CPE Catalog & Events
Tax Planning-Buying and Selling S Corporations 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Built-in gain tax, including planning ideas Net excess passive income tax and planning Liquidation of S corps, including special rules related to installment obligations Suspended loss rules, including tax planning opportunities Sect. 338(h)(10) and Sect. 336(e) elections Qualified subchapter S subsidiary election (QSUB) ESOPs Redemption of S corporation stock, including planning opportunities Basics of acquisitive reorganizations as applied to S corporations
Tax Practice Conduct Standards: Circular 230 and AICPA Statements 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Federal and California statutory and regulatory standards governing tax preparers: Preparer penalty provisions, Circular 230 and; AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services Tax shelter and reportable transaction issues in depth Attorney-client, Sec. 7525 and work product privilege issues and Kovel arrangements
Enterprise-Wide Risk Management in Accounting and Finance
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Enterprise-wide risk management best practices for identifying, evaluating, and determining how to respond to relevant risks.The importance of risk and uncertainty disclosures in the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements, including evolving risks with cybersecurity and ESG.Coordinating risk management efforts, including the required involvement of corporate governance.How to embed risk management into day-to-day accounting and finance activities.
Comprehensive Pass-Through Owners' Basis and Distribution Rules 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the owner's individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations) Determine how to calculate an owners' initial tax basis of his pass-through entity Learn how to correctly make annual adjustments to a pass-through owners' tax basis Identify what constitutes a debt basis for an S corporation shareholder Learn the tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders
Audit 405: Designing Internal Controls for Smaller Entities
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Evolution of internal control conceptsRevamped 2013 COSO Internal Control - Integrated FrameworkDesigning an adequate 'umbrella' of internal controls over financial reporting to prevent, or detect and correct, material misstatement due to fraud or errorSpecific internal control considerations and sample documentation for smaller entitiesAdditional responsibilities for the audits in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Government Auditing Standards and Single Audit Act requirements
Consulting Services Secrets
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Identifying a consulting specialty Building a practice and translating knowledge into products Managing consulting projects Marketing consulting projects Building a referral network Contingent fees Professional standards for consultants
Leadershift Ethics: Things Must Change!
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:The litmus test for all of your decisions and actionsEthical principles when managing through changePressures that threaten ethical change managementCase studies of what can go sideways when ethics are not part of every stage of changeWinning strategies for ethical self-regulation
2024 Federal Tax Update for Business with Doug Van Der Aa
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Recent tax legislation, rulings and developments impacting business taxpayers Deprecation update: Section 168(k) and Section 179 immediate expense deduction and bonus depreciation S corporation and partnership developments Travel, meals and entertainment expense reporting update
Quick Confidence with Alteryx: A CPA's Path to Data Mastery 2024
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
Alteryx terminology The complimentary relationship between Alteryx and Excel Importing data into Alteryx: an introduction to the Input Data Tool The Select Records Tool The Dynamic Rename Tool The Output Data Tool
Thrive Amidst the Chaos - 3 Steps to Increase Your Energy and Learn to Dance in the Rain
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Health and Wellness Burnout Stress Management Employee Engagement
5 Steps to Cultivate a Values-Based Approach to Governance
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Employee engagement Values-based governance Organizational culture Employee relations
2024 Business Tax Update with Steve Dilley
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Update on significant business tax developments related to cases and rulings Business provisions of any recent legislation impacting business entities Depreciation changes in Sec. 179 and Sec. 168(k) bonus depreciation Recent developments impacting partnership and S corporations, including any changes to Forms 1065 and 1120S
2024 Topic 842: Understanding the New Lease Accounting Standard
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
What is a lease? Recognition and measurement of lease assets and liabilities Impact on lessors and lessees Disclosures and transition rules Effective dates
Microsoft Outlook "Must Know" Email Tips
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Using Quick Parts to streamline message composition.Eliminating inefficient back and forth appointment scheduling with the Bookings app.Using category codes and contacts to send bulk emails.Sending emails to Teams and OneNote.Organizing your inbox with custom views, rules and folders.Mastering the search tools to find emails quickly.Review of key option settings to maximize email productivity.
What's Changing in A&A for Governmental Entities (2024)
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:A look at the GASB standards that are effective this yearGASB 100, Accounting Changes and Error CorrectionsGASB 101, Compensated Absences The impact of the 2024 Compliance Supplement on Single AuditsChanges to the Uniform Guidance.Common deficiencies found in Single Audits.
Analytical Procedures: Practical Applications and Standards
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Discussion of analytical procedures in audit and review engagements.Practical examples and illustrations of analytical procedures.The order of operations for accomplishing analytical procedures.
Excel for Staff Level 1 - What You Never Learned
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Navigating around worksheetsSelecting cells and rangesHow to use custom number formattingHow to leverage ViewsHow to build better formulas with referenced variables and defined namesLearn to quickly format cells with Cell StylesLearn proper worksheet structure
Surgent's Building Your Personal Brand
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The relevance of brand vs. reputation Key components of a personal brand Breaking down the who, what, where, when, why, and how of creating a personal brand
Audit 406: Auditing Revenue Recognition - Common Risks
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Generally accepted accounting principles related to sales, including the newest revenue recognition model of Topic 606Common revenue recognition fraud schemes and potential audit responsesAudit responses to significant risks requiring special audit consideration related to revenue recognition
Surgent's Advising a Client Regarding the Tax Consequences Associated with Buying or Selling a Business
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Online
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $169
Asset sales and stock sales and their attendant results to buyers and sellers Section 1060 and using the residual method Consequences of making a Section 754 election with adjustments under Sections 743(b) and 734(b) Section 338 and Section 338(h)(10) elections Allocating some of the purchase price of a business to personal goodwill Partnership distributions to retiring partners under Section 736(a) and 736(b) Consulting agreements and employment agreements as between buyers and sellers Advantages of a C corporation having Section 1202 stock