CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Data Security: Best Practices to Protect Your Business and Yourself
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $59
Ethical duty to safeguard employee, client, and litigant data Common threats, including phishing, ransomware, and bad password management Security management of business and personal electronic devices Best practices for creating and securing passwords Insight into how our personal information is exploited in our daily lives
Data Extraction, Transformation, Validation the Right Data Sources for Analysis
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Understand various data types Structured vs. unstructured data Completeness and validation testing Selecting the right data sources for the job Risks and pitfalls to avoid
Audit 406: Auditing Revenue Recognition - Common Risks
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Generally accepted accounting principles related to sales, including the newest revenue recognition model of Topic 606Common revenue recognition fraud schemes and potential audit responsesAudit responses to significant risks requiring special audit consideration related to revenue recognition
Surgent's Advising a Client Regarding the Tax Consequences Associated with Buying or Selling a Business
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3.0 Credits
Member Price: $169
Asset sales and stock sales and their attendant results to buyers and sellers Section 1060 and using the residual method Consequences of making a Section 754 election with adjustments under Sections 743(b) and 734(b) Section 338 and Section 338(h)(10) elections Allocating some of the purchase price of a business to personal goodwill Partnership distributions to retiring partners under Section 736(a) and 736(b) Consulting agreements and employment agreements as between buyers and sellers Advantages of a C corporation having Section 1202 stock
2024 Financial & Tax Accounting for Partnerships & LLCs
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Review of the Accounting Standards Codification and its application to partnerships and LLCs Review of the OCBOA/Special Purpose Frameworks and their application to partnerships and LLCs Review of the AICPA financial reporting framework for small and medium-sized entities Integration of these financial reporting approaches with accounting for issues in the formation of partnerships and LLCs Financial accounting issues arising from changes in ownership of partnership and LLCs Financial vs. tax accounting for partnership/LLC capital accounts Review of Section 704(b) substantial economic effect rules and their relation to financial accounting The integration of financial accounting for partnerships/LLCs with the Form 1065 Financial accounting basis for ownership interests vs. tax accounting basis for ownership interests Deferred tax accounting for partnerships/LLCs Completion of the Form 1065 Schedule M-1 Financial accounting for the operations of a partnership/LLC
Dashboard and Report Design Principles Using Excel
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
How to design charts for fastest possible user understanding and ease of use Review of case studies for group critique Developing a design standard for your organization Designing tables for rapid understanding and efficient space use How to use commentary, maintaining a consistent style and level of detail Using layout to support long-term memory and improve understanding The impact of trend methods on user understanding and a brief introduction to a statistically valid method for trend analysis. How to apply these techniques using Excel
Managing the Accounting Department
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Accounting Leadership Management
2024 Fiduciary & Tax Accounting Guide for Estates and Trusts
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Fundamentals of fiduciary accounting Uniform Principal and Income Act Discretionary Power to Adjust Allocations between principal and income Estates & Trusts tax bracket Form 1041 - Schedule I Filing requirements Section 645 Election Estimated taxes
Using e-Signature Software to Process Agreements-Updated
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Review of the digital document signing process.Key features to evaluate in selecting a solution.Review and distinguish top selling e-signature applications.Best practices for deploying e-signature software in your practice or business.
2024 Forgotten Managerial Accounting Tools
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Cost-volume-profit analysis, including target profit and break-even calculations Relevant costs and decision-making Activity-based costing Capital budgeting considerations Overview of Excel capabilities for supporting managerial analysis
Ethics at Work: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Overview of ethicsEthical values and principlesDEI working definitionsUnconscious bias, assumptions, microaggressionsStanding Up and Speaking OutDEI and Organizational Responsibility
Aligning Analytics to COSO's Fraud Risk Management Principles
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $39
COSO Fraud Risk Management Guide Aligning data analytics considerations to an effective fraud risk management program How to implement and sustain an effective forensic data analytics program as part of an effective fraud risk management and compliance program
2024 Financial & Tax Accounting for S Corporations
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Review of the Accounting Standards Codification and its relationship to financial accounting for S corporations Review of OCBOA/Special Purpose Frameworks and their relationship to financial accounting for S corporations Review of the AICPA "small" GAAP rules The impact of the entity's tax status history on its financial accounting Deferred tax accounting for S corporations Required S status financial accounting disclosures Financial accounting impact of the C to S election and the S to C election The relationship of financial accounting and the Form 1120S Financial and tax accounting for S corporation shareholder equity account
Gamed: Why Performance Targets and Incentives Fail and How to Fix Them
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
10-step ROKET-DS system, a simple structured method for designing meaningful targets and incentives which will help you ... Create targets and objectives that align with your strategy Build engagement with your target owners Test your targets and incentives rigorously for unexpected outcomes and dangerous loopholes
Personal Leadership Skills
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
Leadership Personality Types Communication Memory
2024 Fiduciary Accounting for Estates and Trusts
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4.0 Credits
Member Price: $129
10 Principles of Tax Accounting for Trust Income Entity accounting income and Form 1041 Uniform Principal and Income Act Discretionary Power to Adjust Allocations between principal and income Trust accounting issues
Trust Fund Recovery Penalty And Request For Refund
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this course include:Learning about the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP).Understanding pre-843 requirements when making a request for refund.Employing an effective strategy for removing the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP) using IRS internal records.Appealing a rejected Form 843.Live case examples for making a request for refund using Form 843.
2024 Accounting Update in a Post COVID-19 World
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Risk assessment Government assistance Pandemic-related accounting pronouncements Learning to be an auditor in a pandemic environment Exploring liquidity options Accounting tools and techniques for supporting managerial decisions Engagement and workforce management
Fixing Your Chart of Accounts
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1.0 Credits
Member Price: $55
Current Chart of Accounts Best PracticesWhy developing a chart of accounts begins with studying your organizational chartHow to identify your account segmentsDetermining the order of your account segmentsBest practices for numbering account basesHow to avoid memorizationFixing Your Current Chart of AccountsHow big company and small company software differsTwo key approaches for preserving your historical dataWhat to know when making major chart of accounts changes
What Does Fraud Look Like?
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2.0 Credits
Member Price: $79
Why auditors fail to detect fraud Usual vs an unusual transaction Why fraud and stupid often look exactly the same The importance of establishing the Perception of Detection The number one reason fraud occurs Looking for things that should be there Looking for things that should not be there