CPE Catalog & Events
Webcast: Form 1041 Advanced Series Part 1: Why Complex Trusts Are Complicated 26-27
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
How to Identify a Complex Trust and the Complications that Arise with Complex Trusts The Importance of Recognizing the Tier System used by Complex Trusts The Advantages and Requirements of the 65-day Rule Special Issues Related to the Charitable Contribution Deduction Use of a Checklist for Complex Trusts
Webcast: Form 706 Preparation Part 3: Reporting Deductions 26-27
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
How to Identify a Complex Trust and the Complications that Arise with Complex Trusts The Importance of Recognizing the Tier System used by Complex Trusts The Advantages and Requirements of the 65-day Rule Special Issues Related to the Charitable Contribution Deduction Use of a Checklist for Complex Trusts
Webcast: Financial Statement Analysis for Managers 26-27
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Pros/cons of ratio analysis Cash flow analysis Operating leverage vs. financial leverage Effective financial performance measures
Webcast: Tax Aspects of Stock Investing 26-27
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Active and passive investing Dividend-paying stocks, value stocks, and the net investment income tax Favorable capital gain strategies and the netting process Exchange-traded funds (ETFs), stock options, and straddles
Webcast: The ACFE Report to the Nations 26-27
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Results of the study Red-flags in fraud How fraud is perpetrated How fraud is discovered Methods of minimizing fraud
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 Section 754 Step-Up in Basis: Understanding the Tax Issues for Partnerships and LLCs
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
How and why a partnership makes a 754 election The effect of the 754 election when an interest in a partnership is sold or inherited How the 754 election applies when a partnership makes a distribution of property to one or more of its partners How to make the 754 basis adjustment
Webcast: Form 1041 Advanced Series Part 2: Cash & Property Distribution Issues 26-27
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Calculating DNI & the Distribution Deduction Determining Types of Distributions and Whether a Distribution "Carries Out" DNI In-Kind Distributions & the Impact on the Distribution Deduction Depreciation and the Distribution of In-Kind Property Distributions that Result in "Kenan Gain" Funding a Pecuniary Bequest with Depreciated Property IRC Sec. 643(e)
Webcast: Form 706 Preparation Part 4: GST Schedule R, Form 8971, Payments & Credits 26-27
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax, Schedule R, including election statements and integration with the marital deduction Foreign Death Tax Credit, Schedule P and Prior Transfer Credit, Schedule Q Qualified Conservation Easements, Schedule U Making Sec. 6166 election and using Graegin loans
Surgent's Communicating Financial Results to Stakeholders: A Guide for Client Advisory Services
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Communicating financial results The role of the accountant in communication The challenges accountants face in communication Creating better awareness of a company’s financials Behavioral biases of stakeholders Tips for staying on-point in communication Case study
Surgent's Leveraging AI for Data Analytics in Accounting
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Transforming data analytics with AI Understanding the impact of AI on data analytics processes How AI enhances data accuracy, efficiency, and decision-making AI tools and techniques for data analysis Overview of AI-powered data analytics tools Techniques for improving data analysis accuracy and efficiency with AI Integrating AI into existing data analytics workflows Case studies on AI implementations for data analytics Success stories of AI-driven data analytics in accounting Challenges and lessons learned from AI integration Measuring the ROI of AI in data analytics Developing AI-powered data analytics skills Hands-on lab sessions using AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Excel) Practical exercises in filtering, sorting, summarizing, and visualizing data Applying AI insights to optimize data-driven decision making in accounting
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: K2's Better Reporting With QuickBooks Online 26-27
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Webcast
1.0 Credits
The types of reports available in QuickBooks Online, by subscription level
Surgent's Build an AI Agent With ChatGPT: A Hands-on Lab for Financial Professionals
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Agentic simulation using prompt design and structured interaction Flipped agent/user roles in ChatGPT (autonomy emulation) Use case walkthroughs: audit Q&A bot, tax helper, financial planning agent Risk scenarios: hallucinations, scope creep, prompt hacking Governance, professional skepticism, and documentation best practices
Surgent's Performing an Effective Audit Risk Assessment
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Audit process and planning Materiality, performance materiality, and tolerable misstatement Assessing the risk of material misstatement Understanding internal controls and when the auditor must evaluate the design and implementation of internal controls Designing procedures to test the effectiveness of controls Issues noted related to performing substantive procedures Documentation Communication with the Client and Governance
Surgent's Taxation of Partnership Distributions and Sales of Partnership Interests
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Types of partnership distributions Liquidating partnership distributions Basis of property distributed by a partnership Special basis adjustments under Section 732(d) Abandoned and worthless partnership interests Section 751(a) exchange Transactions between partners and their partnerships Disguised sales Section 736(a) and (b) payments
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: 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
Surgent's Managing Up the Ladder
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Influence, persuasion, and power Navigating without position power
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