CPE Catalog & Events
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Surgent's Recent Changes in Workplace Regulations: Overtime, Non-compete Agreements, and Employee/Independent Contractor
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Final Rule - Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the FLSA: the multifactor “economic reality” test; What analysis guides whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under this final rule? Can a worker voluntarily waive employee status and choose to be classified as an independent contractor? Are any of the economic reality factors adopted in this rule more important than others when evaluating a worker’s employment status? How does the final rule explain “extent to which the work performed is an integral part of the employer’s business?” The Federal Trade Commission’s Decision on Non-compete Agreements: impact on new and existing non-competes; treatment and definitional terms for senior executives; definition of a non-compete clause; definition of a “worker” New Overtime Rules: exemptions from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees; increases in the standard level and the highly compensated employee total annual compensation threshold; new mechanism allowing for the timely and efficient updating of the salary and compensation thresholds Current status of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) rules
Surgent's Starting a Small Business: What Every Trusted Advisor and Entrepreneur Needs To Know
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Understanding the time commitment required to start and run a business Selecting a corporate structure to protect your personal assets Building your product or service Sales and marketing in your business Establishing your owners, investors, managers, and employees Accounting, recording-keeping, and other software programs Leases, contracts, and employee agreements Protecting intellectual property Insurance Business plans Financing Market position
Webcast: ACPEN: K2’s Data Security And Privacy Issues And Solutions
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Understanding the differences between data security and data privacy The major types of security and privacy breaches Key steps you can take to mitigate your risks of becoming another victim
Surgent's Governing Agentic AI: Cybersecurity, Data, and Risk
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Cyber risks: prompt injection, drift, model manipulation, data leakage Red-teaming and simulation exercises (CSA, IBM frameworks) Controls mapping: COSO, SOX, and NIST AI RMF Regulatory context: GDPR, CCPA, EU AI Act, SEC guidance Platform security discussion and comparisons
Webcast: ACPEN: International Tax Treaties
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Tax treaties Tax impact of cross-border transactions
Webcast: ACPEN: Managerial Accounting: Your Prescription for Better Decision Making
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Target profit and Break-even analysis Relevant costs and decision-making Standard costs and variances Activity-based costing Segment reporting and analysis Budgeting
Surgent's Controller/CFO Update: Hot Topics Facing Today's Financial Professional
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Economic update Leadership and management changes because of recent developments, including AI Managing for productivity Hiring the best people for the organization New motivation techniques
Surgent's Tax Update for Client Advisory Services
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Common tax deadlines and penalties Employee Retention Credit – new developments Beneficial ownership information reporting Bonus depreciation changes Form 1099 reporting and changes Online accounts and IP PINs Virtual currency updates Green energy credit compliance
Webcast: ACPEN: Progressive Management Accounting
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
A taxonomy of accounting: tax, financial, managerial A spectrum of direct and indirect absorption costing Fact-based Data with Activity Based Costing (ABC ) Why do we need advanced management accounting techniques, such as ABC? How the ABC cost assignment network structure connects costs to products and sales channels Learn to use ABC to manage product, service-line, channel, and customer profitability Understand two views of costs: (1) process view versus (2) product view Comparing ABC with time-driven ABC, resource consumption accounting (RCA), lean accounting, and other costing techniques Operational Costing to Optimize Process Costs - How driver-based budgets and rolling financial forecasts lead to productivity improvement and cost reduction Applying “Attributes” to assess ”value-added costs” and “costs of quality (COQ)” The Shift in ROI’s Source from Tangible to Intangible Assets Increasing the ROI from information – with Corporate Performance Management (CPM) as a Value-Multiplier Accelerating the Rate of Adoption for Implementing and CPM Understand the barriers that slow the adoption rate of CPM: technical, misperceptions, model design, and social / cultural How to overcome behavioral resistance to change
Surgent's Excel Budgeting Ideas
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Set up an in-cell drop-down list of budget methods Change the calculations in the cells based on the selected budget method Use names in worksheets
Surgent's Food, Beverage, and Entertainment Expensing
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
The 50% deduction for meals that are ordinary and necessary in carrying on a trade or business Elimination of the temporary rules that applied for 2021 and 2022 which allowed for 100% deductibility for ordinary and necessary business-related meals When meals are still 100% deductible IRS rules relating to the nondeducibility of activities considered entertainment or amusement What constitutes entertainment/amusement for tax purposes? When employers may deduct food and beverages provided to employees 50% deductibility for occasional employee meals and for overtime meals 50% deductibility for business meals during business meetings Business meals incurred during business travel Invoice meals separately from entertainment
Webcast: ACPEN: Individual Tax Update: Key Considerations for 2026
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Individual tax provisions compared for 2025 and 2026 reporting Recent legislative developments, cases and rulings impacting individual taxpayers ACA premium tax credit Passive activities - complete disposition 2027 inflation rates FBAR update Virtual currency and enforcement Property transactions Gross income and deductions
Webcast: How AI is Automating Internal Control 26-27
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
An explanation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Specific ways AI is replacing human cognition What is on the internal control horizon related to AI and other technologies
Webcast: Income Tax Planning for Bond Investments 26-27
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Active versus passive investing Taxable, tax-exempt, and deferred-tax bonds and the net investment income tax The tax treatment of bonds purchased at a discount or premium Bond swap and U.S. Savings Bond strategies
Webcast: Tax Basis and Other Special Purpose Frameworks 26-30
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Tax basis Cash and modified cash Contractual Regulatory Financial Reporting Framework for Small and Medium sized Entities (FRF for SMEs) Red-flags in fraud
ASCPA Women's Collective
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Phoenix
3.0 Credits
Bring a Bestie & Save! The ASCPA Women’s Collective is all about connection — and connections are even stronger when shared with a friend. That’s why we’re excited to introduce our Bring a Bestie Discount! When you register for this Women’s Collective Event and bring along a friend in the finance profession, you’ll both receive $15 off your registration — no matter your membership status. It’s the perfect opportunity to: Share this empowering event with a colleague or friend Build your professional network together Celebrate women making an impact in finance How to Claim Your Discount: Register for the event. Fill out the Bring a Bestie form and email it to ascpacpe@ascpa.com. If you’ve already registered and paid, don’t worry — we’ll refund the discount back to you once your form is received. Seats are limited — grab your bestie and join us!
Webcast: ACPEN: Private Company Simplified GAAP Alternatives
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Guidance, related to "plain vanilla" interest rate swaps that convert variable into fixed rate debt and other derivatives Guidance related to amortization and impairment of goodwill Guidance related to separately recognizing intangible assets from goodwill in a business combination Guidance related to lease accounting and revenue recognition options
Webcast: ACPEN: Strategic CFO Series - Big Picture Skills
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Strategic CFO – Strategic Financial Communications Financial literacy versus math literacy Common financial terms that confuse non-accountants Simplifying financial language without "dumbing it down" Building narratives and stories around financial data Using visuals and graphics effectively Communicating strategy, risk, and performance together Strategic CFO – Developing Strategy and the Why Understanding capital structure and financing priorities Debt capacity, leverage, and cost of capital considerations Cash flow versus GAAP results Financing options: debt, equity, crowdfunding, and alternative capital Strategic cash policies and liquidity planning Raising cash at different stages of an organization's life cycle Communicating cash flow and financial health to stakeholders Strategic CFO – Strategic Risk Management Overview of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and COSO standards Evolution of COSO and why it matters today Governance, culture, and board oversight of risk Defining risk appetite and linking it to strategy Identifying, assessing, and prioritizing risks Risk responses: avoid, reduce, share, and accept Black swan events and managing uncertainty Communicating and reporting risk across the organization Strategic CFO – Strategic Cash Management What strategy really means and who is involved in developing it Common reasons strategic plans fail and how to avoid them Cost leadership, differentiation, and niche strategies Using metrics, KPIs, and the Balanced Scorecard to measure success The role of non-financial drivers in financial performance Benchmarking and competitive analysis Aligning mission, culture, and strategy Case discussions on strategy execution and performance measurement
Webcast: ACPEN: Internal Control Frameworks for Single Audit
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Webcast
1.0 Credits
COSO 2013 Update Yellowbook Accounting
Surgent's Excel Shortcuts for Accountants
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Explore the function that sums better than the SUM function Discover a variety of time-saving features, functions, and techniques Learn the workaround to a major Excel pitfall