CPE Catalog & Events
Webcast: ACPEN: Taking the Financial Executive's Leadership to the Next Level
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Professional/Technical to Business/Behavioral Leader Evolution From Agricultural to Conceptual Age Right Brain Orientation Artificial Intelligence (AI) Perspective to Consider Emotional Intelligence Framework Behavioral Self-Awareness and Self-Management Socially Intelligent Leader/Social Awareness Transformational Leadership
Webcast: Finance and Innovation: Reinvent Your Department and Company 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
How innovation happens Innovation metrics and how to report on innovation efforts How the use of technology and other simple techniques can foster and sustain innovation
Webcast: Internal and External Fraud: Understanding It and Working To Control It 26-34
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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
Webcast: U.S. GAAP Disclosures for Non-Public Entities 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
FASB Accounting Standards Codification disclosure requirements An overview of the disclosure landscape How materiality enters into disclosure decisions
Webcast: ACPEN: Relationship Networking: The Art Of Conversation
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Webcast
1.0 Credits
Networking Replatinship Management
Surgent's Going Out on Your Own: Entity Types and Accounting Methods
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Financial planning pyramid What to consider when picking an entity Single member LLC vs. sole proprietorship Corporations – S vs. C Double taxation
Surgent's Purchase and Sale of a Residence: Critical Tax Issues
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
General rules relating to the sale of a residence under § 121 Sale of a taxpayer’s main home Qualifying for a partial exclusion of gain on the sale of a home How a taxpayer meets the residence requirement Meeting the look-back requirement Separated, divorced, and widowed taxpayers Work-related moves and unforeseeable events Inherited homes and homes received in a divorce Impact of business or rental use of home on the gain exclusion Reporting gain or loss on the sale of a home
Surgent's Understanding Non-Compete Agreements
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Review of the current legal and regulatory framework surrounding non-compete agreements Enforcement of non-compete agreements from the employer’s perspective Opposing enforcement of non-compete agreements from the employee’s perspective Understanding reasonable geographic scope and time limitations for non-compete agreements Understanding key issues that arise during enforcement and opposition to enforcement of non-compete agreements
Surgent's Guide to Payroll Taxes and 1099 Issues
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Statutory employees, independent contractors, and possible changes to §530 relief Using SS-8 Payroll Tax Penalties -- Who is a responsible person? Forms W-2, 1099, 1099-NEC, SS-8, W-4, 941, and Form 940 reporting/deposit requirements and due dates Understanding payroll tax responsibilities in the gig economy
Surgent's Government and Nonprofit Frauds and Controls to Stop Them
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Examine real-world misappropriations of cash, check frauds, vendor scams, credit card abuse, grant frauds, benefit schemes, inventory thefts, and payroll frauds Identify and develop practical controls to prevent and detect fraud Tailor controls to the size and fit of the government or nonprofit
Webcast: ACPEN: Creating A Culture of Trust
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Webcast
1.0 Credits
Culture Trust
Surgent's Engagement Letters: Scope and Risk Management
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Essential clauses made simple Keeping independence intact Change orders that prevent fights Stopping scope creep early What insurers and peer reviewers are seeing now
Surgent's Tax Research - Intermediate Concepts
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Tax code hierarchy Organization of an Internal Revenue Code section Special rules for IRC citation Citing other primary authorities Private letter rulings Primary vs. secondary authority Secondary sources of authority Steps in the tax research process Research memoranda
Webcast: ACPEN: Schedule C of Form 1040
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
When Schedule C applies Cash v. Accrual method Typical business deductions Business vehicle expenses Section 179 and bonus depreciation
Surgent's Autonomous Agents in Audit and Assurance
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Audit use cases: automated sampling, real-time analytics, evidence gathering Case studies: Big 4 agent-driven assurance platforms Agent reliability, explainability, and audit documentation PCAOB AS 1105, ISA 330, and agent-auditor integration Governance: SOC 1/SOC 2 controls for audit AI tools
Surgent's Section 199A: Schedule K-1 Reporting by Relevant Pass-Through Entities
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
The latest guidance from the IRS provided through regulations or administrative announcements Reporting requirements for all relevant pass-through entities Reporting for multiple activities within one entity Allocating common items among multiple activities Section 199A Schedule K-1 reporting for tiered entities Calculating and reporting qualified wages and the unadjusted basis immediately after acquisition of qualified property Allocating §199A relevant amounts to beneficiaries of trusts using DNI Handling separately stated items for which qualified business income status is determined at the shareholder or partner level The effects of ownership changes on §199A reporting on Schedule K-1 Reporting publicly traded partnership income and REIT income to the partners or shareholders Reporting aggregated activities Allocating §199A amounts to partners when special allocations have been made by the partnership
Surgent's Understanding Partnership Taxation: Types of Basis, Contributions, and Distributions
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Three different types of basis Contributions of property IRC 704(b) – Capital Accounts and Special Allocations Contributions of property and debt Contributions of services IRS Notice 2020-43
Webcast: Preparation, Compilations and Reviews—A Practical Workshop 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Preparation Compilations Reviews
Surgent's Annual Accounting and Auditing Update
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates, PCC Update, and items on the FASB’s Technical Agenda Recently issued ASUs covering derivatives, credit losses under ASC 326, government grants, and expense disaggregation FASB Final PIR Report for Leases (Topic 842) Statement on Quality Management Standards: SQMS 1, SQMS 2, and SQMS 3 Proposed SAS on the auditor’s responsibility relating to fraud Recently issued SASs and other AICPA activity Recently issued PCAOB standards and SEC rulemaking activities Other important A&A practice matters
Surgent's The Complete Guide to Payroll Taxes and 1099 Issues
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Payroll tax requirements for wages, including wages subject to the .9 percent tax, employee benefits and reimbursements, nonqualified deferred compensation, stock options, and tips Fringe benefits issues, such as health insurance, life insurance, cafeteria plan benefits, accountable and non-accountable plans, standard mileage rates, and per diem rates Special issues -- Using a common paymaster, how to file W-2s after a takeover, merger, or acquisition, and state and local tax withholding Statutory employees, independent contractors, and possible changes to §530 relief Penalties -- Who is a responsible person? Expenses and gross-up calculations Pension issues and payroll taxes including SIMPLE plans, and §401(k) and pension distributions The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) Forms I-9, W-9, W-2, 1099, 1099-NEC, SS-8, and 940 Understanding payroll tax responsibilities in the gig economy