CPE Catalog & Events
Walter Haig's Business Financial Health Checkup
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:How to use analytical procedures as a management tool to identify areas hindering the profitability of the entityHow to use analytical procedures to identify misstatements in financial informationTechniques for developing a "workable" business planRecasting GAAP financial statements into powerful management toolsDeveloping and using benchmarks to identify profitability problemsIdentifying profitability key factorsThe relationship of internal controls and the health of an entityCommon weaknesses in the internal controls of SMEs using the guidelines in the COSO Report on Internal Controls and common internal controls to address those weaknessesHow to create "goal" statements that achieve results
The Dark Web & Cybersecurity for Tax and Accounting Pros
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Understanding the Dark WebDifferences between the Deep Web and the Dark WebPotential threats from the Dark WebCase studies of Dark Web exploitation in accountingStrategies for mitigating Dark Web threatsImplementing effective cybersecurity measuresRole of accountants in addressing Dark Web threats
SAS 145 - Risk Assessment
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
SAS 145 Risk Assessment Internal Controls
2023 Compliance Update on Arbitration Agreements, Severance Agreements, Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Agreements
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Federal laws providing greater visibility of sexual harassment and sexual assault claims Agency rulings curtailing confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in agreements
Governmental Accounting 101
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Fund Types Budgetary Accounting Financial Reporting Requirements Single Audit Act Audit Standards and Procedures Best Practices in Governmental Accounting
2024 A Guide to Sampling - Part 1
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Sampling Monetary Unit Sampling
2024 Best Practices: Conducting Meaningful Walkthroughs
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Internal Controls Walkthroughs Documentation
Surgent's Real Estate for Accounting and Finance Professionals
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $119
Rental income and expense calculation and reporting Deciphering Schedule E (Form 1040) Nuances of vacation home rules Passive activity loss rules: foundations and implications Active vs. material participation in rental activities Tax reporting: how to group passive activities Limitations on passive losses: at-risk rules and deductions Classifying rental real estate activities Navigating exceptions in rental real estate taxation
Surgent's Understanding S Corporation Taxation: Late S Corporation Elections, Disproportionate Distributions, and Selling Shares
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Making an S corporation election and late filing relief Disproportionate distributions Selling S corporation shares Redemption rules
2024 Let's Meet at the Intersection of Fraud and Ethics
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Examination of actual frauds Discussion of internal controls that could have prevented frauds Contemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios The AICPA Code of Professional Conduct Other elements of professional conduct and compliance with professional standards
2024 Spring Tax Review with Doug Van Der Aa
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Recent legislative, judicial, and IRS developments impacting both business and individual taxpayers Individual taxpayer credits Tax depreciation update Significant IRS rules and court decisions impacting individuals, corporations and partnerships
Project Management: Making Ideas a Reality
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Applying project management templates to a sample initiativeLeveraging project management tools for effective communication
2024 S Corporations: How to Calculate Shareholder Basis
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Discuss the calculation of basis when the entity is formed including the impact of contributed property Explain the importance of shareholder loans to the entity Uses a comprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process Discuss how basis is impacted by distributions of corporation property Explain how basis is impacted by sale/or liquidation of the S corporation interest Discuss how S corporation losses impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting Show how to get from the Schedule K-1 information to the basis calculations
Keys of SOC Reports - Following SSAE 18 Requirements
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $85
Move from SAS 70 and SSAE 16 to SSAE 18 Types of Service Organizations SOC 1 Engagements Control Objectives Reporting SOC 1 and SOC 2 Reporting SOC 3 Reports Preparing for SOC Engagement SOC Comparisons
Partnerships: How to Calculate Partner Basis
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:How to calculate the basis when the entity is formed, including the impact of contributed propertyExplains the use of both "inside" and "outside" basis determinationClarifies the importance of partnership capital accounts and partnerships debt on partner's tax basisComprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination processExplanation of how basis is impacted by distributions of partnership property and sale and/or liquidation of the partnership interest
Tax Practice Conduct Standards: Circular 230 and AICPA Statements 2024
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
• Federal and California statutory and regulatory standards governing tax preparers: Preparer penalty provisions, Circular 230 and; AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services • Tax shelter and reportable transaction issues in depth • Attorney-client, Sec. 7525 and work product privilege issues and Kovel arrangements
Money Laundering 101 for CPAs
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this class include:The theory of money launderingCommon money laundering statutesExamples from court cases of money laundering statutesCommon occurrences with CPAsPossible money laundering transactionsApplying the money laundering statutes in real life scenarios
ABC Trust Planning and the Portable Exclusion 2024
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
• The interplay of the estate, gift, generation-skipping, and income taxes • Claiming and protecting the portable exclusion • Marital deduction planning: rules for and reasons to use Survivor's and QTIP trusts • "B" (Bypass) trusts • "A" (Survivor's)/"C" (QTIP) trusts planning • What planners should tell their wealthy clients after the issuance of the Clawback Regulations
Federal Tax Update: Business Comprehensive 2024
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
• Review of recent federal legislation and administrative rulings • Review of recent modifications to tax forms • Review of small business tax law and administrative update changes • Review of retirement plan changes • Overall review of tax practice and procedures
How Technology Controls Should Be Developed and Implemented 2024
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
• Considerations for the maintenance of an internal control system • The types of policies and procedures organizations should utilize • Reviewing and testing control measures • Updating controls and implementing control changes