CPE Catalog & Events
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A New Productivity for the New World. Goal Achievement for the 21st Century, A Whole Brain Approach
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Mindfulness Creative Thinking Productivity Performance Neuroscience Leadership
Investment Scam Losses: How to Get Deductions
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Categorization of various scams The keys to deductibility Review of the client's required actions to allow deductibility Disclosures and forms reporting required for deductibility “Tales from the Front” – practice issues CPAs are dealing with in these extraordinary situations
Digging Deep with Excel Pivot Tables
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Data preparation and cleansing Pivot table creation Pivot table customization Navigating Excel’s PivotTable Analyze tab
AI In Audit and Financial Reporting
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Online
1.60 Credits
Member Price: $39
Artificial Intelligence Audit Financial Reporting
Revenue Recognition Topic 606 - Identify Performance Obligations Part 2
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Online
1.40 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revenue Recognition Accounting
Cryptocurrencies for the CFO: Explaining Blockchain
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
What is money? What are digital assets? Understanding the what, why, and how of cryptocurrencies Understanding the what, why, and how of blockchain NFT’s (Non-Fungible Tokens), their role and impact Explaining the crypto language
How to Audit Inventory
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Auditing Inventory.Related Audit assertions, risks, and threats to inventory.Substantive auditing procedures that staff should perform.
Shortcuts that Excel Users Love
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:The power of keyboard shortcutsOft used features with more capability than meets the eyeNew helpful featuresNote: This session is taught using Hands-On methodology. We provide practice files that tie to the examples in the course materials so participants can undertake all the steps in unison with the instructor.
The FASB Conceptual Framework
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Purpose and structure of the FASB Conceptual Framework Recognition and derecognition criteria Measurement concepts and approaches Qualitative characteristics of useful financial information Elements of financial statements Footnote disclosure requirements Relationship between the framework and standard-setting Practical application of the framework in accounting decisions
What's Going on at the AICPA (2026/27)
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
AICPA audit and attestation developments Next phase of quality management Monitoring and remediation responsibilities SSAE No. 24 and SSARS No. 26 updates Exposure drafts on confirmations and fraud SAS No. 149 and group audit implications
Internal Controls Over Compliance vs Compliance
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Testing internal ControlsAlign internal controls with specific compliance requirementsThe misidentification of controls and the confusion between compliance and control processes
Cash Management: Strategies for Long-Term Success
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Developing short-term cash flow projections How do we assure adequate cash availability without having idle cash? Take advantage of your bank’s cash management services Working capital loans Controlled disbursement accounts Sweep accounts and other short-term investments ACH transactions Direct transfers Lock boxes Credit and collections Reconciliation frequency Managing cash short-falls
2026/27 Not-for-Profit GAAP Update
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Recently issued Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) impacting NFP financial reporting, along with standard-setting projects currently in the FASB pipeline.The International Non-Profit Accounting Standard (INPAS)-the first comprehensive global accounting framework designed specifically for non-profit organizations, launched in October 2025.
Ethical Situations - What to do When?, featuring Allison McLeod and Don Minges
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Intentions versus results. Is using the ‘Threats Based Approach’ always the best? What is, “The clean hands rule,” and how does it apply to Ethics? Situations where Ethics is not black-and-white.
Better Business Writing: Improve Your Speed and Quality
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Writing Communications
Mastering Partnership Basis: Inside and Outside Basis
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Explain the use of both "inside" and "outside” basis determination.How to calculate tax basis capital accounts, including when the entity is formed, including the impact of contributed property.Clarify the importance of partnership capital accounts and partnerships debt on partner's tax basis.Explanation of how basis is impacted distributions and by sale and/or liquidation of the partnership interest.Comprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process.
Profiles in Fraud
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Real life fraudsters: what they did, how they got away with it, how they finally were caughtProfiles: the characteristics the fraud perpetrators have in commonTechniques to prevent and deter these common schemes
Strategic CFO - Developing Strategy and the Why
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
What strategy really means and who is involved in developing it Common reasons strategic plans fail and how to avoid them Cost leadership, differentiation, and niche strategies Using metrics, KPIs, and the Balanced Scorecard to measure success The role of non-financial drivers in financial performance Benchmarking and competitive analysis Aligning mission, culture, and strategy Case discussions on strategy execution and performance measurement
Surgent's What Practitioners Need to Know About Estate Planning and Administering a Client’s Estate
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Online
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The federal transfer tax exemption What constitutes a valid will Common trust vehicles often used to safeguard assets Consequences of intestacy How to transfer property outside of a will Legal treatment of marital property Transfer of IRAs and retirement plans Probate generally and probate for property held outside of the state of decedent’s residence When an estate tax return should be filed Portability of the Deceased Spousal Unused Exclusion (DSUE) amount
Surgent's Key Partnership and S Corporation Tax Planning Strategies
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation Tax consequences of retiring partners seeking liquidating distributions/redemptions and S corporation shareholders seeking the redemption of their shares At-risk and passive activity loss considerations Basis planning Related party transactions: making them work Income splitting and shifting with family can create considerable benefits Sale of ownership interest and NIIT considerations