CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN Signature 2026: Financial Statement Preparation: Compilation and Review Update
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Ethics Update Preparation Engagements Compilation Engagements Review Engagements Emerging Accounting and Review Hot Topics New Quality Management Standards
ACPEN: Metrics Management Series
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Why strategy succeeds or fails based on measurement The relationship between mission, strategy, and metrics Financial versus non-financial performance measures What makes a KPI meaningful and actionable Balancing financial, customer, operational, and learning metrics Selecting metrics at the responsibility-center level Measuring performance using output and unit-based metrics Identifying what truly “causes work” Business Performance Management (BPM) concepts and tools Designing effective dashboards and scorecards
Surgent's Key Current Financial and Economic Issues Facing the Financial Executive
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $279
Taking a strategic perspective relative to risk management and crisis management Reviewing the impact uncertainty and risk at the operational level relative to short- and intermediate-term decision making Determining the safety and soundness of the financial plans for your organization in an uncertain economic climate specifically as it relates to capital adequacy and strategic direction Managing the debt and equity mix for your organization in a rapidly changing economic landscape Determining the impact that competing in a global marketplace has on an organization and how to take steps to become more competitive globally Evaluating the impact of federal, state, and municipal deficits and unfunded mandates as it relates to tax planning Evaluating retirement programs with Social Security funding for your employees Determining the safety and soundness of your credit and collections processes and selection of customers in an uncertain environment Influencing growth through acquisition of distressed organizations The economic way ahead for the CFO/Controller
ACPEN: Small Business Risk Avoidance
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
New perspective on corporate governance ERM overviewERM-small business approach; 10 steps to take NOW!
ACPEN: Optimize Your Staff's Performance
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The 4 perspectives of optimization The Two Circle Analysis. The What The How. The Leadership 10 The Fatal 13 5 thoughts for a healthy work environment
ACPEN: Leaders Eat Last. Why? 1 Hour Session
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Why building trust is essential How trusting relationships makes us more effective Steps to build trust
ACPEN: Everyday Ethics: Ethics is Everywhere, All the Time! featuring Richard A. Karwic and Don Minges
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
Be careful of; Whom you trust, and What you easily dismiss. Beware of our internal biases. What are your biases? The need to consider situations from multiple perspectives.
ACPEN: Leading Risk Management Practices in a Dynamic Risk Environment - Part 2
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Risk Management
ACPEN: Decoding Medical Plan Structures: Fully Insured vs. Self-Funded
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1.5 Credits
Member Price: $79
Benefits Medical Plan Types
ACPEN: AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services: Ethical Considerations
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Review of the new AICPA Statement on Standards for Tax Services Reorganization of SSTS by type of work performed Discuss new standards on data protection, reliance on tools and representation of tax clients before taxing authorities
ACPEN: K2’s Expense Reporting Automation
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of selected expense and corporate credit card reporting and management platforms Major fraud schemes associated with expense reporting Extracting and importing transaction data from bank feeds and matching to receipts
ACPEN: Analytical Procedures: Practical Applications and Standards
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Analytical procedures in audit and review engagements Practical examples and illustrations of analytical procedures The order of operations for accomplishing analytical procedures
ACPEN: Defining Lines: Advanced Professional Boundaries
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Best practices for personal and professional boundaries 3 types of workplace boundaries 6 fail-safe ways to implement your boundaries at work Understanding interference & how to manage related stress Developing flexibility for efficiency & ease
ACPEN: Common Sense CFO: Decoding and Mitigating Internal and External Risks
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Defining risk as it impacts organizations Understanding external and internal risks Examples of these risks How do we identify and assess? What can be done about the risks? Developing a risk mitigation strategy Monitoring and mitigating risk
ACPEN: Accounting for the Gig Economy
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
Characteristics unique to the gig economy Independent contractor and employee classification considerations Recordkeeping considerations for independent contractors Accounting and reporting issues for gig economy participants Audit and attestation for clients who participate in the gig economy Tax and regulatory considerations The CPA as a trusted advisor for independent contractors
Income Tax Planning for Bond Investments 26-27
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $175
Active versus passive investing Taxable, tax-exempt, and deferred-tax bonds and the net investment income tax The tax treatment of bonds purchased at a discount or premium Bond swap and U.S. Savings Bond strategies
Revenue Recognition for Private Entities 26-27
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $175
Analysis of requirements for revenue recognition under ASC 606 Discussion of the requirements for auditing revenue transactions Analysis of internal control and fraud risk aspects Identification of high-risk areas of revenue recognition Suggested procedures for identified risks
Advanced Staff Tax Training: Individual 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Taxation of investments Reporting of business income and losses from pass-through entities including loss limitations Non-income taxes that impact individual income tax returns Retirement contributions and planning Alternative Minimum Tax (ATM) Social Security taxation Charitable contribution planning with limitations
How Technology Controls Should Be Developed and Implemented 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
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
Preparation, Compilations and Reviews—A Practical Workshop 26-27
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $329
Preparation Compilations Reviews