CPE Catalog & Events
Managing Current Fraud Trends in a Shifting Environment
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Summary of the impact of fraud on entities worldwide.Common fraud schemes and typical median losses that result.How smaller entity fraud risk differs from those of larger entities.The statistical profile of the most common fraud perpetrator.The most effective methods for preventing and detecting fraud.Cybersecurity risk management trends and best practices.
2024 Deep Dive into Quality Management
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Quality Management Risk Assessment SQMS
2024 Single Audit Update
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
2024 Compliance Supplement Uniform Guidance Common Deficiencies
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: Explanation and Planning
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Key provisions for individual taxpayers - deductions and creditsKey provisions for business taxpayers - new taxes, deductions, and creditsImpacts on flow-through entitiesNew reporting requirementsDepreciation update: impact on bonus depreciation
Surgent's Excel for Accountants: Using Excel to Cleanse and Prepare Data
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Automation capabilities of Excel The “Get & Transform” Tool Using “Get & Transform” for flattening, splitting and combining data, unpivoting summarized data, and combining CSV exports
Ask Me No Questions and I Will Tell You No Lies - The Art of Interviewing & Interrogation
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Online
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Defining an interview Why we choose to believe or not believe someone Types of individuals you will be talking with Why people lie Types of liars Unsharable needs Verbal and nonverbal clues How to listen Obtaining a confession
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 2
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Why we get off balance and how to overcome those tendencies Methods that turbo charge motivation, health and happiness The power of culture and friends to affect our lives The importance of clear intention in order to effect change that lasts
Data & Predictive Analytics & Business Intelligence for Controllers/CFOs
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
DA and BI relationship to accountant value. Current trends in BI and DA, including the emergence of AI tools like ChatGPT. The changing accountant roles: data analyst, data scientist, and data storyteller, with an emphasis on how ChatGPT can be utilized in these capacities. Obtaining datasets to compare and contrast with their organization's data, and how ChatGPT can assist in analyzing and interpreting this data. BI tools and the inclusion of AI technologies such as ChatGPT to streamline processes and improve analytical capabilities.
Ethics - A Line in the Sand; Implications for Daily Business
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Recognize the underlying drivers of individual ethical behavior Identify the relationship between ethics and integrity Highlight ethical trends in businesses throughout the world Review high profile ethics lapses in recent years
Prevention & Detection of Fraud In Small Businesses
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
The importance of the control environment The three most common behavioral red flags exhibited by perpetrators Why it is much more cost effective to prevent fraud than it is to detect fraud The reason why the small business owner/auditor should think about how they would steal Who steals and why Common myths about stealing that are not true Understanding the concept of risk management
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
Coaching the Next Generation of CPAs
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Building a high-performing team comprised of multi-generational workers.How to effectively communicate with the millennial worker.Leveraging younger staff in business development opportunities.Measuring the productivity of a millennial workforce.
Monthly Federal Tax Updates - April 2025
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Current individual tax issuesCurrent business entity tax issuesAny current tax legislation occurring during the periodOther issues affecting the profession, including IRS procedure, current cases, payroll, and other federal tax issues
S Corporations: Conversions 2024
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Reasons to terminate an S corporation election Involuntary terminations Voluntary revocations the process and the consequences Tax planning opportunities related to the termination of S corporation status Complications arising from a mid-year termination Limitations on re-electing S corporation status Making the S corporation election how and why Built-in gain planning
Tackling Turnover: Key Reasons Your Staff Are Leaving What to Do About It 2024
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Practice Management Factors that Cause Turnover Boosting Engagement and Retention
Surgent's Ethical Considerations for the CPA
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Examine the CPA's role in today's economy Compare similarities and differences between individual and business ethics Explore the link between ethics, integrity and scruples Discuss the basic attributes of ethics and professional conduct Review the history of the CPA profession and the CPA's requirement to adhere to ethics policies and codes of conduct Review the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct and a CPA's responsibilities to the public, clients and colleagues Discuss the common rules and statutes faced daily in the CPA profession. Case studies may also be utilized to present potential ethical dilemmas CPAs may face during their careers Review CPA Independence violations by current legal case examples
The Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax and Dynasty Trusts 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Calculation of the GST tax, and how it relates to the estate tax and gift tax Direct skips, taxable distributions, and taxable terminations GST tax allocations, Reverse QTIP election, and Exempt and Nonexempt Trusts Calculating the benefit of and designing Dynasty Trusts
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
Coping With the Growth of Online Fraud
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this course include:The actuation of online and other cyber fraudsFraudulent acts that are initiated electronicallyAutomated and employee driven methods that can reduce cyber-fraud risk
OCBOA Case Studies 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Income tax-basis financial statement presentations Cash and modified-cash financial statement presentations Innovative and EBITDA type reports OCBOA engagements AICPA Financial Reporting Framework for Small- and Medium-Sized Entities