CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Partnership Essentials: Tax Basis Capital Accounts
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Importance of tax basis capital accounts Reporting negative tax basis Tax accounting for property contributed to a partnership Effect of the Ceiling Rule Allocation of depreciation to partners Alternative and Remedial Methods Effect on financial capital accounts Form 1065, Schedule K-1
ACPEN: Financial Acumen for Today's HR Leader
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Financial Statement Insight Trend Analysis Financial Benchmarks
ACPEN: World-Class Cost Accounting: A Practical Application Part 2
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
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: Federal Tax Update – Individuals (Form 1040)
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $300
Discuss the most recent individual income tax legislation passed to date Review numerous individual income tax provisions related to business (i.e., sole proprietors and owners in pass through entities) including but not limited to the 20% qualified business income (QBI) deduction, §461(l) business loss limitations, §163(j) interest deduction limitations and depreciation. Cover issues related and any changes to the various taxes (i.e., income tax rates, capital gain tax rates, self-employment tax and alternative minimum tax (AMT), 3.8% net investment income tax) Brush up on other topics such as income filing status, personal exemptions, itemized deductions, exclusions from income, adjustments to income, rentals, passive activity rules and individual income tax credits (e.g., child tax credit and dependent care credit) Walk through the NEW final required minimum distribution (RMD) regulations Look at any changes to the Form 1040 and other related schedules and forms
ACPEN: Estate Planning Strategies: Advanced Techniques and Tools
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $250
Legislative and regulatory changes in estate and gift taxation Wealth transfer strategies under the new administration Charitable deduction planning and compliance requirements Advanced estate planning tools, including split-interest trusts Using closely held stock for charitable contributions Generation-skipping transfer tax planning Strategic use of life insurance in estate planning
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
ACPEN: Emerging Risks and Resilience - How Accountants and Finance Professionals are Leading the Way - Part 1 Building Organizational Resilie
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Webinar
1.40 Credits
Member Price: $39
Risks Accounting Finance Economy Information Technology Data Governance
ACPEN: K2’s Advanced Topics In Power BI
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Creating formulas in Power BI with Data Analysis Expressions Adding Key Performance Indicators to your Power BI reports and dashboards Managing security in Power BI Publishing your reports and dashboards to Apps and Content Packs for easy sharing with other team members
ACPEN: Employees Today and Tomorrow: Understanding and Improving The Employee Life Cycle
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Understanding the various stages of the employment life cycle Onboarding and orientation Best practices and examples What goes wrong with training and growth priorities? Are performance evaluations necessary? Unleashing your staffs' hidden talents
ACPEN: Claims Management Essentials: Cost-Saving Strategies for Employees and Employers
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Medical Claims
ACPEN: Metrics Management – Measuring Performance in the Real World
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Measuring performance using output and unit-based metrics Identifying what truly "causes work" Controllable versus non-controllable costs Assignments versus allocations of overhead Creating financial metrics tied to operations Benchmarking as a performance improvement tool Industry-specific metric examples (retail, manufacturing, healthcare, nonprofit) Using metrics to eliminate waste and inefficiency
Form 1041 Advanced Series Part 2: Cash & Property Distribution Issues 26-27
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Calculating DNI & the Distribution Deduction Determining Types of Distributions and Whether a Distribution "Carries Out" DNI In-Kind Distributions & the Impact on the Distribution Deduction Depreciation and the Distribution of In-Kind Property Distributions that Result in "Kenan Gain" Funding a Pecuniary Bequest with Depreciated Property IRC Sec. 643(e)
Surgent's Where To Live in Retirement
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
Does continuing to live at the current location meet retirement goals and lifestyle? Are there family concerns such as an elderly parent that prevent moving away from the current location? Is the current location affordable when income from a salary ceases? What health concerns are there that would limit the ability to move to another location? Is an assisted living facility something that should be considered now or in the future and is a suitable one available? What happens if a person is disabled while retired? Are there state and local tax considerations that would encourage staying in place or moving? Are there climate and weather concerns that would encourage a person to stay in place or move to a more desirable location? Should a retiree downsize?
Tax Depreciation: Review and Update
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Recent tax legislation and developments related to capitalizationEligible property for Section 179 and Section 168(k)Discussion of the Section 179 deduction and its use to depreciate real propertyThe Section 168(k) deduction and its use to depreciate real propertyDisposition of segments of real propertyExchanges of tangible personal property after repeal of the like-kind exchange rulesOther related topics
ACPEN: Cybersecurity & IT Risk for IT Auditors and Financial Auditors
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Webinar
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $109
Cybersecurity IT Risk Governance IT Security Framework(s)
ACPEN: Foundations of IT Audit for CPAs
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Webinar
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $109
IT Audit Fundamentals ITGCs, Risk Assessment Application Controls
Surgent's Top Ten Questions from Partnership Clients Regarding the Section 754 Election
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
How does a partner compute his or her basis in a partnership? What is the difference between a partner’s inside and outside basis? What is the difference between a partner’s capital account and partner’s outside basis? How does Section 732(d) impact the buyer of a partnership interest? How does a partnership report a Section 754 election on the partnership’s tax return? How does a partnership make a Section 754 election? How does a partnership make a Section 743(b) adjustment? How does a partnership make a Section 734(b) adjustment? How is a Section 743(b) adjustment or Section 734(b) adjustment allocated to the assets of a partnership? How is a Section 743(b) adjustment allocated within the class of ordinary income property and capital gain property?
ACPEN: Shorten Month-End - Closing Best Practices
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Trends in financial statement closings including the Quick Close, Soft Close and Virtual Close Review and discuss information systems headaches that slow you down Work through examples of close cycle "time killers" and how to resolve them Get inventory and cost of sales under control Identify the improvement projects that will yield the biggest benefit
ACPEN: K2’s Artificial Intelligence For Accounting And Financial Professionals
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Exploring AI applications in accounting and finance Understanding AI features in everyday tools Embracing the future: AI's impact on finance and accounting
Forensic Accounting: Court Approved Methods of Proof
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The role of methods of proof in forensic accounting.The various types of methods of proof approved by the courts.The weakness and strengths of the methods of proof.The formulas in calculating methods of proof.Applying the formulas in various circumstances.