CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Ethics for Tax Professionals
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
What does practicing before the IRS mean? Who may practice before the IRS? What should a tax preparer do if he or she has knowledge of a client's omission of income from a tax return? May a tax preparer rely on the work of other tax return preparers? May a tax preparer rely on and use client-provided information? Standards associated with giving advice to clients Abolition of the disclaimer requirement When must a tax preparer examine a client’s books and records?
Taxation of Judgements and Settlements
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2.4 Credits
Member Price: $79
Types of damages or remedies that can be awarded or agreed upon pursuant to litigation. Review of the Internal Revenue Code and regulations governing the taxation of various types of litigation payments. Suggestions for drafting pleadings or settlement agreements.
Surgent's Key Partnership and S Corporation Tax Planning Strategies
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation Tax consequences of retiring partners seeking liquidating distributions/redemptions and S corporation shareholders seeking the redemption of their shares At-risk and passive activity loss considerations Basis planning Related party transactions: making them work Income splitting and shifting with family can create considerable benefits Sale of ownership interest and NIIT considerations
Basis Calculations & Distributions for Pass-Thru Entity Owners Schedule K-1 Analysis
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $300
Detailed coverage of any new legislation affecting basis computations and distributions and changes to the schedule K-1s (including the NEW Form 7203 – S Corporation Shareholder Stock and Debt Basis Limitations) Line-by-line analysis of the Schedule K-1s to determine how the items affect a S shareholder’s stock and debt basis and a partner/member’s outside basis and where the items get reported on Federal individual income tax return The three loss and deduction limitations on the owner’s individual income tax return (i.e. basis, at-risk and other Form 1040 limitations) How cash or non-cash distributions affect the basis calculations and whether or not they are taxable to the owners Compare the tax treatment of the sale of a shareholder’s stock in a S corporation and a partner’s interest in a partnership What constitutes debt basis for a S corporation shareholder under the final regulations The tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders and on open account debt How recourse and non-recourse debt effect a partner or member’s basis calculations and amount at-risk
Hands-On Tax Return Workshop - S Corporations (Form 1120S)
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $300
Extensive review of the S corporation income tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative Schedule K analysis– determine if income statement items are separately (i.e. schedule K) or non-separately stated income and expense items Discuss how schedule K items get allocated to shareholders on their schedule K-1s Look at detailed Schedule K-1 information reporting to shareholders needed for the qualified business income (QBI) deduction, 3.8% net investment income tax and business interest expense limitations Talk about the unreasonably low officer compensation issues Learn the special tax treatment of fringe benefits paid to 2% shareholders and family members Schedule M-1 – calculate the reconciliation of income or loss per books with income or loss per income tax return Schedule M-2 – detailed step-by-step calculation of the AAA, PTI, E&P and OAA accounts Basic overview of the tax treatment of distributions including when a S corporation has prior C corporation earnings and profits (E&P) Review the importance and basics of calculating a shareholder’s stock and debt basis Basic overview of the potential S corporation built in gains tax from the conversion of a C to S corporation
ACPEN Signature 2024: Single Audit and Uniform Guidance Issues Update
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $250
Single Audit nuts and bolts discussion Overview of the GAO’s Fraud Risk Management Framework and the importance of fraud risk in a Single Audit Specific audit issues arising related to Pandemic and Infrastructure funding programs Review of unique elements of the 2024 Compliance Supplement (assuming it is out by then) Proposed changes to specific Uniform Guidance rules and regulations
Surgent's Preparing Individual Tax Returns for New Staff and Paraprofessionals
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $279
Comprehensive coverage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and The SECURE Act 2.0 Preparation of various Form 1040 individual tax returns and schedules; provided answers include “filled-in” forms Coverage of Form 7203 Coverage of §199A qualified business income, its calculation, limitations, and examples Dividends and interest – Ordinary, return of capital, and capital gain distribution dividends; tax-exempt interest, original issue discount, etc. Security transactions – From Form 1099-B to Form 8949 to Schedule D, plus mutual fund sales and related basis issues Self-employed person issues Schedule C deductions including depreciation Sale and exchange of property – Understanding Form 4797 and depreciation recapture; capital gains A working understanding of passive losses – How to handle rental property and how the passive loss rules flow to the tax forms Itemized deductions – A thorough understanding of what’s deductible and what’s not Interest deductions – Limitations and timing problems Charitable contributions substituting for taxes, IRS says – No! Retirement contributions and education credits and deductions Tax computations – The Kiddie Tax, AMT, regular tax, tax credits Individual problems illustrated by form preparation for various items, with numerous “practice tips” Impact of recent legislation and forms changes on the 1040
Minimizing Workplace Warfare
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1.2 Credits
Member Price: $39
Sources of Workplace Conflict Conflict Resolution Strategies Communication Skills and Active Listening Conflict Management Techniques
Relationship Between Ethics, Morality, and the Law
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $85
Meaning of morality and ethics The variation Distinguishing factors Theories of Jonathan Haidt Milgram experiment Authoritarian behavior and ethics Ethical authority? Conflicts
IRS Cybersecurity Checklist
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Defining Cybersecurity and Cyber Risks Implications of Cybercrime Cyber Attack Trends Landscape of Cyberattacks Laws and Regulations Security Standards and Frameworks Cybersecurity Roadmap
Audit 107: Auditing Cash - Applying Basic Audit Skills
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Typical audit risks and special considerations related to cash and cash equivalentsDesigning a detailed audit plan, linking assessed risk to planned proceduresPerforming typical audit procedures associated with auditing cash and cash equivalentsCase study related to auditing cash and cash equivalents, including identifying and evaluating a misappropriation of cashIdentifying how to obtain evidence through inquiry of the client
Becoming a Powerful and Effective Delegator
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Six elements of effective delegationCommon sins of delegationEffectively documenting and communicating delegation conversationsMethods to ensure accountability for the things that are delegated occur
Auditing For Fraud
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Auditing Fraud
Auditing Standards Update & Best Practices 2024
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
• Designing and performing sufficient audit procedures required for all audits, particularly when auditing privately-owned companies • Identify controls that exist, especially when those controls are not clearly identified or formalized • Evaluate if those controls prevent or detect material misstatements in the financial statements • Design effective audit procedures (including testing of controls where appropriate) in response to the auditor's assessed risk of the potential material misstatements in the financial statements
Federal Income Taxation of Cannabis Businesses 2024
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
• Income taxability • Restrictions on expense deductibility • Application of capitalization rules • Ethical and non-tax legal constraints
A Culture of Regulatory Ethics: A Competitive Advantage
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Does it pay for a company to have strong ethics?Can you measure the financial impact of ethics?Does ethics make a difference in financial performance?Can ethics be used as a competitive advantage?What sets the CPA designation apart?AICPA Code of Professional Conduct & the Conceptual Framework ApproachEthics as a marketing toolPersonalizing your Code of EthicsFour building blocks of ethical cultureWhat influences employee behavior?Ethical researchBuilding trust in organizationsMaintaining objectivity in difficult situations
K2's Technology For CPAs - Don't Get Left Behind
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
• Emerging technologies all business professionals should know • Considerations associated with upgrading to Windows 11 • Practical options for protecting your data • New features in commonly-used applications such as Excel and Adobe Acrobat DC
Real Estate Taxation 2024
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
• California property taxation-updated in light of Proposition 19 passage • Qualified business income deductions [IRC Sec. 199A] • Opportunity zone deferral related to real estate [IRC Sec. 1400Z-2] • Passive activities loss rules [IRC Sec. 469] • Real estate professional rules [IRC Sec. 469(c)(7)] • Interest expense deduction rules [IRC Sec. 163] • Home sale exclusion [IRC Sec. 121] • 1031 exchanges • Estate planning and gifting with real estate
Strategies for Tax Dispute Resolution 2024
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
• Examination process: organization of IRS, standards for return selection; AICPA SSTS (revised), Circular 230 guidelines, amended returns and approaches to resolving examination problems • Civil penalties, delinquency penalties, accuracy-related penalty, fraud penalty, preparer penalty, promoter and protestor penalties and foreign information return penalty regime • Audits and administrative appeals, nature and scope; docketed v. nondocketed appeals, appeals conferences and settlement approaches • Collection process: significance of assessment; nature of tax liens and levies, installment agreements, collection due process, offers in compromise and bankruptcy • Tax fraud: civil tax fraud badges, criminal tax fraud violations, defenses, voluntary disclosures the role of Kovel accountant • Judicial proceedings: Tax Court process, federal district court, Court of Federal Claims and California Superior Court
Tone at the Top: Fraud and Leadership 2024
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8.0 Credits
Member Price: $299
• Fraud • Accounting and Auditing