CPE Catalog & Events
Internal Control Frameworks for Single Audit
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
COSO 2013 Update Yellowbook Accounting
2026/27 Not-for-Profit GAAP Update
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Recently issued Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) impacting NFP financial reporting, along with standard-setting projects currently in the FASB pipeline.The International Non-Profit Accounting Standard (INPAS)-the first comprehensive global accounting framework designed specifically for non-profit organizations, launched in October 2025.
Be the Sun, Not the Salt
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
What is the Heliotropic Effect? Be the Six Sun Pearls. Today is a good day to do good Be the bright spot in the room Be your own sun Do the next right thing Pet peeves bite Knowing isn't doing
Performance Management - Hiring to Retiring
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Employee Engagement Recruiting/Staffing Talent Management Employee Relations
Hold Your Horses! Could Tighter Reins Have Prevented a Landmark Fraud?
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Key aspects of Rita Crundwell's theft Internal controls that could have prevented the theft Internal controls that could have detected the theft in a timely manner Independence in both fact and appearance Lessons for CPA firms Lessons for government agencies
S Corporations – Overview
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of S Corporation election and compliance requirements Comparison of S Corporations with other business entities Preparing Form 2553 and addressing late filing relief Shareholder stock and debt basis considerations Form 1120S and Schedule K-1: key aspects and reporting requirements Officer reasonable compensation requirements and IRS audit strategies Introduction to Schedules K-2 and K-3 Compliance with corporate formalities and taxable fringe benefits
Communicate Financial Concepts to Non-Accountants
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The math literacy barrier The financial literacy barrier What to say and how to say it Communicating ideas graphically
Criminal Tax: How CPAs Bring Value to Defense Attorneys
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The common weaknesses in a criminal tax investigation.The key documents to review (In a sea of thousands of documents).Crafting questions to recommend in court proceeding.
Forensic Accounting: The AI-Powered Expert and Investigator
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:AI fundamentals: how large language models work, why they hallucinate, and the distinction between generative and agentic AIPractical applications of AI in damages calculations, financial statement and ratio analysis, and books-and-records reconstructionProfessional ethics under the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, SSFS No. 1, and the ACFE Code of Professional Ethics as applied to AI-assisted workCourt requirements for disclosure and discovery of AI use, including judicial standing orders, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26, and proposed Federal Rules of Evidence 707 and 901(c)Preparation for cross-examination on AI use, including how to build and document a defensible AI-assisted workflow.
Fraud & Embezzlement: Case Studies from the Trenches
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:How organizations can find themselves defrauded due to lax oversight and weak internal controls.How the existence of the "trusted advisor" creates situations where CPAs can drop their professional skepticism.Illustrations of the issues companies should look for in preventing fraud and embezzlement.
K2's Optimizing Your CAS and Advisory Tech Stack
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
CAS overview to understand the service offerings, client needs, and market opportunities Selecting technology tools in CAS for accounting, workflow, and client collaboration Designing Service Delivery Models that are scalable and efficient processes for CAS Managing client relationships and setting expectations to deliver consistent value
Surgent's Guide to Partner Capital Account Reporting
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
How a partner’s outside basis and capital account differ Reconciling Schedule M-2 Form 1065 with Partnership K-1 Schedule L IRS requirement to report partner tax basis on the transactional approach Implications if a capital account is negative Deficit restoration accounts and qualified income offsets Modified outside basis method and modified previously taxed capital method Determining a partner’s beginning capital account Beginning capital account for partnerships and partners consistently reporting on the tax basis The two types of adjustments under 754 and how 743 and 734 require different capital account presentations
Surgent's Accountability and Action
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
Defining three critical elements: responsibility, empowerment and accountability, and how they work together to create results Designing and using clear agreements that provide clarity Skills for holding yourself and others accountable for results, no matter what Knowing where you are in the accountability game... what you do/don’t do well
Navigating Mergers & Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Strategic Reasons for Mergers & Acquisitions Establishing Acquisition Principles and Target Criteria Business Valuation in the M&A Process Structuring the Transaction and Negotiating the Deal Conducting Effective Due Diligence Post-Transaction Integration and Deal Success
Advanced Tax Planning S Corporations - Tax Staff Essentials
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Webinar
7.50 Credits
Member Price: $279
Basis in S corporation stock Distributions Compensation planning Qualified subchapter S subsidiaries Liquidations, reorganizations, and redemptions Estate planning and the use of trusts Section 199A
Comprehensive Pass-Through Owners” Basis and Distribution Rules 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Understand the four loss limitation rules applied on the owner's individual income tax return (i.e., basis, at-risk, passive, and excess business loss limitations)• Determine how to calculate an owners" initial tax basis of his pass-through entity• Learn how to correctly make annual adjustments to a pass-through owners" tax basis• Identify what constitutes a debt basis for an S corporation shareholder• Learn the tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders
Partnership & LLC (Form 1065)—Formation to Liquidation 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Extensive review of the partnership tax laws with an emphasis on any new legislative changes including any TCJA provisions expiring after 2025• Overview of different forms of business entities including the check-the-box regulations• Formation issues including the mandatory allocation of the §704(c) pre-contribution gain or losses back to the contributing partner/member• Schedule K and K-1• separately stated versus non-separately stated income and expense items• Detailed Schedule K-1 reporting including the 20% qualified business income (QBI) deduction and 3.8% net investment income tax• Calculating the tax and §704(b) book capital accounts• Substantial economic effect requirement to have special allocations to the partners/members• Allocation of recourse & non-recourse debt on K-1s• Guaranteed payment issues and tax treatment of fringe benefits• Self-employment tax issues and pitfalls• Tax treatment of distributions - cash versus non-cash & liquidating versus non-liquidating• Sales and liquidations (redemptions) of partnership interests• §754 optional basis adjustments and mandatory adjustments
SSARS Codification: Preparation, Compilation and Review 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• SSARS Codification requirements• SSARS engagements: preparation of financial statements, compilation of financial statements and proforma financial information• Review of financial statements• Coverage of the amendments to the SSARS contained in SSARS 26 and SSARS 27
Avoiding the Most Misapplied Audit Concepts
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Risk Assessment - Properly assessing inherent, control, and detection risk on an engagement, and linking the results to an appropriately tailored detailed audit plan based on risk assessment and client service goals, regardless of entity type.Substantive Analytics- Leveraging strong substantive analytic procedures as audit evidence to cut back on tests of details.Selecting items to test common misunderstandings related to designing, performing and concluding on tests of details, including sampling.Identifying and Evaluating Internal Control Deficiencies - Emphasizing the importance of identifying both design and operating effectiveness deficiencies during the course of the audit, and how to properly categorize deficiencies as inconsequential, significant or material for impact on the audit or required communications with management and those charged with governance.
Performing a Single Audit Under the Uniform Guidance
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $319
Fundamentals of a compliance audit performed under the Uniform Guidance Identifying federal awards and major programs Pass-through entities and subrecipients Schedule of expenditure of federal awards (SEFA) Using the Compliance Supplement Uniform Guidance administrative requirements and cost principles Testing internal control over compliance Writing an audit finding and reporting requirements of a single audit