CPE Catalog & Events
Real Estate Professionals: Passive Activity Rules
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Definition, pros and cons of being a real estate professional Integration of the real estate professional rules with reporting on Form 1040, Schedule E Real estate professionals and indirectly owned (partnerships, S corporations) entity's reporting on Form 1040 How "real estate business" is interpreted under the Section 199A rules and how it integrates with the passive activity rules
Inventory, Expense and Payroll Fraud
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Methods of committing inventory, expense and payroll fraud What to look for when observing inventory Detection of inventory fraud How to recognize fictitious expenses How to recognize altered expenses Indicators of fake documentation The three main reason we ask for documentation Detection and prevention of ghost employees
Fiduciary Accounting Part 4: The New Frontier?Total Return Trusts 25-26
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
What are new frontier trusts Situations where the use of the trustee's power to adjust or a unitrust can be beneficial. Understanding the requirements for using a particular strategy. Authority and requirements for the trustee's power to adjust with a problem example. Authority and requirements for unitrusts with a problem example. Including capital gains in Distributable Net Income (DNI).
K2's Expense Reporting Automation
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Overview of selected expense and corporate credit card reporting and management platforms Major fraud schemes associated with expense reporting Extracting and importing transaction data from bank feeds and matching to receipts
Surgent's Data Analytics for Accountants and Financial Managers
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Definition of data analytics and big data; challenges and goals; establishing an environment for success; governance; common uses of analytics and current examples Behavioral forces that impact decisions; examples of inaccurate forecasts; identifying strategic measurements (KPIs); data sources Statistical tools, including median, mode, moving average, ratio analysis, Pareto analysis, trend analysis, regression, z-score, and simulation Software tools that are readily available and can assist in visually exploring data, expanding the scope of available data, as well as collecting, analyzing, and presenting results Specific ideas for using data analytics for accountants and financial managers, including current examples and areas for further consideration Lists of readings and next-level software for a participant’s future reference
Surgent's Hiring New Workers and Payroll Taxes
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Form W-4 Form I-9 Form W-9 End-of-year compliance Payroll tax returns Unemployment insurance
Avoiding Peer Review Deficiencies and Professional Liability in Public Accounting
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Differentiating risks faced when performing various levels of professional services, such as audits, reviews, compilations, preparing financial statements, bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and similar Best practices for preventing quality control concerns that could lead to peer review deficiencies or malpractice claims Establishing an understanding with the client to minimize misunderstandings as to the nature and scope of engagements Explain situations when independence should be appropriately safeguarded when performing nonattest services
Fiduciary Accounting & Tax Planning for Estates & Trusts
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
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
Surgent's Weekly Expert Hour
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $59
Each week’s topics will change based on the most critical issues affecting financial professionals
Top Employment Tools to Protect Your Business and Recommend to Business Clients
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
arbitration agreements confidentiality agreements restrictive covenants training severance agreements
Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Overview of Audit Risk Assessment AICPA's clarified Risk Assessment Standards SAS 145 Assessing the Entity's Environment
Dealing with Problem Employees: a 15 Step Action Plan for You and Them
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
How turnover is an issue. What are the common causes? How to develop a customized plan for each unique situation? How can we do a better job of preventing 'problem' employees? How to have an effective discussion to end the relationship. A fifteen-step action plan for you to use and for the employee.
Contract and Procurement Fraud
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Procurement phases Fraud schemes Fraud red flags Fraud control activities and safeguards
AICPA Town Hall Series (8/7/2025)
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TBD
1.00 Credits
Timely & Critical Information Interpretation & Analysis Firm and Business Strategies Practitioner Capabilities
The Controllership Series - The Future Role of the Controller Part 2
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $59
Accounting and Finance
Deep Dive into Quality Management
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
SQMS 1 and 2 Auditing Yellowbook
The New Quality Management Standards - What Everyone Needs to Know
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Overview of the new quality management standards Focus on the most important elements of a quality management system Implementation tips that everyone in the firm should know Audit and attest standards impacted
S Corporations: How to Calculate Shareholder Basis
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Discuss the calculation of basis when the entity is formed including the impact of contributed property Explain the importance of shareholder loans to the entity Uses a comprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process Discuss how basis is impacted by distributions of corporation property and sale/or liquidation of the S corporation interest Explain how S corporation losses impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting Show how to get from the Schedule K-1 information to the basis calculations
K2's Taking Another Look At Power BI
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Getting started with Power BI Creating effective visualizations in Power BI Publishing Power BI reports to dashboards Optimizing dashboards for viewing on mobile devices
10 Keys to Outstanding Service and More Referrals
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Communicate more powerfully with clients and other CPA's by understanding human behavior • How to judge if your communication is effective in motivating someone • How to get someone to really hear you and how to really hear what someone else is “not saying.” • How to communicate so that someone will happily do what you want How to create trust and get people to like working with you – inside and outside the firm • The 3 most important keys for getting someone to feel rapport with you • Why rapport is so important, and how to use it to profit in your work • How to quickly solve problems with people once you have their rapport Secret techniques that super-successful communicators use • How to persuade people without them knowing they are being persuaded • How Ronald Reagan, Oprah and Bill Clinton are similar, and how you can tap into their "magical abilities." • The three most important keys all successful communicators use How outstanding service can lead to more promotions and/or client development • The art of getting more referrals and turning referrals into clients • Why great service is better for your business in the long run • How to know what’s most important to your client or boss—so you can focus on that