CPE Catalog & Events
What If Your Client Didn't Take Reasonable Compensation
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Review best practices to help your client evaluate if an S election is an appropriate choiceHow to be proactive and head off common reasonable compensation issues before they happenExplore strategies for cash management if cash isn't available at year endExplore what’s at stake when reasonable compensation isn’t paid timely
ACPEN: Character and Trust: The Difference Maker in Effective Collaboration
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Definition of Collaboration Character Definition Critical Character Attributes Character Self-Awareness Additional Character Identification Techniques Trust Definitions Waves of Trust Four Cores of Trust Toxic Trust and Antibiotics
ACPEN: Recognizing Lies: How to Detect and Prevent
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Lies abound Why is it so difficult to call out a liar? How lies devastate Why do we despise lies? What sets liars apart? Deciphering the signals that indicate dishonesty How short-term thinking leads to lies and leads to uncovering lies Analyzing the cues Differentiating concerns and guilt The deception paradox What makes a great lie so great? Proven processes to uncover lies
Fraud & Embezzlement: Case Studies from the Trenches
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:How organizations can find themselves defrauded due to lax oversight and weak internal controls.How the existence of the "trusted advisor" creates situations where CPAs can drop their professional skepticism.Illustrations of the issues companies should look for in preventing fraud and embezzlement.
Surgent's Social Security: Dispelling Common Myths with Essential Truths
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
Will Social Security be there for me? How is my benefit calculated? Can I claim my benefit and work too? When do I stop paying Social Security taxes? Why does my government pension cause my benefits to be reduced? Can I claim spousal benefits now and my own later? What is my breakeven? Can I claim benefits from my ex-spouse? What do you mean I may pay taxes on my income benefits? … and more!
ACPEN: IT Controls & SOC Reporting in Financial Audits
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Webinar
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $109
SOC Reporting Information Technology General Controls (ITGC) Audit Reliance
Lease Implementation for Private Entities 26-27
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
Analysis of requirements for lease accounting under ASC 842, including detailed schedules showing journal entries and computations Analysis of internal control and fraud risk aspects Identification of high-risk areas of lease accounting and reporting Suggested audit and review procedures for identified risks
Current and Upcoming FASB Issues
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Recent accounting standards updates Recognition and measurement projects Presentation and disclosure projects Post-implementation preview projects
Entertainment, Meals & Travel Expenses: Review and Update
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Definition of what qualifies as an entertainment expenseStrategies to deduct business entertainment expensesDeductibility of mealsSituations not subject to the 50% meals and entertainment reductionHow to handle automobile issues related to employer-provided parkingProper accounting for deductible vs. non-deductible expendituresThe four steps to analyze business expensesThe latest federal legislation, cases and rulings
2026/27 Not-for-Profit GAAP Update
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Recently issued Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) impacting NFP financial reporting, along with standard-setting projects currently in the FASB pipeline.The International Non-Profit Accounting Standard (INPAS)-the first comprehensive global accounting framework designed specifically for non-profit organizations, launched in October 2025.
ACPEN: The New Quality Management Standards - What Everyone Needs to Know
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of the new quality management standards Focus on the most important elements of a quality management system Implementation tips that everyone in the firm should know Audit and attest standards impacted
ACPEN: International Tax Treaties
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Tax treaties Tax impact of cross-border transactions
ACPEN: Forgotten Managerial Accounting Tools
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Cost-volume-profit analysis, including target profit and break-even calculations Variable costing Relevant costs and decision-making Standard costs and variances Activity-based costing Segment reporting and analysis Capital budgeting considerations Overview of Excel capabilities for supporting managerial analysis
ACPEN: International Cross Border Transactions
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Webinar
2.20 Credits
Member Price: $89
International cross border transactions. Decrease an entities effective tax rate. IRS audit risk
Mastering Partnership Basis: Inside and Outside Basis
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Explain the use of both "inside" and "outside” basis determination.How to calculate tax basis capital accounts, including when the entity is formed, including the impact of contributed property.Clarify the importance of partnership capital accounts and partnerships debt on partner's tax basis.Explanation of how basis is impacted distributions and by sale and/or liquidation of the partnership interest.Comprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process.
ACPEN: Cash Conversion Cycle: Tool and Techniques
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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
Ethics: Court Orders, Confidentiality, and Compliance
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:• When and how a court order permits disclosure of tax return information under IRC §7216 and §6713.• The scope and limitations of disclosure under Circular 230 and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).• Best practices for responding to court orders while maintaining compliance and minimizing liability.• Risks of over-disclosure and unauthorized communication during mediation proceedings.
Tax Implications of Retirement Plan Distributions
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Required minimum distributions for a deceased’s heirs2025 retirement plan contribution limitsRequired minimum distributions and contributions to charityKey provisions of Secure Act 2.0
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: $69
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
ACPEN: Predictive Accounting – Driver-Based Budgeting and Rolling Financial Forecasts
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The shift to “predictive accounting” for Decision Making, Planning, and Budgeting Problems with traditional annual budget processes Develop a driver-based “operational budget” based on resource capacity planning Classify resource capacities and their expenses as sunk, fixed, step-variable, and variable Create closed loop capacity plans Forecast demand for budgeting and rolling financial forecasts Integrating enterprise risk management (ERM) with management accounting Applying target costing for cost estimating