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ACPEN: Functional Approach to Employee Benefits

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Online

1.50 Credits

Benefits Benefits Communications Total Rewards

Surgent's Employer's Handbook: Health Care, Retirement, and Fringe Benefit Tax Issues

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Virtual

4.00 Credits

ERISA compliance: employee welfare plans and qualified plans Fringe benefit issues: COBRA, Family and Medical Leave Act, and new developments in health care Health care plans: HRAs, HSAs, and other employer-sponsored plans Qualified plan requirements: eligibility, coverage, and vesting

Surgent's Project Management: Tips, Tricks, and Traps

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Virtual

4.00 Credits

Contrasting project management with operations management Reviewing organizational culture and how it applies to project management The various types of project management including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Critical path, and others Looking at risk management software and its application in different types of project management Managing and leading project management stakeholders

Surgent's Advanced Audits of 401(k) Plans: Best Practices and Current Developments

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Virtual

8.00 Credits

Audit requirements for ERISA §103(a)(3)(C) audits An annual update of the changes affecting 401(k) plans Compliance issues associated with eligibility and enrollments, remittances, lack of oversight, compensation, vesting, and other topics Best practices for engagement planning, internal controls, risk assessment, and detailed testing Avoiding common mistakes while performing audit procedures Plan mergers and acquisitions Common audit reporting and disclosure issues

Surgent's Annual Tax-Planning Guide for S Corporations, Partnerships, and LLCs

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Virtual

8.00 Credits

Update on latest cases, rulings, and regulations including the final regs Provisions of Revenue Procedure 2022-19: Relief for S corporations Legislative update on retirement plan changes of the SECURE Act 2.0 How to handle liabilities of LLCs Planning opportunities and pitfalls in determining basis and amounts at risk -- recourse and nonrecourse debt issues for LLCs, and much more Section 199A pass-through deduction planning Partnership planning -- Structuring partnership distributions and transfers of interests Optional basis adjustments -- §§754 and 732(d) Planning for the utilization of §179 and for the scheduled phase out of bonus depreciation  Basis, distribution, redemption, and liquidation issues of S corporations Compensation in S corporations Sale of a partnership -- the best planning concepts What you need to know about family pass-throughs -- Estate planning, family income splitting, and compensation planning Partnership and LLC allocations A brief look at possible future changes to the taxation of pass-through entities The who, what, when, where, and how of the new FinCEN BOI reporting requirements

Surgent's Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations: Engagement Performance and Annual Update

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Virtual

8.00 Credits

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 Sample comprehensive engagement work programs for preparation, compilation and review engagements Reporting and disclosure illustrations for each level of service, including attesting on personal financial statements, prescribed form, special purpose framework and other engagement variations Other communication requirements, such as sample engagement letters and management representation letters

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

ACPEN: Revenue Recognition - Topic 606 Overview

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Online

1.80 Credits

Revenue Recognition on Contracts with customers

ACPEN: K2’s Excel Tips – Today’s Best Features

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Online

2.00 Credits

New features and functions in Excel How to improve efficiency and effectiveness when working in Excel Taking advantage of Copilot integration with Excel Better ways of creating and working with formulas

Microsoft Teams for CPAs: Unlocking Its Full Potential

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Best practices for organizing your teams and channelsUnderstanding the role of Teams and SharePoint integrationUsing Teams to communicate and collaborate externally with clientsTips and tricks for managing conversations in TeamsLeveraging Microsoft Copilot AI in Teams

Surgent's The Road Ahead: Critical OBBBA Changes Impacting Accounting and Finance Professionals

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

Marginal tax rates effective in 2025 and beyond The QBI deduction Qualified residential interest Child Care Credit Miscellaneous itemized deductions, including the educator deduction Rollovers from 529 plans to ABLE accounts Additional expenses treated as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts Termination of credits for environmentally clean autos and expenditures Other timely topics

ACPEN: How to Develop Your System of Quality Management Using the AICPA Practice Aids

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Online

3.00 Credits

Overview of Quality Management standards Scope of SQMS 1 Components of quality management Changes from prior standards AICPA practice aids Required documentation Risk assessment process Final documentation development

Comprehensive Accounting and Financial Reporting Update

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Virtual

4.00 Credits

The major topics covered in this class include:CECL for nonfinancial institutions.Accounting for Paycheck Protection Program loans.Accounting for web-hosting services.Revenue recognition.Leases.FASB projects in progress.

ACPEN: Form 1040 Individual Income Tax Prep

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Online

8.00 Credits

Overview of Form 1040 and filing requirements Filing status and dependent rules Income reporting, including wages, interest, and dividends Adjustments to income Standard vs itemized deductions Common individual tax credits Introduction to Schedule C and Schedule E Preparer responsibilities, due diligence, and Circular 230

Surgent's Audit Skills Training Level 2: Preparing for Increasing Responsibilities in Public Accounting

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Virtual

8.00 Credits

Each module includes a lecture followed by in-class group case studies and activities. In this two-day course, the following two-hour modules will be presented: Day 1: Auditing accounts receivable Physical inventory observations Sampling fundamentals Assessing fraud risk in a financial statement audit Day 2: Auditing common investments Financial statement fundamentals SSARS refresher and attestation engagement overview Analytical procedures fundamentals

Resistance to Resilience: Strive for Tech Change Acceptance

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Virtual

1.00 Credits

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Resistance to resilience in embracing new technologiesOvercoming barriers and ensuring successful implementationCutting-edge audit technologies, including AI, data analytics, and automationInsights into the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)

CFO Series: Cash Flow Stmnt: Enhancing the Ignored Statement

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The importance and structure of the cash flow statementUnderstanding operating, investing, and financing activitiesPresenting the statement using the “Sources and Uses” approachHow to tell the business story through cash flows and alternative reporting methodsIdentifying key drivers of cash and liquidityBridging the gap between accrual accounting and understanding cashCommunicating effectively with CEOs, boards, and non-financial stakeholders

Reviewing Individual Tax Returns: What Are You Missing?

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Virtual

4.00 Credits

Qualified business income deduction Temporary senior deduction State and local tax deduction Hobby losses Self-employment health insurance Business startup costs Depreciation Schedule C issues Like-kind exchanges

ChatGPT Deep-Dive Hands-on Bootcamp for CPAs

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Getting started with ChatGPTTour of the ChatGPT app and how to use itVariety of hands-on case study examples for accounting, finance, and taxProtecting your data privacy in ChatGPTAdvanced ChatGPT features reviewSubscription plan options 

Mastering Partnership Basis: Inside and Outside Basis

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Virtual

2.00 Credits

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Explain the use of both "inside" and "outside” basis determination.How to calculate tax basis capital accounts, including when the entity is formed, including the impact of contributed property.Clarify the importance of partnership capital accounts and partnerships debt on partner's tax basis.Explanation of how basis is impacted distributions and by sale and/or liquidation of the partnership interest.Comprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process.