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This course discusses the top seven tasks that a chief financial officer should address in order to be as effective as possible. The suggestions cover a broad range of topics, including financial anal ...

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The Accountants’ Guidebook provides the accountant with detailed information about the three responsibilities of accountancy – recordation, classification, and reporting. In addition, the course descr ...

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This course describes the situations in which it is necessary to make adjustments to prior period financial statements, and when adjustments are only needed for the current period or in future periods ...

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The Accounting Controls Guidebook reveals the controls you need for every accounting system, from billings to financial reporting, in addition to such operational areas as order processing, shipping, ...

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This course provides an overview of gaming operations, and describes those accounting issues most relevant to a gaming entity. Topics covered include the accounting for loyalty and incentive programs, ...

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This course describes a number of derivatives that can be used to mitigate certain types of risk, with an emphasis on how these derivatives are deployed. The course also notes the accounting, controls ...

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This course notes the types of organizations that are required to present earnings per share information, and describes the requirements for calculating and presenting basic earnings per share and dil ...

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This course covers the different types of intangible assets, and then describes how to account for goodwill, including goodwill impairment testing and the situations in which goodwill can be amortized ...

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The inventory asset is difficult to track and assign a cost to, and so represents a significant source of financial statement errors. The Accounting for Inventory course presents every issue that the ...

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This course describes how the accounting varies for each type of investment classification, notes the treatment of impaired assets, how to deal with realized and unrealized gains and losses, and the t ...

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This course discusses the different components of leases, the types of leases that may be used by a lessee and lessor, and the accounting for each type of lease. The course also addresses how lease li ...

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Non-financial managers need a sufficient knowledge of accounting to interpret a company’s financial statements and make key business decisions. In Accounting for Managers, we describe how accounting t ...

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This course describes the treatment of equity-based compensation that is paid to employees and outsiders. The valuation and expense recognition for these stock awards is discussed, along with the rela ...

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The Accounting Procedures Guidebook contains the detailed procedures and forms you will need for every accounting system, from accounts payable to treasury, as well as for such operational areas as or ...

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This course examines best practices in accounts receivable management. Accounts receivable management is associated with both credit and collections. The course explores each functional area, starting ...

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This course addresses every aspect of the accounting that one might encounter in a farm, ranch, or related business. The intent is to not only explain accounting concepts, but also to provide examples ...

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This course is based upon the reformatted AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, which is effective December 15, 2014 (The Conceptual Framework is effective December 15, 2015). This course covers the con ...

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When taxpayers use their vehicles in their businesses or employment, they can deduct that portion of the cost of operating their vehicle. Such costs that can be deducted are property taxes that are pa ...

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The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act was enacted to minimize abuse of the bankruptcy system. Included in this Act were tax law changes and other changes that individuals, partne ...

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The Behavioral Ethics course discusses the different theories of how people deal with ethical dilemmas and goes on to cover a number of issues that can impact these decisions. Examples of these issues ...

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The Bookkeeping Guidebook course shows the bookkeeper how to use the double entry system, create journal entries, and record information in a general ledger. With this framework in place, the course a ...

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Budgeting shows you how to assemble a complete system of budgets, including budgets for revenue, production, overhead, administration, and compensation. The course also addresses several variations on ...

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This course describes the accounting for business combinations, including the identification of goodwill, reverse acquisitions, and disclosures. The course also notes how to account for a reduced inve ...

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This course provides an overview of the insurance industry, including the operations and distribution systems of insurers. The course also notes the more common insurance policy terms and conditions, ...

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This course describes more than 200 ratios and other measurements that can be used to analyze the results, liquidity, and cash flows of a business. The measurement areas covered include performance, r ...

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This course explores the full range of valuation methods that can be used to derive a business valuation. The course notes the circumstances under which each method should be used, and also describes ...

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This course describes how requests for capital investments are documented and examined. It also covers the primary methods for determining whether a proposed investment is acceptable, as well as a num ...

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This course uses cases of three recent accounting frauds to demonstrate the importance of internal controls, management oversight by the board of directors and an organizational emphasis on ethics in ...

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The CFO Guidebook covers every aspect of being a CFO, including risk management, controls, and how to engage in mergers and acquisitions. The book also addresses many aspects of financial management, ...

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This course is designed to assist the reader in conducting major change initiatives. It focuses on the many pitfalls that can cause failure, as well as the best change management process for improving ...

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This course describes and compares sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies, “C” corporations and “S” corporations. It examines their advantages and disadvantages, permitting th ...

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Closing the Books gives you a complete understanding of how information is summarized into the financial statements, as well as the closing steps needed to create financial statements. It shows how to ...

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The Coaching and Mentoring course discusses how to engage in the coaching and mentoring of employees, so that the results of these engagements are maximized. Topics covered include coaching models, th ...

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This course covers issues related to compilation engagements and preparation of financial statement engagements. Annual and interim engagements, accounting services with and without financial statemen ...

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This course describes the impact of constraints on an organization, and how constraints can be managed to optimize profitability. The text includes discussions of where the constraint may be located, ...

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This course addresses every aspect of the accounting for a construction business. The intent is to not only explain accounting concepts, but also provide examples and show how an accounting system can ...

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Corporate Cash Management describes how to create a cash forecast and the supporting systems. The course also covers methods for collecting and disbursing cash, plus the characteristics of the major c ...

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This course follows the flow of funds through a business, including fund raising, internal cash management, and the deployment of funds to dividends, capital expenditures, investments, and acquisition ...

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This course examines the practical aspects of using the closely held corporation to maximize after-tax return on business operations. Recent developments giving corporations a competitive edge over ot ...

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This course examines and explains the basics of corporate taxation. The focus is on regular or C corporations, their formation, and operation under tax law. The advantages and disadvantage of corporat ...

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Cost Accounting Fundamentals addresses all key cost accounting topics, including inventory valuation, job costing, process costing, and standard costing. The course also covers the role of the cost ac ...

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The Cost Management Guidebook addresses a number of tools that can be used to examine the cost structure of a business, including analyses for cost objects, constraints, and processes. The course also ...

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This course describes how to create charts using Excel 2007 or Excel 2010 software. The material describes how to create, edit, and customize charts, as well as how to switch between different chart t ...

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The Credit and Collection Guidebook addresses how to achieve a balance between more sales and a reasonable amount of bad debt by focusing on the design and management of the credit and collection func ...

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This course overviews a number of logical functions in Excel and then covers other decision-making functions such as SumIF, SUMIFs and IFERROR. The reader will find these functions useful when engaged ...

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This course describes when to use teams, why it is critical to staff a team with a mix of personality types, and how to develop a high-performing team. The course also notes the importance of emotiona ...

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The purpose of this course is to inform the reader of the various changes to accounting and financial reporting affecting the accounting professional. Topics include a review of proposed FASB projects ...

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The latest developments affecting audit engagements are addressed in the Developments in Auditing course. Auditors need to be aware of the types of fraud that may be committed, techniques to limit lia ...

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The Employee Onboarding course discusses the reasons for a comprehensive onboarding system and then describes the contents of such a system. The course covers many types of orientation and the need fo ...

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This course describes the concept of risk management, how to integrate it into an organization’s strategy, and who is responsible for it. The course also addresses risk management at the level of the ...