1 Credit
Surgent’s Surging Auditors: Searching for Unrecorded Liabilities (SSAA277/25)
The manager for Home D‚cor and More (HDM) requests that participants conduct a search for unrecorded liabilities. The company experienced recent turnover in the accounts payable department so there is extra concern that all liabilities have been ca...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Auditing Property, Plant, & Equipment (SSAA104/25)
Property, plant, and equipment is present, at least to some extent, in virtually all audit clients. Auditing the area can be straight forward but when an entity is building machinery or equipment, complexities arise. Property and equipment can also i...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Engagement and Client Retention Best Practices (SSMG107/25)
Positive client relationships require work. Miscommunication, unrealistic expectations, and differing personality styles may strain a client's relationship with professional advisors. Fortunately, there are tested strategies that foster and strengthe...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Microsoftr Excelr 2019: Exploring Useful Excel Functions (SSMG113/25)
This course is a one-lesson intermediate level course that guides you through creating formulas using Financial, Date & Time, Math & Trig, Statistical, Lookup & Reference, Database, Text, and Logical functions.
1 Credit
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 11/11/21) (SSTX255/25)
As financial and tax professionals well know, information overload is a constant struggle we face because things change quickly, and the sheer number of changes being made on a daily basis is enormous. Of great importance to small and medium tax ...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 8/26/21) (SSTX262/25)
As financial and tax professionals well know, information overload is a constant struggle we face because things change quickly, and the sheer number of changes being made on a daily basis is enormous. Of great importance to small and medium tax and ...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Disclosures of Risks and Uncertainties (SSAA187/25)
This course provides an overview of the disclosure requirements regarding risks and uncertainties. The disclosure requirements related to risks and uncertainties are prescribed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in ASC Topic 275. Fo...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 8/27/20) (SSTX2982/25)
As financial and tax professionals well know, information overload is a constant struggle we face because things change quickly, and the sheer number of changes being made on a daily basis is enormous. Of great importance to small and medium tax ...
2 Credits
Surgent’s The Yellow Book Performance and Reporting Requirements for a Financial Audit (SSAA291/25)
When auditors perform financial audits under the Yellow Book, they must apply nine areas of additional performance requirements and seven areas of additional reporting requirements. This course is designed to help you understand and effectively apply...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Annual FASB Update and Review (SSAA211/25)
This course provides a detailed discussion on the key topics related to financial reporting, though in a summarized format. The course will focus on recent ASUs issued by the FASB with a concentration on issues of greatest significance to most accoun...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Ethical Considerations for CPAs (SSET101/25)
As accounting firm's non-attest offerings to their attest clients become more diversified, such engagements increase firms' exposure to independence violations. In order to thread the needle of providing value-added services and upholding their indep...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Max the Tax: Schedule E (SSTX183/25)
You just received an email from Roni, a prospective new client. He owns several properties under the business name Roni's Real Rentals LLC and wants help minimizing rental income and maximizing deductions that offset the rental income. You will inter...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Monthly Accounting and Auditing Update (Original Air Date: 8/31/21) (SSAA245/25)
The one constant in life is change. This is true in the A&A world as well. 2021 will continue to challenge the accounting profession in many areas, including accounting for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, working in a virtual environment, an...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Max the Tax: Common Deductions (SSTX181/25)
During this interactive simulation, you will interview a sophisticated client who is knowledgeable about the latest changes in tax laws. This client always comes prepared with ideas of what deductions he may take, and it is your job to determine whet...
2 Credits
Surgent’s A Complete Guide to Offers in Compromise (SSTX193/25)
This course is designed to assist practitioners in preparing Offers in Compromise (OIC). After this course, you should have an understanding of how proper planning can make a significant difference in the amount eventually paid to the IRS and the res...
4 Credits
Surgent’s IA Module 2: Strategic Roles, Positioning, and Attributes of High Impact Audit Groups (SSAA226/25)
A highly effective internal audit group's value to an organization is directly related to its independence and competence in fulfilling its charter. To function optimally, an internal audit group needs unrestricted access to the subject matter it is...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Form 1040 Return Review Boot Camp for New and Experienced Reviewers (SSTX138/25)
Most review techniques developed by professionals are self-taught and fine-tuned via experience. Yet how does one start? The purpose of this course is to give both new and seasoned reviewers additional and advanced procedures via a multitude of check...
4 Credits
Surgent’s S Corporation, Partnership, and LLC Tax Update (SSTX114/25)
If you are a practitioner who wants the latest information on tax changes affecting your business clients or employers, then you should take this enlightening course. You will learn invaluable knowledge, strategies, techniques, innovative tax-plannin...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Non-GAAP Financial Measures – What You Need to Know (SSAA251/25)
This course provides an overview of non-GAAP financial measures with a particular emphasis on comments from the SEC, the FASB, as well as comment letter analysis from several of the Big Four accounting firms. Non-GAAP financial measures continue to ...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 5/26/22) (SSTX310/25)
As financial and tax professionals well know, information overload is a constant struggle we face because things change quickly, and the sheer number of changes being made on a daily basis is enormous. Of great importance to small and medium tax ...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Why People Quit: A Look at Accounting and Other Professionals (SSOT142/25)
Employee turnover has always been expensive, and experts warn that the cost of employee attrition keeps rising. Tight labor markets, a strong economy, and increasingly collaborative jobs are just some of the explanations given for the high price of l...
4 Credits
Surgent’s The Most Critical Challenges in Not-for-Profit Accounting Today (SSAA165/25)
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...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Goodwill Impairment Basics (SSAA220/25)
This course provides a basic overview of goodwill impairment testing. The accounting and reporting requirements related to goodwill are prescribed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in ASC Topic 350-20. This course focuses on the su...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Preparing Not-for-Profit Financial Statements (SSAA188/25)
In order to prepare accurate and effective not-for-profit financial statements, professionals must have a strong working knowledge of the reporting requirements. Now is the time to obtain that knowledge! This course explains the requirements, illustr...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Risk Management for the Small Business (SSMG130/25)
In many smaller organizations the job of risk manager is housed with the CEO, and many of the staff who better understand the details of the various risks are not included in risk-management discussions. This program will take a hard look at risk man...