CPE Catalog & Events
Webcast: 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
Webcast: Fiduciary Taxation Part 1: Introduction to Form 1041 25-26
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Introduction to the Fiduciary Entity and Basic Fiduciary Entity Flowchart Authorities & Disciplines in Fiduciary Accounting & Taxation Fiduciary Tax Rates and Brackets Introduction to Subchapter J 5 Basic Rules & Concept of Fiduciary Taxation and Steps to Calculating the Income Taxation of Trusts & Estates Use of a Tax Spreadsheet
Webcast: What Every CPA Should Know About Fraud 25-26
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
How is fraud detected The role of external auditors in finding fraud Revenue recognition issues Corrupt management Data mining Physical and biometric controls
Webcast: Why Auditors Fail To Detect Fraud
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Reasons auditors fail to detect fraud Willful Ignorance SAS No. 82 Additional documentation How and who to talk to Determining the Tone At the Top How to Determining Intent If you expect it, you will see it
Webcast: Fiduciary Taxation Part 2: Fiduciary Accounting & Simple Trusts 25-26
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Review the Basic Concept of Fiduciary Duty Review the Basic Concept of Fiduciary Accounting Use of a Diagram to Distinguish Income and Principal Calculating Fiduciary Accounting Income Requirements of a Simple Trust Problem Example Spreadsheets Reflecting Fiduciary Accounting and Taxation of Simple Trusts as well as how Depreciation is Handled by a Fiduciary Entity Problem Examples Reflecting a Completed Form 1041 using Spreadsheet Calculations for Fiduciary Accounting and Taxation of Simple Trusts
Webcast: 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: Common Sense CFO: Balance Sheet Issues Walk through to Understand and Build Value
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Typical accounting issues that impact the balance sheet Where are the hidden issues in unrecorded liabilities? What are unrecorded assets and why they matter? Identification of and resolution of balance sheet challenges and changes Communicating to your audience and stakeholders
Webcast: 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
Webcast: 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: Forensic Data Analytics Supercourse for Fraud Prevention and Detection
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Forensic data analytics Fraud prevention and detection Data validation and methodologies COSO's Fraud Risk Management Guide principles Innovations in anti-fraud technology
Webcast: 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 as a result of the pandemic Managing for productivity Metrics and benchmarking Social media's place in our organizations
Webcast: Leases: ASC Topic 842 in Depth 25-26
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
FASB ASC 842, Leases All recently released updates to ASC 842, Leases
Webcast: 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
Webcast: 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
Webcast: K2's Advanced Topics In Power BI
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Creating formulas in Power BI with Data Analysis Expressions Adding Key Performance Indicators to your Power BI reports and dashboards Managing security in Power BI Publishing your reports and dashboards to Apps and Content Packs for easy sharing with other team members
Webcast: The Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax and Dynasty Trusts 25-26
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Calculation of the GST tax and how it relates to the estate tax and gift tax Direct skips, taxable distributions, and taxable terminations GST tax allocations, Reverse QTIP election, and Exempt and Nonexempt Trusts Calculating the benefit of and designing Dynasty Trusts
Webcast: Leases: ASC Topic 842 in Depth 25-26
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
FASB ASC 842, Leases All recently released updates to ASC 842, Leases
Webcast: Surgent's Excel Tables and Conditional Summing
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Using the Table object to store data Using the conditional summing function to aggregate Table data Using the Table object to create mapping tables
Webcast: Surgent's Critical Conversations
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
High stakes conversations where the goal or outcome is paramount A Critical Conversation Worksheet to use as a tool Self-assessment of interpersonal approaches on a continuum from aggressive to silent The stories: mine and yours — are they the same? Contrast statements for ensuring a shared understanding Building confidence in conducting a Critical Conversation
Webcast: 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 IRS’s new regulations regarding basis shifting in favor of high-marginal tax rate related partners 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