CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Tax Forms Boot Camp: LLCs, Partnerships, and S Corporations
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
Compare and contrast the tax consequences, opportunities, and pitfalls of operating a business as a partnership, LLC, or S corporation Reporting requirements and filing exceptions for Schedules K-2 and K-3 Form 7203, S Corporation Shareholder Stock and Debt Basis Limitations Gain a comprehensive understanding of income tax laws for S corporations from eligibility and election to tax return preparation, stock basis, and loss limitation issues Recognize and properly handle special pass-through items of income and expense Accurately prepare S corporation returns and reconcile book income to taxable income Accurately prepare partnership returns and reconcile book income to taxable income What the transactional method entails and how to report partners’ capital accounts under this method Properly handle the tax treatment of distributions to shareholders, partners, or members Understand the special restrictions and sanctions for tax year-end selection Review the basics of partnership and LLC formation and basis calculation Self-employment tax or NOT, for each entity Filling in K-1s correctly for S corporations, partnerships, and LLCs. Major changes in K-1 reporting on both partnership and S corporation forms and content The most frequently used forms and schedules, including some form “oddities”
How to Make Difficult People Disappear...Without Going to Jail
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Team dynamics Influence Organizational behavior Leadership
Maintaining a Harmonious Working Environment
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Disassociating yourself and your employer from discriminatory comments Scripts for addressing potential and actual sexual harassment situations Consensual relationships between leaders and their subordinates Effective violence prevention measure Survival tactics in active violence situations
Budget Mastery: Walkthroughs and Real World Calculations Towards Tying Budgets To Value
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
How to build a flexible budget model that works? What are the steps we can take to budget for economic and external factors beyond our control? How the right Chart of Accounts can simply your work? Budget and GAAP are not the same and why they are fine not to be Efficiently modeling payroll and benefits Identifying controllable and uncontrollable expense Using key variables to stress-test your budget
Common Sense CFO: Crisis Management, Innovation, and Other Expectations Put on CFOs
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Championing the role of innovation in the workplace Crisis management What does it mean? What is our role? The roles we take on and differences between the roles we are assigned? Current and future trends and expectations for financial leaders and CFOs Top ten crucial skills for 2035 from the Far Side’s wisdom
Surgent's Mastering Client Management for Accounting and Finance Professionals
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
The evolving landscape of client expectations in the accounting profession Building strong and lasting client relationships through effective communication, empathy, and proactive service Implementing efficient client onboarding and engagement processes Leveraging technology to streamline communication, enhance collaboration, and deliver personalized service Effectively resolving client concerns and complaints Utilizing client feedback to continually improve your practice
Surgent's Stock vs. Asset Acquisitions of C Corporations
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
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
K2's Improving Productivity With Microsoft 365/Office 365 Cloud Applications
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Understanding the Cloud-based options available in a Microsoft 365/Office 365 environment How to use tools such as Teams, Planner, and Power Automate Storing data in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business
2025 Annual Update for Not-for-Profit Accountants & Auditors
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Webinar
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $189
Not for Profit Auditing & Accounting Yellowbook
Basis Calculations & Distributions for Pass-Thru Entity Owners Schedule K-1 Analysis
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $300
Detailed coverage of any new legislation affecting basis computations and distributions and changes to the schedule K-1s (including the NEW Form 7203 – S Corporation Shareholder Stock and Debt Basis Limitations) Line-by-line analysis of the Schedule K-1s to determine how the items affect a S shareholder’s stock and debt basis and a partner/member’s outside basis and where the items get reported on Federal individual income tax return The three loss and deduction limitations on the owner’s individual income tax return (i.e. basis, at-risk and other Form 1040 limitations) How cash or non-cash distributions affect the basis calculations and whether or not they are taxable to the owners Compare the tax treatment of the sale of a shareholder’s stock in a S corporation and a partner’s interest in a partnership What constitutes debt basis for a S corporation shareholder under the final regulations The tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders and on open account debt How recourse and non-recourse debt effect a partner or member’s basis calculations and amount at-risk
Reasonable Compensation for S Corps
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Explain the payroll tax advantage of taking distributions over wagesReview key court cases that shape todays reasonable compensation landscapeHow to use court factors to stress test reasonable compensationBest practices for determining reasonable compensationReview of the IRS’s enforcement on reasonable compensation; past, present and future
Emotional Intelligence for Professionals: Mastering the Human Side of Success
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Emotions Relationships Emotional Intelligence Communication
K2's Next Level Home Networking
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Explanation of common network services such as file sharing, VPN's, media servers, and network isolation using multiple SSIDs Hardware options and examples of solutions for every budget Tips and tricks for rebuilding your home network to meet your needs today and into the future
The Art of Accountability: Effective Strategies for Tough Conversations
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Leadership Conflict management Accountability Employee engagement
From Numbers to Narrative: Effectively Presenting Your Budget and Reporting
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Identifying the ‘Big Picture’ and your role in effective communication Communicating so others can understand us Understanding a presentation’s anatomy? Tips and tricks for budget presentations
Taxation of the Cannabis Industry
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Historical context of U.S. taxation Industrial hemp vs. marijuana Income definitions under I.R.C. §61 Tax code restrictions: §280E and §471 State-specific marijuana laws Cash management in cannabis businesses Federal court case analysis
Income Statement Disaggregation: ASC 240-40 25-26
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Webinar
2.50 Credits
Member Price: $99
Disclosure - Overview Disclosure - Expense Disaggregation Implementation Guidance
Income Tax Planning for Bond Investments 25-26
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
Active versus passive investing Taxable, tax-exempt, and deferred-tax bonds and the net investment income tax The tax treatment of bonds purchased at a discount or premium Bond swap and U.S. Savings Bond strategies
What Every CPA Should Know About Fraud 25-26
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
How is fraud detected The role of external auditors in finding fraud Revenue recognition issues Corrupt management Data mining Physical and biometric controls
K2's Top PDF Features You Should Know
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Best practices for creating, editing, and managing PDFs The process for creating and distributing PDF forms Integrating PDFs with other applications Securing your PDFs