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Surgent's Capital Assets: Basis and Taxation for Financial Professionals
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
Capital asset classification and basis determination Realization vs. recognition rules and special scenarios Disallowed losses and related limitations Types of capital gains and losses and their tax treatment Netting capital gains and losses Calculating taxes on ordinary income and capital gains Marginal vs. effective tax rates Tax planning strategies for capital assets
Surgent's Engagement Letters: Scope and Risk Management
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Essential clauses made simple Keeping independence intact Change orders that prevent fights Stopping scope creep early What insurers and peer reviewers are seeing now
Impact of OBBBA 2025 on the Individual Taxpayer
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Webinar
6.00 Credits
Member Price: $189
OBBBA 2025 – New law provisions, those extended or made permanent with and without changes, and those repealed Illustrative example of how the OBBA changes may impact the everyday taxpayer Inflation adjusted rates for 2025 and 2026 Dependent care credit Student loan deduction Review of other individual credits and deductions
Beyond the Basics of SSARS and Nonattest Services: Are You Certain You Are in Compliance?
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $250
Preventing malpractice claims related to nonattest accounting services Identifying and safeguarding independence threats when issuing attest reports Establishing an understanding with the client regarding non-audit services Defining the varying levels of responsibility for accountants performing non-audit services Performing compilations and reviews effectively and efficiently, including nature and extent of documentation considerations Practice performing analytical review procedures appropriately, including developing proper advance expectations for review engagements Properly considering going concern, subsequent events, and other disclosure matters Common issues related to peer reviews, including recurring reporting problems Applying financial analysis best practices to help your clients better interpret their financial results
LLC's & S Corporations: a Comparative Analysis
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Comparative analysis of LLCs and S CorporationsEntity formation, compliance, and operational structuresSelf-employment tax and its implications for LLCs and S CorporationsForm 2553 preparation and relief for late filingsRev. Proc. 2022-19 and Rev. Proc. 2023-3: analysis and applicationS Corporation eligibility errors and corrective measuresCorporate governance and formalities for both entity typesShareholder stock and debt basis for S CorporationsForms 1120S, 1065, and related schedules (K-1, K-2, K-3)Officer reasonable compensation and general partner guaranteed paymentsAudit strategies, estate planning, and business continuation planning
Best-In-Class Recruiting Strategies
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Recruiting & Retention Talent Management Employee Engagement
Internal Control Best Practices
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Auditing Yellowbook
Internal Controls That May Have Prevented Fraud
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Understand what factors allowed certain frauds to occur Recognize what internal controls may have prevented the frauds Consider application of these lessons to circumstances you encounter in your professional endeavors
Mergers and Acquisitions: Complete Guide to Relevant Issues
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Taxable asset acquisitions vs. non-taxable stock/equity acquisitions What happens in an asset acquisition What happens in a stock or equity acquisition 338 and 336 elections Basics of 382 Basics of 280G Earnouts and contingent payments Assumed liabilities Acquired reserves Acquired deferred revenue Treatment of transaction costs Basics of mixed entity transactions, examples such as: C-Corp buys an interest in a partnership C-Corp buys an S-Corp C-Corp buys an interest in an LLC (lots of possibilities here) S-Corp buys a partnership S-Corp buys a C-Corp S-Corp buys an interest in an LLC Partnership acquisitions of various entity types Very basic overview of tax-free re-organizations High level overview of entity formations High level overview of entity liquidations or termination
CFO Series: Living in the World of AI- How AI Changed Ethics
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Is it ethical to use AI, or not?What is ethical AI? Why does it matter for finance and business professionals?Understanding and managing AI hallucinations and misinformationAddressing bias in AI tools even when you didn’t build themInternal friction; navigating fear, resistance, and cultural challengesGuidelines for responsible AI use in your organizationAccountability and transparency; who is responsible for AI outcomes?Real-world use cases and what we can learn from them.Creating sustainable, people-focused AI practices that build trust
K2’s NextGen Document Management, Workflows, And Portals
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Modern document management and workflow automation Secure client portals and digital collaboration tools Implementation and ROI evaluation strategies for paperless systems
Professional Ethical Considerations for CPAs
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Core principles of any Code of Professional Conduct applicable to all CPAs, including conflicts of interest, preparing and reporting information, competence, confidential information, and moreThe importance of maintaining independence for CPAs in public practice, especially when also performing nonattest services for the attest client Comparing and contrasting various ethical standards, including those promulgated by the AICPA, PCAOB, and international bodies
How AI is Automating Internal Control 26-27
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
• An explanation of Artificial Intelligence (AI)• Specific ways AI is replacing human cognition• What is on the internal control horizon related to AI and other technologies
Retaining Top Talent: Strategies for CPA Firms
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
To purchase the report referenced in this presentation, or any of the research papers published by CPA Crossings, visit https://www.cpacrossings.com/research. The major topics that will be covered in this course include: The true cost of turnover versus retention investment Research findings on why professionals leave or stay Whole-person retention strategies beyond compensation Work-life balance solutions that maintain productivity Career development paths for non-partner track professionals Business model transformations for sustainable staffing Technology and outsourcing strategies to reduce burnout Retention strategies specific to diverse talent and younger professionals
The Psychology of Fraud
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
Fraud Fraud Triangle
Taking the Financial Executive's Leadership to the Next Level
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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
Progressive Management Accounting
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
A taxonomy of accounting: tax, financial, managerial A spectrum of direct and indirect absorption costing Fact-based Data with Activity Based Costing (ABC ) Why do we need advanced management accounting techniques, such as ABC? How the ABC cost assignment network structure connects costs to products and sales channels Learn to use ABC to manage product, service-line, channel, and customer profitability Understand two views of costs: (1) process view versus (2) product view Comparing ABC with time-driven ABC, resource consumption accounting (RCA), lean accounting, and other costing techniques Operational Costing to Optimize Process Costs - How driver-based budgets and rolling financial forecasts lead to productivity improvement and cost reduction Applying “Attributes” to assess ”value-added costs” and “costs of quality (COQ)” The Shift in ROI’s Source from Tangible to Intangible Assets Increasing the ROI from information – with Corporate Performance Management (CPM) as a Value-Multiplier Accelerating the Rate of Adoption for Implementing and CPM Understand the barriers that slow the adoption rate of CPM: technical, misperceptions, model design, and social / cultural How to overcome behavioral resistance to change
Private Company Simplified GAAP Alternatives
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Guidance, related to "plain vanilla" interest rate swaps that convert variable into fixed rate debt and other derivatives Guidance related to amortization and impairment of goodwill Guidance related to separately recognizing intangible assets from goodwill in a business combination Guidance related to lease accounting and revenue recognition options
S Corporations: How to Calculate Shareholder Basis
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Discuss the calculation of basis when the entity is formed including the impact of contributed property Explain the importance of shareholder loans to the entity Uses a comprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process Discuss how basis is impacted by distributions of corporation property and sale/or liquidation of the S corporation interest Explain how S corporation losses impact Form 1040 Schedule E reporting Show how to get from the Schedule K-1 information to the basis calculations
Power Skills: Professionalism and Client Interactions
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Best practices when communicating with the client.Complicated scenarios for practice.