CPE Catalog & Events
Transforming Strategic & Financial Management with ChatGPT - Insights for CPAs, CFOs and Controllers
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2.2 Credits
Member Price: $79
Recognize the variety of ChatGPT uses in accounting. Determine how to use ChatGPT. Identify how ChatGPT improves customer, vendor, and industry research. Recognize how ChatGPT aids in financial benchmarking. Identify how ChatGPT can assist in financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting.
Cash Management: Strategies for Long-Term Success
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Developing short-term cash flow projections How do we assure adequate cash availability without having idle cash? Take advantage of your bank’s cash management services Working capital loans Controlled disbursement accounts Sweep accounts and other short-term investments ACH transactions Direct transfers Lock boxes Credit and collections Reconciliation frequency Managing cash short-falls
Mergers & Acquisitions: Tips and Speed Bumps to Avoid
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Making strategic acquisitions Identifying potential acquisition candidates Alternatives to M&A Identifying and understanding organizational culture Understanding the keys to effective and efficient due diligence Planning and executing an effective integration Key considerations
Professional Skepticism
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The Professional Skepticism "Mind Set"Recent PronouncementsProfessional Skepticism as DiligenceCases and ControversiesConclusion
Surgent's Features and Benefits of SEP IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $99
Applicable provisions of SECURE Act 2.0 Key features for choosing a retirement plan for a small business Key questions an advisor must ask a small business owner to help determine which retirement plan is suitable for their business Key questions an advisor must ask a small business owner to help ensure compliance with a SEP IRA or a SIMPLE IRA How SEP and SIMPLE IRAs benefit the small business owner How SEP and SIMPLE IRAs benefit employees of small businesses The tax benefits that help to offset the cost of employer contributions How to determine which business is eligible to adopt a SIMPLE IRA How to determine which employees must be covered
Project Management: Enhancing Ongoing Client Engagements
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Clarification between workflow and project management and the use of eachLeveraging the project charter to establish consistency and collaboration across teams for a quality client experience
Benford's Law and Other Digital Analysis Techniques
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1.8 Credits
Member Price: $79
Benford’s Law Digital Analysis Data analytics
2024 Data Analytics: Practical Insights for Today's Accountant
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Explore new tools and client engagement techniques using data analytics; Introduction of popular software tools Examine the AICPA’s Five-Step Approach to data analytics in an audit engagement
Planning for Small Business Success
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
The integrated planning model The strategic plan Linkage with Performance Based Management Tracking success Real world examples
2024 Common Deficiencies in Employee Benefit Plans
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Common Defiencies DOL EBPs
Introduction to Single Audit
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Compliance Federal Funds Single Audit
Cash Conversion Cycle: Tool and Techniques
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Understanding the timing elements of your day’s working capital The impact of inventory on the Cash Conversion Cycle How vendors and customers can help your cash conversion cycle Planning and forecasting for a healthy cash flow Assorted management tips to control the Cash Conversion Cycle
Resolving Ethical Conflicts
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Standards and techniques for resolving ethical conflict How to have a conversation about a tough issue without having it destroy the relationship What to do when talking fails
The Bookkeeper Goes to Prison
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Career choicesEthical dilemmasJudicial proceedingsMitigation strategiesCreating tools to help make better decisionsAtonement and reconciliation
2024 S Corporation Checkup: Key Tax Issues & Forms Reporting
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Discuss the calculation of basis when the entity is formed including the impact of contributed property Explain the importance of shareholder loans to the entity Uses a comprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process Schedules K-2 and K-3 Discuss how basis is impacted by distributions of corporation property Explain how basis is impacted by sale/or liquidation of the S corporation interest S corporation losses and how they impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting Show how to get from the Schedule K-1 information to the basis calculation
IRS Highly Effective Penalty Relief Strategies
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:The basis for penalty reliefDiffering options for penalty reliefEmploying an effective strategy using different forms of penalty reliefAppealing any proposed rejectionsA clever penalty relief strategy for full pay case
2024 Is Activity-Based Costing the Right Tool for Your Organization?
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
ABC versus traditional costing First-stage allocation Determining predetermined overhead rates Second-stage allocation Activity-based reporting
Leveraging Marketing Automation for Accounting Firm Growth
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Content - From generating content ideas to SEO research and creating content through its distribution we will look at tools to accomplish these goals efficiently and effectively.Lead Generation - Tools to determine the best offers and get them in front of the appropriate audiences.Lead Nurturing - Once you have a prospective client "raise their hand" virtually or physically, it is critical to design and implement campaigns and other tactics to keep them engaged and move them closer to being a client. We will cover this i-depth during the course.Sales - After you have a prospect ready to get to the next phase of the purchase journey, it is imperative to answer objections, explain the process of working with your firm and then close the sale. These tools will allow you to do this without an entire sales team!Onboarding - Once the prospect becomes a client leverage automation to make onboarding seamless, systematic and simple for your team.Referrals and Reviews - Instead of chasing clients for reviews or case studies, consider baking the ask right into your current or automated processes. This course will show you how!
Avoiding Budget People Issues: Managing Budgeting's Soft Side
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Budget defining, Budget cultures Tacticle budget issues Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions Understanding people in the budget process Communicating your budget to non financial types
Surgent's Examining ASC 842, Leases: More Than Meets the Eye
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $159
ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) Overall lease accounting guidance Lessor Accounting 101 Lessee Accounting 101 Detailed review of accounting by lessees and lessors Sale and leaseback transactions Transition guidance Other operational issues Recently issued updates to the lease accounting guidance FASB guidance on accounting for COVID-19-related rent concessions Feedback from the public company adoption of Topic 842