult conversations and disagreements that can be tough to navigate. During this course, we will discuss best practices when communicating with the client, and also walk through complicated scenarios to practice what we learn. Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: Business management & organizationProgram Level: Basic
Partnership/LLC Taxation: Understanding Tax Basis Capital Accounts
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
This program addresses the most recent developments impacting partnerships operating as LLCs, with a focus on legislative, administrative, and tax form changes. Emphasis will be placed on partners "tax basis" capital accounts - now required for tax form reporting. *Please Note: If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Coursw Materials Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: TaxesProgram Level: Intermediate
ChatGPT and Advanced Accounting Research
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
This course provides a concise overview of how artificial intelligence, particularly ChatGPT and other AI tools, is transforming accounting research methodologies and practices. Students will explore the shift from traditional search engine-based research to AI-driven insights, learning how to leverage various AI platforms for enhanced financial analysis, regulatory compliance, and strategic decision-making. The course emphasizes practical applications of AI in accounting contexts while addressing critical considerations such as data verification, ethical usage, and professional judgment. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: Information technologyProgram Level: OverviewThis course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible on your My CPE page. Webinar access information will be emailed directly to you by CPA Crossings.
Seven Secrets of Successful Business Communication Part 1: Questioning and Listening to Discover Clients' Needs
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $125
The importance of listening (bold) Whether you're trying to pitch a prospective client on an engagement or convince an employee to work over the weekend, your success hinges on your ability to identify their needs. Part one of this two-part webcast concentrates on three communication challenges leaders face: Adapting a message to different constituencies and clients Coaching employees Business development A former *Wall Street Journal* reporter who teaches marketing at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Greg Conderacci will introduce you to proven communication techniques. "If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be this: Seek first to understand, then to be understood." - Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author, Seven Habits of Highly Effective PeopleDelivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: Communications & marketingProgram Level: IntermediateThis course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible on your My CPE page. Webinar access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.
Contract and Procurement Fraud
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
This session will focus on the most common types of fraud in the procurement and contracting arena, with a focus on fraud in construction. The session will examine fraud vulnerabilities in the four key phases of the procurement process: Presolicitation. Negotiation. Performance. Closeout and Claims. Within each phase, “red flags” will be discussed. These are the indicia of possible fraud that managers should be alert for. Also, within each phase, the most common fraud schemes will be highlighted and discussed. Finally, the session will describe the generally accepted safeguards or controls that should be established to prevent the various fraud schemes that can occur. This part of the program will make extensive use of actual fraud case studies designed to demonstrate fraud risks and fraud detection strategies. Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: Accounting, AuditingProgram Level: Basic
Surgent's Understanding and Testing Control and Compliance in a Single Audit
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
The control and compliance requirements for single audits differ from the requirements for GAAS audits. As a result, sometimes it's difficult to tell where the auditor's responsibilities start and stop in a single audit. This course is designed to help you proceed and succeed in applying the single audit control and compliance requirements contained in the 2024 revision to the Uniform Guidance for Federal Awards. Over 15 focused exercises are included to provide an enhanced working knowledge of the most critical challenges in single auditing today.Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: Auditing (governmental)Program Level: IntermediateThis course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible on your My CPE page. Webinar access information will be emailed directly to you by Surgent McCoy.
Advanced Cybersecurity - Beyond the Basics
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
A deeper dive into Cybersecurity topics specific to CPAs and Fintech Organizations, expanding on the fundamentals from Cybersecurity 101 This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: Information technology, Specialized knowledgeProgram Level: AdvancedThis course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible on your My CPE page. Webinar access information will be emailed directly to you by CPA Crossings.
Construction Contractors: Auditing Considerations
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Challenges and solutions of auditing contracts With construction comprising a large and growing portion of the economy, it's important to stay on top of the very latest in accounting and auditing changes for the construction industry. In this webcast, you will gain insight about: Audit planning and substantive auditing procedures The core knowledge necessary to succeed Key issues affecting construction auditing, including auditing under the new revenue recognition and leases guidance Audit risks and risk assessmentDelivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: AuditingProgram Level: BasicThis course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible on your My CPE page. Webinar access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.
Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Welcome to a management course that helps CFOs and Controllers lead the Accounting Department. It is essential that the Accounting Department have a Vision which is aligned with the Business goals. Controllers must also be comfortable with wearing multiple 'hats' in the business. The head of the Accounting Department must be skilled in a variety of leadership skills, technical skills, managerial skills and current management techniquest. Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: Business management & organizationProgram Level: Intermediate
Comprehensive Pass-Through Owners? Basis and Distribution Rules 25-26
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
Pass-throughs (S corporations and Partnerships) are the most popular choice of newly formed business entities. However, for years, taxpayers and their preparers have struggled to calculate, update, and maintain the pass-through entity owners? tax basis information in each investment correctly. Calculating and accounting for tax basis and adequately reporting the impact of operating and liquidating distributions for these entities are among the most frequently cited audit deficiencies. Taxpayers have also misapplied the tax rules when calculating the gain or loss from the sale of the interest. Recently, the IRS initiated enforcement initiatives designed to audit owners of pass-through entities regarding their calculations of tax basis and their tax treatment of distributions. This course will teach you how to properly account for both items for your clients who own an interest in a partnership or an S-corporation. Learn to identify the most common mistakes and errors and report these items correctly before your client is audited.Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: TaxesProgram Level: Intermediate
Real Estate Taxation Full Circle 25-26
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
We're all impacted directly or indirectly by the laws of real estate taxation, possibly as an owner, investor, landlord, developer, or real estate professional. This course explores the key principles of real estate taxation from all these perspectives. We'll discuss personal residences, vacation homes, depreciation, credits, passive losses, qualified business income, installment sales, involuntary conversions, like-kind exchanges, and real estate investment trusts (REITs).Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: TaxesProgram Level: Basic
Finance Business Partnering: Influence to Impact
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $349
Drive business success forward This webcast offers finance professionals an advanced application-based approach to finance business partnering. You will: Acquire essential problem-solving skills that can positively affect all areas of the business Learn how to leverage analytics tools and techniques to aid in decision-making Become accomplished in presenting and influencing key business decision-makers You also will enhance your interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills, so you are more proficient in executing strategic visions.Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: Business management & organizationProgram Level: IntermediateThis course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible on your My CPE page. Webinar access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.
Multistate Taxation - Tax Staff Essentials
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $349
Do you know where your clients' businesses have nexus? The rapidly evolving area of multistate taxation should be on the radar of business tax professionals.Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: TaxesProgram Level: IntermediateThis course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible on your My CPE page. Webinar access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.
Surgent's Fiduciary Income Tax Returns - Form 1041 Workshop with Filled-in Forms
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
This course is designed as a comprehensive guide to the core concepts of trust and estate income tax preparation. The course explains the common terminology and complicated income tax rules of estates and trusts, fiduciary accounting, and an introduction to or refresher on preparing Form 1041. This practical, over 300-page manual is an excellent reference source for your practice, which begins with quite simple cases. Building upon that base throughout the manual, the course ends with two complicated preparation cases, one trust and one estate, each with filled-in forms.Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: TaxesProgram Level: IntermediateThis course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible on your My CPE page. Webinar access information will be emailed directly to you by Surgent McCoy.
Surgent's Individual and Financial-Planning Tax Camp
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Each year brings its own set of tax planning challenges, and this year is no exception. This course aims to arm tax planners with planning strategies and ideas that all clients, but in particular, wealthy clients, middle-income clients, and closely held business owners need to consider right now to take advantage of present opportunities and plan for future tax advantages. Learn strategies that can really have an impact on client lives, while also bringing value to you and your firm. This material is continuously updated for recent legislation impacting individual taxpayers.Delivery Method: Individual webcastCPE Credit: TaxesProgram Level: IntermediateThis course is being offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible on your My CPE page. Webinar access information will be emailed directly to you by Surgent McCoy.