CPE Catalog & Events
2024 Depreciation: Guide to Capitalizing Tangible Property
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Recent tax legislation, rules and developments related to capitalization and depreciation Qualified improvement property Section 179, including inflation adjustments Section 168(k) 100% bonus deduction Depreciation of automobiles, including new luxury auto limits ADS depreciation for electing farm and real estate business Update on recent developments
Risk Assessment for Small Business Audits
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Each element of the risk assessment process:Understanding the client's business and industry in which it operatesInternal controlAssessing the magnitude and likelihood of riskLinking risk assessment to substantive audit procedures
Social Media: The Bare Necessities
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Social Media Marketing Publicity Public Relations Business Strategy
Coaching Skills That Improve Performance
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Coaching Effective Communication
Managing the Accounting Department
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Accounting Leadership Management
Personal Leadership Skills
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Leadership Personality Types Communication Memory
2024 S Corporation Checkup: Key Tax Issues & Forms Reporting
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Discuss the calculation of basis when the entity is formed including the impact of contributed property Explain the importance of shareholder loans to the entity Uses a comprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process Schedules K-2 and K-3 Discuss how basis is impacted by distributions of corporation property Explain how basis is impacted by sale/or liquidation of the S corporation interest S corporation losses and how they impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting Show how to get from the Schedule K-1 information to the basis calculation
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Coworkers
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Negotiation Conflict Persuasion Management Leadership
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Clients
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Negotiation Conflict Persuasion Management Leadership Customer Service
2024 Data Analytics: Practical Insights for Today's Accountant
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Explore new tools and client engagement techniques using data analytics; Introduction of popular software tools Examine the AICPA’s Five-Step Approach to data analytics in an audit engagement
2024 Internal Controls That Could Have Prevented Frauds
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Examination of actual frauds Discussion of internal controls that could have prevented the frauds Contemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios
Introduction to Governmental Accounting
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Fund Accounting MD&A ACFR
Introduction to Single Audit
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Compliance Federal Funds Single Audit
2024 Partnership Essentials: Tax Basis Capital Accounts
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Importance of capital accounts Reporting negative tax basis Tax accounting for property contributed to a partnership Pre-contribution appreciation Effect of the Ceiling Rule Allocation of depreciation to partners Alternative and Remedial Methods Effect on financial capital accounts Form 1065, Schedule K-1 Tax basis capital accounts
2024 Governmental Auditing Update: Yellow Book & Uniform Guidance
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
2024 Compliance Supplement Uniform Guidance Quality Management Yellow Book
Communicating Financial Data to Non-Financial Audiences
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this class include:Key barriers when communicating financial informationHow to overcome those barriersKey tips on effectively communicating financial information to non-financial audiences
Surgent's Understanding How the IRS Rewards Whistleblowers
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Overview of the law that authorizes the IRS to reward whistleblowers who submit information leading to recovery Review of the whistleblower claim process Criteria for eligible claims Case studies of significant claim recoveries paid by the IRS to whistleblowers Issues underlying whether a practitioner should ever act as the whistleblower Addressing delays inherent in the whistleblower claim process The structure and role of the Whistleblower Office Best practices for the submission of a good whistleblower claim Working with other governmental divisions in processing whistleblower claims A brief overview of other, non-IRS whistleblower claims
Surgent's Understanding S Corporation Taxation: Compensation Issues and Entity-Level Taxes
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Reasonable compensation Fringe benefits for S corporation shareholders Built-in gains tax Excess passive income tax Notice 2020-75: PTE elections
Surgent's Buying and Selling a Business: Tax and Structuring Overview
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
An overview of the beginning of the process and documents for preliminary tax planning Recognizing the need for due diligence in acquisitions, including checklists of important points Deemed asset sales – §338 and §338(h)(10) The impact of the §197 amortizable intangibles regulations on the acquisition and disposition of a business Allocating purchase price for tax advantage Planning to avoid double taxation under the repeal of the General Utilities doctrine Special problems and opportunities when an S corporation is the buyer or seller Installment sale and interest issues Avoiding tax pitfalls and recognizing tax planning opportunities Unique issues in buying and selling LLC/partnership interests Impact of the net investment income tax (NIIT) and the §199A pass-through deduction on the tax due on the sale of a pass-through entity Individually owned goodwill
Communication Miracles At Work and In Life - Part 1
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
1. Why people behave as they do, and how you can effectively motivate anyone to cooperate with you How to judge if your communication is effective in motivating someone How to get someone to really hear you How to communicate so that someone will happily do what you want 2. How to create trust and get people to like working with you The 3 most important keys for getting someone to feel rapport with you Why rapport is so important, and how to use it to profit in your work How to quickly solve problems with people once you have their rapport 3. How to handle difficult people Why some people are difficult to deal with, and what you can do about it How you can turn a difficult employee or customer into a powerful asset How to easily solve problems with people who are upset at you 4. Secret techniques that super-successful communicators use How Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton are similar, and how you can tap into their "magic abilities" The three most important keys all successful communicators use