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ACPEN: Grow Your Business from Within – Striking the Right Balance Between a CPA Firm's Financial, People, and Client Success

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Online

8.00 Credits

How to become a value-added business advisor to successfully grow the firm from within Best practices for leveraging engagement team discussions to better understand the entity and its environment, identify risk of material misstatement, and provide value-added business advice in audit and other attest services Critical traits of a thinking auditor, tips for stretching yourself beyond the basics Tips for value pricing and other ways to improve a CPA firm's financial success Managing change and promoting creative thinking  Choosing between varying levels of client service

Public Procurement Basics: Protecting the People's Money

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Guidelines and requirements that will help lead you to public procurement success.Guidance on how governments can meet complicated procurement needs.Best practices to protect public and Federal funds.

Surgent's Applying ASC 820: The Basics of Fair Value Accounting

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Virtual

4.00 Credits

Applicability of the use of ASC 820 The “exit price” approach Examples of market, cost, and income approaches to estimating fair value Use of Level 1, 2, and 3 inputs in determining fair value

Microsoft 365 Application Lightning Round Review-Updated

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Virtual

1.00 Credits

The major topics covered in this course include:Lightning round review of the following apps, with an explanation and demonstration of what each of them offersTeams - the foundation of all that you do in Microsoft 365SharePoint / OneDrive - secure cloud storagePower BI - the new financial reporting modelStream - the YouTube for your organizationBookings - streamline your appointment scheduling OneNote - get your content organized for quick retrieval Lists - create custom list tracking reportsTo Do - consolidate all your Outlook, Planner and general "to do's" in one appPlanner - manage simple and complex engagements and projects in an intuitive appA quick look at many of the remaining apps

ACPEN: Leases Accounting under Topic 842 – Answers to FAQ After Implementation

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Online

2.00 Credits

Alternatives to adopting Topic 842 Short-term lease and related-party leasing arrangements Identifying lease agreements under the new rules Proper treatment of lease incentives, leasehold improvements, and lease modifications 

Surgent's Reasonable Suspicion

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Virtual

0.00 Credits

The psychosocial, physiological, and behavioral aspects of drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace The impact of drug and alcohol abuse on workplace safety The possible connection between performance issues and drug or alcohol abuse The role of documentation in reasonable suspicion testing Confidentiality concerns in the testing process

ACPEN: Internal Control Best Practices

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Online

2.00 Credits

Auditing Yellowbook

ACPEN: Keys of SOC Reports - Following SSAE 18 Requirements

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Online

2.00 Credits

Move from SAS 70 and SSAE 16 to SSAE 18 Types of Service Organizations SOC 1 Engagements Control Objectives Reporting SOC 1 and SOC 2 Reporting SOC 3 Reports Preparing for SOC Engagement SOC Comparisons

Common Financial Statement Disclosures

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

The major topics covered in this class include:General disclosures about the entity and its environmentCommon critical information useful to financial statement readers for making economic decisionsExplain results of operations through information that supplements the face financial statements

How Much Are Your Ethics Worth?

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Understanding ethicsAvailable tools to aid in ethical decision makingThe role of bias in making ethical decisionsApplication through case studies

Self-Rental Real Estate: Passive Activity & Section 199A

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Definition of self-rental property - both for Sections 199A and 469Self-rental income from directly owned properties and reporting on Form 1040, Schedule E, page 1Self-rental income from indirectly owned (partnerships, S corporations) and reporting on Form 1040, Schedule E, page 2Form 8582 (passive activity)The flow-through entity grouping electionIllustrative examples and consequences of failing to comply with the reporting standardsSelf-rental property and "former passive activities" rules

Surgent's The CMA’s Guide to Project Management

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Virtual

1.00 Credits

Establishing a system: identifying forces that support the status quo; setting milestones and goals; the role of the CMA Necessary first steps: set a framework for the project’s activities; identify needed resources; obtain support; decide on a structure; establish a team for a specific project; identify necessary team skill sets Project evaluation: analytical tools, strategic evaluation; sources of risk Maintaining focus: monitoring and measuring results; keeping to the project’s scope Avoiding frequent traps: sunk costs; financing pitfalls; project creep; tunnel vision; failure to integrate the team’s work internally and/or the final project with the remaining organization Introduction and examples of analytical tools throughout the session: mapping; CPM; Gantt charts; benchmarking; Pareto analysis; PESTLE analysis; valuation techniques; post-completion evaluations

Leverage PowerBI.com to Create Data Analysis for Others

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Tour of the PowerBI.com Interface: An in-depth walkthrough of the PowerBI.com environment, focusing on user interface elements, navigation, and customization.PowerBI.com Concepts: Fundamental concepts of PowerBI.com, including its architecture, data handling capabilities, and integration features.Connecting to Data: Techniques for connecting various data sources to PowerBI.com, ensuring seamless data integration and synchronization.Visualizations and Dashboards: Creating impactful visualizations and assembling informative dashboards to present data compellingly.Q&A Feature: Explore the interactive Q&A feature to derive insights through natural language queries.Sharing Datasets, Reports, Dashboards: Best practices for sharing datasets, reports, and dashboards with different audiences so they can leverage your data analysis work.Creating Apps: Learn how to package reports and dashboards into apps for easy distribution and consumption.

ACPEN: Powerful Public Speaking

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Online

1.50 Credits

Communications

ACPEN: S Corporations: How to Calculate Shareholder Basis

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Online

2.00 Credits

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

Advanced ChatGPT for Accountants

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Introduction to ChatGPT and its Applications in Accounting.Custom Instructions (CI) for Persistent Context in Financial Conversations.Analyzing Financial Statements and News Releases using ChatGPT.Exploring Business Opportunities through Hyper-Local and Sectoral Analysis.Advanced Data Analysis for Financial Comparisons and Capital Asset Audits.Image Analysis for Asset, Space, and User Interface Design.Voice Interaction with ChatGPT for Enhanced User Experience and Accessibility.

2026/27 Not-for-Profit GAAP Update

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Virtual

1.00 Credits

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Recently issued Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) impacting NFP financial reporting, along with standard-setting projects currently in the FASB pipeline.The International Non-Profit Accounting Standard (INPAS)-the first comprehensive global accounting framework designed specifically for non-profit organizations, launched in October 2025. 

Individual Tax Update: OBBA and Recent Developments

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

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

Surgent's Ethical Considerations for the CPA

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Virtual

0.00 Credits

Examine the CPA's role in today's economy Compare similarities and differences between individual and business ethics Explore the link between ethics, integrity and scruples Discuss the basic attributes of ethics and professional conduct Review the history of the CPA profession and the CPA's requirement to adhere to ethics policies and codes of conduct Review the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct and a CPA's responsibilities to the public, clients and colleagues Discuss the common rules and statutes faced daily in the CPA profession. Case studies may also be utilized to present potential ethical dilemmas CPAs may face during their careers Review CPA Independence violations by current legal case examples

Interpreting the FASB Revenue Recognition Standard: What All CPAs Need to Know

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Virtual

4.00 Credits

Revenue recognition overview Identifying the contract with a customer and performance obligations Transaction price