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ACPEN: Effective Manager - Traits and Skills
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Management Leadership
Bytes, Bias, and Balance: Data Ethics for Savvy Accountants
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in accounting and auditingEnhancing efficiency and innovation with AI toolsMitigating challenges such as overreliance, data security vulnerabilities, and ethical dilemmas
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.
ACPEN: Global IIA Standards (GIAS) Fundamentals and Domain I and II – PART 1
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $89
Accounting Internal Audit Internal Control GIAS Standards Internal Audit Standards
ACPEN: Employee Theft: Understanding the Why and Preventing the Loss with Terry Shulman
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TBD
2.4 Credits
Member Price: $99
Employee Theft Prevention
ACPEN: World-Class Cost Accounting: A Practical Application Part 1
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Classifying the five cost types Direct materials - comprehensive coverage Direct labor - including all labor burden costs Tracing all the prime costs to products Budgeting and setting standard costs
ACPEN: Ethics – A Line in the Sand; Implications for Daily Business
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4.2 Credits
Member Price: $149
Recognize the underlying drivers of individual ethical behavior Identify the relationship between ethics and integrity Highlight ethical trends in businesses throughout the world Review high profile ethics lapses in recent years
ACPEN: Mary Jane Hourani’s Federal Tax Update: Individual
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Recent federal tax legislation and proposed changes IRS regulations, rulings, and procedural updates Recent tax-related court cases Application of deductions, credits, and tax benefits for individuals Practical application of tax law changes to individual scenarios
Yellow Book Independence and Single Audit Fundamentals
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:The conceptual framework approach to independenceIndependence threats related to preparing financial statements and accounting recordsConsideration of specific non-audit services that would and would not impair independenceDocumentation necessary to support adequate consideration of auditor considerationFundamentals of a compliance audit performed under the Uniform GuidanceSchedule of expenditure of federal awardsDetermination of major programsUsing the Compliance Supplement Uniform Guidance administrative requirements and cost principles Testing internal control over complianceTesting complianceWriting an audit findingReporting requirements of a single audit
ACPEN: Cutting-Edge Estate and Financial Planning Trends
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
The latest legislative changes in estate and financial planning Expected changes in estate and gift tax exemptions and their impact Common client errors and risk mitigation strategies Domicile planning considerations in financial and tax strategy Charitable giving strategies under new tax rules Advanced use of split-interest trusts for tax and estate planning Best practices for IRA distribution planning with new tax implications
2025-2026 Federal Tax Updates - Business Entities
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Current business entity tax issuesAny current tax legislation occurring during the periodOther issues affecting the profession, including IRS procedure, current cases, payroll, and other federal tax issues
ACPEN Signature 2026: Managing the Risk of Fraud, and Artificial Intelligence
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Business Fraud Fraud Risk Management and Fraud Risk Assessments Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Digital Analysis Providing Forensic Services
ACPEN Signature 2026: Small Business Recurring Tax Nightmares!
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Rules for Tracking Business Interest, Investment Interest and Personal Interest Expenses Employee or Independent Contractor and Risks of Misclassification. The Hobby Loss Rules and Passive Activity Loss Limitation Rules. CTRs, Reporting Bank Accounts (FBARs), Reporting Entity Interests and Trusts and New Rules for Taking Cash in or out of the EU. The Partnership Audit Rules and Tips for Partnership Audits. Qualification as a Real Estate Professional and Rental Rules for Real Estate Professionals Tax Treatment of Casualty Losses and Casualty Gains including the 1033 election for involuntary conversion items (cattle sold due to drought, eminent domain takings, etc.) Self-Employment Taxes of Subchapter S, LLC and LP owners
ACPEN: Metrics Management Series
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Why strategy succeeds or fails based on measurement The relationship between mission, strategy, and metrics Financial versus non-financial performance measures What makes a KPI meaningful and actionable Balancing financial, customer, operational, and learning metrics Selecting metrics at the responsibility-center level Measuring performance using output and unit-based metrics Identifying what truly “causes work” Business Performance Management (BPM) concepts and tools Designing effective dashboards and scorecards
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
Exploring Internal Controls That Could Have Prevented Frauds
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Examination of actual fraudsDiscussion of internal controls that could have prevented the fraudsContemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios
ACPEN: Exploring the 10 Types of Leadership: Styles and Strategies for Success
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Overview of ten distinct leadership styles Adapting leadership to different situations, teams, and organizational culture Characteristics, strengths, and limitations of various leadership style Self-reflection and identifying personal leadership tendencies Flexibility and adapting leadership approaches when circumstances change Strategies for team engagement and performance improvement
Numbers to Narrative: Storytelling in Business Communication
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Role of narrative in professional communicationSituation–complication–resolution frameworkNarrative arcs in business contextsIntegrating data within a structured storyDefining tension and resolution logicallyMaintaining accuracy while improving clarityApplication of storytelling framework to a workplace scenario
ACPEN: The Controllership Series - The Controllers Role in Strategic Thinking and Advising - Part 2
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Controller Management Financial Strategy Strategic Thinking Critical Thinking Financial Judgment