CPE Catalog & Events
Pass-Through and Corporate Annual Tax Update
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Online
5.00 Credits
Member Price: $213
Strategies for tax savings Business entity changes IRS administrative issues, compliance, and new forms Court cases settled in the last year that provide tax return guidance Position authority IRS rulings, procedures, and notices for the last year New, updated, and expiring tax deductions and credits
Real Estate Taxation 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
California property taxation-updated in light of Proposition 19 passage Qualified business income deductions [IRC Sec. 199A] Opportunity zone deferral related to real estate [IRC Sec. 1400Z-2] Passive activities loss rules [IRC Sec. 469] Real estate professional rules [IRC Sec. 469(c)(7)] Interest expense deduction rules [IRC Sec. 163] Home sale exclusion [IRC Sec. 121] 1031 exchanges Estate planning and gifting with real estate
Strategies for Tax Dispute Resolution 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Examination process: organization of IRS, standards for return selection; AICPA SSTS (revised), Circular 230 guidelines, amended returns and approaches to resolving examination problems Civil penalties, delinquency penalties, accuracy-related penalty, fraud penalty, preparer penalty, promoter and protestor penalties and foreign information return penalty regime Audits and administrative appeals, nature and scope; docketed v. nondocketed appeals, appeals conferences and settlement approaches Collection process: significance of assessment; nature of tax liens and levies, installment agreements, collection due process, offers in compromise and bankruptcy Tax fraud: civil tax fraud badges, criminal tax fraud violations, defenses, voluntary disclosures the role of Kovel accountant Judicial proceedings: Tax Court process, federal district court, Court of Federal Claims and California Superior Court
Tone at the Top: Fraud and Leadership 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Fraud Accounting and Auditing
Leadershift: How to Embrace Disruption and Lead Change
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Why it is critical to lead change in your company nowThe seven steps of leading changeHow to set expectationsHow to create a vision that achieves buy-inHow to form a coalition, an essential component of any change effortHow to create and mobilize change networks to accelerate change The best of the best communication strategiesHow to establish simple 360 feedback Managing yourself
2024 White-Collar Crime: What Every CPA Should Know
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Definitions of white-collar crime White-collar crime characteristics and statistics The CPA’s role in combating white-collar crime
Excel for Staff Level 2 - Getting More Out of Excel
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Overview of setting up spreadsheets for data analysis and how Excel Tables can helpLearning the importance of Consistent Column CalculationsHow to use Conditional Formatting to highlight important informationHow to leverage Excel Tables by analyzing them in PivotTablesLearning to leverage array formulas
Reporting Consolidated 1099s for Investments 2024
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Online
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
History of 1099 reporting of securities dividends, interest, OID and gain/loss Elections versus required reporting of amortization/accretion Examples using actual 1099 forms
The Single Audit from Beginning to End Update
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Introduction Applicable AICPA standards Applicable OMB Circular Gathering information - determining the major programs Identifying risk – identifying the applicable compliance requirements Assessing risk – considering the internal controls over compliance requirements Designing procedures that are responsive to assessed risks – the tests of internal controls and compliance Evaluating single audit evidence
The Yellow Book: From Beginning to End
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Introduction Foundation and principles General requirements for complying with Government Auditing Standards Ethics, independence and professional judgment Competence and continuing professional education Quality control and peer review Standards for financial audits Standards for attestation engagements and reviews of financial statements
Accounting for and Auditing Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Common applications related to initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement or derecognition, presentation, and disclosure of cryptocurrency and other digital assetsFeedback from the AICPA's Digital Assets Working Group intended to assist auditors with opining on these digital records
Audit 108: Auditing PP&E and Leases - Common Risks
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Typical audit risks and responses for tangible long-lived assetsSpecial issues related to initial recognition and capitalization, including capitalized interestKey controls related to PP&ELease accounting requirements and practical application of Topic 842
Surgent's S Corporation Taxation: Advanced Issues
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Detailed rules governing basis in the shareholder’s debt and stock AAA Built-in gains incurred from the sale of assets Redemptions and liquidations Compensation planning for shareholders, including planning strategies under the SECURE Act Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the various stimulus acts, as applicable
Surgent's Weekly Expert Hour
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Each week’s topics will change based on the most critical issues affecting financial professionals
Organizational Effectiveness and Communication
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication
Managing Through Corporate Politics - The Achilles' Heel of Executing Professional Skepticism
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $85
Defining corporate politics Impact of corporate politics Types of corporate politics and remedies Metaphors of corporate politics Dispelling myths The players
ChatGPT and IRS Taxation Law Research
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Utilizing ChatGPT for IRS Tax Law Research: Principles and PracticesNavigating IRS Databases Using Advanced AI TechniquesUsing IRS Prompt Templates: In-depth Analysis and ApplicationChatGPT in Action: Case Studies and Real-World ScenariosExploring IRS Tax Laws: Strategies, Loopholes, and ComplianceError Prevention and Correction in Tax Law ResearchFuture Trends: AI's Evolving Role in Taxation and Accounting
Surgent's Essential Depreciation and Expensing Update
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Resolved technical glitches for qualified improvement property Detailed coverage of §179 expense elections and §168(k) bonus or additional first-year depreciation – how to maximize them, definitions, limitations, qualified property, etc. Sale of property and the depreciation recapture rules (§1245, §1250, unrecaptured §1250 gain for real estate, §291 for corporations) MACRS depreciation – finding the proper method, convention, and recovery period Listed property and the current limitations Amortization of start-up, organization, and other expenditures AMT depreciation adjustments and how to avoid them Examples, cases, and rulings of depreciation and amortization issues and how they impact clients, along with useful planning opportunities
Finding Errors in Excel Spreadsheets
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Understanding Common Excel Errors: Gain insights into the most common types of errors encountered in Excel, including formula errors, reference errors, and logic errors.Advanced Formulas and Functions: Learn to use advanced Excel functions and formulas that are crucial for error detection and data analysis.Data Validation Techniques: Master the art of data validation to prevent errors before they occur. This includes setting up data validation rules and using conditional formatting to highlight potential inaccuracies.Error Tracing and Auditing Tools: Delve into Excel's auditing tools to trace and fix errors. Learn to use Trace Precedents, Trace Dependents, and the Error Checking tool effectively.
2024 Was It Fraud or Just Poor Audit Quality?
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
Financial statement manipulation Ethics enforcement process Auditor conflicts of interest