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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 (MTCPA 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!

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Excel - Using PivotTables for Data Analysis

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4.00 Credits

The advantages of PivotTable for Data AnalysisStep-by-Step PivotTable creationCreating PivotCharts

Excel - Working With Text, Date and Time Functions and Formulas

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2.00 Credits

Using Text functions to join and separate text entriesInserting Text functions to work with imported dataPerforming date and time calculations with the Date and Time functions

Exploring the New Lease Accounting Standard

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2.00 Credits

What is a lease? Recognition and measurement of lease assets and liabilities Impact on lessors and lessees Disclosures and transition rules Effective dates

False Tax Returns; Why CPAs and Their Clients Go to Prison

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2.00 Credits

How the IRS catches bad return preparersThe difference between simple mistakes and criminal actsWhat to do if your client is being investigated for tax crimesHow to protect yourself if you are accused of preparing false tax returns

Financial Accounting for Related Party Transactions

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2.00 Credits

FASB codification provisions for transactions with related parties, including business owners and special purpose entities. Compare and contrast those rules with the AICPA financial reporting framework for small and medium-sized entities. Review the tax accounting related taxpayer standards. Real-life examples applying the various authoritative standards. Consequences of failing to comply with the standards.

Financial Statement Shenanigans

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2.00 Credits

Factors that cause people to commit financial statement fraud The seven most common ways of "cooking the books" Specific corporate scandals which highlight "financial shenanigans" Increasing your awareness of possible techniques to detect financial statement irregularities and potential fraud

Fixing Your Chart of Accounts

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1.50 Credits

Current Chart of Accounts Best Practices Why developing a chart of accounts begins with studying your organizational chart How to identify your account segments Determining the order of your account segments Best practices for numbering account bases How to avoid memorizationFixing Your Current Chart of AccountsHow big company and small company software differs Two key approaches for preserving your historical data What to know when making major chart of accounts changes

Forensic Accounting; When The Office Is A Crime Scene

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4.00 Credits

A step-by-step process from the initial client phone call to you writing a report of your findings for any civil or criminal actions that may be pursuedHow to advise your client in approaching an allegation of embezzlementWhat pitfalls may arise in finding the truthThe best practices to ensure that the evidence is preserved properly for potential civil or criminal actions

Fraud & Embezzlement; Case Studies from the Trenches

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2.00 Credits

How organizations can find themselves defrauded due to lax oversight and weak internal controls. How the existence of the "trusted advisor" creates situations where CPAs can drop their professional skepticism. illustrations of the issues companies should look for in preventing fraud and embezzlement.

Fundamentals of Income Taxation

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2.00 Credits

Standard Deductions v. Itemized Deductions Defining ordinary income, capital gains and qualified dividends. Cash v. Accrual methods Above- and Below- the Line deductions Extensions for filing a return Calculating the federal tax liability

GAAP Alternatives: Perfect Storm

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1.00 Credits

Review of special purpose frameworks Discussion of non-GAAP options for financial reporting U.S GAAP alternatives for certain entities

Grading Your Auditors - Are You Getting the Most Value?

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2.00 Credits

Limitations in roles and responsibilities an auditor can accept without impairing independenceAssessing the strength of your auditor's ability to think critically, strategically, and creatively in appropriate circumstancesEvaluating your auditor's time and project management stillsGrading your auditor's communication and interpersonal skills, in exceeding your expectations on an audit

History of Investing

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1.50 Credits

Early concepts of investment managementGordon Growth Model Harry Markowitz: Risk Return Trade-OffFama & French: Factor ModelingWhich factors are better?Smart BetaIncorporating Client Behavioral BiasesWhat's Ahead?

How SASs No. 134-145 Improve Risk-Based Audits (Governmental)

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4.00 Credits

Key changes to audit report elements intended to improve the understandability of the nature and results of financial statement audits Enhanced required by-product communications with management and those charged with governance to promote more reliable financial statements Clarifications related to obtaining sufficient and appropriate audit evidence, including significant unusual transactions, related parties, going concern uncertainty, and accounting estimates New definitions and requirements related to identifying and evaluating risks of material misstatement Other important matters contained in SAS Nos. 134-145

IRS Penalties and Abatements

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2.00 Credits

Various types of penalties: Accuracy related, fraud, understatement of valuation, reporting requirement, failure to pay, and pay or deposit penalties Rules on waiver of penalties and interests Various forms and procedures for requesting relief First Time Abatement: Requirements and procedures How an individual taxpayer qualifies for Reasonable Cause abatement Procedures for requesting refund of paid penalties Available administrative options

Independence and Conflicts of Interest

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1.00 Credits

AICPA Code of Conduct: Independence, Conflicts of Interest, Case Study: Olympus Case Study: Buca di Beppo

Integrity, Objectivity and Judgment; Values in Action

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1.00 Credits

AICPA Code of Conduct: Integrity and Objectivity Case Study: Mortgage crisis of 2007-2010 Case Study: World Com

Internal Control - Testing for Operating Effectiveness

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2.00 Credits

Generally accepted audit requirements related to testing controls for operating effectivenessIdentifying key controls that may prove effective and efficient to test in a control reliance strategyResponses when deviations are discovered when evaluating the design or operating effectiveness of internal controlLeveraging audit evidence available for Service Organization Control (SOC1) ReportsGeneral computer control considerations when evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting

Internal Controls to Mitigate Financial Reporting Risk

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2.00 Credits

Evolution of internal control conceptsRevamped 2013 COSO Internal Control - Integrated FrameworkDesigning an adequate "umbrella" of internal controls over financial reporting to prevent, or detect and correct, material misstatement due to fraud or errorSpecific internal control considerations and sample documentation for smaller entitiesAdditional responsibilities for audits in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Government Auditing Standards, and Single Audit Act requirements

Like-kind Exchanges in Real Estate Transactions

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2.00 Credits

Like-kind exchanges have been hailed as one of the few "legal tax shelters" still available for real property investments, but it is really a result of favored tax policy. These relatively straight-forward concepts can help a company significantly improve cash flow by deferring its tax liability. These concepts will be illustrated by real-life examples that present a novel approach to like-kind exchanges as a useful and practical tax-planning idea.