CPE Catalog & Events
Firm Ethics-A Practical Approach 2024
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Ethics requirements for CPA firms
Forensic Accounting: When The Office Is A Crime Scene
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this class include:A step-by-step process from the initial client phone call to you writing a report of your findings for any civil or criminal actions that may be pursuedHow to advise your client in approaching an allegation of embezzlementWhat pitfalls may arise in finding the truthThe best practices to ensure that the evidence is preserved properly for potential civil or criminal actions
Financial Accounting Standards: A Comprehensive Review-Part 2 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Application of professional judgment Codification, GAAP and the GAAP hierarchy Recent changes in financial statement presentation Hot Topics in financial reporting & accounting
Tax Planning for Sole Proprietors & Other Business Owners 2024
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Using the independent contractor rules and hobby loss rules to ensure the activity is a trade or business Reviewing Schedule C deductions for travel, meals, transportation, employee fringe benefits, costs of goods sold, depreciation, and home offices Maximizing the benefits from 1040 deductions for Keogh plans, Solo 401(k)s, Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plans, and SIMPLE plans Taking advantage of the self-employed health insurance deduction and the qualified business income (QBI) deduction Avoiding the at-risk and passive activity loss limitations Making the right business entity election In-depth coverage of what advisers of sole proprietors and single-member limited-liability-company owners need to know
ChatGPT and the ELI5 Approach for Accounting Professionals
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Understanding the ELI5 Approach60 Variations of the ELI5 MethodApplication of the ELI5 Approach in AccountingELI5 Case StudiesStrategies for Implementing the ELI5 ApproachUsing ChatGPT to Enhance ELI5 CommunicationRole of Accountants in Leveraging the ELI5 Approach
Partnership & S Corporation Checkup: Key Developments
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:IRS enforcement against partnershipsNew K-2 and K-3: 2021 partnership and S corporation tax forms on foreign transactionsSale/merger of a partnershipThe new Sub S Form 7203 - shareholder basis computationS corporation compensationPPP loans and the Forms 1065 and 1120-S
The Successful Family Business
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Business Management Organization
How to Make Difficult People Disappear...Without Going to Jail
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Team dynamics Influence Organizational behavior Leadership
Appreciation Intelligence: The New AI
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Languages of appreciation Appreciation strategies
Advanced Googling for Accountants
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Getting Google ReadyGoogle Mobile ToolsGoogle Personalization and OptimizationGoogle Eyes and Ears: How Google Can Literally Read, Hear and See You.Googling to Your Own Devices: How Results Vary By Computer Hiding in Plain Sight: What You're Missing on the Google Results PageGoogle Sweet TalkPower Search ToolsGoogle VerticalsHow to Be a Google Super Hero: Three Key Strategies
Leases: Is it a Lease? ASC Topic 842-10 2024
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
FASB ASC 842, Leases All recently released updates to ASC 842, Leases
Surgent's Make Resilience Work for You - An Accounting Leader's Guide to a Holistic Approach for Managing Teams
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Bounce back from adversity and pressure Avoid giving up too soon Reframe challenges Learn resilience and transform from mistakes
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
Surgent's Introduction to Forensic Accounting
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Review of the different aspects of forensic accounting The civil litigation process as it relates to forensic accounting Litigation services provided by forensic accountants Fraud detection and prevention Various types of fraud Training and certifications in forensic accounting Forensic accounting in bankruptcy proceedings Forensic accounting in family law proceedings Calculating damages for use in litigation Valuations Ethical issues pertinent to forensic accounting
Audit 106: Internal Control Fundamentals - Evaluating Design
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Responsibilities for gaining an understanding of the entity and its environmentThe inter-relationship of the five foundational components of the COSO Internal Control - Integrated FrameworkVarious methods for documenting and evaluating the design and implementation of internal control over financial reportingIdentifying critical elements of entity-level and transactional-level controlsCase studies related to identifying deficiencies in internal control documentation
Surgent's Inventory Management, Control and Analysis: Best-in-Class Tools to Achieve Success
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Inventory management vs. inventory control Inventory analysis methods and KPIs Top inventory management trends Inventory analysis: methods and KPIs Inventory management trends for retailers Inventory management and supply chain management Top trends in warehouse management Supply chain inventory optimization
Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Recognize the variety of ChatGPT uses in accounting. Determine how to use ChatGPT. Identify how ChatGPT improves customer, vendor, and industry research. Recognize how ChatGPT aids in financial benchmarking. Identify how ChatGPT can assist in financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting.
Excel - Working with Text, Date & Time Functions & Formulas
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Using Text functions to join and separate text entriesInserting Text functions to work with imported dataPerform date and time calculations with the Date & Time functions
Power BI - Introduction to MS Power BI Tools
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $118
The challenge of using Excel for Data Analysis An overview of the various Power BI Tools An overview of when and why to use each Power BI Tool A tour of each tools interface
Surgent's A Guide to Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
The basics of nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) NQDC compliance Taxation of NQDC plans Types of NQDC plans Financing/funding NQDC plans Planning strategies