The Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance holds two Continuing Professional Education (CPE) events each year. The Accounting Society student organization organizes a CPE event every December.
During the Spring term, the department hosts a CPE event on ethics.
CPE EVENT: December 13, 2024
The Accounting Society and Epsilon Pi Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi at UA Little Rock invite you to its annual eight-hour continuing professional education event. The event is on Friday, December 13, 2024. The event will be hosted via Zoom Webinar. Registration through Zoom and Paypal is now open.
The cost is $150. The proceeds of the event fund scholarships, club activities, service projects, and attendance at the regional and national Beta Alpha Psi conferences.
To register a group and/or pay by check contact Cynthia Taylor at cltaylor@ualr.edu.
2024 CPE Event Schedule
- 8:25 Welcome & CPE requirement instructions
- 8:30 – 9:20 Federal Income Tax Update – Joshua Kerr, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- 9:20 – 10:10 Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) – Robert T. Smith, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP
- 10 minute break
- 10:20 – 11:10 ESG Reporting – Dr. Angela Spencer, Wilton T. Anderson Chair of Accounting at Oklahoma State University
- 11:10 – 12:00 Audit topic – John Fiebig, Audit Quality Advisory Council Independent Member, and Former Deputy Director at PCAOB
- 30 minute lunch break
- 12:30 – 1:20 Tax Appeals – Clay Sloan, Arkansas Tax Appeals, Vice Commissioner
- 1:20 – 2:20 Arkansas Ethics, Tim Montgomery, Executive Director – Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy
- 10 minute break
- 2:20 – 3:10 Economic Update/Forecast – Dr. Michael Pakko, State Economic Forecaster at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
- 3:10 – 4:00 Accounting and AI – Kayur Patel, PwC and University of Auckland Business School
