This session will cover best practices used to analyze the WIP schedule for both audit and review engagements.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the key relationships to analyze the WIP schedule
  
• What is a gain/fade analysis and how is it used in the engagement
  
• How to audit over/under billings
  
• What value adds for the client can be generated from the WIP schedule analysis
  

Gain an understanding of the fundamentals of construction taxation

Gain an understanding of the fundamentals of construction accounting.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how accurate job costing fits into the whole construction process
  
• Understand the importance of knowing all your costs
  
• Learn what components make up job costs
• Learn what three major types of expenses make up indirect costs
• Learn the different methods of allocating indirect costs
• Understand the percentage of completion revenue recognition
• Review the quality of financial statements and learn about benchmarking
• Understand the importance of monitoring job costs

What is the Davis Bacon Act? What are the biggest challenges with being in compliance with Davis Bact Act? What are common misconceptions regarding Davis Bacon Act?

Learning Objectives:

• What is the Davis Bacon Act? 
• What are the biggest challenges with compliance?
• What are common misconceptions about Davis Bacon Act?

Don’t let yourself become the next target. Cybercrime is not limited to large corporate systems. These breaches often take a lot of time and effort to accomplish. The sensitive data from many small organizations can be a much easier target for criminals than a large sophisticated organization.

This webinar will take an in-depth approach to the following:

• Section 199A – 20% pass-through deduction (including repeal of DPAD)
• Accounting Method Changes
• Section 179 and Bonus Depreciation

If you are watching in a group setting, please read this Help Instruction Guide to help you redeem your group code.

This program is free to all CICPAC members, and is appropriate for staff accounting personnel at all levels.

Field of Study: Tax
Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Recommended CPE Credit: 1

For further information and administrative policies contact:
Executive Director: Kathleen Baldwin – 1-800-864-0491 - kbaldwin@cicpac.com

Construction Industry CPAs/Consultants Association (CICPAC) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.

By definition, most CPA firms are slow to grab a hold of digital marketing trends. Don't let your firm get left behind! Join us to learn what is working in digital marketing for CPA firms and what trends you should be evaluating.

In this presentation, you will:

• Identify the right elements to be included in your firm's digital strategy.
  
• Understand how the right connectivity between marketing and sales activities will enhance your digital footprint.
  
• Understand how the right connectivity between marketing and sales activities will enhance your digital footprint.
  
• Criteria you should be measuring when it comes to digital marketing.
  
• Learn about the trends in 2018 that are quite different from 2017
  

If you are watching in a group setting, please read this Help Instruction Guide to help you redeem your group code.

This program is free to all CICPAC members, and is appropriate for staff accounting personnel at all levels.

Field of Study: Special Skills
Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Recommended CPE Credit: 1

For further information and administrative policies contact:
Executive Director: Kathleen Baldwin – 1-800-864-0491 - kbaldwin@cicpac.com

Construction Industry CPAs/Consultants Association (CICPAC) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.

This webinar will address the key revenue recognition issues that will impact contractors as they implement the new revenue recognition standard.

In this presentation, you will:

• Identify critical elements of current contractor revenue recognition that will be the same or very similar under the new standard as under existing GAAP
• Understand how variable consideration and other contract changes may change revenue recognition compared to existing GAAP
• Understand the new treatment of many types of contract costs that will change revenue recognition compared to existing GAAP.
• Understand new disclosure requirements

If you are watching in a group setting, please read this Help Instruction Guide to help you redeem your group code.

This program is free to all CICPAC members, and is appropriate for staff accounting personnel at all levels.

Field of Study: A&A
Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Recommended CPE Credit: 1

For further information and administrative policies contact:
Executive Director: Kathleen Baldwin – 1-800-864-0491 - kbaldwin@cicpac.com

Construction Industry CPAs/Consultants Association (CICPAC) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.

The passing of Tax Reform and the Bipartisan Budget Act created and extended several tax strategies for the construction industry. This webinar covers recent changes to the rules and regulations that affect tax liabilities as well as several often overlooked and underutilized planning ideas for the construction industry.

If you are watching in a group setting, please read this Help Instruction Guide to help you redeem your group code.

This program is free to all CICPAC members, and is appropriate for staff accounting personnel at all levels.

Field of Study: TAX
Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Recommended CPE Credit: 1

For further information and administrative policies contact:
Executive Director: Kathleen Baldwin – 1-800-864-0491 - kbaldwin@cicpac.com

Construction Industry CPAs/Consultants Association (CICPAC) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.

Topics to be covered include: AIA 2017 Update, Scope of Work, Risk Shifting Provisions, Warranties, Cost Plus Contracts, Lien Waivers, Audit Clauses, and Litigation Update.

In this presentation, you will:

• What are risk shifting provision?
• Discuss the AIA 2017 Update
• Discuss lien waivers
• Provide a litigation update

If you are watching in a group setting, please read this Help Instruction Guide to help you redeem your group code.

This program is free to all CICPAC members, and is appropriate for staff accounting personnel at all levels.

Field of Study: Special Skills
Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Recommended CPE Credit: 1

For further information and administrative policies contact:
Executive Director: Kathleen Baldwin – 1-850-723-0372 - kbaldwin@cicpac.com

Construction Industry CPAs/Consultants Association (CICPAC) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.