Marna Steuart
How to Prepare an Effective Audit Manual for an Internal Audit Department
This webinar will instruct attendees on how to develop an internal audit manual and offer start to finish instructions and templates on how to perform different types of audits given the project description. Audit fieldwork, audit reporting, and follow-up, work-paper filing, and project closure are some of the other areas the webinar will cover.
Bob McKenzie
Dealing with the Bermuda Triangle of FMLA, ADA and Workers Comp
Dealing with cases that involve the Family Medical Leave Act and the American's with Disabilities Act Amendment Act and Workers Compensation is often called the Bermuda Triangle of Employment Law. We call it a Triple Whammy as these types of cases are very complicated to understand and deal with correctly. These three laws often conflict leaving Human Resources Professionals scratching their heads and wondering how to deal with the maze........
Dayna Reum
Top 10 Payroll Pitfalls and how To Avoid Them
This webinar will review record retention requirements along with legislation that are commonly are done incorrectly that can cause you company money. This webinar will give you tools and tips to stay compliant with existing and new legislation.
Dev Strischek
Mind the GAAP: What New US Accounting Principles Mean for Borrowers and Lenders
Much of the change in GAAP in recent years is the result of collaboration between the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to bring US and international accounting principles closer together. At some point, both groups decided they were as close as they would be likely to get on several key concepts-revenue recognition, lease capitalization, and CECL. In addition, FASB decid........
Patrick A Haggerty
Multi-State Tax Issues for Payroll 2020
Employers face significant compliance issues when employees cross state lines in the course of employment. Multi-state employment issues arise when the employer has business locations in more than one state. Issues also arise when individual employees perform services in more than one state, live in one state and work in another, move from one state to another, or telecommute across state lines. This session will cover the issue of nexu........
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Form W-4 Update: Withholding Compliance Changes Effective January 2020
The IRS has released the final version of the 2020 Form W-4 - Employee's Withholding Certificate. The new form must be used for all employees who receive their first pay check after December 31, 2019 and any existing employees who change their withholding amount after December 31, 2019. This webinar will cover the changes to the 2020 W-4, who must provide the employer with the 2020 Form, the method used to compute withholding, the new I........
Miles Hutchinson
Form W-8 & 1042-S Nonresident Alien Reporting Compliance Update
Do you have a plan to deal with IRS demands for backup withholding if you failed to deduct from payments to Nonresident Aliens' (NRAs)? The IRS is working hard to reduce the delinquent tax burden. They know companies are becoming relatively compliant with 1099 reporting, but they also understand that companies and their advisors are less sure when it comes to identifying and performing backup withholding on NRAs. Collecting the tax due ........
Donna K Olheiser
2020/2021 New NACHA Rules Changes
There are always changes happening in the NACHA Rules each year! Are you compliant with these changes, do you know the details on the how and why the changes need to be followed As a participant in the ACH Network, you are required to be in compliance with the NACHA Operating Rules, including any and all upcoming changes. This session will provide all the details on the recently approved amendments, which go into effect in 2020 and the ........
Jason Dinesen
IRS Form 1099 Reporting: Compliance Requirements
This course will cover all the basics of Form 1099-MISC compliance, including what the form is, what payments are reportable, who receives a 1099, penalties for late filing, and how to get out of penalties. We will also cover a new form coming for 2020 -the Form 1099-NEC, which will dramatically change how contract labor payments are reported.
W-9s and 1099s
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.For years the IRS has struggled with the independent contractor and tax collection. In assessing opportunities to close the tax gap (........
Payroll Year end and preparing for 2020
The IRS provides updated tax rates and changes how taxable income is calculated each year. This year changes will be more significant than in the past several due to Tax Reform and the continued changes that affect the new form W-4 and tax calculations in 2020. This webinar will assist the seasoned payroll professional on new legislation that needs to be considered. This webinar will also assist the beginner around W-2 processing W-2 to........
IRS Form 940 Update: Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return
This webinar will review the necessary updates on where our unemployment system is and how this will affect the way payroll professionals will do their jobs now and into the future. For years the only change payroll professionals had to worry about was normal rate changes for state unemployment each year. But in recent years the IRS has made updates to the federal Form 940 and states are in a much different position financially regardin........
ACH Exception Processing - All you need to know about Returns & NOCs
This webinar is designed to take the "confusion" out of doing ACH Returns when using the seven most commonly used Return Reason Codes. The Return process can be complicated, this session will include details on when, how, and why when doing Returns using the seven most common Return Reason Codes. Included will be an overview on the "entire" Returns Process (including timeframes and Return Codes), from your General Returns to Extended Re........
ACH Government Payment Processing - Handling DNE's and Reclamations
Processing ACH payments from the Federal Government can be challenging! This session will outline details on when account holders are deceased and what your responsibilities are to the Federal Government if they are receiving benefit payments. The NACHA Operating Rules still apply when processing these payments but the Green Book outlines exceptions when handling DNEs (Death Notification Entries) and Federal Government Reclamations. A s........
How to Complete Your ACH Audit - The Ins and Outs of ACH Rule Compliance
The NACHA Operating Rules and Guidelines require that all participating depository financial institutions, third-party senders and third-party service providers that provide ACH services conduct an annual ACH audit to be performed by December 31 of each year (ACH Rules, Appendix Eight). By each participant performing the annual ACH audit, this helps ensure that electronic payments work safely and efficiently for all users. Attend this w........
Jonnie T. Keith
Putting the Quality in Audit Reports
How well you communicate that information is critical to getting management's acceptance of your findings and their agreement with your recommendations. A well written audit report adds value to your clients by providing information that is: Accurate Objective Clear Concise Constructive Complete TimelyIn addition to audit reports, these elements can apply to all kinds of writings including: Executive summaries Fraud investigations Consu........
NEW 2018 NACHA Operating Rules + What's Going on in the Rules Space
The NACHA Operating Rules have changes that occur each year. This session will provide the details on the latest 2018 Rules changes plus what's potentially happening in the future. Earlier this year, NACHA issued a RFC (Request For Comment) and RFI (Request For Information) on expanding Same Day ACH and requested comments and information from the industry on enhancing Same Day ACH processes with proposed Rules changes and an opportunity........
Paul J. Sanchez
Complying with Bank Internal Control Requirements of FDICIA and SOX
This webinar will acquaint the attendee with valuable information about complying with the two important legislative milestones: 1. FDICIA of 1991 2. SOX of 2002 The webinar will cover the internal control requirements required by the two laws.
Lisa M. Marsden
Preparing a Financial Industry Compliance Manual and Code of Ethics and the Overall Annual Compliance Review
Building or Strengthening your firm's Compliance Program? Attend our virtual seminar on the best practices for preparing the manual, code of ethics and conducting the required annual review. You will receive tools to help build or strengthening your compliance program.
Complying with an Internal Auditor Approach to Risk Assessment: What to Audit and When?
This course is valuable for auditors at all levels. It is designed for auditors who are responsible for auditing, reviewing or otherwise "covering" business risks. It takes the mystery out of the risk assessment process. It gives the participants a logical framework to use when faced with the assignment of preparing an annual audit plan or parts thereof. It allows participants to "solve" the pressing problem of providing comprehensive a........
Third Party Vendor Risk Assessment for Financial Firms - Rules, Regulations and Best Practices
This training program will examine who are third party vendors and analyze why it is critical to prepare a risk assessment for third parties. The course will also offer an overview of the potential risks a third party vendor may impose on your firm.
Thomas E Nollner
Emerging Issues: E-Signatures, E-Verification & Customer Due Diligence
In recent years the increased use of electronic means to obtain customer signatures, to conduct versification of customer information, and to conduct overall customer due diligence has posed problems for financial institutions to fully comply with KYC, CDD/EDD requirements. This webinar will discuss methods of using electronic means for these activities and will discuss up-to-date guidance provided by FinCEN and financial regulators in ........
Regulation E - The Basics and Error Resolution
Regulation E contains an error resolution process for electronic payments posting to consumer's accounts. In this session, the basics of Regulation E will be covered, which includes some basic definitions, such as consumer account and access device. Included in this session is an opportunity for attendees to apply the basics of Regulation E and the error resolution timeframes and processes as provided in this webinar, as the trainer wal........
Carl Young
Making of Financial Statements: Accounting 101 Simplified
All business produce financial transactions. These transactions are transformed into three financial statements that indicate the financial results produced from these transactions. Results are expressed in required statements: Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Cash Flow Statement. These statements provide the language that communicates the financial health of the company to its managers and stakeholders. The transformation process i........
2018 NACHA Operating Rules Changes & Regulatory Changes
Same Day ACH has been one of the largest changes to the ACH network and Phase 3 is the last part being implemented in March of 2018. How does Phase 3 affect a financial institution or even an Originating company when processing ACH payments in a faster settlement environment. In the fall of 2017, Third-Parties Senders were required to comply with a registration process and that period to complete the registration requirement will end in........
Understanding Key Financial Ratios as the Road to Profits & Productivity
How business/financial transactions are transformed into financial statements Key components of financial statements Simple blocks ad key concepts used in creating statements Simple meaning and relevance of accrual basis accounting Simple meaning and relevance of finance and accounting Key components of ratios used in financial statement analysis: Comparison Trends Cash impact in all analysis The five major categories of relevant ration........
