CPE Catalog & Events
Current Issues in Performing Yellow Book Audits
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this class include:Latest developments relevant to Yellow Book auditsBe prepared to avoid the most commonly misapplied concepts on audits performed in conformance with Government Audit Standards
What's Going on at the GASB (2024)
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Online
4.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:GASB 100, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections.GASB 101, Compensated Absences.GASB standards coming down the pike.
Surgent's Social Security and Medicare: Planning for You and Your Clients
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Online
8.00 Credits
Legislative developments A full chapter devoted to determining the best planning options for maximizing joint Social Security benefits Retirement benefits: Amount of benefits in various circumstances; how the amounts are distributed within the family unit Qualification: Has the client retired? How business entities may be used for Social Security advantage Income taxation of Social Security: avoidance tactics Spousal benefits: Should a spouse return to work? What benefits does a spouse have and when and how do they relate to benefits decisions by the client? When can hiring the spouse increase overall benefits? Why should both spouses qualify for survivor benefits? Disability benefits When to start Social Security benefits: Advantages and disadvantages at ages 62, full retirement age, and 70 Coordinating benefits: Should you take Social Security first and higher-balance IRA distributions later, or take IRA balances first and enhanced Social Security benefits later? Pensions: Distribution strategies; how to use the minimum distribution rules in concert with Social Security benefits IRAs: Is it time to convert to a Roth? Medicare, Part D prescription drugs: what retirees need to know
Understanding the "Most Common" Form 990 Schedules: A,B & C
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Online
2.50 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:What 990 preparers need to know about the benefits of a 501(c)(3) organization being a public charity rather than a private foundation (and how Schedule A, Part I "claims" such status)A A The public policy precepts and resulting emphasis preparers must apply in approaching the predominant (and easier) "public support test" in favor of completion of Schedule A's Part IIA The overarching needs behind preparing Schedule B for filing and, as necessary, its related worksheet: which donors are to be listed and with what identifying information required to be provided to the IRS, depending on 501(c) status of the filer; and what information 501(c)(3) filers will omit from the public inspection copy of the 990Introduction to the baselines driving each of the Schedule C's three Parts: undertaking electioneering in favor of, or opposition to, candidates or the political parties supporting them (Part I); lobbying reporting when same is undertaken either in the tax year (for non-electors) or regardless of activities, when a 501(h) election is in place (Part II); and the existence of the so-called "proxy tax" and its demands when 501(c)(4), (5) or (6) organizations with dues-paying members incur electioneering or lobbying expenses as determined by a Code section that tracks non-exempt organization definitions
Ethical Transgressions 2024: Tales of Corruption
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Online
2.00 Credits
• PPP fraud scheme • An extensive timekeeping fraud • A cryptocurrency investment scheme • Insider trading • Startup fraud • The AICPA Conceptual Framework, the fraud triangle, the PLUS model, the Santa Clara University decision-making model, and the SHRM Model
Surgent's Ethics for Tax Professionals
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Online
2.00 Credits
What does practicing before the IRS mean? Who may practice before the IRS? What should a tax preparer do if he or she has knowledge of a client's omission of income from a tax return? May a tax preparer rely on the work of other tax return preparers? May a tax preparer rely on and use client-provided information? Standards associated with giving advice to clients Abolition of the disclaimer requirement When must a tax preparer examine a client’s books and records?
Controls to Secure the Growing Digital Footprint
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Online
4.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this course include:Securing individual documentsProtecting information resident in the CloudSecuring data stored on or accessed by mobile devices
Best Practices For An IRS Levy Or Wage Garnishment
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Online
1.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this course include:Learning the pre-levy notice requirements.Knowing what the levy exemptions are.Proposing levy alternatives.Understanding the difference between wrongful levy versus erroneous levy.Knowing how to employ levy mitigation techniques.
Thinking Like a Quality Control Reviewer
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Online
2.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this class include:AICPA professional standardsEQCR expectationsFirm-specific considerationsBest practices for mitigating the frequency of review pointsBest practices for mitigating the severity of review pointsExamples of common EQCR deficiencies
Building Resiliency: The Upside of Stress
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Online
1.00 Credits
How your view of stress determines its effect on you Think of stress differently so that it is beneficial rather than harmful The benefits of stress How to cultivate a mindset that embraces stress and activates the brain's natural ability to learn from it
Introduction to the Property & Casualty Insurance Industry
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Online
1.00 Credits
The major topics covered in this class include:The unique regulatory world of insuranceDifferences from other industriesDifferences within the industryTypes of accountingInvolvement of specialistsTax considerations
Surgent's Fraud Basics: Protecting the Company Till
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Online
4.00 Credits
The price of fraud – ACFE’s Report to the Nations and ancillary costs The current economy – microeconomics and analysis COSO internal control framework, particularly Principle 1 (integrity/ethics) and Principle 8 (fraud risk assessments) Power of morale – shrinking the fraud triangle and employee motivation Why good folks go bad – interesting findings and red flags
Surgent's Best Practices in Not-for-Profit Accounting and Reporting
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Online
4.00 Credits
The key requirements, options, and best practices seen in each of the basic financial statements Today’s core accounting and reporting requirements related to contributions and how to effectively and efficiently apply them How to analyze and incorporate the needs of financial statement users into a not-for-profit’s financial statements and disclosures
Fixing Your Chart of Accounts
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Online
1.00 Credits
Current Chart of Accounts Best PracticesWhy developing a chart of accounts begins with studying your organizational chartHow to identify your account segmentsDetermining the order of your account segmentsBest practices for numbering account basesHow to avoid memorizationFixing Your Current Chart of AccountsHow big company and small company software differsTwo key approaches for preserving your historical dataWhat to know when making major chart of accounts changes
OneNote - Mastering Organization of Your Notes & Correspondence
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Online
2.00 Credits
The following topics will be covered in this course:Navigating the OneNote interfaceBest practices for notebook organizationLearn how to add A pictures, graphic content, tables, file links, email messages, appointment links and more to your notebooksUsing OneNote with OneDrive to share and collaborate with internal and external usersCreating and using templates to streamline your notebook managementIntegrating OneNote with your task managerUsing the power of tags to manage and search your contentUsing OneNote on your tablet and smartphone
What's Changing in A&A for Governmental Entities (2024)
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Online
4.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:A look at the GASB standards that are effective this yearGASB 100, Accounting Changes and Error CorrectionsGASB 101, Compensated Absences The impact of the 2024 Compliance Supplement on Single AuditsChanges to the Uniform Guidance.Common deficiencies found in Single Audits.
Capitalized Costs & Depreciation - Tax Staff Essentials
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Online
5.50 Credits
Tax basis of property acquisitions Initial basis of property acquired in an exchange transaction Materials, supplies, repairs, and improvements Accounting method changes Depreciation: MACRS, Section 179, and bonus Intangible assets and amortization Organization and start-up costs
Managing Current Fraud Trends in a Shifting Environment
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Online
8.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Summary of the impact of fraud on entities worldwide.Common fraud schemes and typical median losses that result.How smaller entity fraud risk differs from those of larger entities.The statistical profile of the most common fraud perpetrator.The most effective methods for preventing and detecting fraud.Cybersecurity risk management trends and best practices.
Surgent's Annual Accounting and Auditing Update
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Online
8.00 Credits
Recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates, PCC Update and items on the FASB’s Technical Agenda Leases – Topic 842 ASC 326: CECL Review of SAS 142 – Focus on Audit Evidence Recently issued SASs and other AICPA activity SSARS No. 25 and other recently issued SSARS Detailed review of SAS 145 Other important A&A practice matters
Surgent's Latest Developments in Government and Nonprofit Accounting and Auditing
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Online
8.00 Credits
Developing issues related to Yellow Book audits and single audits Key AICPA developments affecting audits of governments and nonprofits (including SAS No. 145 on risk assessment) Recent GASB activities directed toward state and local governments (e.g., the implementation of GASB Nos. 100 and 101, and additional GASB projects) Lessons learned by nonprofits (and lessons remaining) from the implementation of FASB ASC 842, Leases and ASU No. 2020-07 related to contributions of nonfinancial assets Other issues related to nonprofits