Overview: The information provided in the audit report needs to inform your audit client and sometimes persuade them on your recommendations. The key to writing a focused report is knowing your readers and how they plan to use the report. And because the report is usually read by various people at various levels of the organization, the report must be structured to the understanding of all the readers. Areas Covered in the Session: General pri...

Overview: As you develop conclusions, findings, and recommendations, you must present them to your client in a logical, complete, and objective way. This process provides an easy way to consistently develop and present your observations. The components in this process include all the information you will need to inform and persuade. Areas Covered in the Session : Criteria (Standard used for comparison of area under review) Condition (Current s...

Overview: The goal of this webinar is to provide you with tools to develop and W-9/1099 procedures manual so that your employees can exercise due diligence and not miss any company compliance issues. The IRS places the responsibility of collecting name and Taxpayer Identification Number upon the payer NOT the payee. Areas Covered in the Session : Starter Question: How can we best set up an independent contractor in our vendor payment system to...

Overview: With data protection and privacy becoming serious issues for the public due to enhanced technology and monitoring tools, the need now more than ever is to have effective regulations in place. Now that GDPR is effective and California will soon be, will this be a standard for other countries and states to follow? Please join as I share my thoughts on the subject. Areas Covered in the Session: During this session, we will discuss GDPR...

Overview: The current technology driven turbulent business environment present many challenges to business managers. One primary challenge is the ability to predict and plan for the future which is unexpectedly unpredictable. Changes are constant. Companies struggle to find ways to manage resources and find ways to thrive and survive in this turbulent business environment. Areas Covered in the Session: Using key business drivers and cast to in...

Overview: This webinar examines the state of the payments industry today - from the complexity of the current payments landscape, the effects if the COVID-19 pandemic, the growing range of bank and non-bank participants, the ever-increasing range of payments methods, interfaces and systems, open banking, regulation and the future payments scene. Areas Covered in the Session : The growing complexity of payments networks The effect of consumer p...

Overview: This course will explain the changes to the Form 1099 for 2020, including the introduction of a new form (Form 1099-NEC), how to tell the difference between an employee and a contractor, how to use Form W-9 effectively, IRS penalties and ways out of penalties, and how to respond to IRS notices. Areas Covered in the Session: The basics, including: who issues 1099s, what transactions are reportable, and who gets a 1099 Form 1099-MISC a...

This webinar will focus primarily on payroll changes related to COVID-19. Specifically we will cover the Employee Retention Credit and the tax credits available under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the ability of employers to defer payment on part of their payroll tax liability, how to claim credits using the new Form 7200, and how to reconcile everything on the revised Form 941. Areas Covered in the Session: Deferral of employer...