Earn free CPE credits
To help make it easier for our accounting-professional partners to fulfill their continuing professional education requirements, Paychex offers convenient, flexible ways to earn CPE credits.
Live CPE webinars - Register now
Join Paychex at valuable webinars that may help you identify opportunities to attract new clients and perhaps generate incremental revenue.
Check back in May following tax season for new webinar offerings.
Online, self-study courses - Free CPE credits
Register for the Paychex Accountant Knowledge Center (for free!) and get 24/7 access to online CPE courses you can complete at your convenience, from any desktop or mobile device.
Topics include:
- Ethics
- Planning, budgeting, and forecasting
- Corporate tax
- Tax planning with life insurance
- Sales and use taxes
- Real estate tax issues
- S-corp eligibility and election
On-site CPE seminars
Click a seminar below for complete details. To request a seminar at your office, fill out this short form.
2 CPE Credits
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
This is a comprehensive seminar on the benefits of retirement planning. Different plans are discussed highlighting advantages for businesses trying to enhance their benefit package.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize and identify the various types of retirement plans available including their requirements, advantages and disadvantages.
- Identify the impact of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act to retirement plans.
1 CPE Credit
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
This seminar focuses on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act - collectively referred to as Health Care Reform. This session will help you understand the requirements resulting from Health Care Reform. You will learn how your clients can benefit from, and stay compliant with, the key provisions, such as the Small Business Tax Credit, Form W-2 reporting, and Employer Shared Responsibility (ESR).
Learning Objectives:
- List the ACA provisions that have the greatest impact on you and your clients
- Describe how the ACA provisions can provide an opportunity for a proactive and consultative role with your clients
1 CPE Credit
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Personnel/Human Resources
This is a comprehensive seminar clarifying the classification of workers as either employees or independent contractors. This seminar familiarizes employers with the factors which determine whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor.
Learning Objectives:
- Clarify the classification of workers as employees or independent contractors.
- Identify factors to determine worker classification.
- Recognize employer responsibilities with employees and independent contractors.
1 CPE Credit
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Personnel/Human Resources
The Fair Labor Standards Act that sets forth employee classifications is discussed along with the various tests used to determine employee status. The basic guidelines, rules, and regulations for paying employees in these classifications are also reviewed.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the criteria used to determine exempt or non-exempt classification.
- Discuss basic descriptions of exempt vs. non-exempt positions.
- Identify tests to determine exempt or non-exempt status.
1 CPE Credit
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Taxes
Paychex is proud to announce a comprehensive seminar on Federal Tax Credit Programs in the U.S. This session reviews a few of the most popular federal tax incentives that are available to businesses today, and provides a foundation to help you determine the savings that these tax credits may provide your clients.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify common federal wage-based and technical tax credits
- Discuss business qualifications
- Review employee and wage qualifications
- Identify necessary IRS and certification forms
- Highlight consulting opportunities
1 CPE Credit
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
In this session we will explore the fiduciary responsibility provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) with respect to retirement plans, most specifically a 401(k).
Learning Objectives:
- Review the definition of fiduciary responsibility
- Discuss who the plan fiduciaries are and what their duties entail
- Highlight the importance of fiduciary liability
- Identify consultative opportunities
1 CPE Credit
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
This seminar describes the requirements for establishing and making contributions to a health savings account. It explains how a health savings account works with a high-deductible health plan and a flexible spending account to manage health care costs. The seminar provides a foundation to help you determine the value a health savings account can provide your clients.
Learning Objectives:
- Define basics surrounding a health savings account.
- Identify requirements for participation in a health savings account.
- Describe requirements for establishing and making contributions to and distributions from a health savings account.
- Identify IRS reporting requirements.
- Review considerations for participating in a health savings account.
1 CPE Credit
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
This seminar outlines the federal regulations that affect the implementation of a section 125 plan. It includes detailed information regarding premium only plans and flexible spending accounts.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe benefits of a section 125 plan.
- Define and discuss section 125 premium only plans and flexible spending accounts.
- Review the administration requirements of a section 125 plan.
2 CPE Credits
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Personnel/Human Resources
This seminar discusses the various human resource issues affecting today's employers.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss federal labor laws which apply to hiring an employee, day-to-day employment issues, and separation.
- Describe human resource guidelines for the life cycle of an employee, from hiring to separation.
1 CPE Credit
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Taxes
This seminar discusses household employees from a payroll tax perspective and stresses the importance of identifying a household employee.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the classification standards in determining a household employee.
- Review the tax reporting requirements for household employees.
1 CPE Credit
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Taxes
This comprehensive seminar will provide information on new business start-ups from a payroll tax perspective. Topics to be covered include how to identify an employee, payroll tax liabilities, self-employment taxes, wage and tax records, and resident and nonresident aliens.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify basic payroll tax liabilities and obligations.
- Discuss the procedures required to determine employee status.
- Discuss factors to consider when calculating payroll taxes.
- Identify payroll recordkeeping practices.
1 CPE Credit
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
This seminar explores the complexities of restaurant payrolls and the various tax implications that are applicable.
Learning Objectives:
- Distinguish between the responsibilities of restaurant employers and employees.
- Review the taxability of tips and meals.
- Explain tip reporting procedures for larger establishments.
- Differentiate between various tip reporting programs.
- Discuss the FICA tip credit.
1 CPE Credit
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: None
Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group-Live
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
Learn how a Roth 401(k) contribution fits into the big retirement-planning picture. This seminar includes information on how it works, and how it is integrated into a 401(k) plan.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe Roth 401(k) plans.
- Describe Roth 401(k) contribution options and tax implications.
- Review nondiscrimination testing requirements.
- Describe how to handle Roth 401(k) distributions.
- Review primary considerations of Roth 401(k) contributions for plan participants and employers.
Past webinar recordings
Top Federal Payroll and Employment Requirements for the New Year: Learn about the key federal payroll and employment-related regulations for 2020 such as healthcare reform, employment law, and retirement plan administration. This session will help you better prepare to respond to client questions and enhance consultative opportunities. (Please note: These recordings are not eligible for CPE credit.)
Emerging State Legislation: Top Issues Impacting Your Clients: This previously recorded session included a panel of CPAs and HR experts discussing some key regulations at the state and local level. Learn about strategies and helpful tips to help your firm and your clients understand the potential impact. (Please note: These recordings are not eligible for CPE credit.)
Cybersecurity for Tax Professionals: If your firm stores clients' personal information, then it should have a basic understanding of how to protect that data. In this session, you'll learn - in nontechnical language - how to familiarize yourself with cybersecurity risks and basic strategies on how to develop internal controls. (Please note: This recording is not eligible for CPE credit.)
Hot Tax Topics at Year-End: Learn how new legislation, tax forms, cryptocurrencies, and federal and state developments affect our tax systems and compliance obligations, as well as strategies to stay on top of the changes required for year-end planning. (Please note: These recordings are not eligible for CPE credit.)
Strategies to Help Clients Find and Keep Talent: If your clients are struggling with employee turnover, you can better position yourself as a business consultant by learning and sharing strategies from this previously recorded one-hour webinar by CPA.com and Paychex on recruiting and retaining talent in a tight labor market. (Please note: These recordings are not eligible for CPE credit.)
Benefits of a 401(k) Safe Harbor Plan: This previously recorded session explains the differences between a traditional 401(k) and safe harbor (401(k) plan, plus the significant advantages that offering a retirement plan for employees can have to your clients, including reducing their tax liability and helping enhance their recruitment efforts. It also discusses strategies in using knowledge about 401(k) retirement plans to help identify consultative opportunities. (Please note: These recordings are not eligible for CPE credit.)
Helping Clients Control Healthcare Costs: This previously recorded session offers information on healthcare benefits accounts such as HSAs, FSAs, and HRAs so you can prepare to help clients be better equipped to find a cost-effective health insurance solution for their company. This webinar discusses how to leverage the unique features of benefits accounts, as well as the regulations, reporting, and tax savings associated with them. (Please note: These recordings are not eligible for CPE credit.)
