CPE Catalog & Events
Webcast: ACPEN: Rewards & Recognition Strategies for Leaders
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Webcast
1.0 Credits
Leadership Recognition Total Rewards Employee Engagement
Webcast: ACPEN: Federal Tax Update for Business with Doug Van Der Aa
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
"Tax-mageddon" - the all-important impending expiration/extension/renewal of the TCJA Other recent legislative, judicial, and IRS developments impacting business taxpayers Current status of Research and Experimentation costs and Interest Expense Limitation Phaseout of Bonus Depreciation and MACRS issues S corporation and partnership developments Other miscellaneous business developments
Webcast: Financial Statement Analysis 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
How to extract necessary information Financial ratios that are used as analytical tools The proper understanding of accounting terminology Basic ratio tools Cash flow Working capital
Webcast: ACPEN: IFRS Update
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Explore where financial statement preparers should focus the most time and attention on now when preparing interim and annual financial statements, such as: o Costs charged to PP&E in the "testing&" phase o Calculating onerous contract costs o Calculating the 10 percent test for determining substantially different cash flows Discover highlights of recently-issued IFRS pronouncements, focusing on changes with upcoming effective dates, such as: o Classification of liabilities as current o Defining accounting estimates
Webcast: ACPEN: Leases Accounting under Topic 842 – Answers to FAQ After Implementation
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Webcast
2.0 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 Controllership Skills Update – Budgeting, Forecasting, and Big Data
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Why forecasts and budgets are frequently wrong: behavioral finance; improper goal setting, games, continuing the status quo, traditional budgeting techniques Incorporating strategy into budgets: improving measurement systems; common errors, developing strategies and appropriate measurements Expanding the budgeting framework: rolling forecasts; mission-based budgeting, zero-based budgeting, post-completion evaluations, contingency planning, black swan events, identifying improvements Big data: definition, challenges, goals, current uses/examples, sources of information Analytical tools: ration analysis, benchmarking, Pareto analysis, trend analysis, regression, simulation, dashboards
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
Surgent's Improving Your Profits: Identifying Cost Cutting Opportunities
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
What keeps companies from becoming streamlined? Behavioral biases Information processing biases Emotional biases How to deal with behavioral biases Connecting behavioral biases to cost cutting Creating a culture of cost cutting Rules of thumb for cost cutting Managing headcount Post-COVID common areas of excess cost Budgeting techniques Budget variances Benchmarking Common size financial statements Horizontal analysis Negotiation and contracting techniques Cash flow and the business cycle
Surgent's The AI-augmented Professional: Practical Tools, Real Risks, and Immediate Use Cases
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Explore from the history of automation to the current landscape of large language models (LLMs) and generative tools to demystify the technology Free, accessible apps to enterprise-grade solutions and specialized accounting software tailored for tax, audit, and advisory workflows Ethical obligations and professional standards that govern AI use, including data privacy, client confidentiality, and the management of "hallucinations" or inaccuracies Through specific use cases and prompting demonstrations, understand how to use AI to draft complex communications, summarize research, optimize Excel workflows, and enhance client advisory services
Webcast: ACPEN: Creating A Coaching Leadership Style
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Webcast
3.0 Credits
What the Coaching Leadership Style Coaching Leadership Style Competencies Solution Focused Coaching Framework Leadership Competency Pillars Historical and Current Views of Coaching Coaching Culture Definition and Framework Coaching Results Measuring Success of Coaching
Webcast: ACPEN: Beyond the Basics of SSARS and Nonattest Services: Are You Certain You Are in Compliance?
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Preventing malpractice claims related to nonattest accounting services Identifying and safeguarding independence threats when issuing attest reports Establishing an understanding with the client regarding non-audit services Defining the varying levels of responsibility for accountants performing non-audit services Performing compilations and reviews effectively and efficiently, including nature and extent of documentation considerations Practice performing analytical review procedures appropriately, including developing proper advance expectations for review engagements Properly considering going concern, subsequent events, and other disclosure matters Common issues related to peer reviews, including recurring reporting problems Applying financial analysis best practices to help your clients better interpret their financial results
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour
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Webcast
1.0 Credits
Each week’s topics will change based on the most critical issues affecting financial professionals
Webcast: ACPEN: What's Going on at the GASB (2026/27)
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
GASB Statement No. 103 (financial reporting model improvements) GASB Statement No. 104 (capital asset disclosure enhancements) GASB Statement No. 105 (subsequent events) Recent GASB pronouncements and updates Active GASB exposure drafts and ongoing projects
Webcast: ACPEN: S Corporations: How to Calculate Shareholder Basis
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Webcast
2.0 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
Surgent's Artificial Intelligence for Accounting and Finance Professionals
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
What artificial intelligence is and how it differs from automation Current AI technologies: generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and machine learning How AI enhances accounting financial analysis, auditing, tax compliance, and client advisory services Risks and limitations of AI: bias, data integrity, and over-reliance on automation Data governance, security, and privacy in AI-enabled systems Case studies of how accounting firms and finance teams are implementing AI today Future skills for accounting and finance professionals in an AI-driven environment
Surgent's Key Roth IRA and Roth 401(k) Rules for Funding and Tax-free Distributions
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Funding options for Roth accounts Roth IRA contribution eligibility and income limits Enhanced catch-up contributions and age-based limits The Roth catch-up mandate for employer plans Roth 401(k) contribution rules, including catch-ups Roth SEP and Roth SIMPLE IRAs 529 plan rollovers to Roth IRAs Backdoor Roth strategies and pro-rata considerations The tax impact of rolling a 401(k) to a Roth IRA Who can start the Roth IRA 5-year clock? The 5-year rules for Roth IRAs and Roth 401(k)s Direct and indirect Roth conversions Direct and indirect rollovers from Roth 401(k) plans Ordering rules for Roth IRA distributions FIFO treatment and when it applies The risk of recapturing the 10% early distribution penalty Case studies and practical cheat sheets to reinforce key concepts
Surgent's Six Common Barriers to Investment Success
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Availability bias Herding Loss aversion Present bias Anchoring Home country bias
Webcast: ACPEN: Mergers and Acquisitions: Complete Guide to Relevant Issues
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Webcast
2.0 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
Surgent's Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Achieving Success in a Worker Classification Audit
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
The 20 common law factors in a worker classification audit that are used to distinguish an employee from an independent contractor How disgruntled independent contractors can use IRS Form 8919 against a former employer When and how to use §530 as a defense in worker classification audits What is "industry practice" for §530 purposes Common sense steps that will avoid the recharacterization of workers treated as independent contractors to employees The IRS’s Voluntary Classification Settlement Program — advantages and disadvantages The DOL Final Rule
Surgent's Guide to the AICPA Quality Management Standards
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Quality management standards SAS 146, SSARS No. 26, and SSAE 23 Risk assessment, which forms the basis of the SQM Monitoring and evaluating the SQM