CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Tax and Advisory with Agentic AI
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
Agent use in transfer pricing, tax compliance automation, and M&A due diligence Examples of agent deployment in global accounting firms Regulatory frameworks Governance and controls for autonomous tax tools Strategic advisory with agent-based scenario planning
ACPEN: Achieve Competency in Three Basic Tool Categories - Master the Fundamentals
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Tools for FSA The 3 P's. The QST trifecta The integrated planning model Performance based management The value chain The balanced scorecard
ACPEN: The Essential Auditing Update with Renee Rampulla
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Hot Auditing Topics Fraud Group Audits Sustainability Quality Management Frequent Peer Review Matters
ACPEN: 2026 Spring Tax Update for Individuals with Steve Dilley
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Tips, overtime, car loan interest, and senior deduction developments Recent legislative developments, cases and rulings impacting individual taxpayers Federal Disasters—tax deduction options Individual income items, itemized deductions and credits Updated tax rate schedule and other inflation adjusted items Implications for self-employed taxpayers of various legislation
Analyzing IFRS Financial Statements
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Financial Analysis fundamentals: Overview of financial statements, their interconnections, and the foundation of advanced analysisLoblaw Companies Case Study: Introduction to our example company and its financial performanceAdvanced Analysis Techniques: Common size analysis, Dupont framework, financial leverage, and operational metricsOperational Focus: Separating core business performance from financing activitiesApplied analysis and managerial ratios: Segment analysis, cash flow analysis, and managerial ratiosManagement Commentary: Overview of the corporate narrative as presented from IFRS lens.
Fundamentals of Form 1040 -- Business
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Self-employment and business income taxation (Schedule C, self-employment tax, business deductions)Reporting income from pass-through entities (Schedule E, Schedule K-1, Shareholder stock and debt basis on Form 7203)Application of Form 7217 for capital construction fundsBest practices for self-employed clients and small business ownersKey deductions and credits for business ownersAvoiding common IRS audit triggers related to business income reportingLegislative updates impacting business income taxation in the current year
ChatGPT for Accountants: 50+ Use Cases
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major topics covered in this course include:Introduction to ChatGPT and artificial intelligence chatbot technologiesAutomating frequently asked questions and the onboarding processVerifying and reviewing financial recordsProviding real-time support to clientsGenerating financial reportsAutomating tax return preparation and financial planningProviding guidance on financial decision making
Surgent's Current Issues in Accounting and Auditing: An Annual Update
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Recently issued but newly implemented Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs), the PCC Update, and items on the FASB’s Technical Agenda New ASUs covering disaggregated expenses, crypto assets (e.g., cryptocurrency), and business combinations Results and findings of the FASB’s Final (Stage 3) Post-Implementation Review (PIR) Report on Topic 606 Recently issued SASs and other AICPA activity through SAS No. 149 Detailed review of the three new Statement on Quality Management Standards (SQMS 1, SQMS 2, and SQMS 3) Other important A&A practice matters
ACPEN: Consulting Services Secrets
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Identifying a consulting specialty Building a practice and translating knowledge into products Managing consulting projects Marketing consulting projects Building a referral network Contingent fees Professional standards for consultants
ACPEN: Business Valuation - Asset Approach
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Fundamentals of Business Valuation and Appraisal Standards The Asset Approach: Methods, Applications, and Analysis
ACPEN: 2026/27 Single Audit Update
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
2024 Uniform Guidance overhaul Increase in Single Audit threshold to $1 million Audit planning and execution impacts 2025 AICPA GAS/Single Audit Guide (Appendix B) updates Audit efficiency and compliance considerations
ACPEN: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence ("AI"): The Interaction of AI and Ethics, featuring Tracy Cooper, CPA and Don Minges, MBA
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
What are the ethical issues within AI? The many biases within AI Ownership? Intellectual property rights? Who benefits economically? Changing regulations and laws Why many organizations ban AI? How AI can be used unethically? The need for strong human oversight!
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
Microsoft Outlook "Must Know" Email Tips
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Using Quick Parts to streamline message composition.Eliminating inefficient back and forth appointment scheduling with the Bookings app.Using category codes and contacts to send bulk emails.Sending emails to Teams and OneNote.Organizing your inbox with custom views, rules and folders.Mastering the search tools to find emails quickly.Review of key option settings to maximize email productivity.
ACPEN: Financial & Tax Accounting for Partnerships & LLCs
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
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
ACPEN: Fiduciary Accounting & Tax Planning for Estates & Trusts
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Fundamentals of fiduciary accounting Uniform Principal and Income Act Discretionary Power to Adjust Allocations between principal and income Trust accounting 3.8% Net Investment Income Form 1041 - Schedule I Section 645 Election Simple or complex trusts
The Ethic of Teamwork
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Virtue ethicsTeam dynamicsCharacteristics of highly effective teamsMeeting managementTeam communicationDecision making
ACPEN: Build Better Budgets: Fundamental Techniques
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Advantages of budgeting The role of budgeting Master budgeting Flexible budgeting Standards and variances Capital budgeting
Ethics, Tax Practice & Understanding Circular 230
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Webinar
0.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Importance of ethics in tax practiceOverview of Circular 230 and its application to tax practitionersCommon ethical violations and penaltiesProcedures to promote compliance with ethical standardsReal-life scenarios illustrating ethical decision-making in tax preparationCircular 230 provisions related to tax return preparation and representationBest practices for maintaining professional integrity and compliance
Individual Tax Update: OBBA and Recent Developments
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Legislation impacting individual taxpayersThe One Big Beautiful Bill ActExtenders legislation updateChild tax and dependent care creditsSection 199A deductionCapital gains and lossesRental real estateOther passive activities losses