CPE Catalog & Events
CPE & Event Classes
MTCPA offers thousands of live and online courses to meet your professional development needs. Our goal is to enhance your knowledge and help you achieve even greater success.
Most MTCPA classes are available both LIVE [In-Person] and VIRTUAL [MTCPA Webcasts (in-house) or Webinars (other providers)], so please be sure to register for the correct format under the appropriate tab below.
Also check out our on-demand learning platform, allowing you to earn CPE at your convenience. You can choose stand-alone courses or opt for an all-access subscription to our entire Anytime library. Click the Anytime CPE tab below to explore the courses!
Gamed: Why Performance Targets and Incentives Fail and How to Fix Them
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
10-step ROKET-DS system, a simple structured method for designing meaningful targets and incentives which will help you ... Create targets and objectives that align with your strategy Build engagement with your target owners Test your targets and incentives rigorously for unexpected outcomes and dangerous loopholes
Managing the Accounting Department
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Accounting Leadership Management
Fraud Evaluations: A Guide for The Compliance Professional
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Psychology Dynamics COSO and Fraud Fraud Theories Opportunity Considerations Added Dimensions COSO Considerations Control Environment Principles Determining Internal Audit's Role Understand the Business Auditors and the IPPF When Management Objects & Potential Steps
Building Your Own Library of Anti-fraud & Continuous Monitoring Tests
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
Build your own forensic data analytics tests around vendors, customers or employees Expand your knowledge and library of available anti-fraud tests and behavioral algorithms Align the right tests to the appropriate risks Practical applications and use cases
Governmental Accounting 101
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Fund Types Budgetary Accounting Financial Reporting Requirements Single Audit Act Audit Standards and Procedures Best Practices in Governmental Accounting
Ethics in the Real World - Living Values for Today
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Four root causes of unethical business behavior Eight steps to create an ethical business environment 1. Establish a code of conduct and make it public 2. Hire and promote people with a well-grounded sense of personal ethics 3. Interpret your code for ordinary circumstances 4. Communicate expectations for employees to act in an ethical manner 5. Lead by example 6. Teach employees the basic tools of ethical decision making 7. Back your code with enforcement 8. Factor values into every important organizational activity and decision The financial manager’s responsibility to lead and implement good ethics in his/her organization
Keys to Building an Inclusive and Culturally Competent Workplace: A Guide for HR Professionals and Business Owners
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Webcast Only
1.80 Credits
Communication Leadership Character Behavior
Big Four Reasons Why CPAs and Consultants Are Fired
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Do public practice CPA firms and consultants want to retain their clients? What are the Big Four Reasons Why CPAs are Fired? What are the actions to take to prevent being fired? What does a CPA offer to their clients?
Personal Leadership Skills
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Leadership Personality Types Communication Memory
Documentation Methods for Internal Control Processes
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Introduction to Proper Documentation Responsibilities for Internal Control Exploring What to Document Documentation Types, Flowcharts, & Narratives Policy and Procedures and IC Questions Risk Control Matrices Establishing A Defined Documentation Process Flow Chart Symbols Other Documentation Maturity Model & Issue Tracker Other Documentation Testing Processes Other Documentation Internal Audit Formal Reports & Summary Proper Documentation
Surgent's A Complete Guide to Offers in Compromise
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Legislative history American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and changes to IRC Section 6159 Comprehensive coverage of the three main types of OIC Doubts as to collectability (DATC) Doubts as to liability (DATL) Effective tax administration (ETA) Hybrid of DATC Detailed walk-through of the process and key terms Practical solutions and success rates Various scams
Surgent's A Guide to Gig Economy Tax Issues
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Characteristics of a gig economy Who is an employee and who is an independent contractor? Form 1099-NEC and reporting of non-employee compensation Reporting on Form 1099-K Gig workers and the requirement to pay self-employment tax throughout the year State tax implications of remote work for the business owner and workers How remote work creates state tax nexus Tax implications of employee telecommuting for the employer The “convenience of the employer” rule Drivers of both people and of meals or other products Section 199A deduction Implications of the Vizcaino case
Surgent's The Essential Multistate Tax Update
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Employees working in multiple states: Withholding issues (when to start and where to withhold) special issues depending on type of tax assessed in the state or locality Emerging sales tax topics: Elimination of the physical presence standard in determining nexus (Wayfair case); economic nexus for remote sellers; assisting remote sellers in determining a plan of action in states that enforce economic nexus Emerging compliance issues in the new sales tax economy Income Tax (and other forms of tax): Economic nexus (taxation without physical presence) Will states shift away from income tax and increase reliance on sales tax after Wayfair? Treatment of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act by the states: presence of intangible property; is P.L. 86-272 still valid? Pass-through problems: Nexus issues for interest owners Treatment of the 199A deduction for pass through entities by states: Withholding issues Practical considerations in dealing with multistate taxation: Dealing with state nexus questionnaires When to consider voluntary compliance: Responsibility of officers, members, partners, and shareholders; planning ideas and opportunities; updates on pending federal legislation relative to state tax
Surgent's Update on the AICPA's New Ethics and Quality Control Standards
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Proposed and recently enacted updates to the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct Proposed Quality Management standards and related SAS Professional responsibilities in this new era Best practices for implementing an effective system of quality management
Surgent's Building Your Personal Brand
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
The relevance of brand vs. reputation Key components of a personal brand Breaking down the who, what, where, when, why, and how of creating a personal brand
6 Practical Strategies To Promote Diversity & Inclusion In Your Workplace
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
Communication Leadership Character Behavior
Business Communication Essentials (Dynamic Communication in the Workplace)
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
Communication Feedback Management Leadership
Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Overview of Audit Risk Assessment AICPA's clarified Risk Assessment Standards SAS 145 Assessing the Entity's Environment
Introduction to Forensic Data Analytics
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Data analytics Key fraud risk management guidance documents Data analytics frameworks Leading techniques and innovations for preventing and detecting fraud
Dealing with Problem Employees: a 15 Step Action Plan for You and Them
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
How turnover is an issue. What are the common causes? How to develop a customized plan for each unique situation? How can we do a better job of preventing 'problem' employees? How to have an effective discussion to end the relationship. A fifteen-step action plan for you to use and for the employee.