CPE Catalog & Events
Streamlined Excel Reporting Series Session 3: PivotTable Wrap-Up and Web Data
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $118
Surgent's Inventory Management, Control and Analysis: Best-in-Class Tools to Achieve Success
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Inventory management vs. inventory control Inventory analysis methods and KPIs Top inventory management trends Inventory analysis: methods and KPIs Inventory management trends for retailers Inventory management and supply chain management Top trends in warehouse management Supply chain inventory optimization
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?
2024 Creative Strategies for Buying, Selling, or Gifting a Business
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Valuation methods for business interests Stock purchase versus asset purchase Estate transfer and tax considerations Gifting strategies for business interests Trusts and partnerships in business transfers Self-canceling installment notes in transactions Transferring S corporation stock to trusts Business interest transfer with Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Surgent's Advanced Audits of 401(k) Plans: Best Practices and Current Developments
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Audit requirements for ERISA §103(a)(3)(C) audits An annual update of the changes affecting 401(k) plans Compliance issues associated with eligibility and enrollments, remittances, lack of oversight, compensation, vesting, and other topics Best practices for engagement planning, internal controls, risk assessment, and detailed testing Avoiding common mistakes while performing audit procedures Plan mergers and acquisitions Common audit reporting and disclosure issues
Walter Haig's Personal Financial Health Checkup
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
The topics that will be covered in this course include:Preparing a personal financial statement following U.S. GAAPRecasting U.S. GAAP personal financial statements into powerful management toolsIdentifying key financial factors that must be managed in order to achieve financial self-sufficiencyKey personal planning documents including HIPAA Medical Disclosure Document, Living Will, Medical Durable Power of Attorneys, and Letter of Instruction at DeathHow to create "goal" statements that achieve results
How Machines Are Coming Alive and Ruling the World
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:What is the Internet of Things (IoT)? IoT In ActionIoT Economic ImpactsHow IoT Will Impact AccountantsStructured vs. Unstructured Data: The New Accounting FrontierLeading IoT Challenges and RisksEmerging IoT Business Models for AccountantsHow to Monetize IoTIoT Starter StrategyIoT Case Studies
Surgent's Taxation of Partnership Distributions and Sales of Partnership Interests
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Types of partnership distributions Liquidating partnership distributions Basis of property distributed by a partnership Special basis adjustments under Section 732(d) Abandoned and worthless partnership interests Section 751(a) exchange Transactions between partners and their partnerships Disguised sales Section 736(a) and (b) payments
2024 Managerial Accounting: Your Prescription for Better Decisions
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Target profit and Break-even analysis Relevant costs and decision-making Standard costs and variances Activity-based costing Segment reporting and analysis Budgeting
Managing the Accounting Department
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Accounting Leadership Management
2024 Partnership Essentials: Review & Update
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Recent legislative, rules and tax developments impacting partnerships and their partners Transfer of partnership interests TCJA §461(l) Excess Business Losses and §163(j) Business Interest Expense Importance of capital accounts Form 1065, Schedules K-1 and M-2 Schedules K-2 and K-3 update Reporting partner capital accounts Effect of the Ceiling Rule Alternative and Remedial Methods Effect on financial capital accounts Tax basis capital accounts
2024 A Practitioner's Guide to IRAs and Qualified Retirement Plans
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Traditional and Roth IRAs: Understanding retirement savings options SEP and SIMPLE IRAs: Exploring retirement plans for small businesses Qualified Plans: Navigating employer-sponsored retirement plans Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans: Comparing retirement plan structures 401(k) Plans: Maximizing benefits with employer-sponsored options Retirement Plan Selection: Choosing the best plan for individual client needs Minimum Distribution Rules: Ensuring compliance and understanding withdrawal regulations Tax Implications: Analyzing the tax consequences of retirement plan decisions Retirement Planning Strategies: Implementing effective strategies for client financial goals
DEI in the Remote Work Era
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
DEI Employee engagement Remote work Organizational culture Employee relations
1 Hour - Introduction to Sustainability Accounting
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
History of Sustainability Accounting Sustainability Metrics for Industry Published Sustainability Standards
2024 Partnerships/LLCs: Understanding Tax Basis Capital Accounts
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Discussion of the impact of the Section 199A flow-through entities deduction on partnerships and their partners The meaning of a “tax basis capital account” -- how do the financial accounting and tax capital accounts differ from one another How to determine a partner’s share of the partnership’s liabilities Distinguishing “recourse” loans from “nonrecourse” loans What are “qualified nonrecourse financing” loans and how they affect partners Review of the Sec. 704 “built-in gain or loss” rules and how they impact Schedule K-1 reporting
Tax Law Logic: Diving Into Tax Policy 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Definition and relevance of the term tax policy Principles underlying the four main tax types Principles of good tax policy How to analyze existing tax rules and proposals for changes against principles of good tax policy and utilize the results How and why to advocate for tax law changes
What's So Funny 'Bout Accounting and Tax Ethics 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Threats to compliance with Code of Ethics Updated Statement of Standards for Taxpayer Services (SSTS) Ethical challenges in selecting appropriate GAAP alternatives
CFO Solutions to IRS Problems
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The authority of IRS in assessing and collecting taxes.The common misconceptions when dealing with IRS.Common questionable actions by business owners.How to prepare for an IRS audit.The seven options in IRS collections.Possible criminal tax violations by CFOs and small business owners.
Best Practices for Tax Income and Expense Recognition 2024
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Online
6.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
Cash receipts and disbursements method of accounting, including history Cash method limitations, including tax shelters per IRC Sec. 448(d)(3), 461(i)(3) and 1256(e)(3) Cash method by small businesses, including Revenue Procedures 2001-10 and 2002-28 NAICS codes Accrual of income and expenses, including history Economic Performance and Recurring Item Exception, IRC Sec. 461(h) Deferral of Certain Advance Payments (Revenue Procedure 2004-34) Changes made to the above by the 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Financial Reporting Fundamentals 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Financial statements, disclosures and presentations Review of two Annual Financial Reports (IFRS and U.S. GAAP)