CPE Catalog & Events
Webcast: K2's Mastering Advanced Excel Functions 26-27
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Powerful new functions and features in Excel, such as XLOOKUP and Dynamic Arrays
Webcast: ACPEN: Key Tax Issues Facing Business & Industry
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Update and review of recent and key tax developments impacting business and industry "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 Travel and entertainment expense rules Independent contractor vs. employee
Webcast: ACPEN: Form 1120S - Preparation and Analysis
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
S corporation taxation fundamentals Income and deductions for S corporations Shareholder basis calculation Reporting requirements for Form 1120S Advanced tax planning strategies
Surgent's Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
How experienced speakers manage presentation anxiety The elements of effective persuasion The three styles of speech Strategies to improve speech pace The importance of volume when presenting The art of the pause Methods for using visual aids Best practices for preparing for a presentation Components of an effective presentation
Webcast: ACPEN: Year-End Tax Planning: Thinking Outside the Box
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Discuss the most recent tax legislation, rulings and developments Section 163(j) interest expense deduction New 21% corporate tax rate Medicare tax on high income wages and SE income Tax provision and extensions Timing income and deductions Alternative minimum tax (AMT) issues
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 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
Webcast: ACPEN: New Tips and Overtime Tax Rules: Compliance and Best Practices
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Webcast
1.0 Credits
Updated OBBA guidance on tip reporting and allocation Qualifying tip requirements Self-employment and qualified tips Employer and employee tax responsibilities for tipped wages Overtime pay deduction Tip and overtime information returns
Webcast: Advanced Personal Financial Planning Update 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Retirement: accumulation and decumulation techniques, Social Security, Medicare and long-term care Debt management, including mortgages and education financing Insurance and investments from a life-planning perspective Income tax legislation, cases, and rulings Estate and trust planning strategies
Webcast: K2's Advanced Excel 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Collaboration and security techniques
Webcast: Leases: ASC Topic 842 in Depth 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
FASB ASC 842, Leases All recently released updates to ASC 842, Leases
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
Webcast: ACPEN: How to Get a Better Return on Yellow Book and Single Audits - Avoiding the Most Misapplied Audit Concepts
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Discover the fundamental differences in the auditor's responsibilities between financial statement audits performed in accordance with the SASs and Yellow Book Understand risk assessment factors above those associated with a financial statement audit only Learn what must be done beyond the financial statement audit in order to issue required Yellow Book and Single Audit reports on internal controls and compliance Master designing, performing and documenting effective and efficient tests of compliance requirements Practice identifying, documenting and communicating the impact of internal control deficiencies and compliance audit findings to the client Common peer review deficiencies
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
Surgent's Excel Lookups: Moving Beyond VLOOKUP Limitations
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Using lookup functions as an alternative to direct cell references Understand the limitations of the VLOOKUP function Discover ways to move beyond these limitations
Surgent's Exploring Business Valuation Fundamentals
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
What does value mean? Technical vs. fundamental analysis Intrinsic value Other discounted cash flow models Assumptions in the Gordon Growth Model Valuations using free cash flows Residual income model Enterprise value Value in mergers and acquisitions Small business valuations and discounts Advanced valuation models
Surgent's Forms 7217 and 7203
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Tax treatment of partnership distributions to partners of cash and property other than cash Basis of property received in a partnership distribution Executive Order 14219 withdrawing the IRS’s new regulations regarding basis shifting Organization and structure of the new Form 7217 Who must file Form 7203 Determining the S corporation shareholder’s initial basis in his or her stock Basis limitations on partnership losses and deductions Organization and structure of Form 7203 — understanding the three parts of Form 7203 Filing criteria for Form 7203 Calculating an S corporation shareholder’s share of S corporation deductions and credits Understanding stock and debt basis
Webcast: ACPEN: Shorten Month-End - Closing Best Practices
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Trends in financial statement closings including the Quick Close, Soft Close and Virtual Close Review and discuss information systems headaches that slow you down Work through examples of close cycle "time killers" and how to resolve them Get inventory and cost of sales under control Identify the improvement projects that will yield the biggest benefit
Webcast: Advanced Personal Financial Planning Update 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Retirement: accumulation and decumulation techniques, Social Security, Medicare and long-term care Debt management, including mortgages and education financing Insurance and investments from a life-planning perspective Income tax legislation, cases, and rulings Estate and trust planning strategies
Webcast: K2's Advanced Excel 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Collaboration and security techniques