Self Study
General Information
The growing complexity of the accounting profession makes an effective continuing professional education program essential to all CPAs. Effective CPE enhances professional competence and productivity while adding to your firm's growth and profitability.
In-house CPE is an excellent way to supplement your educational needs. Not only will you be able to fulfill your own training needs, but you can do it at your convenience while saving travel time and money and reducing lost billable hours.
In order to offer a more complete service and encourage the development of an in-house CPE program at the local level, the Arkansas Society of CPAs is acting as Exclusive Distributor of CPE Materials in Arkansas, from several vendors.
Orders placed at least six weeks in advance will be sent by surface mail. The firm will be charged for the shipping costs of orders. Orders are normally shipped via UPS. PLEASE DO NOT USE A POST OFFICE BOX IN YOUR ADDRESS when you order; UPS cannot ship to a post office box.
Know the exact title of the course in which you are interested - many course titles sound alike. Make sure you state the type of course format you want; some courses are available in several formats, such as self-study and seminar for instance. Please be sure that you order at least one Discussion Leader's Guide for non-instructor dependent (seminar) courses; participant manuals cannot be sold alone. Instructor Dependent courses require a minimum number of participants to defray the costs of providing an instructor.
Arkansas Society of CPAs has partnered with SmartPros to offer special member discounts on online CPE subscriptions. Our Professional Education Center features hundreds of courses and thousands of hours of accredited CPE, with new courses added monthly. Choose from several subscriptions each with a compelling collection of courses in accounting and auditing, taxation, management, personal development and more.
ASCPA member discounts on online CPE subscriptions:
- Low member-only prices on subscriptions
- All courses accredited for CPE
- New courses every month
- No downloading of courses - access directly online at your own pace
- Print CPE certificates online immediately
CPA Report Online: CPE update program designed to cover the hottest topics affecting CPAs in public practice. New online video courses monthly, plus 18 months of archived courseware.
SmartPros Advantage: Designed as a skills-based CPE library for accounting and finance professionals the comprehensive SPA catalog features hundreds of multi-media and text-based online courses with new courses added regularly.
FMN Online: FMN courses cover the latest hot topics in the world of finance news, the most up-to-date information on U.S. and global legislation and regulation, and is utilized by more than half of Fortune 500 companies and other leading organizations. New online video courses monthly, plus 18 months of archived courseware.
Accounting & Finance Technology Monthly: Online video courses designed to keep accounting and finance professionals up-to-date on technology trends essential to their jobs, with new courses added monthly and 20+ archived courses.
Also, learn more about our live weekly CPE Webinars in the Webinar section of the ASCPA site.
Note: The webinar offerings also count as instructor led courses and can be used to make up the additional CPE credits that must be "not done as self study". These are live webinars done weekly.
SURGENT SELF-STUDY
Don't sacrifice quality for convenience - with Surgent McCoy self-study courses, you get the same high-quality course materials as in their seminars, without leaving your office or home! Surgent offers more than 250 unique course options, ranging from 2-20 credit hours and in a variety of formats to meet your needs. Choose textbook, CD-ROM, downloadable online, DVD, or on-demand webcast options. Plus, you don't need a high-speed connection or complicated software to access the downloadable courses. All you need is Acrobat Reader - download the PDF files to your hard drive, then print the material or read it on your screen.
Best of all, there is no need to wait for your CPE exam to be graded, or for your certificate to be processed. All CPE exams are taken online and feature instant grading and certificates delivered by email.
Do you need a lot of CPE hours at a reasonable price? Check out Surgent's money-saving self-study packages. Their best seller, the Self-Study CPE Library, includes a one-year subscription to 116 courses and almost 800 hours of CPE - all for only $475 for the first user (downloadable format; $495 for the CD), and $169 for each additional user. The downloadable format also provides instant online access to all course updates. It's a great deal for individuals and firms!
Visit www.cpenow.com to browse the complete self-study catalog.
Society Insight
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Improve your competency without leaving your office!
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All of the courses are online - you interact with peers without traveling to a course site.
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Webcasts are only $39.95 per credit.
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Group discounts save money!
Arkansas Society of CPAs and CCH Tax and Accounting have joined forces to offer you the opportunity to earn CPE credits anytime, anywhere, online — at a special discount!
The CPE online learning library from the industry leader
AICPA InfoBytes is an online library to help CPAs and financial professionals like you enhance and update your professional knowledge and fulfill CPE requirements, assisting you in moving your career, business or practice forward.
AICPA InfoBytes is a convenient "Just in Time" learning resource, consisting of one- and two-hour self-study CPE segments, totaling approximately 1,000 hours of training and resources!
Positive Systems
Positive Systems, under the trade name PASS, has been providing quality computer based continuing education courses to CPAs since 1991 - longer than any other provider! PASS is available in a variety of formats to meet your needs; including CDRom, Diskette, Download, or Online. PASS is fully automated and will print out a certificate when you complete the course! And you never have to take a PASS course in one sitting. Do some work, and then come back to it later. PASS always remembers your place.
PASS is the only provider that offers board approved ethics CPE courses for CPAs on CD, diskette, via download, or online over the Web! PASS is fully automated and will print out a certificate when you complete the course! You never have to take a PASS course in one sitting. Do some work, and come back to it later. PASS always remembers your place. All ethics courses qualify for the mandatory ethics requirements in each applicable state.
