CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Estimates, Contingencies and Going Concern
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of accounting estimates and uncertainties Going concern accounting and auditing considerations SAS 132 requirements SAS 143 requirements Loss and gain contingencies Guarantees Credit losses Impact on financial reporting and auditing
ACPEN: International Cross Border Transactions
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TBD
2.2 Credits
Member Price: $89
International cross border transactions. Decrease an entities effective tax rate. IRS audit risk
ACPEN: Rethinking Your Customers to Maximize Profitability: Identifying the Right Clients
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Who is your customer? What is solution-based planning for customer value? Recognizing internal customers (e.g., departments served by finance) Exploring profitability differences between customers with similar revenue Creating and sustaining a customer value pyramid
The Ethics of Care in the Workplace
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Ethical Values and PrinciplesCompassionManaging ExpectationsRespect and HumilityAttribution Theory
ACPEN: Common Yellow Book & Single Audit Deficiencies
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Common peer review deficiencies in Yellow Book engagements Common peer review deficiencies in Single Audit engagements Yellow Book requirements (independence, CPE, reporting) Single Audit compliance requirements Internal controls over compliance Compliance testing and major program determination Root causes of audit deficiencies and prevention strategies
ACPEN: K2’s Securing Your Data: Practical Tools For Protecting Information
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Understanding today's cybersecurity risks Identifying significant cybersecurity risks Implementing specific steps to reduce risk
Mining Your Firm Client Database for Revenue
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:How accounting and tax professionals can transform dormant data into dynamic growth. When leveraged strategically, your client base becomes more than a list --it becomes a roadmap to higher-value services, expanded engagements, and greater long-term retention.How to audit client records, segment strategically, and surface needs that often go unmet --all without adding complexity or compromising relationships.Using the data you already own and relationships you have already built to drive smarter growth.
ACPEN: K2’s Ten PDF Tips You Need To Know
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Converting documents to the PDF format Editing PDF documents Securing PDF documents Extracting data from PDFs
Microsoft 365 Application Lightning Round Review-Updated
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Lightning round review of the following apps, with an explanation and demonstration of what each of them offersTeams - the foundation of all that you do in Microsoft 365SharePoint / OneDrive - secure cloud storagePower BI - the new financial reporting modelStream - the YouTube for your organizationBookings - streamline your appointment scheduling OneNote - get your content organized for quick retrieval Lists - create custom list tracking reportsTo Do - consolidate all your Outlook, Planner and general "to do's" in one appPlanner - manage simple and complex engagements and projects in an intuitive appA quick look at many of the remaining apps
ACPEN: ProActive Response: Active Shooter Training - Recognize. Respond. Survive.
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Early Warning Signs Concerning Behavior Changes Getting out Barricading your area Fighting for survival Disarming the assailant Tourniquets (commercial and improvised) Pressure Dressings Chest Seals
ACPEN: Budget Mastery: Process, Problems, and Solutions
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Defining the budget process Common budgetary cultures and discussion of solutions Does your budget need an overhaul or just a tune up? How to make the budget flexible Making a better budget and maybe even a better you (or at least improving the perception of the budget work itself)
ACPEN: Key Tax Issues for Individual Taxpayers
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
"Tax-mageddon" – the all-important impending expiration/extension/renewal of the TCJA Recent legislative, judicial, and IRS developments impacting individual taxpayers 2025 Tax rates and inflation-adjusted figures Cryptocurrency reporting and new Form 1099-DA Form 1099-K and previously unreported income Other recent legislative developments impacting individual taxpayers
ACPEN: Communicate Financial Concepts to Non-Accountants
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The math literacy barrier The financial literacy barrier What to say and how to say it Communicating ideas graphically
ACPEN: Metrics Management – Selecting the Right KPIs
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
What makes a KPI meaningful and actionable Balancing financial, customer, operational, and learning metrics Selecting metrics at the responsibility-center level Understanding who the "customer"of a report really is Avoiding metric overload and bad incentives Linking departmental metrics to enterprise strategy The role of non-financial metrics in driving results Real-world KPI examples across industries
Cybersecurity: Protecting Your Firm's Data and Reputation
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Assessment of the current cybersecurity threat level and vulnerabilitiesDeveloping your WISP (Written Information Security Program) Deploying a password management app (PMA) to fortify the security of your login credentialsImplementing an incident response plan to minimize the damage from a cybersecurity attackUnderstanding the role of cybersecurity insurance
Navigating IRS Authorizations: Form 2848 & Form 8821
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Overview of IRS Power of Attorney (POA) rules.Form 2848: Authority to Represent Clients before the IRS.Form 8821: Accessing Tax Information Without Representation.Identifying errors and compliance risks in POA filings.Rules for revoking or updating POA authorizations.Managing authorizations through the CAF system.Electronic submissions and the IRS online authorization process.Ethical responsibilities when holding a POA.
Surgent's Controller/CFO Update: Hot Topics Facing Today's Financial Professional
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
Economic update Leadership and management changes because of recent developments, including AI Managing for productivity Hiring the best people for the organization New motivation techniques
Surgent's Ethics for the Industry Accountant
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
Core values of being a CPA Critical thinking errors as they relate to ethical dilemmas Objectivity, professional skepticism, and subordination of judgment Professional code of ethics and conduct AICPA Ethics Codification Ethics enforcement process Impact of ethical and unethical conduct on the CPA profession Real disciplinary cases to illustrate critical points
ACPEN: Avoiding Legal Liability and Peer Review Deficiencies in Nonaudit Services, Including Bookkeeping and Preparing Financial Statements
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Differentiating risks faced when performing nonaudit services, such as reviews, compilations, preparing financial statements, bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and similar Best practices for preventing quality control concerns that could lead to peer review deficiencies or malpractice claims Establishing an understanding with the client to minimize misunderstandings as to the nature and scope of engagements Explain situations when independence should be appropriately safeguarded when performing nonattest services
Common Deficiencies in SSARS Engagements
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Frequent problem areas in preparation, compilation, and review engagementsThe root causes of noncompliancePractical approaches firms can use to improve consistency, documentation, and overall engagement performance