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Welcome to our online catalog. LCPA offers thousands of live and online courses to satisfy your professional development needs. Our easy-to-use filter enables you to find just the right courses to enhance your knowledge and help you succeed even more.
Whether you have an hour during lunch or an entire day, LCPA provides quality, flexible options to fit your schedule. Look for the "See more dates" dropdown to view availability. Several events/classes produced by LCPA can be taken either LIVE (In-Person) or VIRTUAL—please ensure you register for the correct one.
LCPA is proud to partner with ACPEN, CPA Crossings, Surgent, AHI, AICPA, and K2 Enterprises to deliver high-quality webcast and self-study content in a convenient and cost-effective manner. Stand-alone courses and all-access packages are available. Filter using the Vendor name. Learn more.
ACPEN: Using Psychology Secrets to Love your life and Get More Done
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Online/Webcast
4.00 Credits
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The new field of Positive Psychology offers many methods and ideas for helping people be happier, healthier, and better at what they do. Nowadays, the ability to be at your best and get clients to enjoy working with you is critical to growing your business or getting ahead. Studies show that happy people make $750,000 more over the course of their life than unhappy people, have half the number of sick days, and live 9 years longer. In this fun and fascinating seminar, you’ll learn how to not only be happier, but help your clients be happier in working with you.
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ACPEN: K2's Tech Tuneup Tips
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Online/Webcast
2.00 Credits
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Technology issues rarely come from major failures-they come from small inefficiencies that compound over time. This practical session focuses on high-impact, low-effort technology tuneups that accounting professionals can apply immediately. Participants will learn proven tips for improving workstation performance, tightening security, streamlining workflows, reducing digital friction, and extending the life and value of existing technology investments. The emphasis is on practical configuration changes, overlooked features, and operational habits that deliver measurable productivity gains without requiring major system replacements.
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ACPEN: Sustaining Wellness: Essential Skills for Preventing Burnout in High-Stress Professions
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Online/Webcast
1.20 Credits
In today's demanding work environment, professionals in high-stress roles often struggle to maintain their well-being, leading to burnout, fatigue, and decreased productivity. This interactive workshop provides practical strategies to build resilience, manage stress, and create sustainable wellness habits. Participants will engage in hands-on exercises, including mindfulness techniques, stress mapping, boundary-setting, and energy management strategies.
ACPEN: Addressing Misconduct
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Online/Webcast
1.00 Credits
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The objective of corrective action is to change conduct through teaching. Corrective action may be sequential, out of order, repetitive, or not appropriate to take at all. The action selected should reflect the type, frequency, and severity of the misconduct. Changing conduct through teaching requires effective employee relations skills. This course provides practical knowledge and scripts for handling a wide array of sensitive misconduct situations with good judgment, such that personal and employer liability is avoided.
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ACPEN: K2’s Getting Control Of Your OneDrive Account
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Online/Webcast
1.00 Credits
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Many professionals use OneDrive but don't realize-or use-its full capabilities. Whether you have a business or personal account-or both-OneDrive offers features to enhance productivity and improve data security. Join this exclusive session to discover the advantages of using OneDrive for data storage and collaboration. In it, you will learn how to manage relevant risks and integrate OneDrive seamlessly into your daily workflows. Don't miss this chance to enhance your efficiency and security. Sign up now and unlock the full potential of OneDrive for you and your team.
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ACPEN: International Tax Treaties
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Online/Webcast
2.00 Credits
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This course presents an overview of tax treaties and how they are used in structuring transactions and determining the tax impact of cross-border transactions. It discusses the ordering rules for local laws versus treaty laws, and the purpose of the tax treaties in avoiding and eliminating double taxation to promote trade and investment. The participant will learn about planning opportunities to contemplate when structuring foreign operations. **Please Note: If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Course Materials Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com.
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ACPEN: Forgotten Managerial Accounting Tools
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Online/Webcast
2.00 Credits
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This session explores managerial accounting techniques with an emphasis on internal decision-making tools. You will appreciate a reminder regarding concepts you may not have considered since your college days. We will revisit managerial accounting concepts by illustrating practical examples that you can immediately bring back to the office!
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ACPEN: K2's Automation For Increasing Personal Efficiency And Effectiveness
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Online/Webcast
1.00 Credits
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In today's fast-paced world, automation is like having a time machine at your fingertips. By implementing strategic automation solutions, you can transform an eight-hour workday into twelve hours of productivity without working longer hours. This course explores how automation can save time, improve accuracy, promote effectiveness, and maximize the value of your workday. When you invest time in automating routine tasks, you create permanent time savings that compound over time, reducing daily stress and providing better mental clarity for more important activities. This hands-on course will equip you with practical knowledge of various automation tools, methods, apps, and technologies that can revolutionize both your personal and professional life. From home automation systems to iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) tools and the Elgato Streamdeck, you'll discover how to create a seamlessly automated environment. Join us to learn how to reclaim hours or even weeks of time through smart automation strategies that will transform your daily routine.
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ACPEN: Common Peer Review Deficiencies and How to Avoid Them
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Online/Webcast
2.00 Credits
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Required Peer Reviews are an important element for ensuring high quality audit and attest services are being offered by CPAs. This course will explore the most common deficiencies identified through the Peer Review program, so that CPAs know what potential problems to avoid.
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ACPEN: Basis Calculations & Distributions for Pass-Thru Entity Owners Schedule K-1 Analysis
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Online/Webcast
8.00 Credits
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This comprehensive case-driven training is designed to get the accountant up to speed quickly in the area of basis calculations and distribution planning for the owners of pass-thru entities (i.e., S corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies (LLCs)). The cornerstone of this course is the line-by-line analysis of the Schedule K-1s and how it affects the basis calculations. **Please Note: If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Course Materials Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com
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ACPEN: Leading Into the Future: Rethinking Work, Value & Leadership in Accounting
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Online/Webcast
2.00 Credits
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The accounting profession is at a crossroads — not because of a new generation, but because the entire architecture of work is being rewritten. Smaller firms are feeling it most: recruiting has become harder, AI is changing client expectations overnight, and leadership succession looms large. In this fast-moving and practical session, global future-of-work strategist Steve Cadigan (LinkedIn’s first CHRO and author of Workquake) unpacks how small and mid-sized firms can reimagine how they attract, develop, and lead talent in a world where certainty is gone and adaptability is gold. Through real-world examples from progressive firms like Bookminders, Prestige Accounting, LedgerWise, Nova Accounting, and Insights CPAs, Steve shows how leaders are reshaping work models, leveraging AI as a time- creator, and making accounting a magnet for modern talent again.
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ACPEN: K2’s Ten PDF Tips You Need To Know
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Online/Webcast
1.00 Credits
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Portable Document Format (PDF) documents are everywhere! Yet few know how to work effectively with these documents. If you are interested in working more effectively and efficiently with PDFs, this session is for you. In this session, you will learn valuable tips you can use to assist you with creating, editing, and securing PDFs. You will also learn how to convert PDFs to fillable forms and secure PDFs, among other features. Don't miss this chance to learn ten PDF tips you need to know to increase your ROI on PDFs.
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ACPEN: Revenue Recognition - Recognize Revenue
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Online/Webcast
1.00 Credits
This segment is designed to evaluate Step Five of the new model dealing with recognizing revenue which is the final step in applying the new revenue recognition standard. For performance obligations that are fulfilled at a point in time, revenue is recognized at the fulfillment of the performance obligation. For performance obligations to be satisfied over time, an entity must decide how to appropriately measure the progress and completion of the performance obligation. A performance obligation is satisfied when or as control of the good or service is transferred to the customer. There are several issues companies should consider in applying step 5 of the standard: • Determining if a Performance Obligation is satisfied over time • Identifying indicators of transfer of control of good/services • Utilizing input and output methods to measure progress of revenue recognition • Understanding stand-ready obligations and how to apply discounts
ACPEN: Benford’s Law and Other Digital Analysis Techniques
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Online/Webcast
1.80 Credits
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Numbers and especially the digits within those numbers can conceal a lot of information. Benford's Law and other digital analysis techniques can be the keys to unlocking that information. This session will explain what Benford's Law is, how it works, and how it can be used to reveal bogus information and made-up data. Accountants and auditors should understand how to use this valuable audit tool as well as other digital analysis techniques. But, if you attend this session, you must promise not to reveal the secret behind these techniques to any fraud perpetrators.
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ACPEN: Sub-Recipient Monitoring 2026: Understanding the Pass-Through Requirements for Managing and Monitoring Your Sub-Awards
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Online/Webcast
2.00 Credits
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The Uniform Guidance requirements for subrecipient monitoring and management were updated effective October 1, 2024, introducing new expectations for pass through entities overseeing federal awards. This session will provide practical guidance on implementing compliant subaward agreements, performing risk based monitoring, and managing subrecipient financial performance in accordance with 2 CFR SS200.331-200.333. Attendees will also gain insight into indirect cost rate requirements, fixed amount, and subaward agreements to strengthen oversight and prepare for federal agency or Single Audit reviews. Using fixed amount awards to solve an out-of-the-box solution.
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ACPEN: IFRS Update
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Online/Webcast
2.00 Credits
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Companies reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) continue to face a steady flow of new standards and interpretations. The resulting changes range from significant amendments of fundamental principles to some minor changes from the annual improvements process. The changes will affect different areas of accounting, such as recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure. It can be time-consuming and confusing to keep up-to-date on the resulting impact on financial statements and disclosures. This course will provide an executive summary of recent IFRS updates with current and upcoming effective dates.
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ACPEN: Taking the Financial Executive's Leadership to the Next Level
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Online/Webcast
2.00 Credits
Financial Leaders often achieve their position primarily with left brain analytical skills. They need to develop right brain thinking to evolve to the next level either professionally or as part of their personal growth plan. This course will help the financial executive and professional focus on where they are currently and help them bridge the gap in leadership skills that will enable them to gravitate to the next level. This course will guide the financial executive and professional to position themselves as leaders that others will trust and want to follow. The financial executive and financial professional will walk away understanding a more holistic approach to people and organizations and a transformational leadership style.
ACPEN: K2’s QuickBooks Online For Accountants
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Online/Webcast
8.00 Credits
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Discover the power of QuickBooks Online (QBO)! Intuit's cloud-based accounting platform has evolved and thrived over the past decade, now generating approximately five times the revenue of its desktop counterpart. Yet, many accountants and business professionals are still unaware of the extensive features QBO offers. Unlock the advantages of the subscription model and learn how to leverage QBO to manage inventory, enhance internal controls, create presentation-quality financial statements, and seamlessly migrate from QuickBooks Desktop or other accounting platforms. Join our dynamic session to explore the best practices for implementing, using, and excelling with QuickBooks Online. Don't miss out on the opportunity to elevate your accounting game with this surprisingly robust platform!
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ACPEN: HR Investigations – Episode 3 – Gathering-Analyzing-Reporting
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Online/Webcast
1.00 Credits
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Human Resources professionals are often tasked with investigating allegations of employee misconduct, discrimination, and others. Investigation training is traditionally presented from the position of an outsider looking in, such as a governmental agency, law firm, or private investigator. HR investigations require similar skills, but the environment and the approach are quite different. This session provides best practices for gathering and analyzing evidence and reporting the investigation results. Attendees will end the session with takeaways to immediately implement in future HR investigations. Three of three Episodes in the series.
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ACPEN: Habits That May Keep You from Promotions, Raises or Achieving Your Potential in Organizations: Small Steps Can Lead to Big Changes
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Online/Webcast
4.00 Credits
In this course, we will discuss what derailer habits keep you from achieving your fullest potential and deserving place.
