CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Auditing Not-for-Profit Entities: Superior Skills for an Effective and Efficient Audit
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
Refining key planning and general auditing considerations to the not-for-profit environment Characteristics of not-for-profit financial statements that require special attention The auditor’s consideration of fraud in auditing a not-for-profit entity Audit procedures to become comfortable with management’s recording and reporting of contributions and promises to give Auditing how a not-for-profit entity gets from natural expenses to functional expenses Auditing considerations and techniques related to net assets, compliance with tax laws and regulations, collections and split-interest agreements Considerations related to Yellow Book and single audits
Surgent's Technical Individual Practice Issues and Tax Forms for Experienced Practitioners
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
What’s NEW for this year – Items all practitioners must know Form 1040 and Schedules 1 – 3 1099-K reporting requirements Qualified Business Income -- Coverage of §199A including the real estate safe harbor A tour of the most recent forms changes, starting from gross income and ending with selected credits, including the latest IRS guidance on significant recent tax legislation How will clients (and practitioners) interact with IRS in the future and how the pandemic is steering the IRS to ramp up with digital communication efforts Hot developments and current areas of interest Virtual Currency and Digital Asset Taxation Advanced practice, reporting, and other issues intertwined with advanced planning and discussion ideas Form 6198 -- At-risk basis: Detailed case study and discussion of how this form is to be used and when it needs to be filed; learn how basis and at-risk basis are different, and why this is significant Form 6252 -- Installment sale income: A common tax area; however, a case study and discussion of this topic includes advanced issues such as gain on reacquisition of installment sale property, including worksheets on calculating gain & tax basis of reacquired property Form 5329 -- Additional taxes on qualified plans: Advanced study of how to avoid penalties
Activity-Based Costing: Is it Right for Your Organization?
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:ABC versus traditional costingFirst-stage allocationDetermining predetermined overhead ratesSecond-stage allocationActivity-based reportingActivity-based management
PCAOB Updates
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $71
Revisions to AS 2501 New requirements of AS 1210 The audit with other auditors
Get Known, Get Connected, Get Ahead: Personal Connection for Professional Results
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Relationships
Surgent's Business Writing: Professional & Effective Emails
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Preparing to write: what is my purpose and objective and who is my audience When email is the appropriate communication methodology and when it’s not Common email mistakes and how to avoid them Proven techniques for writing more efficient, readable, and outcome-focused emails
Surgent's Update on the SECURE 2.0 Act
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Automatic enrollment requirements for 401(k) plans Change in the credit for small employer pension plan startup costs $2,000 saver’s match Changes in pooled employer plans Multiple employer 403(b) plans Increase in age for required beginning date for mandatory distributions Indexing IRA catch-up limit Higher catch-up limit to apply at age 60, 61, 62, and 63 Treatment of student loan payments as elective deferrals for purposes of matching contributions Application of credit for small employer pension startup costs to employers who join an existing plan Small immediate financial incentives for contributing to a plan Withdrawals for certain emergency expenses Starter 401(k) plans for employers with no retirement plans Improving coverage for part-time workers Recovery of retirement plan overpayments Tax treatment of IRAs involved in a prohibited transaction Clarification of substantially equal periodic payment rule
Revenue Recognition, Financial Instruments, and Leases
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $71
FASB accounting standards updates in financial instruments and leases Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) module Lease obligation
The Future of Communication: How AI and Synthetic Media Can Transform Your Business
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Technology AI Synthetic Media Strategy Leadership Management Time Management/Productivity
Excel - Two Must Know Features: Defined Names & Tables
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Using Defined Names in formula creationLearning how Defined Names can lead to more accurate spreadsheetsStructured calculations in Excel Tables
Collaborative Communications: Working with Diverse Styles
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Online
2.50 Credits
Member Price: $89
Communications
Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals for CPAs 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
What is intelligence? In what areas are AI processes superior or inferior to humans right now? Brief history of AI and what we've learned thus far. The three phases of AI and the direction they're headed. Examples of competitive applications of AI in the accounting profession.
Mr. Spock and Homer Simpson: The Two Sides of Human Economic Behavior 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
How parents decide to divide their wealth. Is population growth a blessing or a curse? Does the government deficit and the trade deficit hurt or help the economy? Do companies really plan obsolescence? Why are shopping carts getting bigger? Should there be a free market in human organs?
Tax Season Update for Business with Steve Dilley
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this class include:2021/22 legislative developments, cases and rulings impacting various business entity taxpayersDetailed discussion of the partnership and S corporation Schedule K-1 changesBusiness income, deductions and creditsTravel expense reportingSection 199A update and business lossesDepreciation update: Section 179 and 168(k)S Corporation and partnership update
Doing Debt Differently - Your Roadmap to Changes & Choices for Success
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Education that is also transformation Key Learning Objectives A word collage to clarify your starting point with debt Practical and emotional aspects of debt Your current story about debt 3 myths and 3 truths about debt that will help you start over A new philosophy on Doing Debt Differently Key concepts that lead to success in becoming debt free A petition for debt freedom Facing your debt problem and creating relief The six ways to find relief – awareness, letting go, identifying debt patterns, creating your new relationship, the alchemy process, inspired actions Creating your personal plan for debt freedom Review and tips for continued success The secret to success is support How to build your success team
Comprehensive S Corporation Taxation Form 1120S 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Learn how to qualify and to make the S corporation election Determine how to calculate initial and annual stock and debt basis amounts and the three reasons why they are maintained Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the shareholder's individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations) Understand the proper tax treatment and reporting of a distribution from the S corporation to a shareholder Determine how to calculate AAA and OAA account for an S corporation as well as the 3 potential taxes Determine the impact of health insurance, the net investment income tax, qualified business income tax deduction and unreasonable compensation issues on the reporting function of the S corporation
Social Security Basics and Strategies for Maximizing Benefits 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Social Security planning, benefit calculation, and beneficiaries Recent changes to "file and suspend" and "restricted application" strategies Increasing benefits for self-employed individuals Planning for surviving spouses Integrating retirement plan distribution strategies with Social Security claiming strategies Coordinating drawing Social Security benefits with the start of Medicare benefits, including a discussion of IRMAA
Section 174: New Rules for Research & Experimentation
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Discussion of the impact of the Section 174 law change requiring capitalization of research and experimental costs.Comparison of the Section 41 R&E credit to the Section 174 R&E deduction.Financial accounting for R&E costs.Required change of accounting method and Form 3115.Revised treatment of software development costs.Comprehensive case problems explaining implementation of the law changes.
Audit 407: Auditing Contingencies and Going Concern
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Overview of contingencies and related disclosuresIdentifying and determining proper accounting treatment for litigation, claims and assessmentsEvaluating the sufficiency of attorney's letter responses for audit evidenceEvaluating substantial doubt about an entity's ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of timeAuditing managements assumptions in making the going concern evaluationProper application of the liquidation basis of accounting
A Coach Approach to Feedback: How To Have an Action Oriented Conversation
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Feedback