CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Excel Budgeting Ideas
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Set up an in-cell drop-down list of budget methods Change the calculations in the cells based on the selected budget method Use names in worksheets
Managing Your Money in Retirement
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Online
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Social Security Retirement Asset allocation Fraud
Strategies for Guiding Clients Through Challenging Situations: Tax Insights
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Navigating the tax and non-tax dimensions of divorce. Unveiling tax and non-tax considerations in personal bankruptcy, debt cancellation, foreclosure, repossession, and bad debt reporting. Exploring the tax and non-tax aspects of personal relationship matters, encompassing cohabitation, property rights, premarital agreements, filing status, exemptions, and dependents. Grasping the intricacies of support considerations for spouses and former spouses. Addressing support matters for children of divorced or separated parents, alongside the tax treatment of back child support. Delving into the business implications in instances of business dissolution. Tackling specialized topics, including marital property rules, tax rate comparisons for married and unmarried individuals, head of household status, and treatment of refunds and deficiencies.
Surgent's Advanced Critical Tax Issues for S Corporations
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
Final regulations on “eligible terminated S corporations” (ETSCs) Cases, rulings, and tax law changes affecting S corporations Compensation planning in S corporations, including limitations in a family-controlled business; self-employment tax issues, including IRS efforts to address underreporing of S corporation officer compensation Use of redemptions: still some advantages Planning for the liquidation of an S corporation Tax issues for family ownership of S corporation stock Impact of the tax on net investment income on sales of S corporation stock Stock basis: Loss limitations, AAA, and distribution issues in depth Debt basis: what the regulations on back-to-back loans mean to investors Estate planning for S corporation shareholders, including buy-sell agreements, QSubs, ESBTs, and uses of life insurance Built-in gains: the 5-year recognition period S corporation structuring: one class of stock Methods of accounting Legislation on mortgage interest reporting, basis, statute of limitations, and tax return due dates
ChatGPT and Advanced Financial Analysis for Accountants
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Financial Modeling with ChatGPT IntegrationAdvanced Ratio Analysis TechniquesRisk Assessment and Scenario AnalysisValuation Methods and ChatGPT ApplicationsUtilizing Performance Metrics in Financial AnalysisData Analysis and Interpretation with AIInvestment Analysis Enhanced by ChatGPT
Minimizing Workplace Warfare
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Sources of Workplace Conflict Conflict Resolution Strategies Communication Skills and Active Listening Conflict Management Techniques
Connected Leadership: Foster and Retain an Engaged Team
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Leadership
Audit 205: Auditing Liabilities and Long-Term Debt Risks
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Typical audit procedures related to accounts payable and accrued expenses, including the search for unrecorded liabilitiesKey controls related to liabilitiesAuditing long-term debt, including compliance with covenantsDetermining the proper classification of financing arrangementsProper form of noncompliance waiver lettersImpact of noncompliance on disclosures
Improving Audit Quality 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
National auditing quality performance Impact of PCAOB on industry Common audit failures and why they occur AICPA enhancing audit quality initiative Audit quality indicators
The Top Ten Business Myths 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Growth for the sake of the growth is the ideology of the cancer cell Effectiveness trumps efficiency Ideas have more value than their mere execution What determines value and how much customers are willing to pay? Is business a zero-sum game?
Technology Trends Update for CPAs with John Higgins
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Role of cloud computing as the foundation for all tech trendsBig data and data analytics the new frontier for CPAsWorkflow automation with RPA, ML and AI with a focus on ChatGPTBlockchain technology, the revolutionary data storage modelCryptocurrency 15 years later, an update on the market and technologyMetaverse - what's it all aboutCloud based financial and ERP software market update
Accounting and Auditing Update 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Review of select AICPA Technical Questions and Answers Upcoming changes to accounting for goodwill, leasing and business combinations Compilation and review standards and interpretations (SSARS) Auditing standards and interpretations (SAS & SSAE)
Comprehensive S Corporation Taxation Form 1120S 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Learn how to qualify and to make the S corporation election Determine how to calculate initial and annual stock and debt basis amounts and the three reasons why they are maintained Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the shareholder's individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations) Understand the proper tax treatment and reporting of a distribution from the S corporation to a shareholder Determine how to calculate AAA and OAA account for an S corporation as well as the 3 potential taxes Determine the impact of health insurance, the net investment income tax, qualified business income tax deduction and unreasonable compensation issues on the reporting function of the S corporation
Pass-Thru Entity Owners Schedule K-1 Analysis 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Detailed coverage of any new legislation affecting basis computations and distributions and changes to the schedule K-1s (including the Form 7203-S Corporation Shareholder Stock and Debt Basis Limitations) Line-by-line analysis of the Schedule K-1s to determine how the items affect an S shareholder's stock and debt basis and a partner/member's outside basis and where the items get reported on Federal individual income tax return The three loss and deduction limitations on the owner's individual income tax return (i.e. basis, at-risk and other Form 1040 limitations) How cash or non-cash distributions affect the basis calculations and whether or not they are taxable to the owners Compare the tax treatment of the sale of a shareholder's stock in an S corporation and a partner's interest in a partnership What constitutes debt basis for an S corporation shareholder under the final regulations The tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders and on open account debt How recourse and non-recourse debt affect a partner or member's basis calculations and amount at-risk
Data Analytics: Practical Insights for Today's Accountant
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Explore new tools and client engagement techniques using data analyticsIntroduction of popular software toolsExamine the AICPA's Five-Step Approach to data analytics in an audit engagement
Payroll Essentials: Fringe Benefits: Taxable or Not?
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:What is and what is not a fringe benefitPayroll tax withholding rules on taxable fringe benefitsPayroll reporting on employee checks, payroll returns, and W-2sWhat to watch for at year end and where to go to get resources
Auditing, Assurance, and Ethics Update for Governments and Not-for-Profits
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Online
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $166
Auditor reporting standards Auditing Standards Board updates Ethics updates Common audit deficiencies SSARS and SSAE updates
The Future of Communication: How AI and Synthetic Media Can Transform Your Business
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Technology AI Synthetic Media Strategy Leadership Management Time Management/Productivity
Like-kind Exchanges in Real Estate Transactions
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Like-kind exchanges have been hailed as one of the few "legal tax shelters" still available for real property investments, but it is really a result of favored tax policy.These relatively straight-forward concepts can help a company significantly improve cash flow by deferring its tax liability.These concepts will be illustrated by real-life examples that present a novel approach to like-kind exchanges as a useful and practical tax-planning idea.
Surgent's Excel Shortcuts for Accountants
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Explore the function that sums better than the SUM function Discover a variety of time-saving features, functions, and techniques Learn the workaround to a major Excel pitfall