CPE

Continuing Education

 
 
 

Grand Rapids

 

All CPE events appear in date order.

 
Monitoring: A Practical Approach - 8/19/2008 - Grand Rapids
One of the more prevalent peer review findings, especially for small firms, is failure to perform or document inspections and/or monitoring. With this course, you'll learn to effectively monitor your firm's system of quality control while under...
Peer Review: Great...Where Do I Start? (LOCATION CHANGE) - 8/20/2008 - Grand Rapids
Are you new to the peer review process and are wondering just what you've gotten yourself into? Do you find yourself waking up in a cold sweat at night thinking about one or more of the following questions related to your firm's peer review: * 1)...
Small Firm Advantage (4-hour pm workshop) - 8/20/2008 - Grand Rapids
Small firms have a tremendous and unique advantage to cultivate the right clients at the right fee and to recruit and retain great staff. Discovering your firm's unique value and then being able to articulate it with confidence will reap endless...
The 31st Annual Small Practitioners Conference - 8/21/2008 - Grand Rapids
This two day conference held in downtown Grand Rapids offers up to 18 hours of continuing education geared towards the small/sole practitioner. Agenda Thursday: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM - Registration & Continental Breakfast 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM -...
Michigan Business Tax Basic: Business Income Tax, Modified Gross Receipts Tax & Credits - 9/17/2008 - Grand Rapids
The Michigan Business Tax (MBT) was created by enactment of the "Michigan Business Tax Act" (MBTA). The date of enactment is January 1, 2008 and it applies to all business activity occurring after December 31, 2007. The MBT is a combination...
Employee Benefit Plans: Audit & Accounting Essentials - 9/19/2008 - Grand Rapids
Master the fundamentals of auditing employee benefit plans in accordance with AICPA and EBSA standards and avoid the snafus that are all-to-often encountered. Explore the accounting and auditing requirements unique to employee benefit plans. It...
Michigan Business Tax Advanced Issues: Unitary Business Group, Nexus, Apportionment & Constitutional Issues - 10/8/2008 - Grand Rapids
Unitary - The new Michigan Business Tax employs the unitary business doctrine and treats a unitary business group as a single taxpayer. For a unitary business group, the combined filing method is mandatory. This course covers the origin of the...
CFO Seminar Series - Course 1: Financial Statement Analysis & Bank Financing - 10/14/2008 - Grand Rapids
This seminar begins with an overview of the differences in the application of financial concepts between large, publicly owned companies and smaller, privately owned businesses. Financial statement analysis is covered through the use of ratios,...
CFO Seminar Series - Course 2: Financial Forecasting & Cash Flow Modeling - 10/21/2008 - Grand Rapids
This seminar is divided between long-range financial statement forecasting, usually over a period of five or more years, and shorter term cash flow forecasting, usually over a twelve month period. Participants receive copies of Excel spreadsheets...
Advanced Individual Income Tax Return Issues by Surgent McCoy - 10/21/2008 - Grand Rapids
Most CPAs have been preparing individual income tax returns for years, and while many of the returns are easy, there are always a number of issues that come up in tax season of which experienced practitioners wish they had more knowledge. This...

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