CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: International Cross Border Transactions
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2.2 Credits
Member Price: $89
International cross border transactions. Decrease an entities effective tax rate. IRS audit risk
ACPEN: What to Do When Clients Attempt to Fudge the Numbers on Their Tax Returns
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Should Tax Practitioners be Skeptical? Professional Skepticism as Diligence Educating Clients About Their Risks, and Your Risks Case Studies Involving Client Attempts to Fudge the Numbers
Surgent's Getting Ahead: The Art of Marketing for CPAs
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Challenges of marketing CPA firms Developing marketing strategy Elements of a marketing plan Example: CPA firm marketing plan Marketing regulatory/AICPA issues Picking the right marketing channels Marketing channel statistical analysis Developing marketing metrics
Surgent's Understanding and Managing Burnout Among Accounting and Finance Professionals
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $119
The causes of burnout in the accounting profession Effects of burnout on employee well-being Strategies to protect employee well-being in a highly demanding profession Organizational costs associated with employee burnout Tools used to measure employee well-being
ACPEN: Fraud’s Greatest Hits!
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3.0 Credits
Member Price: $109
Types of Fraud COSO Fraud Risk Management Guide Techniques for Detecting Fraud Discussion of Accounting Fraud Cases
ACPEN: K2’s Excel Charting And Visualizations
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Understanding the best types of visualizations to use in specific situations Creating compelling visualizations using Excel Adding interactivity to your Excel-based visualizations
ACPEN: K2’s Top PDF Features You Should Know
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Best practices for creating, editing, and managing PDFs The process for creating and distributing PDF forms Integrating PDFs with other applications Securing your PDFs
ACPEN: Unlocking the Value: IRS Tax Credits for Businesses & Individuals
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
Overview of federal tax credits Refundable vs. nonrefundable credits Individual tax credits Business tax credits Eligibility requirements for tax credits Documentation and substantiation standards Recent legislation and IRS guidance affecting credits Planning considerations when evaluating tax credits Audit risks and compliance issues
ACPEN: 360 Budgeting: A Holistic Approach to Process and Solutions
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Defining the budget process Common budgetary cultures and discussion of solutions Does your budget need an overhaul or just a tune up? How to make the budget flexible Making a better budget and maybe even a better you (or at least improving the perception of the budget work itself) How to build a flexible budget model that works? What are the steps we can take to budget for economic and external factors beyond our control? How the right Chart of Accounts can simply your work Budget and GAAP are not the same and why they are fine not to be Efficiently modeling payroll and benefits Identifying controllable and uncontrollable expense Using key variables to stress-test your budget Understanding your own leadership tendencies and applying them to your strengths? Understanding core personality types Learning what type of person you are? Managing and coping with the budget team Effectively dealing with the A, B, C and other players? Identifying the ‘Big Picture’ and your role in effective communication Communicating so others can understand us Understanding a presentation’s anatomy? Tips and tricks for budget presentations
ACPEN: Fringe Benefits & Compensation Planning - Today and Beyond
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Fringe Benefit Planning Fundamentals Strategies Tailored for Business Owners and Employees Navigating IRC §132 Fringe Benefit Option Cafeteria Plans Demystified Tax Management in Compensation Planning Understanding the Implications of Dependent Care and Educational Assistance Plans Implementing Flexible Spending Account Plans Effectively Design Features and Regulations of Group Term Life Insurance Plans Medical Savings Accounts Regulations Financing Options for Retiree Medical Benefits Health Care Benefits: Insured Plan vs. HMO Comparison ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Requirements IRC Common Control RulesOverview of Age and Sex Discrimination Rules
ACPEN Signature 2026: Small Business Recurring Tax Nightmares!
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Rules for Tracking Business Interest, Investment Interest and Personal Interest Expenses Employee or Independent Contractor and Risks of Misclassification. The Hobby Loss Rules and Passive Activity Loss Limitation Rules. CTRs, Reporting Bank Accounts (FBARs), Reporting Entity Interests and Trusts and New Rules for Taking Cash in or out of the EU. The Partnership Audit Rules and Tips for Partnership Audits. Qualification as a Real Estate Professional and Rental Rules for Real Estate Professionals Tax Treatment of Casualty Losses and Casualty Gains including the 1033 election for involuntary conversion items (cattle sold due to drought, eminent domain takings, etc.) Self-Employment Taxes of Subchapter S, LLC and LP owners
ACPEN: Strategies for Guiding Clients Through Challenging Situations: Tax Insights
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Tax considerations in complex client situations Divorce and separation tax issues Filing status considerations Property division and marital property rules Child support and alimony tax treatment Bankruptcy and debt cancellation Foreclosure tax consequences Business dissolution and ownership transitions Dependency and family tax issues Refunds, deficiencies, and taxpayer obligations
Surgent's Partnership and LLC Core Tax Issues From Formation Through Liquidation
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $279
Reporting requirements for Schedules K-2 and K-3 Capital account reporting requirements Schedule K-1 reporting for §743 adjustments Schedule K-1 reporting for §704 gains and losses Comprehensive case on partnership/partner application of the business interest deduction Section 704(b) basis versus tax basis for capital accounts Detailed rules of §704 for preventing the shifting of tax consequences among partners or members Unreasonable uses of the traditional and curative allocation methods Layers of §704(c) allocations Treatment of recourse versus nonrecourse debt basis How to calculate basis limitations and the implications on each partner’s own tax return How §179 limitations affect partnership/LLC basis Regulations for handling basis step-ups under §754 elections and mandatory adjustments under §743 and §734 for partnerships that have not made a §754 election Subsequent contributions of property with §754 adjusted basis to another partnership or corporation Capital account adjustments in connection with admission of new members Special allocations and substantial economic effect LLCs and self-employment tax to members Distributions – current or liquidating, cash or property, and the substituted basis rule Termination and liquidation of an LLC
ACPEN: Conflict Resolution and Effective Communication Training
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Confllict Resolution
ACPEN: Supervised AI Agents as Internal Audit Team Members
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Independent execution: AI agents can perform control testing and analyze evidence across multiple formats. Audit-ready outputs: Deliver high-quality results with speed, accuracy, and consistency. Workflow integration: See how agents fit seamlessly into existing audit engagement processes. Guardrails and governance: Learn the safeguards and governance needed to ensure reliability. Human supervision: Explore the critical role of training data and oversight in producing trustworthy results. Practical applications: Real-world examples of firms already deploying supervised AI agents in audits. Augmentation, not replacement: Understand how AI can support, rather than substitute, on audit teams.
ACPEN: Excelling at Excel: Tips, Tricks and Updates
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Excel version differences and compatibility Customize Excel so it works the way you work Learn new shortcuts to work quicker Learn some of the newer formulas to streamline your spreadsheets Take on tables & a powerful tool for data analysis
ACPEN: Like-Kind Exchanges
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2.2 Credits
Member Price: $89
Like-kind exchanges (LKE) Qualified third party intermediaries (QI)
ACPEN: A New Productivity for the New World. Goal Achievement for the 21st Century, A Whole Brain Approach
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Mindfulness Creative Thinking Productivity Performance Neuroscience Leadership
ACPEN: There is NO Such Thing as ‘Business Ethics’ featuring John Levy and Don Minges
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Should ethical behavior be something that we always do? Is ethical behavior situational? Why being ethical will help you succeed personally and professionally. Consequences of not behaving ethically? Why trust matters? How we can make better ethical decisions in our professional lives.
ACPEN: Humanize Automation: Frameworks for Understanding AI and Your Strategy
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
AI Business Strategy