CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Creating Terrific Equity Compensation Plans: Beware of the Pitfalls
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Why most equity compensation plans fail? Complexity of GAAP accounting for equity compensation plans Tax implications of equity compensation plans Who and how an equity compensation plan should be administered? Compliance issues to consider Recommendations to design a better equity compensation plan
ACPEN: Predictive Accounting – Driver-Based Budgeting and Rolling Financial Forecasts
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The shift to “predictive accounting” for Decision Making, Planning, and Budgeting Problems with traditional annual budget processes Develop a driver-based “operational budget” based on resource capacity planning Classify resource capacities and their expenses as sunk, fixed, step-variable, and variable Create closed loop capacity plans Forecast demand for budgeting and rolling financial forecasts Integrating enterprise risk management (ERM) with management accounting Applying target costing for cost estimating
ACPEN: The Ethics of Uncertain Tax Positions
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
The Ethics of Complying with Disclosure Rules The Tax Uncertainties Dance The Ethics of Compliance When There are "Gray Areas" "Realistic Possibility" and the AICPA Statement on Standards for Tax Purposes "Reasonable Basis" with Disclosure of Tax Uncertainties Case Study: Ashkouri v. Commissioner Conclusion
ACPEN: Excelling at Excel: The Magic of Power Query
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Intro to Power Query & how to get started Examples of data clean up using Power Query Combining workbooks and files with Power Query
ACPEN: Ethical Intelligence for Artificial Intelligence
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Benefits and pitfalls of artificial intelligence in the accounting profession Selecting and utilizing artificial intelligence resources Applying professional skepticism to results Maintaining independence while utilizing artificial intelligence Upholding client confidentiality Data security and retention Citation of sources and related reporting considerations
ACPEN: Accounting for Software
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Master the accounting for software costs under U.S. GAAP Navigate capitalization, amortization, and impairment with confidence Understand the full lifecycle of internal-use software accounting Stay current on ASU 2025-06 and emerging guidance Apply accounting rules to SaaS, cloud computing, and website development costs
ACPEN: What's Going on at the FASB (2026/27)
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Recent and upcoming FASB standard-setting activity Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) effective for December 31, 2026 year-ends Impact of ASUs on public, private, and not-for-profit entities ASUs with future effective dates Exposure drafts and proposed standards
Professional Ethical Considerations for CPAs
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Core principles of any Code of Professional Conduct applicable to all CPAs, including conflicts of interest, preparing and reporting information, competence, confidential information, and moreThe importance of maintaining independence for CPAs in public practice, especially when also performing nonattest services for the attest client Comparing and contrasting various ethical standards, including those promulgated by the AICPA, PCAOB, and international bodies
Surgent's Liquidation of Flow-Through Entities for LLCs and Partnerships
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Tax rules governing liquidation of a partnership or S corporation Tax treatment of the shareholder/partner/member receiving a liquidating distribution in an S corporation liquidation/partnership liquidation Tax impact on the pass-through entity when the entity is liquidated Receipt of corporate liabilities in an S corporation distribution Proportionate, liquidating partnership distributions to partners, and gains and losses to a partner on a liquidating partnership distribution Tax issues associated with a partnership distribution of noncash properties in a liquidation Compliance requirements on the occasion of a liquidation of a corporation or a partnership
Surgent's Time Management for Professionals
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Managing interruptions The role of activity logs, to-do lists and a priority matrix The psychology of time management Staying on track of your time management plan Controlling procrastination Blocking out time Creating an effective time management plan
ACPEN: Creating A Coaching Leadership Style
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3.0 Credits
Member Price: $109
What the Coaching Leadership Style Coaching Leadership Style Competencies Solution Focused Coaching Framework Leadership Competency Pillars Historical and Current Views of Coaching Coaching Culture Definition and Framework Coaching Results Measuring Success of Coaching
ACPEN: Financial & Tax Accounting for S Corporations
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Review of the AICPA "small&" GAAP rules The impact of the entity's tax status history on its financial accounting Deferred tax accounting for S corporations Required S status financial accounting disclosures Financial accounting impact of the C to S election and the S to C election The relationship of financial accounting and the Form 1120S Financial and tax accounting for the S corporation shareholder equity account Financial vs. tax accounting for loans to and from S corporations and their shareholders
Independence for Auditors - AICPA, PCAOB, GAO & DOL
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Independence requirements issued by the AICPA, Government Accountability Office (GAO), Department of Labor (DOL), and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board / SEC. Common areas of confusion, nuanced differences among the frameworks, and considerations auditors should keep in mind when performing attest services for different types of clients.
The CFO Who Went to Prison
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:The importance of valuesIdentifying successEthical dilemmasMitigation strategiesCreating tools to help make better decisionsPersonal accountability strategies
ACPEN: The Controllership Series - Overhead, Direct and Indirect Costs and Allocation Methods
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accounting Finance Procurement Operations
ACPEN: The Controllers Role in Data Analytics and Big Data
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1.5 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting Finance Financial Statements
ACPEN: Sarbanes-Oxley Overview
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1.6 Credits
Member Price: $79
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
ACPEN: Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) – Overview and Contrast to 2017 International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF)
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1.6 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting Internal Controls Internal Audit Standards
ACPEN: Introduction to Governmental Accounting 102
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major and Non-major funds Basis of accounting variations Why geography matters in a financial statement report
ACPEN: Tactical Budgeting – Moving Beyond Traditional Budgets to Manage Performance
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The real purpose of budgeting in modern organizations Common budgeting problems and process breakdowns Linking budgets to income statements, balance sheets, and cash flows Output metrics and what really “causes work” Top-down, bottom-up, and hybrid budgeting approaches Flexible budgeting using volume-based and unit metrics Benchmarking to reduce politics and improve insight Using budgets to build value, not just limit spending