CPE Catalog & Events
Leases: Mastering the New FASB Requirements
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $332
Lease classification Amortization of the lease asset Derecognition of the underlying asset Recognition of lease receivables Lease modifications Sale and leaseback transactions Presentation and disclosure requirements
Surgent's Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations: Engagement Performance and Annual Update
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
SSARS No. 21, Clarification and Recodification, and updates to SSARS No. 21 due to the issuance of SSARS No. 23, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services SSARS No. 22, Compilation of Pro Forma Financial Information SSARS No. 24, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services -- 2018 SSARS No. 25, Materiality in a Review of Financial Statements and Adverse Conclusions SSARS No. 26, Quality Management for an Engagement Conducted in Accordance With Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services Sample comprehensive engagement work programs for preparation, compilation and review engagements Reporting and disclosure illustrations for each level of service, including attesting on personal financial statements, prescribed form, special purpose framework and other engagement variations Other communication requirements, such as sample engagement letters and management representation letters
Surgent's Individual and Financial-Planning Tax Camp
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Comprehensive coverage of the SECURE Act 2.0 Understanding the environment: what’s new, what’s expired or expiring, and what’s likely to change Reading a tax return for developing client-specific tax strategies Will there be more changes in the individual tax laws? Changes to the lifetime estate tax exemption in light of proposed regulations The net investment income tax: planning for compliance Family income-splitting strategies that need to be considered Income tax issues: impact on timing of other income Selling a principal residence Two principal residences at the same time Use of life insurance to protect families Using Roth IRAs and Roth contribution programs to best advantage Conversions: do they still make sense? Taking distributions: matching timing to client requirements Qualified plan contributions to reduce current income and Social Security tax: implications for business owners and self-employed Social Security solvency issues Incentive Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plan considerations What to do about itemized deductions Trans-generational planning: conversions, income, and gain-splitting Tax benefits of HSAs and other tax-advantaged acccounts Recent case law, as applicable Identifying tax opportunities: reviewing the prior-year return to develop a plan for the future Planning for middle-income taxpayers: financial planning for the young, the working, and those approaching or in retirement
Emotional Intelligence
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Emotions Relationships
IRS Strategic Plan 2023-2026 and Impacts on US Tax Pros
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Overview of the IRS Strategic Plan 2023-2026Key goals and priorities of the IRS Strategic PlanMeasures the IRS plans to take to achieve its goalsImplications of the IRS Strategic Plan for tax professionals and regulatory ethicsChanges to the way the IRS provides services and communicates with taxpayersStrategies for staying up-to-date on IRS policies and proceduresCase studies of the impacts of the IRS Strategic Plan on the accounting profession
Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace to Prevent Violence
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Mental Health Awareness
Networking Works: Build Relationships to Build Your Business
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Relationship-building Active listening Public speaking
Inventory, Expense and Payroll Fraud
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Methods of committing inventory, expense and payroll fraud What to look for when observing inventory Detection of inventory fraud How to recognize fictitious expenses How to recognize altered expenses Indicators of fake documentation The three main reason we ask for documentation Detection and prevention of ghost employees
Excel for Accounting Professionals Session 7: Date Driven Workbooks and Concatenation
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $118
Surgent's Bankruptcy Basics: Understanding the Reorganization and Liquidation Process in These Uncertain Economic Times
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding Protections provided to debtors under the Bankruptcy Code Key procedural aspects of bankruptcy The automatic stay Differences between Chapters 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy cases The bankruptcy discharge Proofs of claim Plans of reorganization Litigation that can arise during bankruptcy Creditor committees Bankruptcy trustees Avoidable preferences and fraudulent transfers Special rights afforded to landlords and secured creditors
Surgent's Guide to Calculating S Corporation Shareholder Stock and Loan Basis
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Introduction to Form 7203 Introduction to the calculation of stock basis Introduction to the calculation of loan basis Taxable and nontaxable S corporation distributions to shareholders The election to reduce basis by deductible losses and expenses before reducing basis by nondeductible expenses
Surgent's Use the Data Model to Build More Powerful PivotTables
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Creating a data model/Power Pivot Building PivotTables from multiple tables Creating Measures Using named sets
Partnership/LLC Taxation: Tax Basis Capital Accounts
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Discuss the impact of the Section 199A flow-through entities deduction on partnerships and their partnersThe meaning of a "tax basis capital account"How the financial accounting and tax capital accounts differ from one anotherDetermine a partner's share of the partnership's liabilitiesDistinguish "recourse" loans from "nonrecourse" loansWhat are "qualified nonrecourse financing" loans and how they affect partnersSection 704 "built-in gain or loss" rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reportingSection 4655 "at risk" rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting
Power BI - OLAP Formulas & More Time Intelligent Functions
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:OLAP functions to create custom calculations on an Excel worksheetMeasures that help determine the date of your refreshed dataAdvanced time intelligent functions to create date-based measures
Fundamentals of Outbound US Rules of International Taxation 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
The US Taxing Jurisdiction Sourcing Rules Foreign Tax Credits Subpart F Global-Intangible Low-Taxed Income Passive Foreign Investment Companies IC-DISCs
Nuts & Bolts of Estate Planning: Practical Modeling 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Modeling examples for the Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT) Modeling example for the Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT) Modeling examples of Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust (IDGT ) with variations Modeling examples of Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust (IDGT ) with property tax issues How to build flexibility into strategies to respond to changing circumstances
Leadershift: Drive Results Through Ethical Performance Mgmnt
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:How Inspirational leadership is the foundation that ethically drives results.Simplify the complex: Walk through the Results Model and discover practical how-to examples of execution.Hacks for getting great results with specific examples you can leverage in your business:The How: Empower your people to feel like an owner, managing difficult conversations well, leading with empathy and what that looks like, how it should feel, motivational coaching techniques to get your employee relationships back on track, and unleashing the power of appreciation and gratitude.The What: Powerful score-carding, transformational goal-setting conversations, and positive accountable follow- up.
Comprehensive Passive Activity Losses (PAL) 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Overview of the four loss limitation rules and how the PAL rules interact with the other limitations Definition of a PAL including a detailed review of the 7 determining factors contained in the Treasury Regulations with a review of several recent court decisions that interpret this regulation Impact of PAL rules on real estate ownership Learn the six Nonshelterable Passive Activity (NOPA) rules that act as anti-abuse rules to the PAL rules Discuss how the PAL rules impact tax credits Discuss tax elections and planning techniques associated with PALs
Audit 301: Code of Professional Conduct - Key for Auditors
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Overview of the Conceptual Framework approach to identify threats to principles of the Code of Professional ConductFamiliarity, self-interest, self-review and other independence threatsGeneral requirements and management responsibilities when performing both attest and non-attest services for the same clientSafeguards for common independence threats
2024 A Guide to Sampling - Part 1
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Sampling Monetary Unit Sampling