CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Getting Ready for Busy Season: Key Changes Every Tax Practitioner Should Know
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation Comprehensive coverage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and SECURE Act 2.0 A tour of the most recent changes starting from gross income and ending with alternative minimum tax (AMT) and selected credits including the latest IRS guidance on recent tax legislation Hot developments affecting the upcoming tax season Review of new laws and changes in old forms to provide a familiarity for the upcoming tax season Key new tax and practice developments and how they impact the current-year tax forms for individuals
Surgent's Getting Ready for Busy Season: Key Changes Every Tax Practitioner Should Know
Available Until
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation Comprehensive coverage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and SECURE Act 2.0 A tour of the most recent changes starting from gross income and ending with alternative minimum tax (AMT) and selected credits including the latest IRS guidance on recent tax legislation Hot developments affecting the upcoming tax season Review of new laws and changes in old forms to provide a familiarity for the upcoming tax season Key new tax and practice developments and how they impact the current-year tax forms for individuals
Surgent's Getting Ready for Busy Season: Review Individual Tax Form Changes
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Major 2024 tax form changes as they relate to individual taxpayers Key new tax developments as they relate to 2024 and how they impact the 2024 tax forms
Surgent's Going Concern Accounting and Reporting Considerations
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Current FASB accounting standards related to going concern, including the new requirements of ASU 2014-15 Evaluating risk of material misstatement in financial reports related to improper presentation and disclosure of going concern uncertainty The responsibility of an independent accountant for evaluating going concern uncertainty under various levels of engagement to perform attest and nonattest services New requirements of SAS No. 132 and SSARS No. 24 related to an auditor’s responsibility for considering going concern uncertainty?
Surgent's Going Out on Your Own: Entity Types and Accounting Methods
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Financial planning pyramid What to consider when picking an entity Single member LLC vs. sole proprietorship Corporations – S vs. C Double taxation
Surgent's Goodwill Impairment - An Essential Guide
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
Initial recognition of goodwill Subsequent measurement requirements including the accounting alternative allowed for certain eligible entities Disclosure requirements for goodwill
Surgent's Goodwill Impairment Basics
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1.00 Credits
Member Price: $29
Goodwill impairment testing FASB accounting and reporting requirements related to goodwill ASC Topic 350-20 Goodwill disclosure requirements
Surgent's Government and Nonprofit Frauds and Controls to Stop Them
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Examine real-world misappropriations of cash, check frauds, vendor scams, credit card abuse, grant frauds, benefit schemes, inventory thefts, and payroll frauds Consider and develop controls to stop fraud Tailor controls to the size and fit of the government or nonprofit
Surgent's Government and Nonprofit Frauds and Controls to Stop Them
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Examine real-world misappropriations of cash, check frauds, vendor scams, credit card abuse, grant frauds, benefit schemes, inventory thefts, and payroll frauds Consider and develop controls to stop fraud Tailor controls to the size and fit of the government or nonprofit
Surgent's Guide and Update to Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
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 Sample comprehensive engagement work programs for preparation, compilation, and review engagements
Surgent's Guide and Update to Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
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 SSARS No. 27, Applicability of AR-C Section 70 to Financial Statements Prepared as Part of a Consulting Services Engagement Sample comprehensive engagement work programs for preparation, compilation, and review engagements
Surgent's Guide to Calculating S Corporation Shareholder Stock and Loan Basis
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Introduction to Form 7203 Introduction to the calculation of stock basis Introduction to the calculation of loan basis Taxable and nontaxable S corporation distributions to shareholders The election to reduce basis by deductible losses and expenses before reducing basis by nondeductible expenses
Surgent's Guide to Partner Capital Account Reporting
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
How a partner’s outside basis and capital account differ Reconciling Schedule M-2 Form 1065 with Partnership K-1 Schedule L IRS requirement to report partner tax basis on the transactional approach Implications if a capital account is negative Deficit restoration accounts and qualified income offsets Modified outside basis method and modified previously taxed capital method Determining a partner’s beginning capital account Beginning capital account for partnerships and partners consistently reporting on the tax basis The two types of adjustments under 754 and how 743 and 734 require different capital account presentations
Surgent's Guide to Payroll Taxes and 1099 Issues
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Statutory employees, independent contractors, and possible changes to §530 relief Using SS-8 Payroll Tax Penalties -- Who is a responsible person? Forms W-2, 1099, 1099-NEC, SS-8, W-4, 941, and Form 940 reporting/deposit requirements and due dates Understanding payroll tax responsibilities in the gig economy
Surgent's Guide to Payroll Taxes and 1099 Issues
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Statutory employees, independent contractors, and possible changes to §530 relief Using SS-8 Payroll Tax Penalties -- Who is a responsible person? Forms W-2, 1099, 1099-NEC, SS-8, W-4, 941, and Form 940 reporting/deposit requirements and due dates Understanding payroll tax responsibilities in the gig economy
Surgent's Guide to Understanding the At-Risk Basis Rules and Forms 6198 and 7203
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Basis and at-risk basis How to calculate the amount of annual at-risk basis Forms 6198 and 7203 When activities may be aggregated for at-risk purposes Qualified nonrecourse financing
Surgent's Guide to the AICPA Quality Management Standards
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Quality management standards SSARS No. 26 SAS 146 Risk assessment and risk-based approaches to quality management Audit engagement leadership Managing technology and the use of external service providers
Surgent's Guide to the Topic 606 Revenue Recognition Model for All CPAs
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, including recently issued ASUs impacting Topic 606 The FASB’s new five-step revenue recognition model, including hands-on examples and illustrations of the new guidance Presentation and disclosure requirements Accounting considerations related to COVID-19-driven changes to revenue recognition processes Lessons learned and best practices for improving business processes related to revenue recognition going forward
Surgent's Guide to the Topic 606 Revenue Recognition Model for All CPAs
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, including recently issued ASUs impacting Topic 606 The FASB’s new five-step revenue recognition model, including hands-on examples and illustrations of the new guidance Presentation and disclosure requirements Accounting considerations related to COVID-19-driven changes to revenue recognition processes Lessons learned and best practices for improving business processes related to revenue recognition going forward
Surgent's HIPAA: What Accountants and Other Practitioners Need to Know
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1.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
A basic overview of the requirements imposed by HIPAA on professionals What businesses and individuals are subject to HIPAA Best practices for HIPAA compliance Issues unique to accounting and finance professionals concerning HIPAA Recognize common areas of liability under HIPAA