CPE Catalog & Events
Keeping Organization Assets Safe 2024
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
What assets are most important for business Protecting important assets
A Better Way to Choose Your KPIs
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
KPIs Performance measures Metrics
2024 Accounting Update in a Post COVID-19 World
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Risk assessment Government assistance Pandemic-related accounting pronouncements Learning to be an auditor in a pandemic environment Exploring liquidity options Accounting tools and techniques for supporting managerial decisions Engagement and workforce management
New Mergers & Acquisitions: Tricks, Traps, & Terrors
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Business Management Organization
2024 Guide to Preparing Form 1041 for Estates and Trusts
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Current rates and brackets Calculating a trust's AGI Filing requirements, deadlines and penalties 3.8% Medicare surtax on net investment income (NII) Simple vs. complex trusts Grantor Trusts: Four options to report activity Section 643 (g) Election Taxable income of trusts, estate and beneficiaries
2024 Partnership Checkup: Key Tax Issues & Forms Reporting
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Clarify the importance of partnership capital accounts and partnerships debt on partner's tax basis; Impact of contributed property Explain the use of both "inside" and "outside” basis determination Explain the importance of shareholder loans to the entity Discuss how basis is impacted by distributions of corporation property and the sale/or liquidation of the S corporation interest Comprehensive examples illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process
2024 Partnerships and S Corporations: How to Calculate Basis
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Calculation of basis when the entity is formed, including the impact of contributed property How to calculate partnership tax basis capital accounts Explains the use of both "inside" and "outside” basis determination Clarifies the how partnerships and S corporations debt impacts tax basis Discusses how distributions affect basis Explains how basis is impacted by sale and/or liquidation of the partnership or S-corporation interest Discusses how S corporation losses impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting
Building Your Own Library of Anti-fraud & Continuous Monitoring Tests
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Build your own forensic data analytics tests around vendors, customers or employees Expand your knowledge and library of available anti-fraud tests and behavioral algorithms Align the right tests to the appropriate risks Practical applications and use cases
Performance Targets That Deliver Results Without Burnout
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Performance target design Target testing
Combatting Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Sexual harassment prevention Company culture
2024 Forgotten Managerial Accounting Tools
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Cost-volume-profit analysis, including target profit and break-even calculations Relevant costs and decision-making Activity-based costing Capital budgeting considerations Overview of Excel capabilities for supporting managerial analysis
GAAP Alternatives: The Perfect Storm of Accounting Updates
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this class include:Review of special purpose frameworksDiscussion of non-GAAP options for financial reportingU.S GAAP alternatives for certain entities
2024 PowerPoint: Tips & Tricks for Today's Accountant
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Exploration of tabs within PowerPoint’s ribbon Initial creation of a slide deck Using slide masters Utilization of external content SmartArt Alignments and layouts Tips and tricks for efficiency Best practices for effective presentation delivery Other creative uses for PowerPoint
Triple Your Memory, Prevent Dementia and Halve Your Stress - Part 2
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
How our emotions follow the motion of our body, and how that can be used to instill instant confidence How to tap into a completely relaxed and/or confident state of mind in 10 seconds or less using advanced hypnotic conditioning and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques How to stay motivated to use the methods outlined in this course to advance your career and achieve a higher quality of life How to use the concept of constant learning to help you maintain a balanced and fulfilling lifestyle
Cases in Corporate Ethics: Discuss Real Life Conflicts
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
We introduce new case selections to this seminar every year. Past cases have included these issues: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?
Surgent's Annual Accounting and Auditing Update
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates, PCC Update and items on the FASB’s Technical Agenda Leases – Topic 842 ASC 326: CECL Review of SAS 142 – Focus on Audit Evidence Recently issued SASs and other AICPA activity SSARS No. 25 and other recently issued SSARS Detailed review of SAS 145 Other important A&A practice matters
Why Cybersecurity Matters to CPAs
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Recent cybersecurity attacks, their implications, and how weak cybersecurity controls enabled their successSpecific cybersecurity controls that help prevent fraud and support data integrity of financial reportsHow an effective cybersecurity program is needed to reduce losses, prevent fraud, avoid reputational damage, and protect critical data assets
Accommodation Requests - Substance Abuse - Contagious Infections
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accommodation requests - religious practices Accommodation requests - disabilities Substance Abuse - constructive confrontation Substance Abuse - duty to accommodate as a disability Disclosures of potentially contagious infections
Walkin', Talkin', Lookin' & Listenin' - Or Things Most of Us Don't Do Well
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The importance of making yourself available How to start a conversation and what to NOT talk about The art of how to listen When you don’t understand what they just said Don’t fool by equivocations when they respond to a question Materiality and perception
2024 Business Losses: Going Backward and Forward
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Recent legislative developments for deducting business losses TCJA net operating losses rules of §461(l) §163(j) Business Interest Expense Limitations of deducting losses and basis What is the “quickie” refund; Section 465 At-Risk amount Section 469 Passive Activity Loss rules