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4 Credits
Surgent’s Construction Contractors: Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues (SSAA180/25)
Accounting and financial reporting for construction contractors may be the most difficult area to be in compliance with the various standards. Also, construction engagements are, in many instances, more "dangerous" than most lines of business due to ...
16 Credits
Surgent’s The Complete Guide to Payroll Taxes and 1099 Issues (SSTX130/25)
Employment taxes are often overlooked as an area where more planning may be effective. Payroll taxes have become an increasing burden for the average business, and IRS penalties for noncompliance have risen dramatically in recent years. They have als...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Mastering Basis Issues for S Corporations, Partnerships, and LLCs (SSTX149/25)
The most difficult concepts to master when dealing with flow-through business entities are the basis and distribution concepts. Major error and malpractice issues occur if the CPA does not fully understand the impact of these rules. This course is de...
4 Credits
Surgent’s The Most Critical Challenges in Not-for-Profit Accounting Today (SSAA164/25)
This year, not-for-profit entities are preparing to apply critical new standards related to contributions of nonfinancial assets, leases, and more. Now is the time to know more than just what the standards say - we need to know what they mean and how...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Section 199A: Applications and Challenges (SSTX111/25)
Section 199A has been with us since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 was passed. Your clients look to you for explanations and best practices to maximize the 20 percent deduction. Pass-through entities and real estate investors stand to benefit from...
2 Credits
Surgent’s FASB Update: New and Recent Accounting Standards Updates (SSAA209/25)
Designed for practitioners and their staff, whether in public accounting or business and industry, this course will provide you with an update of recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs), and a review of the guidance related to ASC 84...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Technology Trends and Hot Topics Impacting the Accounting Profession (SSAA283/25)
Never have the benefits, and related risks, of utilizing new technology been greater for those in the accounting profession. From Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and Audit Data Analytics (ADA) to cloud-based software s...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations: Engagement Performance and Annual Update (SSAA176/25)
Specifically designed for preparation, compilation, and review practitioners, this course will provide you with a comprehensive review and hands-on application for performing financial statement preparation, compilation, and review engagements. You w...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Hot IRS Tax Examination Issues for Individuals and Businesses (SSTX142/25)
Although the IRS continues to lose its audit workforce due to budget cuts, it continues to examine specific individuals and small business taxpayers. Now, more than ever, Accounting and Financial Professionals need clients to understand the need for ...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Form 1120-S Boot Camp: Step-by-Step Preparation With Completed Forms (SSTX230/25)
The objective of this course is to train new, rusty, or returning-to-practice staff to prepare complicated federal subchapter S corporation tax returns. The course utilizes a chapter-by-chapter, hands-on approach. As more details are discussed in eac...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Latest Developments in Government and Nonprofit Accounting and Auditing (SSAA213/25)
This is indeed another year of significant change in the world of government and nonprofit accounting and auditing. Time is valuable, and it's hard to stay current in today's rapidly changing environment. Let us save you time and effort with this inf...
4 Credits
Surgent’s The Top Five Tax Issues in Dealing with LLCs and Partnerships (SSTX174/25)
Partnerships and LLCs involve unique problems that require careful attention. This course covers selected critical tax issues that practitioners need to know when working with partnerships and limited liability companies, with a focus on planning opportunities and pitfalls.
4 Credits
Surgent’s Guide to the Topic 606 Revenue Recognition Model for All CPAs (SSAA268/25)
While the effective date of Topic 606 has passed for companies, there will always be a need for a comprehensive review of the accounting related to revenue recognition, including recently issued changes to this guidance. Whether you are looking to ...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Surging Auditors: Daily Dilemmas (SSET107/25)
Ethics are the hallmark of our profession, and we must be uncompromising in our commitment to acting ethically. However, many ethical dilemmas arise unexpectedly as we perform our daily tasks, and challenge us, as there often appears to be several wa...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Fraud Case Studies: Schemes and Controls (SSAA207/25)
Fraud is prevalent - especially since COVID-19 relief packages passed by legislatures around the world opened the till. The overwhelming majority of fraud cases are never publicized. In this course we will build on our knowledge of why people commit ...
6 Credits
Surgent’s Buying and Selling a Business: Tax and Structuring Overview (SSTX217/25)
One of the major transactions CPA clients are faced with is the purchase or disposition of a business. To help tax professionals advise those clients, this course offers a comprehensive analysis of the business and tax aspects of buying and selling a...
12 Credits
Surgent’s Securing a Comfortable Retirement in the Age of Spending (SSOT131/25)
This course gives CPAs the knowledge to help their clients plan for retirement by evaluating how much retirement income they will require and planning for how to reach their retirement goals.
4 Credits
Surgent’s Multistate Income Tax Issues (SSTX176/25)
With the largest overhaul of the federal income tax code in 30 years and the repeal of the physical presence nexus standards for sales tax in the Wayfair case, the states are working fast and furious to overhaul their tax laws. As some states scrambl...
20 Credits
Surgent’s Individual Income Tax Fundamentals (SSTX157/25)
This course will take new and administrative staff from the most basic concepts to a full understanding of individual tax return preparation - just in time for the crunch of busy season! Updated for impacts of recent legislation, including the SECUR...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Max the Tax: Metaverse (SSTE119/25)
Your client, Multi-Mega Markets Corporation (MMM), a global conglomerate with businesses in entertainment, fashion, retail, software, technology and other industries, is looking for advice on the state of the metaverse. They are considering starting ...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Internal Controls and COSO in a Post-COVID Landscape (SSAA234/25)
Companies that fall victim to fraud schemes need to reassess internal controls in order to prevent future fraudulent activity. In this course, we will review the 18 most prevalent internal controls present as well as designed and operating effectivel...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Surging Auditors: Internal Out of Control (SSAA275/25)
In this hands-on game, participants are helping to prepare an internal control testing plan for Home D‚cor & More (HDM). They must assess controls related to HDM's inventory cycle to determine which financial statement assertions each control satis...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis – What You Need to Know (SSAA250/25)
This course provides an overview of the rules and regulations with respect to the management's discussion and analysis (MD&A) section of an entity's consolidated financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). MD&A...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Lease Accounting: Exploring the New Standard (SSAA238/25)
With the effective date of Topic 842 now here, now is the time to get your hands around the details of the FASB's new leases standard. Designed for accounting and auditing practitioners at all levels in both public accounting and business and industr...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Max the Tax: Schedule C (SSTX182/25)
In this scavenger hunt game, you're a tax associate at Surging CPAs, LLC. It's the busy time of year, and you arrive at work to find an urgent assignment in your inbox from your senior manager, Caroline. Another colleague suddenly quit, and Caroline ...