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The ACPEN Signature Series™ schedule for 2013 is now online!  These courses are the flagship CPE events of ACPEN.  Signature Series™ courses, beginning in May each year, continue monthly throughout the year.  Each showcases important and timely CPE topics, using enhanced production techniques, delivered by panels consisting of national experts, practitioners, and representatives of regulatory and standard setting bodies.   To see what courses are included in the Series this year, please click on the ACPEN Signature Series category below.  Signature Packages will be available soon along with ouy newly redesigned catalog!


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Expense Budgeting – How to Replace Fat with Reality in Your Expense Budget! - 5 of 6 of the Budgeting Series

Length: 2 Hours

CPE Credits: 2

Once your revenues are set, the second vital aspect of the operating budget is predicting expenses.  In this interactive webcast, you will be provided with numerous tools and tactics to ensure your cost estimates are realistic. Some of these ways include variable costing, performance metrics to control costs, and applying the Rule of 80/20 to quickly monitor expense variances.

Produced By:

Washington Society of CPAS

Faculty

  • Ron Rael

CPE Credits: 2

Learning Objective 1: Appraise the quality of your cost budget and Design an operating budget that includes all of the key elements

Learning Objective 2: Establish a cause and effect pattern for your important operating expenses

Learning Objective 3: Replace their over-reliance on line item costing with a reality-based Rule of 80/20 analysis

Learning Objective 4: Establish departmental cost targets using performance metrics and the 10% Rule

Learning Objective 5: Reward your employees for being honest about the resources they need and Employ a mission statement as a rule of thumb for prioritizing expenses.

Field of Study 1: Business Management & Organization (2 hours)

Program Level (Basic, Update, Intermediate, Advanced, Overview): Intermediate

Prerequisites: Hands-on experience in managing the expense side of a budget for an organization.

Advanced Preparation: None

Instructional Delivery Method: Group Internet Based

Course Registration Requirements: Online Registration

Designed For: CPAs, Accountants and other Financial Professionals involved with the budgeting process.

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Official Registry Statement: Business Professionals' Network, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org

Course Materials

  • Expense Budgeting How to Replace Fat with Reality in Your Expens
  • Revenue Budgeting Workbook 5 of 6
  • Important CPE Credit Information_2012

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