CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Rewards & Recognition Strategies for Leaders
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Leadership Recognition Total Rewards Employee Engagement
Calculating the Retirement Need
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Overview of retirement expenses and needsOverview of risk tolerance, time value of money and retirement planning factorsExamples of client retirement situations
ACPEN: Independence Requirements for CAAS Engagements
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
CAAS Auditing & Accounting Yellowbook Ethics
ACPEN: Hold Your Horses! Could Tighter Reins Have Prevented a Landmark Fraud?
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Key aspects of Rita Crundwell's theft Internal controls that could have prevented the theft Internal controls that could have detected the theft in a timely manner Independence in both fact and appearance Lessons for CPA firms Lessons for government agencies
ACPEN: S Corporations – Overview
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of S Corporation election and compliance requirements Comparison of S Corporations with other business entities Preparing Form 2553 and addressing late filing relief Shareholder stock and debt basis considerations Form 1120S and Schedule K-1: key aspects and reporting requirements Officer reasonable compensation requirements and IRS audit strategies Introduction to Schedules K-2 and K-3 Compliance with corporate formalities and taxable fringe benefits
ACPEN: K2's Choosing Your CPA Firm Tech Stack
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Evaluating suite vs. best-in-breed software ecosystems Understanding and applying AI-driven tools for firm efficiency Measuring ROI and integration effectiveness across the tech stack
Forgotten Managerial Accounting Tools for CPAs
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Target profit analysisBreak-even analysisRelevant costs and decision-makingStandard costs and variancesActivity-based costingSegment reporting and analysis
Surgent's Choosing the Right Business Entity
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Why businesses operate as C corporations Why businesses operate as pass-through entities Adopting C corporation status Why businesses choose S corporation status. Tax and business situations that impact entity selection.
Surgent's Understanding Partnership Taxation: PTE Elections, 754 Elections, and Selling a Partnership Interest
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Notice 2020-75: PTE elections What is a 754 election? What if a 754 election is not in effect? Tax implications of a partnership interest sale on the seller Look-through provisions
2024 Revision to Government Auditing Standards Impact
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Key changes made by the 2024 Revision to Government Auditing StandardsReview when the GAGAS requirements are applicable to a financial statement auditWhen reporting on key audit matters may apply in a GAGAS auditClarifications related to the independence requirements in a financial statement audit imposed by the 2024 Yellow BookReview the impact of the Quality Management Standards to a financial statement audit conducted under the 2024 Revision to Government Auditing StandardsOther important matters contained in the 2024 Government Auditing Standards related to financial statement audits
ACPEN: Grow Your Business from Within – Striking the Right Balance Between a CPA Firm's Financial, People, and Client Success
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TBD
8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
How to become a value-added business advisor to successfully grow the firm from within Best practices for leveraging engagement team discussions to better understand the entity and its environment, identify risk of material misstatement, and provide value-added business advice in audit and other attest services Critical traits of a thinking auditor, tips for stretching yourself beyond the basics Tips for value pricing and other ways to improve a CPA firm's financial success Managing change and promoting creative thinking Choosing between varying levels of client service
Public Procurement Basics: Protecting the People's Money
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TBD
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.
Surgent's Applying ASC 820: The Basics of Fair Value Accounting
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TBD
4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
Applicability of the use of ASC 820 The “exit price” approach Examples of market, cost, and income approaches to estimating fair value Use of Level 1, 2, and 3 inputs in determining fair value
ACPEN: Accommodation Requests - Substance Abuse - Contagious Infections
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accommodation requests - religious practices Accommodation requests - disabilities Substance Abuse - constructive confrontation Substance Abuse - duty to accommodate as a disability Disclosures of potentially contagious infections
ACPEN: It Takes a Village: How Aligning With Others Can Boost Your Firm Revenue
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
How strategic partnerships benefit both the firm owner as well as their clients Tips to Extend professional networks and seek out partnerships Importance of regularly accessing partnerships and agreements to ensure maximum benefits for all
ACPEN: What Is Your Brand Reputation?
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Presence
Microsoft 365 Application Lightning Round Review-Updated
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TBD
0.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Lightning round review of the following apps, with an explanation and demonstration of what each of them offersTeams - the foundation of all that you do in Microsoft 365SharePoint / OneDrive - secure cloud storagePower BI - the new financial reporting modelStream - the YouTube for your organizationBookings - streamline your appointment scheduling OneNote - get your content organized for quick retrieval Lists - create custom list tracking reportsTo Do - consolidate all your Outlook, Planner and general "to do's" in one appPlanner - manage simple and complex engagements and projects in an intuitive appA quick look at many of the remaining apps
What If Your Client Didn't Take Reasonable Compensation
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TBD
1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Review best practices to help your client evaluate if an S election is an appropriate choiceHow to be proactive and head off common reasonable compensation issues before they happenExplore strategies for cash management if cash isn't available at year endExplore what’s at stake when reasonable compensation isn’t paid timely
ACPEN: Conflict Resolution and Effective Communication Training
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TBD
1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Confllict Resolution
ACPEN: Leases Accounting under Topic 842 – Answers to FAQ After Implementation
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TBD
2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Alternatives to adopting Topic 842 Short-term lease and related-party leasing arrangements Identifying lease agreements under the new rules Proper treatment of lease incentives, leasehold improvements, and lease modifications