CPE Catalog & Events
2025 Not-for-Profit Accounting & Auditing Update
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $99
Yellowbook Auditing Accounting
Surgent's Performing an Effective Audit Risk Assessment
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Audit process and planning Materiality, performance materiality, and tolerable misstatement Assessing the risk of material misstatement Understanding internal controls and when the auditor must evaluate the design and implementation of internal controls Designing procedures to test the effectiveness of controls Issues noted related to performing substantive procedures Documentation Communication with the Client and Governance
2024 PCAOB and SEC Update
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Developments at the PCAOB.Recent trends in SEC comment letters.Enforcement actions and administrative proceedings.Conclusions and predictions for the future.
Current Fraud Trends - Nonprofit and Government Entities
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
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
Five Amazing Business Books in 100 Minutes
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Five business books, including, • “Leaders Eat Last”, by Simon Sinek, • “Zero to One” by Peter Thiel, • “American Icon” by Bryce Hoffman, • “Slide:ology” by Nancy Duarte, and • “Brain Rules” by John Molina.
Considerations of Fraud
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
AU-C 240 Auditing Yellowbook
Surgent's Recent Changes in Workplace Regulations: Overtime, Non-compete Agreements, and Employee/Independent Contractor
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Final Rule - Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the FLSA: the multifactor “economic reality” test; What analysis guides whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under this final rule? Can a worker voluntarily waive employee status and choose to be classified as an independent contractor? Are any of the economic reality factors adopted in this rule more important than others when evaluating a worker’s employment status? How does the final rule explain “extent to which the work performed is an integral part of the employer’s business?” The Federal Trade Commission’s Decision on Non-compete Agreements: impact on new and existing non-competes; treatment and definitional terms for senior executives; definition of a non-compete clause; definition of a “worker” New Overtime Rules: exemptions from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees; increases in the standard level and the highly compensated employee total annual compensation threshold; new mechanism allowing for the timely and efficient updating of the salary and compensation thresholds
Surgent's Starting a Small Business: What Every Trusted Advisor and Entrepreneur Needs to Know
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Understanding the time commitment required to start and run a business Selecting a corporate structure to protect your personal assets Building your product or service Sales and marketing in your business Establishing your owners, investors, managers, and employees Accounting, recording-keeping, and other software programs Leases, contracts, and employee agreements Protecting intellectual property Insurance Business plans Financing Market position
Taxation of the Cannabis Industry
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include: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.
Managing Your Money in Retirement
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Webinar
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Social Security Retirement Asset allocation Fraud
Tax Season Update for Business with Steve Dilley
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Update on significant 2024-25 business tax developments and related cases and rulings Review of recent business tax provisions and their integration into tax forms Depreciation changes in Section 179 and Sec. 168(k) bonus depreciation Tax issues impacting "gig" workers, including Form 1099-K The details on what happened to the various "sunset" provisions of the 2017 tax act
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
Beyond the Numbers: Success Strategies for Female CPAs
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:How to increase your visibility instead of flying under the radar.Critical time management techniques that allow you to focus and prioritize the right strategic initiatives.How your inner critic operates and how to silence it.How to build a network of community support and mentoring.What impostor syndrome is and how it may be holding you back.
Talk This Way - Communication Skills for the CPA
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Pervasive best practices for effective communicationSpecific strategies for written materialsUnique considerations for verbal presentationsThe importance of recursive revisionTips for successPitfalls to avoid
Partnership Property Distributions and the New Form 7217
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $29
Property distributions in liquidation of a partner's interest Section 751 and its impact on property distributions from a partnership Mechanics of completing Form 7217 - new for 2024 The Section 754 election and its role in partnership property distributions
Revenue Recognition - Topic 606 Disclosures
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Webinar
1.20 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revenue Recognition Accounting
Awesome Business Lessons from the Past: Learn from the Best!
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The six methods to get others to like you How to learn what others want What are twelve ways to win others to your way of thinking? How to destroy your enemies What are the fundamental principles of Henry Ford’s success? Focus on technology, training and ‘Scientific Method’ Value of training and education The need for fun What are the thirteen steps necessary to plan for success? All plans must adjust to changing realities What are the traps to avoid? How to use these principles to move your organization forward
Defining Lines: Advanced Professional Boundaries
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Best practices for personal and professional boundaries 3 types of workplace boundaries 6 fail-safe ways to implement your boundaries at work Understanding interference & how to manage related stress Developing flexibility for efficiency & ease
Determining Reasonable Compensation for Owner Employees
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics covered in this class include:An analytical framework for analyzing and opining on reasonable replacement compensation for owner-employees of closely held businesses and professional practices in the context of tax planning, compliance, management consulting and business appraisal assignmentsExecutive compensation components, including the valuation of non-qualified plans and restricted stock units
Using Psychology Secrets to Love your life and Get More Done
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Webinar
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
What makes people really happy—and what doesn’t The 3 most important things you can do to increase both happiness and productivity How to handle stress in under two minutes How to deal with difficult people so they don’t bring you down How to use positive psychology principles to help your business