CPE Catalog & Events
Getting Started with ESG
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Definitions of ESGBusiness benefits of ESGReporting methodsGetting started with ESG initiatives
Internal Control Frameworks for Single Audit
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Auditing COSO 2013 Update
Cryptocurrencies for the CFO: Explaining Blockchain
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
What is money? What are digital assets? Understanding the what, why, and how of cryptocurrencies Understanding the what, why, and how of blockchain NFT’s (Non-Fungible Tokens), their role and impact Explaining the crypto language
2024 Business Losses: Going Backward and Forward
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Recent legislative developments for deducting business losses TCJA net operating losses rules of §461(l) §163(j) Business Interest Expense Limitations of deducting losses and basis What is the “quickie” refund; Section 465 At-Risk amount Section 469 Passive Activity Loss rules
Audit 204: Auditing Basic Inventory - Focus on Observations
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Typical inventory observation procedures and special considerationsHandling various inventory observation real-life scenariosHigh level overview of valuation and pricing methodsKey controls related to inventory
Surgent's Key Roth IRA and Roth 401(k) Rules for Funding and Tax-free Distributions
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Funding options for Roth accounts 529 plans to Roth IRAs Backdoor Roth strategies The new Roth SEP and Roth SIMPLE IRAs Roth 401(k) contribution rules The tax impact of rolling a 401(k) to a Roth IRA Who can start the Roth IRA 5-year clock? The 5-year rules for Roth 401(k)s and Roth IRAs Direct and indirect Roth conversions Direct and indirect rollovers from Roth 401(k) plans The risky recapture of the 10% penalty How the ordering rules work and when they apply FIFO rules for Roth IRAs Case studies and cheat sheets to reinforce concepts
Surgent's What Practitioners Need to Know About Estate Planning and Administering a Client's Estate
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3.0 Credits
Member Price: $169
The federal transfer tax exemption for 2023 and 2024 What constitutes a valid will Common trust vehicles often used to safeguard assets Consequences of intestacy How to transfer property outside of a will Legal treatment of marital property Transfer of IRAs and retirement plans Probate generally and probate for property held outside of the state of decedent’s residence When an estate tax return should be filed Portability of the Deceased Spousal Unused Exclusion (DSUE) amount
Understanding the New Forms K-2 and K-3
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Introduction to Schedules K-2 and K-3Review the filing requirementsDiscuss the different parts of the schedules and what needs to be included
2024 Performance Auditing Made Easy
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1.5 Credits
Member Price: $59
Performance audit standards Performance audit types Performance audit objectives
K2's 2023 Excel Essentials For Staff Accountants
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $225
Best practices for creating and working with Excel workbooks Effectively using Excel functions when creating formulas The importance of PivotTables in modern reporting environments Best practices for formatting your workbooks
Excel - Building Powerful Lookup & Reference Formulas
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Performing advanced searching & data retrieval with LOOKUP, INDEX & MATCH functions Speeding up worksheet creation with the INDIRECT function Testing conditions with the LOGICAL functions (IF, AND, OR, NOT) Using ERROR checking functions
Business Valuation Fundamentals
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Business Valuation Fundamentals The Objective - What type of report is needed? The Process Agreed Upon Procedures Calculation of Value Conclusion of Value Industry Sanity Checks – Would you pay or accept the value if it were your company?
SAS 145 - Risk Assessment
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
SAS 145 Risk Assessment Internal Controls
2024 Best Practices: Conducting Meaningful Walkthroughs
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Internal Controls Walkthroughs Documentation
2024 Tax Practice Ethical Challenges and Circular 230
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Circular 230 (IRS) rules for conducting a "best" tax practice How to avoid tax return preparation penalties Recent developments impacting today's tax practice Review of tax return preparer's registration rules Explanation of the revised AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Contingent fees
Common Financial Statement Disclosures
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:General disclosures about the entity and its environmentCommon critical information useful to financial statement readers for making economic decisionsExplain results of operations through information that supplements the face financial statements
Drive Results with Metrics
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Performance Metrics Budgets
K2's 2024 Small Business Accounting Solutions And Add-Ons
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Current landscape of small business accounting software Strengths and limitations of critical solutions Effective add-ons and integrations Implementation strategies
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 2
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Why we get off balance and how to overcome those tendencies Methods that turbo charge motivation, health and happiness The power of culture and friends to affect our lives The importance of clear intention in order to effect change that lasts
Bounded Ethicality: Exploring the Limits of Ethical Behavior
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Internal transparencyImplicit associationConcrete versus abstract processingTemporal biasEthical fading