CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Monthly Accounting and Auditing Update (Original Air Date: 12/28/21)
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1.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
New professional standards issued by the FASB and AICPA Guidance on likely COVID-19-related accounting issues that you are likely to face Insights on best practices in managing new working environments Other topics of importance for all accounting practitioners
Surgent's Monthly Accounting and Auditing Update (Original Air Date: 7/27/21)
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
New professional standards issued by the FASB and AICPA Guidance on likely COVID-19-related accounting issues that you are likely to face Insights on best practices in managing new working environments Other topics of importance for all accounting practitioners
Surgent's Monthly Accounting and Auditing Update (Original Air Date: 8/31/21)
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
New professional standards issued by the FASB and AICPA Guidance on likely COVID-19-related accounting issues that you are likely to face Insights on best practices in managing new working environments Other topics of importance for all accounting practitioners
Surgent's Monthly Accounting and Auditing Update (Original Air Date: 9/28/21)
Available Until
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
New professional standards issued by the FASB and AICPA Guidance on likely COVID-19-related accounting issues that you are likely to face Insights on best practices in managing new working environments Other topics of importance for all accounting practitioners
Surgent's Navigating Your Client Through the IRS Appeals Process
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Preparing a valid Appeals Protest for small case requests when tax, penalties, and interest for each period are $25,000 or less Writing and filing a Formal Protest, including required information Alternative Dispute Resolution options available to clients Negotiation and time limitations Preparing and submitting a Tax Court petition to preserve a client’s rights
Surgent's Navigating Your Client Through the IRS Appeals Process
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Preparing a valid Appeals Protest for small case requests when tax, penalties, and interest for each period are $25,000 or less Writing and filing a Formal Protest, including required information Alternative Dispute Resolution options available to clients Negotiation and time limitations Preparing and submitting a Tax Court petition to preserve a client’s rights
Surgent's New SASs Effective for December 31, 2021 Audits
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1.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
New format of the auditor’s opinion, including the inclusion of key audit matters Significant unusual transactions Determining materiality Conforming changes to other reports issued under the SAS
Surgent's New York Ethics for CPAs
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Principles and concepts which form the foundation of ethical behavior The core principles of professional conduct -- integrity, objectivity, and independence The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct New York professional standards and responsibilities for the practice of public accounting
Surgent's Nuts & Bolts of Cryptocurrency Taxation
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
What is blockchain technology? How do you buy crypto? How do you store crypto? Use cases of cryptocurrency Blockchain technology Use cases of cryptocurrency Tax overview How taxes work for cryptocurrency investors How taxes work for cryptocurrency mining Taxation of other transactions Foreign reporting requirements and crypto How to use a tool like CoinTracker to calculate capital gains and losses New developments in the space Tax planning opportunities Why do accountants need to care?
Surgent's Opportunities in the Metaverse for Accounting and Other Professionals
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Understanding what the metaverse is and what it is not How to access the metaverse Why accounting and other professionals should use the metaverse Where accountants can find their space in the metaverse How the metaverse is changing the way we work Ownership opportunities in the metaverse Work and taxation in the metaverse
Surgent's Partnership and LLC Core Tax Issues From Formation Through Liquidation
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8.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Reporting requirements for Schedules K-2 and K-3 Capital account reporting requirements Schedule K-1 reporting for §743 adjustments Schedule K-1 reporting for §704 gains and losses Comprehensive case on partnership/partner application of the business interest deduction When to use “704(b) basis” for capital accounts versus “tax basis” Detailed rules of §704 for preventing the shifting of tax consequences among partners or members Unreasonable uses of the traditional & curative allocation methods Multiple layers of §704(c) allocations Treatment of recourse versus nonrecourse debt basis How to calculate basis limitations and its implication on each partner’s own tax return How §179 limitations affect partnership/LLC basis Regulations for handling basis step-ups under §754 elections, and mandatory adjustments under §743 and §734 for partnerships who have NOT made the §754 election Subsequent contributions of property with §754 adjusted basis to another partnership or corporation Capital account adjustments in connection with admission of new member Special allocations require "substantial economic effect"; what are the requirements? LLCs and self-employment tax to the members Distributions -- current or liquidating, cash or property including the substituted basis rule Termination/liquidation of an LLC
Surgent's Partnership and LLC Core Tax Issues From Formation Through Liquidation
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $199
Reporting requirements for Schedules K-2 and K-3 Capital account reporting requirements Schedule K-1 reporting for §743 adjustments Schedule K-1 reporting for §704 gains and losses Comprehensive case on partnership/partner application of the business interest deduction When to use “704(b) basis” for capital accounts versus “tax basis” Detailed rules of §704 for preventing the shifting of tax consequences among partners or members Unreasonable uses of the traditional & curative allocation methods Multiple layers of §704(c) allocations Treatment of recourse versus nonrecourse debt basis How to calculate basis limitations and its implication on each partner’s own tax return How §179 limitations affect partnership/LLC basis Regulations for handling basis step-ups under §754 elections, and mandatory adjustments under §743 and §734 for partnerships who have NOT made the §754 election Subsequent contributions of property with §754 adjusted basis to another partnership or corporation Capital account adjustments in connection with admission of new member Special allocations require "substantial economic effect"; what are the requirements? LLCs and self-employment tax to the members Distributions -- current or liquidating, cash or property including the substituted basis rule Termination/liquidation of an LLC
Surgent's Pennsylvania Ethics for CPAs
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Principles and concepts which form the foundation of ethical behavior The core principles of professional conduct -- integrity, objectivity, and independence The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, including new interpretations and proposed changes Pennsylvania professional standards and responsibilities for the practice of public accounting
Surgent's Performing Effective Accounting Research
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Structure of the ASC codification Content included and not included in the ASC Other information contained in the codification Best practices for performing effective and efficient accounting research
Surgent's Performing Inventory Observations
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Inventory observation procedures When attendance at the inventory observation is impractical Inventory under the control of a third party Consideration of the risk of fraud in inventory counts Sampling related to inventory observations Considerations related to retail inventories, multiple locations Considerations for inventory observations
Surgent's Performing a Preparation Engagement Under AR-C Section 70
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1.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
Relevant sections of SSARS No. 21, Clarification and Recodification Updates to SSARS No. 21 guidance due to issuance of SSARS Nos. 22-25 Review of AR-C Section 60 requirements for all SSARS engagements Detailed guidance on performing preparation engagements under AR-C Section 70
Surgent's Planning and Strategy Formulation for Your Organization's Financial Success
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Differences between planning and budgeting Building change into the planning process The business model Strategic plan Marketing plan Financial forecasting Financial risk analysis Five-year operating plan
Surgent's Power BI Desktop: DAX Formulas, Reporting, and Visualizations
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1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Demonstration in Power BI Desktop of the following data tools: Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power View Skills demonstrated: DAX, data visualizations including AI visuals, and data storytelling Demonstration of DAX function types: Aggregation, Iterator, CALCULATE, CALCULATE Modifiers, Time Intelligence, Ranking, and Percentages Demonstration of how to curate a visual in PBI Desktop with a variety of formatting tools; visuals for exploratory analysis; and AI visuals for exploratory analysis
Surgent's Power Query Series: Adding Columns for Data Enrichment
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1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Create a new column from existing columns Adding columns is determined by the data type of the column Adding new columns Hands-on examples: column from examples, merging columns, duplicate columns, custom columns, conditional column, index column
Surgent's Power Query Series: Append Queries
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1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
What is an append query? What are the data requirements for an append query? Hands-on examples: combining worksheets in the same workbook, listing all objects in a workbook, combining files in a folder