CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Securing a Comfortable Retirement in the Age of Spending
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8.00 Credits
Member Price: $199
Retirement planning using variables such as desired lifestyle, travel plans, housing plans, medical needs, and family needs to customize a retirement plan unique to the client Using a residence and other real estate as retirement assets through equity and rent Using a small business as a retirement resource through creative retirement plans Overview of asset allocation, portfolio management, portfolio rebalancing, and investment selection concepts, before and after retirement The three-legged retirement stool: employer retirement, savings, and Social Security Planning with the new retirement provisions of SECURE Act 2.0 Distribution/asset liquidation planning Analysis of the most current/important research on retirement planning and sustaining retirement income levels
Surgent's Securing a Comfortable Retirement in the Age of Spending
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12.00 Credits
Member Price: $219
Retirement planning using variables such as desired lifestyle, travel plans, housing plans, medical needs, and family needs to customize a retirement plan unique to the client Using a residence and other real estate as retirement assets through equity and rent Using a small business as a retirement resource through creative retirement plans Overview of asset allocation, portfolio management, portfolio rebalancing, and investment selection concepts, before and after retirement The three-legged retirement stool: employer retirement, savings, and Social Security Planning with the new retirement provisions of SECURE Act 2.0 Distribution/asset liquidation planning Analysis of the most current/important research on retirement planning and sustaining retirement income levels
Surgent's Select Estate and Life Planning Issues for the Middle-Income Client
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Changes to the lifetime estate tax exemption in light of proposed regulations SECURE 2.0 updates More than 20 documents that should be reviewed that are neither a will nor trust Provisions you need in a will Trusts and other arrangements for children Durable powers of attorney for healthcare and for financial matters Realistic retirement goals Developments relative to estate tax, and the implications for planning
Surgent's Select Estate and Life Planning Issues for the Middle-Income Client
Available Until
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Changes to the lifetime estate tax exemption in light of proposed regulations SECURE 2.0 updates More than 20 documents that should be reviewed that are neither a will nor trust Provisions you need in a will Trusts and other arrangements for children Durable powers of attorney for healthcare and for financial matters Realistic retirement goals Developments relative to estate tax, and the implications for planning
Surgent's Selected Issues in Preparation of 1040 Individual Income Tax Returns
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10.00 Credits
Member Price: $189
Business income and expenses IRAs, qualified retirement plans, and Social Security benefits Depreciation and recapture Rental income and expenses, income via Schedule K-1, and loss limitations Alternative Minimum Tax Casualty losses, moving expenses, sale of home, alimony, and penalties
Surgent's Service Organization Control Reports - A User Auditor View
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Types of SOC reports Uses of SOC reports by user auditors Characteristics of SOC reports Format of a SOC1 report Using a SOC1 report on a financial statement audit
Surgent's Single Auditing Made Simple
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8.00 Credits
Member Price: $199
The key requirements and responsibilities related to the schedule of expenditures of federal awards and the determination of major programs The processes of determining the direct and material compliance requirements, obtaining an understanding of and testing the related internal controls, and performing compliance testing The development and reporting of findings in the schedule of findings and questioned costs Additional performance and reporting responsibilities
Surgent's Six Common Barriers to Investment Success
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Availability bias Herding Loss aversion Present bias Anchoring Home country bias
Surgent's Skills to Enhance Personal and Professional Networks
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The value of strategic networking Quality vs. quantity in networking Networking for professional opportunities Person-to-person networking Maintaining and expanding your current connections Networking for introverts Long-term networking strategies
Surgent's Small-Business Accounting, Audit, and Attest Update
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Small and medium-sized business-related ASUs, including recent PCC activities Recently issued AICPA standards Engagement quality update Newly issued SSARS and SSAE standards SASs effective for 2024 audits and beyond
Surgent's Social Security and Medicare: Planning for You and Your Clients
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12.00 Credits
Member Price: $219
Legislative developments A full chapter devoted to determining the best planning options for maximizing joint Social Security benefits Retirement benefits: Amount of benefits in various circumstances; how the amounts are distributed within the family unit Qualification: Has the client retired? How business entities may be used for Social Security advantage Income taxation of Social Security: avoidance tactics Spousal benefits: Should a spouse return to work? What benefits does a spouse have and when and how do they relate to benefits decisions by the client? When can hiring the spouse increase overall benefits? Why should both spouses qualify for survivor benefits? Disability benefits When to start Social Security benefits: Advantages and disadvantages at ages 62, full retirement age, and 70 Coordinating benefits: Should you take Social Security first and higher-balance IRA distributions later, or take IRA balances first and enhanced Social Security benefits later? Pensions: Distribution strategies; how to use the minimum distribution rules in concert with Social Security benefits IRAs: Is it time to convert to a Roth? Medicare, Part D prescription drugs: what retirees need to know
Surgent's Social Security and Medicare: Planning for You and Your Clients
Available Until
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8.00 Credits
Member Price: $199
Legislative developments A full chapter devoted to determining the best planning options for maximizing joint Social Security benefits Retirement benefits: Amount of benefits in various circumstances; how the amounts are distributed within the family unit Qualification: Has the client retired? How business entities may be used for Social Security advantage Income taxation of Social Security: avoidance tactics Spousal benefits: Should a spouse return to work? What benefits does a spouse have and when and how do they relate to benefits decisions by the client? When can hiring the spouse increase overall benefits? Why should both spouses qualify for survivor benefits? Disability benefits When to start Social Security benefits: Advantages and disadvantages at ages 62, full retirement age, and 70 Coordinating benefits: Should you take Social Security first and higher-balance IRA distributions later, or take IRA balances first and enhanced Social Security benefits later? Pensions: Distribution strategies; how to use the minimum distribution rules in concert with Social Security benefits IRAs: Is it time to convert to a Roth? Medicare, Part D prescription drugs: what retirees need to know
Surgent's Social Security: Dispelling Common Myths with Essential Truths
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $109
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!
Surgent's Starting a Small Business: What Every Trusted Advisor and Entrepreneur Needs to Know
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Understanding the time commitment required to start and run a business Selecting a corporate structure to protect your personal assets Building your product or service Sales and marketing in your business Establishing your owners, investors, managers, and employees Accounting, recording-keeping, and other software programs Leases, contracts, and employee agreements Protecting intellectual property Insurance Business plans Financing Market position
Surgent's Stock vs. Asset Acquisitions of C Corporations
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Advantages and disadvantages to buyer and seller of an asset acquisition and a stock acquisition Tax treatment of consulting agreements and covenants not to compete Sale of personal goodwill associated with an asset acquisition Tax consequences associated with a stock acquisition and an asset acquisition Acquisitive reorganizations Non-tax issues that must be considered when a corporation is acquired
Surgent's Strategies for Maximizing Social Security Benefits
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
When is a person eligible to take Social Security benefits? Factors to consider when selecting an option for taking Social Security benefits Is there a best age to start taking Social Security benefits? How to maximize Social Security benefit payments for surviving spouses How can a divorced spouse collect Social Security benefits based on the work record of a former spouse? How minor children can collect Social Security benefits based on the work record of an older parent
Surgent's Successful Communication
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Barriers to communication, especially when working remotely Modules and best practices for effective communication Keys to effective non-verbal communication Effective listening techniques
Surgent's Succession Planning for the Small Business Owner: Finding the Exit Ramp
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
How to find unrelated buyers of a business Maintaining control of the business succession process Turning over the reins to family members: when to give up control Finding the right team to sell a business Options for selling a business to an unrelated party Options for selling a business to family members Options for selling a business to employees Overcoming the emotional attachment to a business Selling to family members for a life annuity Using family partnerships and trusts to transfer a business
Surgent's Succession Planning for the Small Business Owner: Finding the Exit Ramp
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
How to find unrelated buyers of a business Maintaining control of the business succession process Turning over the reins to family members: when to give up control Finding the right team to sell a business Options for selling a business to an unrelated party Options for selling a business to family members Options for selling a business to employees Overcoming the emotional attachment to a business Selling to family members for a life annuity Using family partnerships and trusts to transfer a business
Surgent's Surging Auditors: Daily Dilemmas
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1.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
The importance of proper documentation of workpapers Meeting firm-mandated ethical requirements Independence issues related to client relationships Client engagement and entertainment Accurate and complete reporting of time