CPE Catalog & Events
Using Microsoft Teams to Host Virtual Meetings-Updated
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Overview of using Microsoft Teams for online meetings.Detailed review and analyze all the Teams meeting app features.Setting up a meeting with all the meeting options available.Tips for scheduling meetings with internal and external participants.Integrating with Microsoft Outlook.Creating a registration page for invitation only meetings.Managing your audio/video settings.Configuring your "in meeting" features.Recording and transcribing a meeting.Tips for hosting virtual meetings in Teams.
Audit 501: Personality Styles - Improving Your Interactions
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Defining primary personality style characteristicsDetermining your own primary personality style and the style of othersEffectively adapting for improving interactions with various personality stylesLeveraging strengths and minimizing the negative impact of personality weaknessesApplying personality style analysis to real-life situations involving clients, staff, peers and superiors
Surgent's Annual Accounting and Auditing Update
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
Recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates, PCC Update and items on the FASB’s Technical Agenda Leases – Topic 842 ASC 326: CECL Review of SAS 142 – Focus on Audit Evidence Recently issued SASs and other AICPA activity SSARS No. 25 and other recently issued SSARS Detailed review of SAS 145 Other important A&A practice matters
Are Those Independent Contractors Really Independent Contractors?
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Classification of workers as employees or independent contractors
Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Overview of Audit Risk Assessment AICPA's clarified Risk Assessment Standards SAS 145 Assessing the Entity's Environment
2024 Internal Control Fundamentals
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Risk Assessment Internal Controls COSO
An Ethical Framework - How It Works
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Structure of Professional EthicsThe Differences Between the Code of Professional Ethics as maintained by the AICPA, the Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC), Joint Ethics Enforcement Program (JEEP) and Joint Trial Board What Happens When an Ethics Complaint is ReceivedCase Studies
Big Four Reasons Why CPAs and Consultants Are Fired
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Do public practice CPA firms and consultants want to retain their clients? What are the Big Four Reasons Why CPAs are Fired? What are the actions to take to prevent being fired? What does a CPA offer to their clients?
Personal Leadership Skills
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Leadership Personality Types Communication Memory
2024 Managerial Accounting: Your Prescription for Better Decisions
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Target profit and Break-even analysis Relevant costs and decision-making Standard costs and variances Activity-based costing Segment reporting and analysis Budgeting
2024 Comprehensive Estate Planning: Administration & Postmortem Strategies
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $225
Introduction to Estate Administration How to Read a last will and testament Understanding the Entities Administration the Estate and Orderly Process The Probate process and the courts Special Issues in Estate Administration Postmortem Issues Regarding Income Taxation of Descendants and Estates Post Mortem Opportunities on the Estate Income Tax Return Available Post Mortem Estate Tax Elections Portability Election Disclaimers
2024 Self-Rental Real Estate Passive Activity Rules
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Definition of self-rental property – both for Sections 199A and 469 Self-rental income from directly owned properties and reporting on Form 1040, Schedule E, page 1 Self-rental income from indirectly owned (partnerships, S corporations) and reporting on Form 1040, Schedule E, page 2 Self-rental property and the Form 8582 (passive activity)Self-rental property and the flow-through entity grouping election Several real-life situations illustrate the various possibilities and discuss the consequences of failing to comply with the reporting standards Self-rental property and "former passive activities" rules
Accounting in the Wake of COVID-19
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Risk assessmentGovernment assistancePandemic-related accounting pronouncementsLearning to be an auditor in a pandemic environmentFinancial statement disclosuresExploring liquidity optionsAccounting tools and techniques for supporting managerial decisionsEngagement and workforce managementOther current events as appropriate
The New Psychology of Fraud Part 2 2024
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
• The neuroscience of psychopathy • The psychology of skepticism • Psychology and reasoning related to both investigators and perpetrators
Enterprise-Wide Risk Management in Accounting and Finance
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Enterprise-wide risk management best practices for identifying, evaluating, and determining how to respond to relevant risks.The importance of risk and uncertainty disclosures in the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements, including evolving risks with cybersecurity and ESG.Coordinating risk management efforts, including the required involvement of corporate governance.How to embed risk management into day-to-day accounting and finance activities.
Mastering the Excel Lookup Functions
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:A review of the various lookup functions, beyond VLOOKUPLearn which lookup works best for your situationHow to apply the many lookup functionsDiscover advanced lookup techniques like nested lookups, approximate matching, and handling errors effectivelyAn in-depth review of the following functions:VLOOKUP / HLOOKUPXLOOKUPMATCH / INDEXXMATCHINDIRECTFILTERSORT / SORTBYUNIQUEAn overview of some newer functions
Owning an Electric Vehicle: Costs and Considerations
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Understand how gas, electric and hybrid vehicles differVehicle typesKnow the costs to purchase, maintain, and charge electric vehiclesAnticipate start-up costs for charging an EV at your business or homeUnderstand charger types and when to use or install each oneOvercoming "range anxiety"
Assessing Independence Under the New Yellow Book
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Independence Threats Safeguards
Surgent's Weekly Expert Hour
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Each week’s topics will change based on the most critical issues affecting financial professionals
Combatting Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Sexual harassment prevention Company culture