CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Indirect Cost Rates 2026: What Nonprofits Must Know to Build NICRA-Proof Proposals
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Impact of Fall 2025 Shutdown and DOGE on HHS Cost Accounting Services Maneuvering in the new HHS ICAS Portal What to do if your provisional indirect rate expires Thinking out of the box
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
Surgent's Section 754 Step-Up in Basis: Understanding the Tax Issues for Partnerships and LLCs
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
How and why a partnership makes a 754 election The effect of the 754 election when an interest in a partnership is sold or inherited How the 754 election applies when a partnership makes a distribution of property to one or more of its partners How to make the 754 basis adjustment
ACPEN: The Controllership Series - The Role of the Controller in ESG
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
Accounting Finance SG Operations
ACPEN: Sarbanes-Oxley 20 years later - Sourcing Emerging Risks Part 2
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Webinar
1.80 Credits
Member Price: $79
Sarbanes-Oxley Accounting
ACPEN: K2’s Formatting Excel Spreadsheets The Right Way
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Creating and using Styles in Excel The Accounting Format and why you should use it How to Create Custom Formats Formatting dates for maximum impact The advantages of storing formats in templates
ACPEN: K2’s Getting Started With Artificial Intelligence
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Understanding AI tools available today Creating accounts in AI platforms Querying data from AI platforms Customizing your AI subscriptions
ACPEN: Preparation, Compilation and Review Engagements
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Auditing Yellowbook
ACPEN: Tactical Finance Leadership – Building the Finance Team of Tomorrow
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
How the finance role has evolved—and where it is headed Technology, AI, and real-time financial information Knowledge obsolescence and the growing CPE gap Talent development, delegation, and employee engagement Integrating multi-generational workforces Emotional intelligence and communication skills for finance leaders Preventing bad decisions through structure and discipline Redefining what it means to be an effective CFO
ACPEN: The Commonsense Approach to Auditing for Fraud
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Webinar
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Occupational Fraud Professional Skepticism Fraud Indicators Error vs. Fraud Fraud Risk Fraud Hypothesis Development Fraud Intent
Becoming Conflict Competent
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major topics covered in this course include:Levels of conflictStrategies to de-escalate conflictDistinction between miscommunication and conflictResponses to conflictTactics to address, rather than avoid, conflict
ACPEN: Not Just Your Everyday FASB Update
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Analysis of relevant GAAP provisions Reminders regarding the continuing importance of ASC 606 for revenue recognition Fresh perspectives of lease accounting in the wake of ASC 842 implementation Overview of U.S. GAAP alternatives for certain entities Summary of selected, salient standards for today’s audit, review, and compilation engagements
ACPEN: The Controllership Series - Managerial Accounting Basics and Costs
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Webinar
1.20 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accounting Finance
ACPEN: Current Fraud Trends - Nonprofit and Government Entities
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Best practices for fraud prevention and detection Common fraud schemes in nonprofit and government entities including cash misappropriation, payroll fraud, vendor fraud, falsified billings, improper use of credit cards or purchase cards, the redirection of cash and non-cash contributions, personal use of assets, the redirection of grant benefits, other grant related fraud, travel and expense reporting fraud
Mining Your Firm Client Database for Revenue
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:How accounting and tax professionals can transform dormant data into dynamic growth. When leveraged strategically, your client base becomes more than a list --it becomes a roadmap to higher-value services, expanded engagements, and greater long-term retention.How to audit client records, segment strategically, and surface needs that often go unmet --all without adding complexity or compromising relationships.Using the data you already own and relationships you have already built to drive smarter growth.
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
Introduction to Governmental Budgeting
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The basics of governmental budgeting.Common steps and timeline of the budget process.What, when and how we should be monitoring the budget throughout the year.How long-term budgets fit in with the annual budget process.
Yellow Book Independence and Single Audit Fundamentals
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:The conceptual framework approach to independenceIndependence threats related to preparing financial statements and accounting recordsConsideration of specific non-audit services that would and would not impair independenceDocumentation necessary to support adequate consideration of auditor considerationFundamentals of a compliance audit performed under the Uniform GuidanceSchedule of expenditure of federal awardsDetermination of major programsUsing the Compliance Supplement Uniform Guidance administrative requirements and cost principles Testing internal control over complianceTesting complianceWriting an audit findingReporting requirements of a single audit
Surgent's Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations: Engagement Performance and Annual Update
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
SSARS No. 21, Clarification and Recodification, and updates to SSARS No. 21 due to the issuance of SSARS No. 23, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services SSARS No. 22, Compilation of Pro Forma Financial Information SSARS No. 24, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services -- 2018 SSARS No. 25, Materiality in a Review of Financial Statements and Adverse Conclusions SSARS No. 26, Quality Management for an Engagement Conducted in Accordance With Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services Sample comprehensive engagement work programs for preparation, compilation and review engagements Reporting and disclosure illustrations for each level of service, including attesting on personal financial statements, prescribed form, special purpose framework and other engagement variations Other communication requirements, such as sample engagement letters and management representation letters
The Best S Corporation, Limited Liability, and Partnership Update Course by Surgent
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Discussion of key individual provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, such as TCJA provisions made permanent, new tip income deduction, new overtime pay deduction, Trump accounts, and the expanded SALT cap Comprehensive coverage of business provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including but not limited to: Bonus Depreciation made permanent Increased §179 deduction Changes to §174 R&E Expenditures Changes to §163(j) Form 1099/1099-K changes Qualified Small Business Stock Exclusion Excess Business Loss Limitation Section 1244 Small Business Stock and Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock treatment and applicability Principles and considerations for nonresident withholding, composite payments, and passthrough entity taxes Partnership Distributions, Form 7217, and S Corporation Redemptions Thinking beyond §163(j) -- Interest Allocation Rules, Original Issue Discount, Applicable High Yield Discount Obligations, Convertible Corporate Debt Instruments, and Debt-Financed Distributions Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation Selected Practice and Reporting Issues: What’s new? A review of recent cases and tax law changes and IRS guidance affecting S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)