Continuing Professional Education Events

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: Dec. 15, 2023

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 15, 2023.  We are excited to offer some amazing speakers and topics (see the schedule below). The event will be hosted via Zoom Webinar.

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.

8:25 Welcome & CPE requirement instructions

8:30-9:20       The Future of the Profession – Okorie Ramsey, AICPA and CIMA Chair

9:20-10:10    Federal Tax Update –  Susan Day, Adams Brown CPAs

10 minute break

10:20-11:10    Sustainability and Accounting – Nancy Landrum, Professor of Sustainable Business Transformation, Munich Business School

11:10-12:00  Reasonable Compensation for S Corps –  Joshua Kerr, UA Little Rock

30 minute lunch break

12:30-1:20    Accounting/Taxation of Crypto Assets – Roger Dorsey and Gaurav      Kumar, UA Little Rock

1:20 – 2:10    Tax Appeals Commission Update – Clay Sloan, Arkansas Tax Appeals Vice Commissioner

10 minute break

2:20 – 3:10    Accounting for Leases at a Global Nonprofit – Kallesta Peck, Director of Finance, The Clinton Foundation

3:10-4:00      Cost Segregation for Tax purposes – Frost PLLC

CPE credits offered: Attendance for the entire day will earn 8 hours of CPE.

Cost: $150

Registration (Zoom and Paypal) link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WI0de9V-QKSUiKp9LeVdeA

To register a group and/or pay by check: Contact Cynthia Taylor at cltaylor@ualr.edu.

The proceeds of the event fund our club activities, service projects, and attendance at the regional and national Beta Alpha Psi conferences.