CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Business Writing: Professional & Effective Emails
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Preparing to write: what is my purpose and objective and who is my audience When email is the appropriate communication methodology and when it’s not Common email mistakes and how to avoid them Proven techniques for writing more efficient, readable, and outcome-focused emails
Surgent's Business Law for Small Business Owners
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Contract principles Legal issues related to various types of business organizations Worker classification Employee rights and the duties of employers Real property law
Surgent's Making Sense of Essential OBBBA Provisions
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Bonus and Section 179 depreciation Depreciation of qualified production property The business interest deduction Tax on excess compensation within tax-exempt organizations Excise tax on investment income of private colleges ABLE accounts and the Saver’s Credit Child Tax Credit Casualty losses Other crucial OBBBA provisions
Surgent's Real Estate for Accounting and Finance Professionals
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Rental income and expense calculation and reporting Deciphering Schedule E (Form 1040) Nuances of vacation home rules Passive activity loss rules: foundations and implications Active vs. material participation in rental activities Tax reporting: how to group passive activities Limitations on passive losses: at-risk rules and deductions Classifying rental real estate activities Navigating exceptions in rental real estate taxation
Surgent's Unconscious Bias for Managers, Supervisors, and Executives
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Unconscious bias, including the five defining characteristics of unconscious bias The real-world impacts of unconscious biases, including impacts on racial minorities, women, and older workers The concept of microaggressions, with examples An effective strategy for adult learning that can be applied to change unconscious biases, which can also be used to learn other skills A framework for handling mistakes and using them to build trust and respect in the workplace. We call this the “oops, did I just say that?” section.
Webcast: Accounting Fraud 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
The elements of fraud and the Fraud Triangle Theory Types of fraud with a focus on management fraud Best practices in fraud detection and deterrence
Webcast: Estate Planning: A Comprehensive Overview 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Intestate succession and probate administration Holding title to assets Lifetime asset transfers and testamentary asset transfer planning Structures to avoid or minimize transfer taxes Living trusts, including A-B and A-B-C, life insurance trusts, terminating irrevocable trusts, use of trust protectors, trust administration during incapacity and post-mortem
Webcast: Financial Statement Disclosures 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
General requirements Balance Sheet, income statement and cash flow Stockholders" equity Business combination and consolidation
Webcast: Internal and External Fraud: Understanding It and Working To Control It 26-29
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Understanding why internal fraud occurs Fraudulent acts initiated by outside organizations Policies, procedures and control measures designed to fight fraud Steps that verify anti-fraud activities are working
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 Virtual Currency: Keeping Up with the Tax Code
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Overview of virtual currency Property transactions with virtual currency Receiving virtual currency as payment Paying using virtual currency Charitable donations with virtual currency Gifting of virtual currency Form 8300 reporting
Webcast: 2026 Galasso Arizona & AICPA Regulatory Ethics Update
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Webcast: Accounting Fraud 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
The elements of fraud and the Fraud Triangle Theory Types of fraud with a focus on management fraud Best practices in fraud detection and deterrence
Webcast: Estate Planning: A Comprehensive Overview 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Intestate succession and probate administration Holding title to assets Lifetime asset transfers and testamentary asset transfer planning Structures to avoid or minimize transfer taxes Living trusts, including A-B and A-B-C, life insurance trusts, terminating irrevocable trusts, use of trust protectors, trust administration during incapacity and post-mortem
Webcast: Financial Statement Disclosures 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
General requirements Balance Sheet, income statement and cash flow Stockholders" equity Business combination and consolidation
Webcast: Internal and External Fraud: Understanding It and Working To Control It 26-33
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Understanding why internal fraud occurs Fraudulent acts initiated by outside organizations Policies, procedures and control measures designed to fight fraud Steps that verify anti-fraud activities are working
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
Surgent's The Road Ahead: Critical OBBBA Changes Impacting Accounting and Finance Professionals
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Webcast
2.0 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
Surgent's Top 20 Questions Advisors Ask About the SECURE Acts and Other IRA Rules
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
529 to Roth: who, what, when, and how SECURE Act 1.0 and the 10-year rule Roth IRA beneficiary options Where the stretch IRA really ends The new limitations for spouse IRA beneficiaries The new spouse options for spouse beneficiaries New RMD rules for Roth 401(k)s Overriding the 10-year rule for an eligible designated beneficiary How the age of death affects beneficiary options The new early distribution penalty exceptions Rollovers vs. transfers for spouse beneficiaries Qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) for owners and beneficiaries The “at least as rapidly” (ALAR) rule New reduced rate for excess accumulation penalty on RMD failures How to avoid unlimited accrual of the 6% excise tax How to avoid unlimited accrual of the 25% excise tax Clarifying the definition of disability for an exception to the 10% additional tax The new starting ages for RMDs Designated vs. eligible designated beneficiaries and their options Catch-up contributions for ages 50 and over Catch-up contributions for ages 60 to 63 When the 60-day deadline is missed When the one-per-year rollover limit is about to be broken Retaining qualifications for exceptions to the 10% additional tax
Surgent's Engagement and Client Retention Best Practices
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Managing client expectations How automation improves client engagement Understanding the role of feedback systems Seeking referrals Building client loyalty Customer retention marketing Expanding services offered to clients Knowing when it is appropriate to enter new markets