One stop for all Continuous Professional Education CPE Courses
Are you meeting your CPE-CPD requirements with the Tax Practitioners Board and the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers?
It is now possible to meet your full requirements with one simple, cost-effective annual subscription.
We offer a series of professional webinars and tutorials with topics specifically designed to upskill and update bookkeepers and BAS agents.
Ensure that you stay on top of the latest issues and gain knowledge to excel in today’s dynamic work environment while meeting your CPE and CPD obligations.
Our highly qualified trainers have been delivering industry-relevant training solutions to some of Australia’s leading companies and government organisations for many years.
CPE Club
for all Bookkeepers and BAS Agents
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12 Month Subscription
Access 15 Virtual Sessions and all past topics
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Live Webinars 12pm-1pm (AEST/AEDT)
12 months access
to future and all past CPE sessions
$495
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CPE Club Information
For BAS Agents
The Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) requires all registered BAS agents to undertake ongoing continuing professional education (CPE).
For Bookkeepers
Continuing Professional Development advances your knowledge and allows you to stay up to date on legislative changes, including the latest ATO rates and rulings and FairWork updates.
Join the CPE Club - the one place for all your professional learning
CPE Club is an annual subscription to a series of 1-hour professional webinars that address topics relevant to bookkeepers and BAS agents and meet their CPE/CPD requirements.
Sessions are delivered via our in-house Live web conferencing system. You can attend a meeting from any location and on any device and ask questions during the presentation.
The topics are chosen based on our research of industry standards, needs and work practices.
How does CPE Club Work?
You can join any time to a rolling annual subscription. There will be regular live sessions over a 12-month subscription, and you will also have access to previously recorded webinars. Each session lasts for one hour.
For the live sessions, all you need to do is log in to the learning platform at the nominated start time and join through 
.
You will receive a CPD certificate for each session you attend on completion of a short quiz at the end of the presentation.
All webinars will be recorded and can be watched at a later time if you are not able to attend a Live session or want to review past recordings.
Using the latest in online learning management technology. Applied Education’s custom-designed web conferencing system is fully integrated with our Learning Platform. You don’t need to download an additional app or remember another password.
Log in to the Learning Platform, and everything is in one place.
Each CPE session is presented live on our in-house web conferencing system, providing attendees with a completely interactive experience with the presenter.
You can choose to participate using audio only or audio and video, use the white-board and ask questions as you go.
We recommend that all participants have a quality microphone when streaming to ensure your experience is a seamless one.
Our trainers and assessors are certified 'subject matter experts' and have years of practical experience working in the accounting and bookkeeping industry.
Each accessor has a wealth of knowledge and experience on their particular subjects and keeps their professional development regularly updated. We are proud to have been rated 4.5/5 stars on both Google Reviews and Trustpilot by our past students.
The team includes:
- Brett Thornett - CPA and Director at Applied Education
- Janelle Bruzzese - BAS Agent, Xero Certified Trainer and Senior Trainer and Assessor at Applied Education
- Jennifer Forbes - CPA, BAS Agent and Trainer and Assessor Manager at Applied Education
- Marnie Dalwood - BAS Agent, Bookkeeper and Senior Presenter at Applied Education
The CPE Club is an annual subscription that you can join at any time for a rolling 12-months subscription.
Each webinar lasts for one hour.
After each session, we will provide you with comprehensive notes and/or the PowerPoint slides.
We strive to provide excellent communication for all participants of learning at Applied Education. We send regular reminders of upcoming webinars and provide technical support should you have any issues with the learning platform.
Upcoming Sessions
CPE Library - Access Past Webinars
All webinars are recorded and available on the learning platform.
You can watch past sessions to enhance your professional development, refresh your knowledge or catch-up on a webinar that you missed.
Each webinar in the CPE Library includes a Certificate of Participation and 1 CPE hour.
Payroll Updates I 9 July 2020
- Rates and thresholds for 20/21
- Superannuation update
- Payroll Tax Update
Navigating the FairWork Commission Annualised Salary Changes I 6 June 2020
- The new rules
- Awards effected
- Performing the annual reconciliation
Processing Terminations in Xero I 15 May 2020
- Normal termination
- Redundancy
- Employment Termination Payments
FairWork Updates: COVID-19 Changes I 30 April 2020
- COVID-19 and enterprise agreements
- COVID-19 and variations to modern awards
- Workplace entitlements and COVID eg. Pandemic Leave
- Award and Agreement flexibility during the COVID crisis
- Proposed changes to declarations
MYOB: Job Costing and Customising reports I 9 April 2020
- Create jobs and sub-jobs
- Create job budgets and compare actuals v budgets
- Integrate job costing timesheets with payroll
- Invoicing a job
- Job reporting
Coding Entertainment I 19 March 2020
- Tax deductibility of entertainment
- Key ruling to determine the correct coding
- The difference between staff amenities and entertainment
- Setting up your chart of accounts and processing entertainment
- When food and drink is not classified as entertainment eg. Travel
FairWork Update I 27 February 2020
- domestic violence leave
- casual and part time entitlements
- cultural & religious holidays
- protecting vulnerable workers
- penalty rate changes in some awards
Redundancy and Approved Early Retirement Schemes I 6 February 2020
- Key definitions
- Tax Free treatment
- Dealing with the excess over the tax free amount (ETP)
- Termination checklist
- Demonstration of a termination in MYOB
Depreciation Fundamentals and Fixed Assets in Xero - 5 December
Microsoft Excel: Financial Functions - 14 November
Microsoft Excel: Logical Functions (IF AND OR ELSE) - 24 October
BAS Issues: GST on Motor Vehicles, GST for Imports & Claiming Fuel Tax Credits - 25 September
Selecting and Interpreting Modern Awards - 4 September
Understanding the National Employment Standards - 14 August
Payroll Changes Updates - 24 July
Single Touch Payroll and Simpler BSA in Xero and MYOB - 27 June
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