CPE Catalog & Events
CPE & Event Classes
MTCPA has literally thousands of live and online courses to help you satisfy your professional development needs. It is our goal that the classes offered through MTCPA will enhance your knowledge and help you become even more successful.
Most classes put on by MTCPA can be taken either LIVE (In-Person) or VIRTUAL (Webcasts) - please make sure you are registering for the correct one. (Webinars are classes from other providers)
MTCPA is now offering a new on-demand learning platform to enable you to learn and earn CPE on your own time. Stand-alone courses are available as well as an all-access subscription to the entire Anytime library. Click the 'Anytime' tab below to view the courses!
Anytime CPE Subscription
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0.00 Credits
Accountants and Malpractice; Can We Get Sued for This?
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2.00 Credits
How accountant liability is a very real threat in today's litigious society.A discussion of scenarios in which accounting professionals can find themselves inadvertently involved in a lawsuit.Pitfalls in which the accountant may find him- or her- self while dealing with clients.Real-life examples from the speaker's extensive experience as a practitioner and as an expert witness in accounting malpractice cases.
Accounting Update - Hot Topics for Current Period Financials
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2.00 Credits
U.S. GAAP accounting standards updates that have recent or current period effective datesOther relevant matters, including highlights or significant changes related to international standards
Accounting and Financial Reporting for Cryptocurrency and other Digital Assets
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2.00 Credits
Common applications related to initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement or derecognition, presentation, and disclosure of cryptocurrency and other digital assets Feedback from the AICPA's Digital Assets Working Group intended to assist auditors with opining on these digital records
Advanced Excel: Hidden Secrets and Gems
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2.00 Credits
Awareness of advanced functions Creative methods for data manipulation Using intellectual curiosity and professional skepticism to develop a problem-solving mentality Real-life examples of innovative ways to analyze and report data with Excel Using Excel to perform e-mail merges Many other functions and techniques that inspire you to continue exploring the depths of Excel and its seemingly bottomless toolbox Enhance creativity in your approach to developing Excel models
Advanced Planning: Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Projections
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1.00 Credits
Accounts Receivable Inventory Capital Budget Depreciation Accounts Payable Accrued Liabilities Working Capital Loans Debt Project interest expense more accurately Solving for Cash Projecting Covenant Calculations Create a Projected Statement of Cash Flow Choose your format How to make your Statement of Cash Flow maintenance free Debugging a statement of Cash Flow
Aligning Budgets to Strategy
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2.00 Credits
A Proper Practical Planning Process (P4) The steps to planning The results of strategic planning Examples of budgets
Analytical Procedures: Practical Applications and Standards
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2.00 Credits
Discussion of analytical procedures in audit and review engagements. Practical examples and illustrations of analytical procedures. The order of operations for accomplishing analytical procedures.
Auditing Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
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2.00 Credits
Indicators of impairmentSteps to recoverability testing for long-lived assets held and usedGrouping assets held and usedAllocating impairment loss and disclosuresTesting indefinite-lived intangibles for impairment, including goodwillValuation techniques for determining a reporting unit's fair value
Cases in Corporate Ethics
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4.00 Credits
We introduce new case selections to this seminar every year. Past cases have included these issues: Can you protect the public interest without violating our profession's confidentiality rules? How can a corporate world CPA get in trouble with their board of accountancy? Is a culture of fear and intimidation particularly susceptible to corporate fraud? How can using the CPA credential get a corporate accountant in trouble? Is exaggerating your CPE hours a violation of our professional codes of conduct? What are your options when your employer is clearly breaking the law? Does any legislation provide effective Whistleblower protection?
Common Financial Statement Disclosures
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2.00 Credits
General disclosures about the entity and its environmentCommon critical information useful to financial statement readers for making economic decisionsExplain results of operations through information that supplements the face financial statements
Communicating Financial Information to Non-Accountants
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2.00 Credits
The math literacy barrier The financial literacy barrier What to say and how to say it Communicating ideas graphically
Compilations, Reviews and Audits: How They Differ
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1.00 Credits
Review of differences of compilation, review and audit engagements Compare and contrast major considerations of each type of engagement Provide practical tips and strategies Professional standards that govern each type of engagement
Complying with Audit Documentation Requirements
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2.00 Credits
Proper documentation as a means of audit qualityFactors impacting the nature and extent of documentationSample workpaper index and other organization tipsUse of audit programs as a means of audit documentationChecklist for self-review of workpapers and clearing review notesMultiple exercises on identifying workpaper deficiencies
Corporate Ethics: Cases in Diversity and Inclusion
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1.00 Credits
Everyone can experience discrimination or harassment What the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct says about harassment and discrimination Other sources of ethical guidance Recent EEOC CasesLearning about each other
Current Issues in Performing Yellow Book Audits
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2.00 Credits
Latest developments relevant to Yellow Book auditsBe prepared to avoid the most commonly misapplied concepts on audits performed in conformance with Government Audit Standards
Data Analytics: Practical Insights for the CPA
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2.00 Credits
Explore new tools and client engagement techniques using data analytics Introduction of popular software tools Examine the AICPA's Five-Step Approach to data analytics in an audit engagement
Dream Wide Awake
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2.00 Credits
The three promises to live and achieve by A different way to approach goals that brings out what is really holding you back The five areas of wishful thinking and how to surpass with inspired action The six areas of fearful thinking and how to overcome with courageous intent
Entertainment, Meals & Travel Expenses: Review & Update
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2.00 Credits
Definition of what qualifies as an entertainment expense Strategies to deduct business entertainment expenses Deductibility of meals Situations not subject to the 50% meals and entertainment reduction How to handle automobile issues related to employer-provided parking Proper accounting for deductible vs. non-deductible expenditures The four steps to analyze business expenses The latest federal legislation, cases and rulings
Ethics: 10 Crucial Qualities of High-Character CPAs
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2.00 Credits
Discover why the ten crucial qualities of high-character CPAs are essential to your success Learn how to evaluate these qualities in job candidates and why you must do so