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ACPEN: Tax Procedure
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Filing a tax return IRS audit RS Appeals Collections and litigation at courts of original jurisdiction
AI & Accounting in Manufacturing
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Intelligent automation and dark factoriesPredictive maintenance and real-time cost trackingAI-enabled financial reporting and dashboardsContinuous auditing and anomaly detectionTax compliance automation and transfer pricing AIData governance and cybersecurity in financial systemsWorkforce reskilling and AI-augmented financial roles
Retirement Planning: Next Stage for You or Your Client
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Welcome to Your Next Stage -- Developing a new perspective on what this next stage is really all aboutIt's About Time -- Discovering a new sense of purposeMoney Matters -- Assessing your financial conditionsRelationships Matter Too -- Addressing needed or potential changes in your relationshipsHealthy Habits -- Examining new or renewed ways to stay healthyWho I Am -- Creating a new identity, and answering "So what do you do?"My Master Plan -- Figuring out what to do next
Surgent's Liquidation of Flow-Through Entities for LLCs and Partnerships
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Tax rules governing liquidation of a partnership or S corporation Tax treatment of the shareholder/partner/member receiving a liquidating distribution in an S corporation liquidation/partnership liquidation Tax impact on the pass-through entity when the entity is liquidated Receipt of corporate liabilities in an S corporation distribution Proportionate, liquidating partnership distributions to partners, and gains and losses to a partner on a liquidating partnership distribution Tax issues associated with a partnership distribution of noncash properties in a liquidation Compliance requirements on the occasion of a liquidation of a corporation or a partnership
Surgent's Virtual Currency: Keeping Up with the Tax Code
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $119
Overview of virtual currency Property transactions with virtual currency Receiving virtual currency as payment Paying using virtual currency Charitable donations with virtual currency Gifting of virtual currency Form 8300 reporting
ACPEN: Data Analytics & Journal Entry Testing for Auditors
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3.5 Credits
Member Price: $109
Data Analytics Journal Entry Testing Fraud Detection
ACPEN: Financial Statement Analysis
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Purposes of financial statement analysis Trend analysis and vertical & horizontal analysis Simple and multivariate regression; Analysis of metrics Assessment of liquidity, solvency, and profitability Using data visualizations The role of qualitative factors
ACPEN: Expand Your Analytical Toolbox More Tools for Success
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
5 step valuation process 2 specific valuation approaches The Gordon Model 10 thoughts on banker selection Rating your bank 10 hints for keeping your toolbox full
ACPEN: The Essential SSARS Update with Renee Rampulla
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Preparation Engagements Compilation Engagements Review Engagements Quality Management Components Common Accounting and Reporting Issues Frequent Peer Review Matters
How SAS Nos. 134-145 Improve Risk-Based Audits
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Key changes to audit report elements intended to improve the understandability of the nature and results of financial statement auditsEnhanced required by-product communications with management and those charged with governance to promote more reliable financial statementsClarifications related to obtaining sufficient and appropriate audit evidence, including significant unusual transactions, related parties, going concern uncertainty, and accounting estimatesNew definitions and requirements related to identifying and evaluating risks of material misstatementOther important matters contained in SAS Nos. 134-145
ACPEN: Nonprofit Accounting and Financial Reporting Explained
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Discussion of financial reporting risks increased by the current economic environment, including increased uncertainty related to critical financial statement amounts and significant disclosures Executive summary of recent Accounting Standards Updates Overview of fair value disclosure requirements and implementation issues Discussion of issues related to donor-restricted endowment funds Classification of net assets and reclassifications Endowments, including accounting, disclosures and UPMIFA Noncascontributions Contributions received and receivable Expense recognition issues Reporting expenses by function and nature Other relevant matters unique to the nonprofit environment
ACPEN: Maximizing Fringe Benefits: Strategies for Business and Personal Needs for Today and Beyond
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Legislative and regulatory updates affecting fringe benefit planning Employer-sponsored fringe benefits and tax compliance under evolving regulations IRC §132 fringe benefit options and applications Cafeteria plans: benefits, limitations, and tax considerations Tax treatment of dependent care and educational assistance programs Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts Group term life insurance: design features and tax treatment Financing strategies for retiree medical benefits Comparing health care benefits: insured plans vs. HMOs ERISA reporting and disclosure requirements Common control rules and nondiscrimination regulations
A&A Update for Nonprofits and Single Audit - 2026
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0.0 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:• Current impacts of accounting and financial reporting on nonprofit entities • Recently released FASB standards that impact nonprofit financial reporting the most• Current issues and challenges involving Yellow Book financial statement audits• Critical considerations when performing Single Audits under OMB Uniform Guidance for Federal Awards • Important AICPA professional standard developments related to providing audit and nonaudit services to nonprofits
Surgent’s Advanced Critical Tax Issues for Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $279
Applicable provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Single-member limited liability companies as an alternative to subsidiaries Cancellation of indebtedness rules and regulations How the IRS views members or partners for Social Security purposes Special problems when forming an LLC Debt issues and problems in structuring LLCs and LLPs, including loan guarantee issues, recourse and nonrecourse debt, the at-risk basis rules, and new regulations restricting bottom-dollar guarantees Distribution or a disguised sale? New regulations eliminate certain tax-deferred leveraged partnership transactions Death or retirement of a member or partner – understanding the alternatives Step-up in basis issues – how to make the computations and elections Property transactions between the LLC/LLP and its members or partners – what to do with built-in gain or loss property When are partnership losses deductible? Material participation rules for LLC members and limited partners and how they affect passive loss issues Continuation and termination of an LLC/partnership in the context of a merger or acquisition Sales of an LLC interest – holding period and hot asset issues Impact of the tax on investment income on the sale of an interest in a partnership or LLC Repeal of the technical termination of partnership provision Impact of Soroban Capital Partners LP, 161 TC No.12 NEW: The IRS removes recently finalized regulations identifying certain partnership basis shifting transactions as transactions of interest (see Chapter 2)
Public Procurement Basics: Protecting the People's Money
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Guidelines and requirements that will help lead you to public procurement success.Guidance on how governments can meet complicated procurement needs.Best practices to protect public and Federal funds.
ACPEN: K2’s Better Reporting With QuickBooks Online
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
The types of reports available in QuickBooks Online, by subscription level Customizing reports to meet your needs Spreadsheet Sync in QuickBooks Online Advanced
ACPEN: K2's Ten Questions To Ask Your IT Team
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Ten Strategic Question Frameworks for Technology Assessment Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Oversight Through Targeted Dialogue Cloud Governance and Remote Work Technology Evaluation
ACPEN: A Guide to Sampling - Part 1
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Auditing Yellowbook
ACPEN: Making Effective Decisions When You Can’t Get Everything You Want
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Decision-making fundamentals Cost-volume-profit refresher Optimization analysis Constraint mitigation strategies Coping with incomplete information Solver and other Excel capabilities Qualitative considerations
ACPEN: Recognizing Lies: How to Detect and Prevent
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Lies abound Why is it so difficult to call out a liar? How lies devastate Why do we despise lies? What sets liars apart? Deciphering the signals that indicate dishonesty How short-term thinking leads to lies and leads to uncovering lies Analyzing the cues Differentiating concerns and guilt The deception paradox What makes a great lie so great? Proven processes to uncover lies