CPE Catalog & Events
Grading Your Auditors - Are You Getting the Most Value?
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Limitations in roles and responsibilities an auditor can accept without impairing independenceAssessing the strength of your auditor's ability to think critically, strategically, and creatively in appropriate circumstancesEvaluating your auditor's time and project management stillsGrading your auditor's communication and interpersonal skills, in exceeding your expectations on an audit
2024 Partnership Checkup: Key Tax Issues & Forms Reporting
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Clarify the importance of partnership capital accounts and partnerships debt on partner's tax basis; Impact of contributed property Explain the use of both "inside" and "outside” basis determination Explain the importance of shareholder loans to the entity Discuss how basis is impacted by distributions of corporation property and the sale/or liquidation of the S corporation interest Comprehensive examples illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process
GAAP Alternatives: The Perfect Storm of Accounting Updates
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this class include:Review of special purpose frameworksDiscussion of non-GAAP options for financial reportingU.S GAAP alternatives for certain entities
Fraud Assessment for Small and Medium Sized Businesses
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
The fraud triangle The fraud savvy model Symptoms of fraud Benford's Law The net worth method The vulnerability chart 10 steps for action today
2024 Financial & Tax Accounting for Partnerships & LLCs
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Review of the Accounting Standards Codification and its application to partnerships and LLCs Review of the OCBOA/Special Purpose Frameworks and their application to partnerships and LLCs Review of the AICPA financial reporting framework for small and medium-sized entities Integration of these financial reporting approaches with accounting for issues in the formation of partnerships and LLCs Financial accounting issues arising from changes in ownership of partnership and LLCs Financial vs. tax accounting for partnership/LLC capital accounts Review of Section 704(b) substantial economic effect rules and their relation to financial accounting The integration of financial accounting for partnerships/LLCs with the Form 1065 Financial accounting basis for ownership interests vs. tax accounting basis for ownership interests Deferred tax accounting for partnerships/LLCs Completion of the Form 1065 Schedule M-1 Financial accounting for the operations of a partnership/LLC
Small Business Risk Avoidance
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
New perspective on corporate governance ERM overviewERM-small business approach; 10 steps to take NOW!
Contract and Procurement Fraud
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Procurement phases Fraud schemes Fraud red flags Fraud control activities and safeguards
2024 Analytical Procedures: Practical Applications and Standards
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Discussion of analytical procedures in audit and review engagements Practical examples and illustrations of analytical procedures The order of operations for accomplishing analytical procedures
2024 Listening to the Statement of Cash Flows
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Preparation of the statement of cash flows Importance of identifying sources and uses of cash in financial reporting Financial statement analysis Cash-related financial statement disclosures
Inventory Accounting GAAP, Software and Recognizing Variances
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Inventory accounting GAAP Methods for dealing with variances
Ethics: How Successful CPAs Use AI The Right Way
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Four key aspects of artificial intelligence that you need to know as a CPA: machine learning, generative AI, large language models, and GPTThe role that five powerful principles - the principles of ethical intelligence - play in using AI the right wayShort writing exercises (30 seconds each) that will deepen your understanding of the topicAnswers to several crucial questions about how to use artificial intelligence with ethical intelligence
Preparing to be a Forensic Accountant - Cloud Forensics
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
Forensic Accounting Accounting Auditing Finance
2024 Performance Auditing Made Easy
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
Performance audit standards Performance audit types Performance audit objectives
When Leadership Fails
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $109
Who’s responsible The importance of policies and procedures The development, implementation and monitoring of internal controls There is no excuse Who steals The Tone At the Top and the Big Monkey Theory
Planning in an Uncertain World
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Why great predictions are not intuitive but the result of critical thinking, gathering information and updating predictions when needed How to separate correlation from causation How to recognize and overcome bias Who is Thomas Bayes and why he matters
Surgent's Employer's Handbook: Health Care, Retirement, and Fringe Benefit Tax Issues
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
ERISA compliance: employee welfare plans and qualified plans Fringe benefit issues: COBRA, Family and Medical Leave Act, and new developments in health care Health care plans: HRAs, HSAs, and other employer-sponsored plans Qualified plan requirements: eligibility, coverage, and vesting
Getting On Top of It All: How to Work Smarter, Not Harder - Part 1
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Why important things don’t get done on a timely basis, and what to do about it Five ways to increase productivity that almost no one ever uses The four proven ways to keep yourself and your staff motivated to consistently work at the highest level How to avoid feeling stressed out—even though your “to do” list is endless The three time management techniques that you’re not using that are critical to your success How to know and avoid what is a poor use or waste of your time How to set goals that excite you, and how to guarantee they actually get done Three ways to elicit help from others that ensure their cooperation and help The smart things to do with the extra time you’ll have when you’re on top of it all
2024 Estate and Financial Planning for the Older Client
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Medicare and Health Insurance Options Life Insurance Strategies for Elders Social Security Planning Considerations Medicaid Planning and Trusts Retirement Account Optimization Techniques Tailored Estate Planning for Older Clients Long-Term Care and Housing Alternatives Gifting Strategies in Estate Planning Unique Financial Challenges of Aging Clients
Implementing and Maintaining an Internal Control System
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics covered in this course include:Control creation and implementation basicsImplementation and update procedures for an Internal Control systemMaintaining existing internal controls
Surgent's Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations: Engagement Performance and Annual Update
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
SSARS No. 21, Clarification and Recodification, and updates to SSARS No. 21 due to the issuance of SSARS No. 23, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services SSARS No. 22, Compilation of Pro Forma Financial Information SSARS No. 24, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services -- 2018 SSARS No. 25, Materiality in a Review of Financial Statements and Adverse Conclusions SSARS No. 26, Quality Management for an Engagement Conducted in Accordance With Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services Sample comprehensive engagement work programs for preparation, compilation and review engagements Reporting and disclosure illustrations for each level of service, including attesting on personal financial statements, prescribed form, special purpose framework and other engagement variations Other communication requirements, such as sample engagement letters and management representation letters