CPE Catalog & Events
ACPEN: Cutting-Edge Estate and Financial Planning Trends
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Online
8.00 Credits
The latest legislative changes in estate and financial planning Expected changes in estate and gift tax exemptions and their impact Common client errors and risk mitigation strategies Domicile planning considerations in financial and tax strategy Charitable giving strategies under new tax rules Advanced use of split-interest trusts for tax and estate planning Best practices for IRA distribution planning with new tax implications
ACPEN: Exploring the 10 Types of Leadership: Styles and Strategies for Success
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Online
1.00 Credits
Overview of ten distinct leadership styles Adapting leadership to different situations, teams, and organizational culture Characteristics, strengths, and limitations of various leadership style Self-reflection and identifying personal leadership tendencies Flexibility and adapting leadership approaches when circumstances change Strategies for team engagement and performance improvement
The Future of Audit: Technology, Talent & Transformation
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Virtual
1.00 Credits
To purchase the report referenced in this presentation, or any of the research papers published by CPA Crossings, visit https://www.cpacrossings.com/research. The major topics that will be covered in this course include: Explore AI, blockchain, and data analytics impact on audits Address talent crisis through retention and upskilling strategies Navigate PCAOB standards and regulatory sandbox concepts Expand audits to include ESG and nonfinancial metrics Implement technology solutions for firms of all sizes
ACPEN: Creating Terrific Equity Compensation Plans: Beware of the Pitfalls
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Online
2.00 Credits
Why most equity compensation plans fail? Complexity of GAAP accounting for equity compensation plans Tax implications of equity compensation plans Who and how an equity compensation plan should be administered? Compliance issues to consider Recommendations to design a better equity compensation plan
ACPEN: Mastering Charitable Remainder Trusts and Form 5227 Compliance
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Online
2.00 Credits
Introduction to Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRTs) Types of CRTs and their Benefits Formation and Funding of CRTs Identifying Suitable Candidates for CRTs Understanding Form 5227: An Overview Line-by-Line Breakdown of Form 5227 Reporting Trust Assets and Income Distributions and Charitable Beneficiaries Compliance Updates and Recent Changes to Form 5227 Best Practices for Accurate Completion and Filing
Surgent's New and Expanded Tax Benefits Associated with Section 1202 – Qualified Small Business Stock
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
The graduated holding periods and the related graduated capital gain exclusions Raising the per-issuer gain exclusion cap to $15 million Raising the corporate-level aggregate gross asset threshold to $75 million Qualifications for a corporation to issue Section 1202 stock Using multiple non-grantor trusts to unlock the $15 million exclusion cap The 10% test associated with non-operating real estate and investment securities The 50% working capital test The 80% test relative to an active qualified trade or business QSBS attestation letter Excluded businesses Permissible businesses, including manufacturing, retailing, technology, and wholesaling How Section 1202 applies in the context of a transfer to other taxpayers
Surgent's Use the Data Model to Build More Powerful PivotTables
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Virtual
0.00 Credits
Creating a data model/Power Pivot Building PivotTables from multiple tables Creating Measures Using named sets
Smart Formula Selection in Excel: What to Use When
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Introduction to Strategic Formula Use:Why choosing the right formula matters: clarity, performance, and maintenanceCommon traps: overusing IF, defaulting to familiar tools, ignoring modern functionsHow Excel offers multiple ways to solve the same problem and how to pick wiselyConditional Logic and Branching Tools:IFS vs SWITCH vs nested IF: comparing readability and structureWhen to simplify logic and how to avoid nested nightmaresSummarizing Data:SUMIFS vs SUMPRODUCT: multiple conditions, weighted sums, totalsFiltering and Output Control:FILTER vs IF + INDEX: dynamic data extraction with vs without Excel 365Trade-offs in backward compatibility and ease of useCustom Output and Decision Trees:CHOOSE vs SWITCH vs LOOKUP: logic trees and category mappingEmbedded Variables and Reusability:LET vs named ranges: clarity and efficiency for long formulasUsing LAMBDA with LET to create custom functionsSimplifying and documenting complex calculationsBest Practices for Formula Selection:Criteria for deciding: readability, flexibility, future maintenanceTips for avoiding overengineering and formula bloat
Surgent's Social Security: Dispelling Common Myths with Essential Truths
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
Will Social Security be there for me? How is my benefit calculated? Can I claim my benefit and work too? When do I stop paying Social Security taxes? Why does my government pension cause my benefits to be reduced? Can I claim spousal benefits now and my own later? What is my breakeven? Can I claim benefits from my ex-spouse? What do you mean I may pay taxes on my income benefits? … and more!
Surgent's Advising a Client Regarding the Tax Consequences Associated with Buying or Selling a Business
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Virtual
3.00 Credits
Due diligence checklist items Asset sales and stock sales and their attendant results to buyers and sellers Section 1060 and the residual method Selling sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations Consequences of making a Section 754 election with adjustments under Sections 743(b) and 734(b) Section 338 and Section 338(h)(10) elections Allocating some of the purchase price of a business to personal goodwill Partnership distributions to retiring partners under Section 736(a) and 736(b) Consulting agreements and employment agreements as between buyers and sellers Advantages of a C corporation having Section 1202 stock
ACPEN: Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 2
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Online
4.00 Credits
Why we get off balance and how to overcome those tendencies Methods that turbo charge motivation, health and happiness The power of culture and friends to affect our lives The importance of clear intention in order to effect change that lasts
What's Behind the Data?
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Ways in which data and information can be misleadingCommon pitfalls when encountering dataHow to re-evaluate the data to avoid those pitfalls
ACPEN: 2026/27 Single Audit Update
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Online
1.00 Credits
2024 Uniform Guidance overhaul Increase in Single Audit threshold to $1 million Audit planning and execution impacts 2025 AICPA GAS/Single Audit Guide (Appendix B) updates Audit efficiency and compliance considerations
ACPEN: Mergers and Acquisitions: Complete Guide to Relevant Issues
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Online
2.00 Credits
Taxable asset acquisitions vs. non-taxable stock/equity acquisitions What happens in an asset acquisition What happens in a stock or equity acquisition 338 and 336 elections Basics of 382 Basics of 280G Earnouts and contingent payments Assumed liabilities Acquired reserves Acquired deferred revenue Treatment of transaction costs Basics of mixed entity transactions, examples such as: C-Corp buys an interest in a partnership C-Corp buys an S-Corp C-Corp buys an interest in an LLC (lots of possibilities here) S-Corp buys a partnership S-Corp buys a C-Corp S-Corp buys an interest in an LLC Partnership acquisitions of various entity types Very basic overview of tax-free re-organizations High level overview of entity formations High level overview of entity liquidations or termination
ACPEN: Section 199A Compliance: Rules and Reporting After OBBA
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Online
2.00 Credits
A deep-dive look at the Section 199A flow-through entities deduction Calculation of qualified business income Application to rental real estate - "safe harbor" rule and aggregation rules Self-rental rule for 199A compared to self-rental rule for passive activities Differing impact on the sole proprietorship, partnerships and S corporations Forms reporting in Form 8995 and Form 8995-A Section 199A flowchart
Business 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:Recent legislation impacting business taxpayersThe One Big Beautiful Bill ActExtenders legislation updateMeals and entertainment expense reportingPartnership and S corporation updateIncome and deductions
Introduction to Governmental Budgeting
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Virtual
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The basics of governmental budgeting.Common steps and timeline of the budget process.What, when and how we should be monitoring the budget throughout the year.How long-term budgets fit in with the annual budget process.
ACPEN: Partnerships: How to Calculate Partner Basis
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Online
2.00 Credits
Calculation of basis when the entity is formed, including the impact of contributed property How to calculate partnership tax basis capital accounts Explains the use of both "inside" and "outside" basis determination Clarifies the how partnership debt impacts tax basis Discusses how distributions affect basis Explains how basis is impacted by sale and/or liquidation of the partnership interest Comprehensive examples to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process
ACPEN: Fundamentals of the 1040 Business Income and Reporting
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Online
4.00 Credits
Schedule C: self-employment income, business deductions, and SE tax Schedule E and K-1 income from partnerships and S corporations Shareholder basis tracking using Form 7203 Capital construction fund reporting (Form 7217) Business deductions and credits for individuals with business activity Audit risk areas and reporting red flags 2025 tax law changes affecting business income and pass-through reporting
ACPEN: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence ("AI"): The Interaction of AI and Ethics, featuring Tracy Cooper, CPA and Don Minges, MBA
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Online
1.00 Credits
What are the ethical issues within AI? The many biases within AI Ownership? Intellectual property rights? Who benefits economically? Changing regulations and laws Why many organizations ban AI? How AI can be used unethically? The need for strong human oversight!
