Other CPE Options

Self Study

A convenient way to increase your professional development and obtain CPE credit. It is especially convenient for those persons who live too far away to travel to a seminar site, for those who are home bound from child rearing or illness, or for those who have let the year slip by and have not received the required number of hours they need to retain their license to practice. Click here for more information and to view self study options.

Webcasts

Now being provided by The Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network (ACPEN) CPE network, dedicated to bringing, highly relevant, interactive, world-class CPE to every CPA in the most convenient and economical ways possible.  Click here for more information and to signup for available webcasts.

Self-Study

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Put nationally recognized Vern Hoven's tax knowledge to work for your clients through his fast-paced, dynamic online video seminars.  In addition to gaining CPE credits, you get:  The very latest tax updates; A comprehensive course manual; Ideas for recognizing potential tax problems before they become an issue. 

Best of all, Vern Hoven's self-study seminars can be completed at your own pace and on your own schedule and you save 10% with your Society discount!  Click the logo to order.

Click to view/purchase self study courses available.

Don't sacrifice quality for convenience -- with Surgent McCoy self-study courses, you get the same high-quality course materials as in our seminars, without leaving your office or home! We offer over 175 unique course options, ranging from 2-20 credit hours and in a variety of formats to meet your needs. Choose textbook, CD-ROM, or downloadable online options. Plus, you don't need a high-speed connection or complicated software to access our downloadable courses. All you need is Acrobat Reader -- download our 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 our money-saving self-study packages. Our best seller, the Comprehensive CPE Library, includes a one-year subscription to 105 courses and over 600 hours of CPE -- all for only $475 for the first user, and $149 for each additional user. It's a great deal for firms!

Click the logo to browse our complete self-study catalog. 

The WV Society of CPAs offers a 5% discount above and beyond any discount Surgent McCoy would be offering. However to receive this discount you must order directly thru our office. This discount does not include the postage and handling charges in the discount.

Webcasts

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Click here to try a test webcast at no charge.

About ACPEN

The Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network (ACPEN) CPE network, is dedicated to bringing, highly relevant, interactive, world-class CPE to every CPA in the most convenient and economical ways possible.  

Since 1997, ACPEN programs have covered all of the most important subjects for accounting, tax and financial professionals.  This year, you can join the thousands of CPAs across the country who have a reserved seat to one of the most fascinating ways to earn CPE credits available anywhere!

More Delivery Formats!

In 2009, Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network programs will be available in several formats for maximum flexibility by accounting professionals who want to meet their CPE needs and requirements in the most convenient way! 

You may participate in ACPEN programs as:

Live Individual Webcasts received by you on your computer, in real time*
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Live Webcast Replays** received by you on your computer, with real time faculty interaction
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Live or Recorded on DVD, for use as group study for on-site training
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* ACPEN webcasts are sponsored by Business Professionals' Network, Inc., an accredited sponsor and member of NASBA’s National Registry of CPE Sponsors

** A Live Webcast Replay is a webcast of the videotape of a recently produced CPE course, with faculty members standing by, in real time, to answer questions from webcast viewers. (See, NASBA Statement on Standards for CPE Programs, Section 400.07)

Link your practice and your professional growth to the Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network.  Choose now, from this comprehensive selection of CPE programs.

Haven’t attended an ACPEN broadcast yet?

What is ACPEN?
The Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network is an innovative cooperative effort of many State CPA Societies and Business Professionals' Network, Inc., which is designed to help accounting and tax professionals like you, gain the skills and knowledge that will help you succeed into the future.

Full day courses are also available as live webcasts, or Live Webcast Replays that can be viewed by CPAs individually.  In addition, short webcasts, usually two hours in length, are available only as webcasts, not at group sites.  Webcasts are intended for use by individual CPAs watching at their own computer, using streaming video technology, provided by our internet ASP.  Each participating state society can have ACPEN webcasts made available through its own website.

Faculty Interactivity and Format
Webcast viewers, are invited to participate in each program by emailing in questions, or faxing them to the panel, that will then respond during the program.  The course is organized much like a traditional seminar.  The full day course has appropriate breaks and a lunch period.  Shorter webcasts may not include a break. ACPEN courses deliver a unique educational bonus! Instead of a single Discussion Leader, each full day ACPEN course will give you the insight of a whole panel of anywhere from three to a dozen national experts, regulators and practitioners.  You receive insight on each point from several presenters.  ACPEN viewer evaluations attest to the interactivity of the presentation and the quality of the content you will receive.

Help Plan ACPEN Courses
Another unique feature of ACPEN courses is that you, the viewer can help plan the program to exactly meet your needs!  Once you have registered for an ACPEN program, you can email the Curriculum Development Team for the topic you are interested in with your own questions or areas you would like the panel to address.  No other CPE program of any kind gives you this way to ensure that the program suits you to a tee!

Post Course Questions!
Finally, the learning continues after the course is over!  ACPEN courses are unique in the CPE world, in that, after the course is over, you have 48 hours to email questions to the faculty!  Speakers will respond* to questions and expand on points that you need clarified. No other CPE provider adds this expanded dimension to their CPE programming.

(* Note: ACPEN is not able to guarantee an answer to every question submitted due to the potential volume of such questions and the professional commitments of speakers.  Experience to date has been that more than 90% of submitted questions have received at least one faculty response, many receive more than one response!)

Live Webcast Information
ACPEN courses are also available as live webcasts, for full CPE credit, through internet video streaming technology.  Participants, with a broadband internet connection, using their own computer, join the rest of the thousands of accountants and other financial and tax professionals as an attendee.  You are able to watch the broadcast, download the written materials and interact with speakers, live, during the program. 

Live Webcast Replays Information
ACPEN courses are also available as live webcasts replays, for full CPE credit, through internet video streaming technology.  Participants, with a broadband internet connection, using their own computer, watch a complete ACPEN course that was previously produced and recorded. This experience is supplemented by members of the faculty who are available during the event to answer questions from viewers in real time, by email.

CPE Credit
Each full day ACPEN program provides eight CPE credit hours.  You will have a morning break, a one hour lunch break and an afternoon break.  Short webcasts provide two or three hours of CPE credit.  The time schedule for short webcasts varies.

How does ACPEN select its topics?
The Accounting Continuing Professional Education Network is unique in that it is produced nationally, but with the close cooperation of state CPA societies, that help select the subjects and timing of each broadcast topic.

Do I just sit and watch TV for eight hours?
ACPEN broadcasts are designed to be interactive and participants are encouraged to participate in every facet of the broadcasts.  Past attendees have said that the broadcasts are professionally stimulating.

Actual ACPEN CPA Attendee Evaluations

Lansing“I appreciated the knowledge of the participants. The format was very effective. That is, the four experts could banter back and forth and created good conversation.”, MI:
 

Lansing, MI:
“Good stories told-Really drove the concepts home!”

Boise, ID:
“Good, real-life, hands-on discussion for all sizes of practitioners’ firms. Always good to hear about actual fraud situations.”

Amarillo, TX:
“Enjoyed the specifics on how fraud was perpetrated and discovered.”

Sault Ste Marie, MI:
“Good mixture of theory and real world examples.”

Tuscaloosa, AL:
“ACPEN Live Webcasts are an innovative answer to a pressing need for top-flight continuing education for CPAs and Certified Financial Planners and attorneys. In this time-compressed society, what other way allows you to stay current on key professional issues with the absolute top CPE presenters in the nation from the comfort of your home or office? These kinds of programs are the kind you’d have to travel to a major metropolitan area to receive, but are delivered in a in a video-conferencing format. While remaining remote, the participants can still quickly submit questions via email, fax or phone, and there is little difference from being there in person. I highly recommend these Live Webcasts to my fellow practitioners.

Best of luck to you and your group.”

 

South Bend, IN:
“I found the conference discussion and format very interesting and informative. I thoroughly enjoyed the seminar.”

CPAs in Indiana said: 

When asked if they learned more, less, or equal to a “traditional” CPE course, they unanimously said they learned more.

The variety of the presenters and depth of client experience is not achievable in a standard program.

Portage, MI:
“We’re a smaller firm, so it was helpful to get various perspectives from the panel which included CPAs from all different sized firms.”

Houston, TX:
“I enjoyed the panel discussion more than when I just hear one speaker.  It was helpful to have various opinions and practical information.”