2 Credits
Surgent’s Lease Accounting: The Impact of Changing Standards on Both Lessors and Lessees (SSAA133/25)
The effective date for ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) is finally here. The new standard eliminates one of the largest forms of off-balance sheet accounting and requires most leases to be brought onto the balance sheet irrespective of their classific...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Understanding the High-Stakes Mega Issues in A&A Today (SSAA224/25)
With so much of significance going on currently in the world of A&A today, you need to be able to make sense of the key drivers of our profession. In this course, we will review the key aspects of the events that are impacting practitioners and finan...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Work-Life Balance: Maximizing Productivity and Understanding Related Tax Issues (SSOT140/25)
Working as a financial professional is an accomplishment that offers the potential for a good salary with long-term growth. Despite being a sought-after career, studies show that being overworked is the greatest source of anxiety and dissatisfaction ...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Skills to Enhance Personal and Professional Networks (SSOT125/25)
Managing a strong network is one of the most important things you can do to grow professionally. Yet despite its importance, maintaining an effective network is often not taught in undergraduate and graduate schools. The good news is that managing an...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Innovative Forecasting and Budgeting: Moving Beyond the Traditional Techniques (SSMG117/25)
Did 2020 show us that planning doesn't work? It might seem that way. But, obviously some organizations survived far better than others due to their ability to handle unexpected change. Forecasting and budgeting are two words that often draw an advers...
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 ...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Tax Forms Boot Camp: LLCs, Partnerships, and S Corporations (SSTX239/25)
The course provides a comprehensive, hands-on, pencil pushing understanding of the preparation of both S corporation and partnership/LLC tax returns, along with the underlying laws, regulations, etc. The course uses the basic concepts underlying the ...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Going Concern Accounting and Reporting Considerations (SSAA145/25)
This course will review the relevant considerations related to going concern, including assessing when substantial doubt concerning an entity's ability to continue as a going concern exists, management mitigation efforts, and required disclosures bot...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 11/04/21) (SSTX254/25)
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 ...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Ethics for the Industry Accountant (SSET105/25)
While ethics training is required by many states, the true value of the CPA license is in understanding how critically important ethical behavior is to our customers, our firms, and the public. This course will explore the basic tenets of ethical beh...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Auditing Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Debt (SSAA105/25)
This module will discuss the audit of accounts payable, accrued liabilities and typical debt arrangements found in nonpublic entities. Contingencies, income taxes and more complex debt arrangements are covered in other modules. The audit of liabiliti...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 12/16/21) (SSTX259/25)
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 Performing Inventory Observations (SSAA108/25)
Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) states that if inventory is material to the financial statements, the auditor should generally obtain evidence regarding the existence and condition of inventory by attending the entity's physical inventor...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 7/01/21) (SSTX270/25)
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 U.S. GAAP vs. IFRS – Rev Rec & Business Combinations (SSAA284/25)
This course provides an overview of the similarities and key differences between the revenue recognition and business combination standards issued by the FASB and IASB. While these standards are similar in many material respects, there are notable di...
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 Current Issues in Accounting and Auditing: An Annual Update (SSAA135/25)
Designed for accounting and attestation practitioners at all levels in both public accounting and business and industry, this course provides a detailed review of SAS No. 145 and brings you up to date on FASB and AICPA standards issued over the past ...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 6/24/21) (SSTX271/25)
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 ...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Integrated Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting for Organizational Success (SSMG122/25)
Planning may be one of the most important assignments of the finance professional; however, it is often accomplished in a way that can harm the organization. In many cases, huge sums are spent only to have a planning document developed that does not ...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Performing a Compilation Engagement Under AR-C Section 80 (SSAA258/25)
Be the go-to person for financial statement compilation engagements. Specifically designed for compilation practitioners and their staff, this course will provide you with a hands-on application for performing compilation engagements under AR-C Secti...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Effective Techniques for Auditing Contingencies and Going Concern (SSAA115/25)
In these rapidly changing times, an entity may experience significant uncertainties. This is especially true at this time due to issues entities have experienced as a result of the pandemic declared in March 2020 which are still ongoing for many. N...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 9/02/21) (SSTX261/25)
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 ...
2 Credits
Surgent’s A Complete Tax Guide to Exit Planning (SSTX143/25)
When exit planning, it is important to weigh various issues, including tax implications, to achieve an effective management and/or ownership change. Many envision tax-free reorganizations being the most preferable structure to avoid capital gains tax...
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 ...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Avoiding Deficiencies in Peer Reviews: Focus on Engagement Quality (SSAA191/25)
With the AICPA's heightened focus on enhancing audit quality, increased oversight of the peer review process and the auditor's overall responsibility to provide high quality services, the focus on compliance with professional standards has never been...