CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Hold Your Horses! Could Tighter Reins Have Prevented a Landmark Fraud?
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Key aspects of Rita Crundwell's theft Internal controls that could have prevented the theft Internal controls that could have detected the theft in a timely manner Independence in both fact and appearance Lessons for CPA firms Lessons for government agencies
ACPEN: Corporate Ethics Cases: Discuss Real Life Conflicts
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Can you protect the public interest without violating our profession's confidentiality rules? How can a corporate world CPA get in trouble with their board of accountancy? Is a culture of fear and intimidation particularly susceptible to corporate fraud? How can using the CPA credential get a corporate accountant in trouble? Is exaggerating your CPE hours a violation of our professional codes of conduct? What are your options when your employer is clearly breaking the law? Does any legislation provide effective Whistleblower protection?
ACPEN: K2’s AI – Better Prompts, Better Results
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Components of effective AI prompts The pros and cons of a single large prompt versus multiple small prompts Using prompts to format AI-generated output
ACPEN: Addressing Common Documentation Deficiencies
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
AU-C 230 Auditing Yellowbook
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
ACPEN: Managing Your Money in Retirement
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3.0 Credits
Member Price: $109
Social Security Retirement Asset allocation Fraud
ACPEN: AI-Enhanced Business Consulting for CPAs: Strategies and Tools
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Business Consulting Types of Management Services Identification of clientneeds Managing Client Expectations Creating Value for Clients Techniques for Effective Consulting Application of AI Professional Standards Application
ACPEN: When You Hear Hoofbeats, It May Be a Zebra
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Internal Controls Fraud Prevention Fraud Investigation
ACPEN: Ultimate Small Business HR Guide: Essential Tips for Success
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Small Business Management
ACPEN: Introduction to Governmental Accounting 101
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Fund Types Budgetary Accounting Financial Reporting Requirements Single Audit Act Audit Standards and Procedures Best Practices in Governmental Accounting
ACPEN: New Client Ethical Challenges: The CPAs Guide
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
How the CPA can meet the challenges presented by a new client AICPA Code of Professional Conduct AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services IRS Circular 230 Case study illustration of how to bring the new client into ethical, proper financial and tax compliance
ACPEN: The Seven High Quality Questions that Lead to Success & Solutions
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Tolerations Goal setting Gratitude Setting a 'tone' of success Priorities as a means to mindful living Reflection & Planning as tools to generate clarity & intention Connecting with the wise resource often overlooked in business models
Surgent's Real Estate for Accounting and Finance Professionals
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $119
Rental income and expense calculation and reporting Deciphering Schedule E (Form 1040) Nuances of vacation home rules Passive activity loss rules: foundations and implications Active vs. material participation in rental activities Tax reporting: how to group passive activities Limitations on passive losses: at-risk rules and deductions Classifying rental real estate activities Navigating exceptions in rental real estate taxation
Surgent's The AI-augmented Professional: Practical Tools, Real Risks, and Immediate Use Cases
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Explore from the history of automation to the current landscape of large language models (LLMs) and generative tools to demystify the technology Free, accessible apps to enterprise-grade solutions and specialized accounting software tailored for tax, audit, and advisory workflows Ethical obligations and professional standards that govern AI use, including data privacy, client confidentiality, and the management of "hallucinations" or inaccuracies Through specific use cases and prompting demonstrations, understand how to use AI to draft complex communications, summarize research, optimize Excel workflows, and enhance client advisory services
Surgent's The Road Ahead: Critical OBBBA Changes Impacting Accounting and Finance Professionals
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $119
Marginal tax rates effective in 2025 and beyond The QBI deduction Qualified residential interest Child Care Credit Miscellaneous itemized deductions, including the educator deduction Rollovers from 529 plans to ABLE accounts Additional expenses treated as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts Termination of credits for environmentally clean autos and expenditures Other timely topics
ACPEN: Contract and Procurement Fraud
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Procurement phases Fraud schemes Fraud red flags Fraud control activities and safeguards
ACPEN: Federal Tax Update for Individuals with Doug Van Der Aa
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
"Tax-mageddon" - the all-important impending expiration/extension/renewal of the TCJA Recent legislative, judicial, and IRS developments impacting individual taxpayers 2025 Tax rates and inflation-adjusted figures Cryptocurrency reporting and new Form 1099-DA Form 1099-K and previously unreported income Review of significant changes in individual tax forms Recent federal tax legislation, cases and rulings affecting income of individual taxpayers
ACPEN: Business Longevity: Stabilize, Strengthen, and Succeed
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Business Management Strategic Planning The role of AI in Business
ACPEN: Maximizing Fringe Benefits: Strategies for Business and Personal Needs for Today and Beyond
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Legislative and regulatory updates affecting fringe benefit planning Employer-sponsored fringe benefits and tax compliance under evolving regulations IRC §132 fringe benefit options and applications Cafeteria plans: benefits, limitations, and tax considerations Tax treatment of dependent care and educational assistance programs Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts Group term life insurance: design features and tax treatment Financing strategies for retiree medical benefits Comparing health care benefits: insured plans vs. HMOs ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements Common control rules and nondiscrimination regulations
ACPEN Signature 2026: The Risk of Fraud in State & Local Government
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Types of Fraud in State and Local Government (financial fraud, procurement fraud, corruption, abuse of power) Fraud Risk Assessment and Internal Control Systems Regulatory Frameworks and Compliance Requirements Fraud Investigation Techniques and Forensic Accounting Ethics, Governance, and Organizational Culture in Fraud Prevention