CPE Catalog & Events
Executive Presence, Personal Brand: Structure Your Narrative
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Components of executive presenceAudience-centered elevator pitch structureProfessional value proposition frameworkStructuring a concise executive biographyAligning personal narrative with organizational valueCommon pitfalls in professional self-presentationApplication and refinement exercise
ACPEN: New PCAOB Quality Control Standard Overview
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Background of the new PCAOB Quality Control Standard Overview of the elements of a quality control system Examples of quality risks and potential responses Highligts of what is different between the AICPA Quality Management Standard
ACPEN: The New AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
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
ACPEN: Critical Thinking Skills: Prevent Mistakes Now
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Critical Thinking Communication
Forgotten Managerial Accounting Tools for CPAs
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Target profit analysisBreak-even analysisRelevant costs and decision-makingStandard costs and variancesActivity-based costingSegment reporting and analysis
Hot Topics Audit & Attest Update - 2026
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Recent quality improvements to the SASs and SSARsOther matters that should be on your radar
Surgent's Excel Budgeting Ideas
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Set up an in-cell drop-down list of budget methods Change the calculations in the cells based on the selected budget method Use names in worksheets
ACPEN: S Corporation Essentials: Review & Update
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Recent tax legislation, rules, and developments impacting S-corporations S corporation shareholder basis in stock and debt S corporation open account debt Limitation of deduction of losses AAA and distributions
Forensic Accounting: When The Office Is A Crime Scene
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this class include:A step-by-step process from the initial client phone call to you writing a report of your findings for any civil or criminal actions that may be pursuedHow to advise your client in approaching an allegation of embezzlementWhat pitfalls may arise in finding the truthThe best practices to ensure that the evidence is preserved properly for potential civil or criminal actions
Four Most Overlooked Business Risks: Preparing for the Future 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Systemic Risk Strategic Risk Culture Risk Management Continuity Risk
LLC's & S Corporations: a Comparative Analysis
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Comparative analysis of LLCs and S CorporationsEntity formation, compliance, and operational structuresSelf-employment tax and its implications for LLCs and S CorporationsForm 2553 preparation and relief for late filingsRev. Proc. 2022-19 and Rev. Proc. 2023-3: analysis and applicationS Corporation eligibility errors and corrective measuresCorporate governance and formalities for both entity typesShareholder stock and debt basis for S CorporationsForms 1120S, 1065, and related schedules (K-1, K-2, K-3)Officer reasonable compensation and general partner guaranteed paymentsAudit strategies, estate planning, and business continuation planning
Surgent’s Advanced Critical Tax Issues for Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $279
Applicable provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Single-member limited liability companies as an alternative to subsidiaries Cancellation of indebtedness rules and regulations How the IRS views members or partners for Social Security purposes Special problems when forming an LLC Debt issues and problems in structuring LLCs and LLPs, including loan guarantee issues, recourse and nonrecourse debt, the at-risk basis rules, and new regulations restricting bottom-dollar guarantees Distribution or a disguised sale? New regulations eliminate certain tax-deferred leveraged partnership transactions Death or retirement of a member or partner – understanding the alternatives Step-up in basis issues – how to make the computations and elections Property transactions between the LLC/LLP and its members or partners – what to do with built-in gain or loss property When are partnership losses deductible? Material participation rules for LLC members and limited partners and how they affect passive loss issues Continuation and termination of an LLC/partnership in the context of a merger or acquisition Sales of an LLC interest – holding period and hot asset issues Impact of the tax on investment income on the sale of an interest in a partnership or LLC Repeal of the technical termination of partnership provision Impact of Soroban Capital Partners LP, 161 TC No.12 NEW: The IRS removes recently finalized regulations identifying certain partnership basis shifting transactions as transactions of interest (see Chapter 2)
Individual Tax Update: OBBA and Recent Developments
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Legislation impacting individual taxpayersThe One Big Beautiful Bill ActExtenders legislation updateChild tax and dependent care creditsSection 199A deductionCapital gains and lossesRental real estateOther passive activities losses
Coping With the Growth of Online Fraud
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this course include:The actuation of online and other cyber fraudsFraudulent acts that are initiated electronicallyAutomated and employee driven methods that can reduce cyber-fraud risk
ACPEN: State of Privacy
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
State of Privacy Findings Staffing Trends Budget Forecasts Privacy by Design AI Impact
ACPEN: Strategic Government Budgeting: Tools for Long-Term Sustainability
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Forecasting & Budgeting Auditing & Accounting Yellowbook
ACPEN: The Ethics Hour: Accounting Scandals: What Happened and Why? Can We Prevent Them?, featuring Tracy Cooper and Don Minges
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Why do some choose to deceive, cheat and steal Can accounting scandals be prevented A brief history of accounting scandals What to look for What should ethical professionals like you do
ACPEN: The Controllership Series: The Controllers role in ESG
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1.5 Credits
Member Price: $79
Environmental Social Sustainability Governance Accounting
ACPEN: The Controllership Series - The Controllers Role in Financial Forecasting
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1.5 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting Finance
ACPEN: K2’s Excel’s Best New Features
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Learn how to work with Dynamic Arrays Using Excel's new XLOOKUP and XMATCH feature Improvements to Power Query and why they matter to you New collaboration and commenting options in Excel