CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Going Concern Accounting and Reporting Considerations
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
Current FASB accounting standards related to going concern, including the new requirements of ASU 2014-15 Evaluating risk of material misstatement in financial reports related to improper presentation and disclosure of going concern uncertainty The responsibility of an independent accountant for evaluating going concern uncertainty under various levels of engagement to perform attest and nonattest services New requirements of SAS No. 132 and SSARS No. 24 related to an auditor’s responsibility for considering going concern uncertainty?
Surgent's Top Ten Questions from Partnership Clients Regarding the Section 754 Election
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
How does a partner compute his or her basis in a partnership? What is the difference between a partner’s inside and outside basis? What is the difference between a partner’s capital account and partner’s outside basis? How does Section 732(d) impact the buyer of a partnership interest? How does a partnership report a Section 754 election on the partnership’s tax return? How does a partnership make a Section 754 election? How does a partnership make a Section 743(b) adjustment? How does a partnership make a Section 734(b) adjustment? How is a Section 743(b) adjustment or Section 734(b) adjustment allocated to the assets of a partnership? How is a Section 743(b) adjustment allocated within the class of ordinary income property and capital gain property?
Retaining Talent in a Competitive Marketplace
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Decision Making TheoryCompensation & Employee SatisfactionWhat benefits do employees care about?Retirement Plan BasicsHealth Insurance BasicsDisability Insurance BasicsLife Insurance BasicsFringe BenefitsSumming It Up
Excel - Fundamentals, Data Entry and Basic Formulas
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Review of the Excel interfaceBasic data entry tasks using the fill command, range selection and copy & pasteBasics to creating formulas (absolute/relative reference, auto-computer, functions)
Surgent's Building Your Personal Brand
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The relevance of brand vs. reputation Key components of a personal brand Breaking down the who, what, where, when, why, and how of creating a personal brand
Imagining a World Without Non-Competes
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Federal non-compete law State non-compete law
The Gift of a Challenging Audience: How to Connect and Engage With the Rebels in the Room
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
Public speaking Presentation Skills Communication Leadership
Governmental Accounting 101
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Fund Types Budgetary Accounting Financial Reporting Requirements Single Audit Act Audit Standards and Procedures Best Practices in Governmental Accounting
Audit 504: Making Rain - Success with Clients and Prospects
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Continued marketing to existing clientsHow to better connect with existing and prospective clientsMotivating prospective clients to engage with your firmMethods for building value perceptions with existing and prospective clientsDifferentiating your firm from the competition, including translating features into benefitsHandling objections and closing a sale
New Manager Series: The How To's of Leading 2024
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Leadership Development Delegation Feedback Time Management
Surgent's Work-Life Balance: Maximizing Productivity and Understanding Related Tax Issues
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Discuss how productivity strategies may improve work-life balance Understand the state tax consequences that may arise when working from home Identify and discuss challenges unique to financial professionals Review how some organizations are providing support to improve work-life balance Explore the role of alternative work arrangements Examine challenges unique to auditors versus tax professionals A comparison of work-life balance between public and industry accountants How work-family conflict varies among financial professionals Recommendations for improving work-life balance
Exploring Internal Controls That Could Have Prevented Frauds
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Examination of actual fraudsDiscussion of internal controls that could have prevented the fraudsContemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios
Learning to Teach "Tax" as a Second Language
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Accounting as a foreign languageCommonly misunderstood conceptsCommunicating tax mattersClient-practitioner interactionsInteracting with tax authorities
2024 Resolving Ethical Dilemmas-You Make the Call
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
Ethical frameworks Threats and safeguards to objectivity and independence
2024 I want the TRUTH: Preparing to be an Expert Witness
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Rules of civil and criminal procedure Applicable standards Testifying basics Cross-examination techniques
Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Overview of Audit Risk Assessment AICPA's clarified Risk Assessment Standards SAS 145 Assessing the Entity's Environment
Business Tax Update: Recent Developments
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:2021/22 legislation impacting business taxpayersExtenders legislation updateMeals and entertainment expense reportingPartnership and S corporation updateIncome and deductions
SAS 134: Exploring the New Audit Report
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this class include:Examples of current public company audit reportsImplications of SAS No.134Exploration of illustrative audit report examplesPotential communication of Key Audit Matters (KAMs)
IRS Case Roadblocks
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Administrative strategies for resolving a TFRP assessmentHow to prepare for negotiating an installment agreementTips for handling apathetic or indifferent Revenue OfficersHow to stage different case obstacles and roadblocks through completion
Benford's Law and Other Digital Analysis Techniques
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
Benford’s Law Digital Analysis Data analytics