CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Drive Results with Metrics
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Performance Metrics Budgets
Analyzing Financial Statements
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Balance sheet analysisIncome statement analysisCash flow statement analysisClues in the notes and MD&AIndustry nuances
Basic Individual Taxation Course
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Defining Federal Income TaxesComputing federal income tax liabilityCalculating adjusted gross incomeDefining Qualifying ChildDetermining filing statusCalculating the Kiddie TaxStandard deductionTax Rates for ordinary income, capital gains, and qualified dividend incomeCash v. Accrual MethodFiling deadlines and obtaining extensions
Surgent's Controller/CFO Update: Hot Topics Facing Today's Financial Professional
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Economic update Leadership and management changes because of recent developments, including AI Managing for productivity Hiring the best people for the organization New motivation techniques
All About Fraud - Examples, Prevention and Auditing
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:2026 Report to the Nations issued by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner.Practical approaches organizations use to prevent and deter fraud, highlighting controls, policies, and cultural factors that can reduce fraud risk.Recent fraud cases reported in the news to reinforce how these schemes manifest in real-world settings.Discussion of the auditor's responsibilities related to fraud under AU-C 240, including an overview of proposed changes to the fraud standards and what they may mean for future audit engagements.
Construction Contractors: Auditing Considerations
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $139
Auditing contractor accounting and revenue from contracts with customers Planning and risk assessment for construction contractors Key controls Substantive procedures for long-term contractors
Advanced Personal Financial Planning Update 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
Retirement: accumulation and decumulation techniques, Social Security, Medicare and long-term care Debt management, including mortgages and education financing Insurance and investments from a life-planning perspective Income tax legislation, cases, and rulings Estate and trust planning strategies
K2's Advanced Excel 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
Collaboration and security techniques Tables, data models, and PivotTables Advanced formulas Data queries Creating effective visualizations
Leases: ASC Topic 842 in Depth 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
FASB ASC 842, Leases All recently released updates to ASC 842, Leases
Avoiding the Most Misapplied Audit Concepts
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Risk Assessment - Properly assessing inherent, control, and detection risk on an engagement, and linking the results to an appropriately tailored detailed audit plan based on risk assessment and client service goals, regardless of entity type.Substantive Analytics- Leveraging strong substantive analytic procedures as audit evidence to cut back on tests of details.Selecting items to test common misunderstandings related to designing, performing and concluding on tests of details, including sampling.Identifying and Evaluating Internal Control Deficiencies - Emphasizing the importance of identifying both design and operating effectiveness deficiencies during the course of the audit, and how to properly categorize deficiencies as inconsequential, significant or material for impact on the audit or required communications with management and those charged with governance.
The Art of Engaging in Difficult Conversations
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major subjects that will be covered in this course include:Awareness of your mindset entering the conversationTactics to build a pool of meaningClarity around story tellingBiggest mistakes to avoid
Understanding Internal Control Constructs
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this course include:Underlying concepts of internal controlThe importance of control measure interdependency
ACPEN: World-Class Cost Accounting: A Practical Application - 8 Hour Version
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $250
Classifying the five cost types Direct materials - comprehensive coverage Direct labor - including all labor burden costs Tracing all the prime costs to products Budgeting and setting standard costs Classifying manufacturing overhead costs into 5 cost types Selecting the bases for tracing overhead costs to products Period Manufacturing Inefficiencies cost of sales - categories and costing Segregating inventory for costing and analysis Accounting for variances - budgeting, analyzing, timing for recording
ACPEN: Section 174: New Rules for R&E and OBBA Update
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revised rules for tax years 2022-2024 How to change from amortizing R&E to immediately expensing R&E Analysis of the Revenue Procedure related to changes in accounting method Options available to change accounting methods Comprehensive example of how to make the accounting method change Distinction between R&E expense and R&E credit
ACPEN: The Future of Work - The Landscape of Work Today
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Webinar
1.20 Credits
Member Price: $39
Employment Data Talent Strategy
ACPEN: The Controller Function - Cash and Investments
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Webinar
1.40 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accounting Finance
Surgent's Excel Lookups: Moving Beyond VLOOKUP Limitations
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Using lookup functions as an alternative to direct cell references Understand the limitations of the VLOOKUP function Discover ways to move beyond these limitations
Surgent's Exploring Business Valuation Fundamentals
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
What does value mean? Technical vs. fundamental analysis Intrinsic value Other discounted cash flow models Assumptions in the Gordon Growth Model Valuations using free cash flows Residual income model Enterprise value Value in mergers and acquisitions Small business valuations and discounts Advanced valuation models
Surgent's Forms 7217 and 7203
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
Tax treatment of partnership distributions to partners of cash and property other than cash Basis of property received in a partnership distribution Executive Order 14219 withdrawing the IRS’s new regulations regarding basis shifting Organization and structure of the new Form 7217 Who must file Form 7203 Determining the S corporation shareholder’s initial basis in his or her stock Basis limitations on partnership losses and deductions Organization and structure of Form 7203 — understanding the three parts of Form 7203 Filing criteria for Form 7203 Calculating an S corporation shareholder’s share of S corporation deductions and credits Understanding stock and debt basis
ACPEN: Fraud Assessment for Small and Medium Sized Businesses
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The fraud triangle The fraud savvy model Symptoms of fraud Benford's Law The net worth method The vulnerability chart 10 steps for action today