Ethics4Free
CalCPA members* are eligible to receive a FREE 4-hour ethics course ($209 value).
Ethics Course Information
Select from courses in a webinar or on-demand format to meet either your 4-hour ethics license renewal requirement or technical CPE hours. No promo code is required.
Membership Year 2023-24 (courses for the 2024-25 year will be added soon)
Courses
Accountancy Laws, Ethics, Taxes and Financial Reporting Review: Ethics
Fulfill your four-hour ethics education requirement by exploring the fundamental aspects of professional conduct. This course offers an examination of case studies and presents discussion questions related to equitable positions in tax returns, ethical dilemmas in tax practice, the role of fairness in financial reporting and the exercise of integrity in materiality judgments.
Time: 8−11:30 a.m. and On-Demand
Credits: CPE: 4; CPE-Technical: 4; CPE-ET: 4
Upcoming Dates
2024: April 25
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Professional Conduct & Ethics: Dealing With Ethical Crises
CPAs are commonly placed in positions to make difficult decisions. This course infuses new case studies highlighting issues that involve handling ethical crises. From audit to tax and from staff to partner, dive deep into high-profile conflicts such as Wells Fargo, Google, and Turing Pharmaceuticals, as well as other conflicts that never make headlines.
Time: On-Demand
Credits: CPE: 4; CPE-Technical: 4; CPE-ET: 4
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Ethical Responsibilities for CPAs: Ethics
Keep current on ethical requirements imposed by standards-setting organizations and legislative action. This course takes a pragmatic approach to ethics to help you recognize potential regulatory problems and avoid liability. We'll discuss regulatory, legal and ethical requirements affecting the profession.
Time: 8−11:30 a.m.
Credits: CPE: 4; CPE-Technical: 4; CPE-ET: 4
Upcoming Dates
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Everyday Ethics: Doing Well by Doing Good—Ethics
Learn various codes of professional conduct and standards of ethical conduct, recent cases involving professional responsibility for the accounting profession, ethical frameworks and more.
Time: 8−11:30 a.m.
Credits: CPE: 4; CPE-Technical: 4; CPE-ET: 4
Upcoming Dates
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Ethics & Materiality
This course covers the ethical and practical aspects of assessing materiality in preparations, compilations and reviews, plus financial statement preparation in industry. This course fulfills the 4-hour ethics education requirement. Alternatively, it provides four hours of credit towards the accounting and auditing requirement.
Time: 8−11:30 a.m.
Credits: CPE: 4; CPE-Technical: 4; CPE-AA: 4; CPE-ET: 4
Upcoming Dates
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Tax Practice Conduct Standards: Circular 230 and AICPA Statements
Meet the ethics requirement while addressing significant changes in the statutory and regulatory standards that govern tax practitioners. We'll explore rules that govern professional conduct in tax practice, including responsibilities to advise clients on tax positions and related penalty avoidance.
Time: 8−11:30 a.m.
Credits: CPE: 4; CPE-Technical: 4; CPE-ET: 4; CTEC-ET: 2; IRS-ET: 2
Upcoming Dates
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This offer is exclusively available to Executive, Professional +5, Professional <5, Temporarily Out of Work Force and Retired member types who have paid their CalCPA membership fees with “Current” member status and excludes Life Members and any membership with a “Suspended” member status. No promo code is required during registration.
Value is based on a full-pay, nonmember course price.
