CPE Catalog & Events
Form 706 Preparation Part 4: GST Schedule R, Form 8971, Payments & Credits 26-27
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, Schedule R, including election statements and integration with the marital deduction Foreign Death Tax Credit, Schedule P and Prior Transfer Credit, Schedule Q Qualified Conservation Easements, Schedule U Making Sec. 6166 election and using Graegin loans
Surgent's Engagement and Client Retention Best Practices
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $119
Managing client expectations How automation improves client engagement Understanding the role of feedback systems Seeking referrals Building client loyalty Customer retention marketing Expanding services offered to clients Knowing when it is appropriate to enter new markets
Surgent's Strategies for Maximizing Social Security Benefits
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Eligibility rules for retirement, spousal, divorced spouse, survivor, and family benefits Understanding the new age of deemed filing How dual entitlement is calculated and how it affects benefit outcomes Key factors in deciding when to claim Social Security benefits Coordinating work and benefits, including the earnings test and its effect on income Managing Social Security to maximize after-tax cash flow, avoid higher Medicare premiums, and protect the survivor Updates related to recent legislation, including the SSFA and the OBBBA
Surgent's The Essential Multistate Tax Update
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
Employees working in multiple states: Withholding issues (when to start and where to withhold) special issues depending on type of tax assessed in the state or locality Emerging sales tax topics: Elimination of the physical presence standard in determining nexus (Wayfair case); economic nexus for remote sellers; assisting remote sellers in determining a plan of action in states that enforce economic nexus Emerging compliance issues in the new sales tax economy Income Tax (and other forms of tax): Economic nexus (taxation without physical presence) Will states shift away from income tax and increase reliance on sales tax after Wayfair? Treatment of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act by the states: presence of intangible property; is P.L. 86-272 still valid? Pass-through problems: Nexus issues for interest owners Treatment of the 199A deduction for pass through entities by states: Withholding issues Practical considerations in dealing with multistate taxation: Dealing with state nexus questionnaires When to consider voluntary compliance: Responsibility of officers, members, partners, and shareholders; planning ideas and opportunities; updates on pending federal legislation relative to state tax
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 single audits How auditors obtain an understanding of controls over compliance and test the effectiveness of those controls in single audits How auditors plan and perform tests of compliance in single audits The identification and reporting of control and compliance findings
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $59
Each week’s topics will change based on the most critical issues affecting financial professionals
Surgent's Client Advisory Services (CAS): A Guide to the Variety of Offerings Professionals Can Provide
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Details on CAS: new services or rebranding? Review the value of timely accurate automated accounting Review the three levels of service Discuss technology options Assess your client base for who would benefit most from CAS Staffing requirements for CAS The value of servicing a niche
Surgent's New and Expanded Tax Benefits Associated with Section 1202 – Qualified Small Business Stock
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
The graduated holding periods and the related graduated capital gain exclusions Raising the per-issuer gain exclusion cap to $15 million Raising the corporate-level aggregate gross asset threshold to $75 million Qualifications for a corporation to issue Section 1202 stock Using multiple non-grantor trusts to unlock the $15 million exclusion cap The 10% test associated with non-operating real estate and investment securities The 50% working capital test The 80% test relative to an active qualified trade or business QSBS attestation letter Excluded businesses Permissible businesses, including manufacturing, retailing, technology, and wholesaling How Section 1202 applies in the context of a transfer to other taxpayers
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
Surgent's Simply Auditing Not-for-Profits Efficiently
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
How distinctive funding sources, different operating purposes, and lack of ownership interests affect risk assessment and planning in the audit of a not-for-profit Key considerations and auditing procedures applied in auditing contributions, functional expenses, net assets, etc. Frequent issues arising in audits of not-for-profits (e.g., independence concerns, communicating with those charged with governance, Yellow Book audits, single audits, etc.)
Surgent's Understanding Partnership Taxation: Types of Basis, Contributions, and Distributions
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
Three different types of basis Contributions of property IRC 704(b) – Capital Accounts and Special Allocations Contributions of property and debt Contributions of services IRS Notice 2020-43
Know Your Cost: Double Your Profit 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Why traditional approaches are inadequate How superior cost information can double your profit Make Activity Based Costing spreadsheet easy Recognize joint and by-products Add throughput costing to your toolbox Depreciation Interest and the cost of capital
Preparation, Compilations and Reviews—A Practical Workshop 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Preparation Compilations Reviews
Surgent's Business Law Essentials for Practitioners and Controllers
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $279
Contract principles Partnerships and limited liability entities Legal issues related to various types of business organizations Worker classification Employee rights and the duties of employers Intellectual property Real property law Bankruptcy basics Environmental Law Merger basics
The Best Federal Tax Update Course by Surgent
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
Comprehensive coverage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Review of key components of President Trump's tax bill, including a tip income exemption, overtime pay relief, Social Security tax exemption, auto loan interest deductibility, SALT deduction modifications, a lower corporate tax rate, restoration of 100% bonus depreciation, immediate R&D expensing, and permanent extension of select TCJA provisions Tariff policy and implementation - analyze the use of tariffs as a fiscal and trade policy tool Digital assets and tax implications - understand the new Form 1099-DA for reporting digital asset transactions, along with updated IRS guidance on cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and broker responsibilities Artificial intelligence - discover how AI and generative tools are transforming tax practices, as well as how the IRS is leveraging AI to enhance audit selection Form 1099-K reporting requirements - understand the evolving IRS thresholds and rules for third-party payment platforms Sale of Passthrough Entity Interests and Net Investment Income Tax - analyze the tax implications of selling interests in passthrough entities, including relevant examples, and how the Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) applies to these transactions The Gig Economy - examine key tax implications for gig workers, including Independent Contractor vs. Employee classification challenges, reporting responsibilities, and the impact of the 2024 Department of Labor Final Rule on worker status Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation Practice aids, including all the numbers applicable for the current year -- inflation-adjusted amounts, mileage rates, retirement contributions, and more Advanced practice, reporting, and other issues intertwined with advanced planning and discussion ideas
Surgent's Avoiding the Top 10 Mistakes That Can Wipe Out Retirement Savings
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Coverage of applicable rules from SECURE Act 2.0 The 10% penalty Net unrealized appreciation of employer securities Roth IRA conversions Rollovers and the limitations Direct rollovers vs indirect rollovers, and tax withholding Beneficiary portability rules When a Roth IRA distribution is qualified to be tax-free Excess contributions and the 6% excise tax
Surgent's Choosing the Right Business Entity
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Why businesses operate as C corporations Why businesses operate as pass-through entities Adopting C corporation status Why businesses choose S corporation status. Tax and business situations that impact entity selection.
Surgent's Forms 1120-S and 1065 Return Review Boot Camp for New and Experienced Reviewers
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $279
Reviews of portions of error-prone “staff-prepared” Forms 1120-S and 1065 from client-provided information What are common errors preparers make and what are the areas generating malpractice claims? Initial administrative groundwork The importance of Schedule M-1. Learn how various schedules are related and learn how to self-review Reporting requirements and filing exceptions for Schedules K-2 and K-3 Don’t fall prey to reporting oddities When can seemingly separately stated Schedule K items actually be trade or business items to report on Forms 1120-S or 1065? Form 1120-S – What exactly is terminating S elections today? How do I recognize a second class of stock? Maintaining shareholder basis schedules; beware of final IRS regulations regarding “open debt”; the default method of calculating basis versus the election under §1367; can an S corporation distribute earnings and profits from C corporation years? Form 1065 – New tax reporting requirement for partners’ capital balances Why use §704(b) to maintain capital accounts; §704(c) regulations for preventing the shifting of tax consequences among partners or members; allocating recourse, nonrecourse, and qualified nonrecourse debt; a review of §754 step-up in basis rules Multiple checklists of efficient procedures to identify potential issues on an 1120-S or 1065 tax return
Accounting for Income Taxes for Private Companies 26-27
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $175
Sample Schedule M calculations Sample work papers for deferred tax computations Comprehensive two-year example and computations Review and analysis of recurring temporary differences Identification of the sources to compute "cumulative temporary differences" Sample workpapers for analysis of tax positions
Lease Accounting - Making Sense of the Standard 26-27
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $175
What control of assets constitute a lease Embedded leases Fixed and variable consideration Determining the lease term Modifications and assessments Related party leases Presenting leases on financial statements Components of calculating liabilities and rights of use