CPE Catalog & Events
The Controllership Series - The Financial Close Process
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1.5 Credits
Member Price: $59
Accounting Finance Financial Statements
AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services: Ethical Considerations
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Review of the new AICPA Statement on Standards for Tax Services Reorganization of SSTS by type of work performed Discuss new standards on data protection, reliance on tools and representation of tax clients before taxing authorities
Ethical Practices and Responsibilities Under Circular 230
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Circular 230 (IRS) rules for conducting a tax practice Provide guidelines for registered tax return preparers and tax return preparation Contingent fees Proposed new rules addressing the evolving nature of tax practice Conflict of interest, best practices, errors and omissions, written opinion requirements Evolving rules for CPA "mobility" History and background for Circular 230
Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) Domain V - Part 1
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Internal Audit Internal Controls Standards Institute of Internal Auditors
K2's Collaboration - Best Platforms And Practices
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
The primary drivers of collaboration Who are the leading collaboration technology providers Why collaboration sometimes fails Best practices to facilitate collaboration Today's leading collaboration providers and tools
What's Going on at the AICPA (2025)
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3.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
EBP Audits Auditing AICPA
The Controller Function - Inventory Part 2 - Valuation, Inventory Methods and Inventory Fraud
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1.5 Credits
Member Price: $59
Accounting Finance Procurement Inventory
Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Overview of Audit Risk Assessment AICPA's clarified Risk Assessment Standards SAS 145 Assessing the Entity's Environment
Power Skills: Your Guide to Professionalism and Client Interactions
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Communication Business Management
Partnership/LLC Taxation: Understanding Tax Basis Capital Accounts
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Discussion of the impact of the Section 199A flow-through entities deduction on partnerships and their partners The meaning of a "tax basis capital account" - how do the financial accounting and tax capital accounts differ from one another How to determine a partner's share of the partnership's liabilities Distinguishing "recourse" loans from "nonrecourse" loans What are "qualified nonrecourse financing" & loans and how they affect partners Section 704 "built-in gain or loss" & ules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting Section 465 "at risk" rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting
ChatGPT and Advanced Accounting Research
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The accounting research transformation: Comparing Google vs. AI methodologiesAI ecosystems and specialized models for accounting applicationsAdvanced prompt engineering techniques for financial and tax researchAI-powered search engines and deep research platforms for accounting professionals AI as an ideation and thinking partner for complex accounting problems Specialized accounting research tools and AI superstoresPersona priming and P&P stacking methodologies for optimal AI interactionsEthical considerations and limitations of AI in accounting researchThe compliance chess effect: AI's impact on tax planning and regulatory responseAI-driven automation for regulatory updates and compliance monitoring
Contract and Procurement Fraud
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Procurement phases Fraud schemes Fraud red flags Fraud control activities and safeguards
Surgent's Understanding and Testing Control and Compliance in a Single Audit
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
The essential internal control concepts applied in a single audit How the auditor obtains an understanding of controls over compliance and then tests the effectiveness of those controls in a single audit How the auditor plans and performs tests of compliance in a single audit The identification and reporting of control and compliance findings
Advanced Cybersecurity - Beyond the Basics
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Understanding Cyber Threats and Risks in FinanceCybersecurity Frameworks and Best Practices for Financial ProfessionalsFinancial Data Security and Encryption TechniquesCybersecurity Auditing and Forensic InvestigationsEmerging Technologies and Trends in Financial CybersecurityLeadership and Governance in Cybersecurity for Financial Executives
Leading and Managing the Accounting Department
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Accounting Leadership Management
Comprehensive Pass-Through Owners? Basis and Distribution Rules 25-26
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the owner s individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations) Determine how to calculate an owners initial tax basis of his pass-through entity Learn how to correctly make annual adjustments to a pass-through owners tax basis Identify what constitutes a debt basis for an S corporation shareholder Learn the tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders
Real Estate Taxation Full Circle 25-26
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Personal residence and vacation home advantages and traps Depreciation, credits, passive losses, qualified business income (QBI) Installment sales Involuntary conversions Like-kind exchanges Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
Surgent's Fiduciary Income Tax Returns - Form 1041 Workshop with Filled-in Forms
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $279
Classifying receipts between “income” and “corpus” under the Uniform Principal and Income Act Calculation of DNI utilizing three different methods, a “forms” method (Schedule B), a “code” method, and a “shortcut” method, utilizing a worksheet of common income and expenses Proper W-2 preparation and procedures in the year of death Taxpayer passes before taking a required minimum distribution; what must be done? Forgetful fiduciaries of simple trusts Fluctuating trusts – Simple one year, complex the next Dividing income in the year of death Overview of Subchapter J Form preparation issues – Filing requirements and line-by-line explanations of Form 1041 Taxable income of estates and trusts and expense allocation issues Specific deductions and miscellaneous itemized deductions Income in respect of a decedent The income distribution deduction calculation Relation of principal and income law to DNI Understanding how to handle capital gains and losses Allocating tax items to beneficiaries: another K-1 Other considerations: excess deductions on termination Comprehensive DNI case study, with principal (cost and FMV) and income reconciliation Comprehensive trust and estate case studies, with filled-in forms
Surgent's Individual and Financial-Planning Tax Camp
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
Comprehensive coverage of the SECURE Act 2.0 Understanding the environment: what’s new, what’s expired or expiring, and what’s likely to change Reading a tax return for developing client-specific tax strategies Changes to the lifetime estate tax exemption in light of proposed regulations The net investment income tax: planning for compliance Family income-splitting strategies that need to be considered Income tax issues: impact on timing of other income Selling a principal residence Two principal residences at the same time Use of life insurance to protect families: Whole Life Insurance, Term Life Insurance, Universal Life Insurance, and Variable Life Insurance Using Roth IRAs and Roth contribution programs to best advantage Conversions: do they still make sense? Taking distributions: matching timing to client requirements Qualified plan contributions to reduce current income and Social Security tax: implications for business owners and self-employed Social Security solvency issues Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan considerations What to do about itemized deductions Trans-generational planning: conversions, income, and gain-splitting Tax benefits of HSAs and other tax-advantaged accounts Identifying tax opportunities: reviewing the prior-year return to develop a plan for the future Planning for middle-income taxpayers: financial planning for the young, the working, and those approaching or in retirement Best financial planning ideas for young people
Walter Haig's GAAP for SMEs, Tax & Cash Frameworks Update
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Amendments to the U.S. Accounting Standards Codification (i.e. - U.S. GAAP) issued during the 18-month period prior to the program that impact SMEsUpdate and review of the tax and cash special purpose frameworksUpdate and review of the AICPA Financial Reporting Framework for SMEsUpdate on common errors and deficiencies as identified in financial statements as identified in peer reviews and in litigation