CPE Catalog & Events
Next Steps Series - Engagement: Motivating the Next Workforce
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $71
Understanding motivational theories for the modern employee Hiring well Engagement tools Using active listening skills New leadership model High performers and low performers Generations Millennials The motivational chain
The Crucial Connection - Why You Should Care About Your Client's System of Internal Control
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $94
The audit risk model Key steps in understanding and evaluating your client's system of internal control Learn how to identify IT applications and IT controls relevant to the audit Apply risk assessment requirements to less complex entities Examples of risks arising from the use of IT and general IT controls
Surgent's Tax Research
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Tax code hierarchy Organization of an Internal Revenue Code section Special rules for IRC citation Citing other primary authority Private letter rulings Primary vs. secondary authority Secondary sources of authority Steps in the tax research process Research memoranda
Surgent's Understanding Non-Compete Agreements
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Enforcement of non-compete agreements from the employer’s perspective Opposing enforcement of non-compete agreements from the employee’s perspective Understanding reasonable geographic scope and time limitations for non-compete agreements Understanding key issues that arise during enforcement and opposition to enforcement of non-compete agreements.
Take Command of your Time
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major subjects that will be covered in this course include:Identify time wasters and adopt strategies for eliminating themRecognize the variety of causes of procrastination and apply techniques to overcome themUse practical techniques for prioritizing workDelegation strategiesIncorporate wellness and stress management into your day in short incrementsUnderstand their energy cycles and use it to manage your scheduleLearn techniques to decrease stress in the moment (based on neuroscience)
Starting a Fraud Investigation
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Assembling the fraud investigation teamManaging and supervising staffObtaining and managing evidenceBackground checksPublic records searchesDigital data analysisInterviewing techniques
Surgent's Weekly Expert Hour
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Each week’s topics will change based on the most critical issues affecting financial professionals
To Verify or Let It Fly: What to Do About Questionable Tax Return Information
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Clear Reflection of Income: Really? The Verification Drill Tax Ethics and the Conceptual Framework The Tax Uncertainties Dance (Tax and Financial Reporting) Cases and Controversies Blanco v. United States U.S. v. Fairchild Conclusion
Planning in an Uncertain World
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Why great predictions are not intuitive but the result of critical thinking, gathering information and updating predictions when needed How to separate correlation from causation How to recognize and overcome bias Who is Thomas Bayes and why he matters
2024 Not-for-Profit GAAP Update
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
NAC CECL
Audit 206: Analytical Procedures - Audit Fundamentals
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Identifying risk of material misstatement through preliminary analytic review proceduresEnsuring sufficient appropriate audit evidence is gathered through final overall analytic reviewEstablishing expectations for analytic proceduresProperly designing, documenting and evaluating the results of substantive analytic review proceduresDisaggregating substantive analytics for stronger resultsFactors impacting the design of substantive analytic proceduresCommon pitfalls in performing substantive analytic procedures
Excel - Working with Text, Date & Time Functions & Formulas
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Using Text functions to join and separate text entriesInserting Text functions to work with imported dataPerform date and time calculations with the Date & Time functions
Surgent's Data Analytics for Accountants and Financial Managers
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Definition of data analytics and big data; challenges and goals; establishing an environment for success; governance; common uses of analytics and current examples Behavioral forces that impact decisions; examples of inaccurate forecasts; identifying strategic measurements (KPIs); data sources Statistical tools, including median, mode, moving average, ratio analysis, Pareto analysis, trend analysis, regression, z-score, and simulation Software tools that are readily available and can assist in visually exploring data, expanding the scope of available data, as well as collecting, analyzing, and presenting results Specific ideas for using data analytics for accountants and financial managers, including current examples and areas for further consideration Lists of readings and next-level software for a participant’s future reference
2024 Common Deficiencies in SSARS Engagements
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Preparation Compilation Review
AICPA Town Hall Series (5/9/2024)
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Status update Current Treasury guidance Top questions related to the CARES Act and PPP AICPA resources & tools update
Surgent's Data Security: Best Practices to Protect Your Business and Yourself
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Webinar
1.00 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
Risk Assessment for Small Business Audits
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Each element of the risk assessment process:Understanding the client's business and industry in which it operatesInternal controlAssessing the magnitude and likelihood of riskLinking risk assessment to substantive audit procedures
2024 Deep Dive into Quality Management
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Quality Management Risk Assessment SQMS
Progressive Management Accounting
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
A taxonomy of accounting: tax, financial, managerial A spectrum of direct and indirect absorption costing Fact-based Data with Activity Based Costing (ABC ) Why do we need advanced management accounting techniques, such as ABC? How the ABC cost assignment network structure connects costs to products and sales channels Learn to use ABC to manage product, service-line, channel, and customer profitability Understand two views of costs: (1) process view versus (2) product view Comparing ABC with time-driven ABC, resource consumption accounting (RCA), lean accounting, and other costing techniques Operational Costing to Optimize Process Costs - How driver-based budgets and rolling financial forecasts lead to productivity improvement and cost reduction Applying “Attributes” to assess ”value-added costs” and “costs of quality (COQ)” The Shift in ROI’s Source from Tangible to Intangible Assets Increasing the ROI from information – with Corporate Performance Management (CPM) as a Value-Multiplier Accelerating the Rate of Adoption for Implementing and CPM Understand the barriers that slow the adoption rate of CPM: technical, misperceptions, model design, and social / cultural How to overcome behavioral resistance to change
Excel - Auditing Your Spreadsheets for Maximum Accuracy
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Proofing techniquesExcel Auditing ToolsUsing the Data Validation featureTechniques to cross-foot and validate your spreadsheets