Accounting and Taxation
Private Foundation Issues and Form 990-PF
Private foundations have many complex rules and potential traps for those managers and preparers unaware of the rules. This session provides an overview of Form 990-PF and basic information regarding excise taxes, potential penalties, and their implications for the completion of Form 990-PF. Learn the differences between non-operating (grant-making foundations) and operating foundations and planning suggest..
Ratios the Road to Improve Profits & Productivity
All business professionals need a good working knowledge of financial statements to include how they are created and how they can be used to make key business decisions. Business/financial transactions are transformed into financial statements through an accounting process.Three required statements are produced:Income StatementBalance SheetCash Flow StatementThe statements provide Results of business activi..
Sales and Use Tax Compliance
Sales and Use Tax is among the most complicated areas of compliance there is. 45 states levy a state-wide sales tax and each state does it differently. In addition, the digital era and online purchases bring with it its own issues. This webinar will teach you the basics of the sales and uses tax environment and how best to comply. We will touch on audits, and when use tax might apply to a given situation. F..
State and Local Income Tax Issues
In this practical webinar, you will learn with the expansion of the Internet, more and more companies are performing work out of their home state. It’s important to get a basic understanding of state and local tax issues in order to help guide clients in these other states as well as their home states.Upon course completion, you will be able to:Determine where nexus is and if it existsFigure out sales and u..
Tax Ethics and Circular 230
Congress is currently considering legislation that would require all tax preparers to follow the ethical guidelines and rules under Circular 230.Currently, the IRS only requires practitioners who represent taxpayers before the IRS to follow Circular 230 due to the Loving case. Even though tax representation creates a jurisdiction hook, tax representatives can still run afoul for tax preparation issues under..
Tax Logic: The Foundational Legal Framework
The seminar will explain the law, the underlying legal principles, and the logic for both used by tax authorities and by the courts in evaluating, judging, and enforcing the law.Fundamental issues like recognition of income, allowance of deductions, proper and improper capitalization, permissible depreciation and amortization methods, qualifications for credits, and differences between civil tax enforcement..
The 1099 & W-9 Annual Update Course –Complying with IRS Information Reporting
What are the rules regarding paying and IRS reporting on Independent Contractors? How do we avoid the IRS CP-2100 (B-Notices)? What if our vendor/payee claims exemption; must we obtain a W-9 anyway? What are the best practices for handling our information reporting obligations? How can we minimize the risk of improper exemption claims by our payees and vendors? Get the answers to these and related questions..
The 1099 and W-9 Annual Update Course
What are the rules regarding paying and IRS reporting on Independent Contractors? How do we avoid the IRS CP-2100? (B-Notices)? What if our vendor/payee claims exemption; must we obtain a W-9 anyway? What are the best practices for handling our information reporting obligations? How can we minimize the risk of improper exemption claims by our payees and vendors? Get the answers to these and related ques..
The Credit Manager’s Tool Box – Tools and Techniques for Making Sound Credit Decisions
Credit Expert with 30 Years of Experience Offers Tools and Techniques to Help You Navigate through Credit Information and Financial Data to Make Good Credit DecisionsThis webinar will provide guidance on how gather information, evaluate it, and make sound credit decisions on prospective clients and existing borrowers You will also learn the differences between unaudited and audited financials and how to use..
The Importance of Cash Flow and How to Forecast Cash Flow
Why is the Statement of Cash Flows so important and what will you learn from analyzing it. In this session, you will learn about the three parts of the Statement of Cash Flows and we will break each one down accordingly. You will understand that a company can show their sales increasing every year and also show they are making profits. However, if they cannot generate cash flow from their daily operations t..
The New Form W-4 and Other Payroll Updates for 2020
The IRS has released a new version of the Form W-4 for determining employee tax withholdings. This new form is required for use by any new hire after January 1, 2020, and for any current employee with an old W-4 on file but who wants to update their withholding in 2020 or beyond. Unless existing employees want to change their withholding, they can continue to keep their old-version Form W-4 on file. This me..
The Overall Approach to a Systems-Based Audit
This webinar provides internal auditors with important information about how to approach their company’s audit of internal controls. It presents an overview of the current role of the modern professional internal auditor with an emphasis on its primary role of opening on the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls. It shows the purpose and detail steps involved in an audit of the systems of int..
Wage Garnishments: Best Practices for Compliance and Accuracy
One of the most frustrating payroll tasks is dealing with garnishment orders. The rules on the amounts of pay that can be subjected to garnishment orders, the priority of garnishments that apply, and the Federal and state laws that come into play are complex. Failing to comply with the rules can result in costly penalties.Join us to receive step-by-step guidance on how to evaluate and process the various ty..
Writing Focused, Credible and Authoritative Audit Observations
This webinar will provide the basic principles for writing effective audit observations. The audit observations represent the result of weeks of reviews, analyses, interviews, and discussions. It is used to provide important information to management on the area you reviewed. And, more importantly, it provides details to management on significant issues that need to be addressed. How well you communicate th..
Writing for Audit Professional
This webinar is not a typical writing webinar. We will not be taking old findings, issues, or reports and rewriting them. Instead, we will be sharing with participants the writing disciplines necessary to develop their own style and provide impactful written communications. We will discuss how to be insightful without inciting negative reactions. We will also discuss the value of a “thought document” that c..