CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Advanced Cost Accounting: Eliminate Calculation Distortions
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Cost Accounting
ACPEN: K2's Dynamic Arrays In Excel
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Differentiating between dynamic arrays and traditional Excel formulas Identifying which functions support dynamic arrays Using dynamic arrays to link data from external data sources
2026/27 Yellow Book Update
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Significant changes related to quality management and updates affecting key audit roles, with an emphasis on how these revisions impact audit planning and execution.The GAO's implementation delay and its implications for 2026 audit planning.Recent leadership changes at the U.S. Government Accountability Office and what those transitions may signal for future guidance and oversight priorities.Overview of recent updates to the Green Book, helping auditors understand changes to internal control guidance that may affect governmental entities and Single Audit engagements.
ACPEN: Considerations of Fraud
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
AU-C 240 Auditing Yellowbook
ACPEN: Cost and Pricing Models: Boost Your Bottom Line
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Cost Accounting Activity-based Costing
Erase the Mark: Best Practices in Penalty Abatement
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:The authority of the IRS in assessing tax penalties.The types of penalties that can be removed.The process the IRS uses to evaluate penalty abatements.How to request penalty abatements.Best practices in asking for penalty abatement, including using appeals.
Financial Decisions that Led Two Businessmen to Prison
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Career choicesEthical dilemmasJudicial proceedingsMitigation strategiesCreating tools to help make better decisionsAtonement and reconciliation
Surgent's Build an AI Agent With ChatGPT: A Hands-on Lab for Financial Professionals
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $119
Agentic simulation using prompt design and structured interaction Flipped agent/user roles in ChatGPT (autonomy emulation) Use case walkthroughs: audit Q&A bot, tax helper, financial planning agent Risk scenarios: hallucinations, scope creep, prompt hacking Governance, professional skepticism, and documentation best practices
Surgent's Performing an Effective Audit Risk Assessment
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
Audit process and planning Materiality, performance materiality, and tolerable misstatement Assessing the risk of material misstatement Understanding internal controls and when the auditor must evaluate the design and implementation of internal controls Designing procedures to test the effectiveness of controls Issues noted related to performing substantive procedures Documentation Communication with the Client and Governance
ACPEN: Federal Tax Update for Business with Doug Van Der Aa
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
"Tax-mageddon" - the all-important impending expiration/extension/renewal of the TCJA Other recent legislative, judicial, and IRS developments impacting business taxpayers Current status of Research and Experimentation costs and Interest Expense Limitation Phaseout of Bonus Depreciation and MACRS issues S corporation and partnership developments Other miscellaneous business developments
ACPEN: Partnership Essentials: Review & Update
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Recent legislative, rules and tax developments impacting partnerships and their partners Transfer of partnership interests TCJA §461(l) Excess Business Losses and §163(j) Business Interest Expense Importance of capital accounts Form 1065, Schedules K-1 and M-2 Schedules K-2 and K-3 update Reporting partner capital accounts Effect of the Ceiling Rule Alternative and Remedial Methods Effect on financial capital accounts Tax basis capital accounts
How Fraud Can Affect Smaller Organizations
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics included in this course include:The reasons for fraudFraudulent acts that are initiated against smaller organizationsMethods to stop fraud attempts against small businesses
S Corporations: Comprehensive walk through of Form 1120S
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Subchapter S status election and compliance requirementsRelief for late Form 2553 filings under Rev. Proc. 2022-19Comparison of Rev. Proc. 2022-19 and Rev. Proc. 2023-3I.R.C. §1361 and §1362 analysis for S Corporation electionsCorporate governance and formalities complianceShareholder stock and debt basis rulesBuilt-in capital gains and other aspects of Form 1120SSchedules K-1, K-2, and K-3 preparation and reporting requirementsOfficer reasonable compensation: requirements, advisory strategies, and audit defensesS Corporation eligibility errors and corrective measures
Basic Individual Taxation Course
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Defining Federal Income TaxesComputing federal income tax liabilityCalculating adjusted gross incomeDefining Qualifying ChildDetermining filing statusCalculating the Kiddie TaxStandard deductionTax Rates for ordinary income, capital gains, and qualified dividend incomeCash v. Accrual MethodFiling deadlines and obtaining extensions
Viewing A&A Through the Eyes of a Tax Practitioner
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The role of financial reporting for a myriad of usersFundamentals conceptsSpecial Purpose FrameworksFinancial statement analysisCross-functional collaboration
Forensic Accounting: Court Approved Methods of Proof
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The role of methods of proof in forensic accounting.The various types of methods of proof approved by the courts.The weakness and strengths of the methods of proof.The formulas in calculating methods of proof.Applying the formulas in various circumstances.
ACPEN: Ethics Is Everyone’s Business: The Cost of Looking the Other Way
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
What are the pros and cons of ‘looking the other way’? The costs of ‘looking the other way’. What should we do when we do see something that is unethical? What should we not do?
ACPEN: A New Productivity for the New World. Goal Achievement for the 21st Century, A Whole Brain Approach
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Mindfulness Creative Thinking Productivity Performance Neuroscience Leadership
ACPEN: The Future of Work - Winning Talent Strategies
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Recruiting Engagement Leadership Compensation Culture Communication Career Paths Talent Development
ACPEN: Cryptocurrencies for the CFO: Explaining Blockchain
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
What is money? What are digital assets? Understanding the what, why, and how of cryptocurrencies Understanding the what, why, and how of blockchain NFT’s (Non-Fungible Tokens), their role and impact Explaining the crypto language