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Introduction to Ethics & Professional Skepticism
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants.The pressures, opportunities, and rationalizations that lead to instances of fraud. Interactive examples to illustrate various scenarios of noncompliance during engagements.
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
ACPEN: Let's Play The 90 Day Money Game!
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Financial Stress assessment Money Creation Mindset Limiting Beliefs Resiliency Skill & Talents Inventory Success Teams Money Breakthrough Nourishing the seeds of opportunity Environment Matters Success Habits EFT for Stress
ChatGPT for Accountants: 50+ Use Cases
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major topics covered in this course include:Introduction to ChatGPT and artificial intelligence chatbot technologiesAutomating frequently asked questions and the onboarding processVerifying and reviewing financial recordsProviding real-time support to clientsGenerating financial reportsAutomating tax return preparation and financial planningProviding guidance on financial decision making
ACPEN: Creating A Culture of Trust
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Culture Trust
ACPEN: New Tips and Overtime Tax Rules: Compliance and Best Practices
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Updated OBBA guidance on tip reporting and allocation Qualifying tip requirements Self-employment and qualified tips Employer and employee tax responsibilities for tipped wages Overtime pay deduction Tip and overtime information returns
ACPEN: Common Peer Review Deficiencies and How to Avoid Them
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Defiicencies Peer reviews Auditing
ACPEN: Form 7203 - How to Calculate Shareholder Basis
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Introduction to Form 7203 and its purposes Mechanics of completing Form 7203 accurately Strategies for reconstructing shareholder basis Loss limitations under I.R.C. §461 At-risk rules and limitations for S Corporation shareholders Documentation requirements for shareholder basis Common errors in calculating and reporting basis Best practices for maintaining and reporting shareholder basis
Reasonable Compensation for S Corps
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Explain the payroll tax advantage of taking distributions over wagesReview key court cases that shape todays reasonable compensation landscapeHow to use court factors to stress test reasonable compensationBest practices for determining reasonable compensationReview of the IRS’s enforcement on reasonable compensation; past, present and future
ACPEN: Fraud Case Studies: Professional Misbehavior in the 21st Century
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Understand factors that allowed selected frauds to occur Recognize controls that may have prevented or mitigated selected frauds Consider application of these lessons to circumstances you encounter in your professional endeavors Apply ethical guidance to scenarios that accounting professionals may encounter in public practice
The Future of Audit: Technology, Talent & Transformation
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
To purchase the report referenced in this presentation, or any of the research papers published by CPA Crossings, visit https://www.cpacrossings.com/research. The major topics that will be covered in this course include: Explore AI, blockchain, and data analytics impact on audits Address talent crisis through retention and upskilling strategies Navigate PCAOB standards and regulatory sandbox concepts Expand audits to include ESG and nonfinancial metrics Implement technology solutions for firms of all sizes
ACPEN: Building an Ethical Culture: Strengthening Your Ethical Backbone
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $85
Ethical Issues over the years Types of Business Ethics Issues Structure and application of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Role of social responsibility in shaping corporate behavior Factors For Evaluating Ethics Ethics 101 and Decision Making Profiling Ethical Culture
ACPEN: Advanced Negotiations: Never Split the Difference
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Negotiations Business Management
ACPEN: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence ("AI"): The Interaction of AI and Ethics, featuring Tracy Cooper, CPA and Don Minges, MBA
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
What are the ethical issues within AI? The many biases within AI Ownership? Intellectual property rights? Who benefits economically? Changing regulations and laws Why many organizations ban AI? How AI can be used unethically? The need for strong human oversight!
Microsoft 365 Application Lightning Round Review-Updated
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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: The Controllership Series - The Controllers Role in Strategic Thinking and Advising - Part 1
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1.8 Credits
Member Price: $89
Controller Management Financial Strategy Strategic Thinking Critical Thinking Financial Judgment
ACPEN: How to Choose the Right Business Entity for Your Client
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Recent tax legislation and developments related to choice of entity - such as sole proprietorships, single member LLCs, partnership/LLCs, S corporations, and C corporations Impact of the Section 199A deduction Ramifications of the C to S election and the S to C election; Corporate tax rate to individual tax rate comparison examples Other related topics
ACPEN: Better Business Writing: Improve Your Speed and Quality
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Writing Communications
Hot Topics Accounting Update - 2026
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:New accounting standards.The impact on Financial Reporting.Hot topics in financial reporting.Current and emerging US GAAP requirements.
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