4 Credits
What’s Going on at the FASB (LIAA14/25)
The course will start with the Accounting Standard Updates effective in 2024 for public entities, private entities, and nonprofits. We will also review significant changes to common control lease arrangements issued early in 2024. After a break, we s...
4 Credits
What’s Changing in A&A for Government Entities (LIAA15/25)
This course will start with the GASB standards effective in 2024, focusing on GASB 94, Public Private Partnerships and GASB 96, Subscription Based IT Arrangements. We will then switch to the audit side of the house to examine the impact of the 2024 C...
4 Credits
Not-for-Profit Accounting & Auditing Update (LIAA16/25)
The Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee has been busy discussing several projects that the FASB is working on and their impact on nonprofits. In this course, we will review the key issues and discussions from recent NAC meetings. We'll also take a look...
4 Credits
What’s Going on at the GASB (LIAA17/25)
The GASB has been working on some big projects lately. This course starts with a look at the GASB standards effective this year, including GASB 94, Public Private Partnerships and GASB 96, Subscription Based IT Arrangements. We will include practical...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 6/10/21) (SSTX273/25)
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 Accounting and Auditing Revenue (SSAA119/25)
Revenue is often one of the largest and most significant line items in a company's financial statements. It is also the line item that is most susceptible to fraud. Further, all companies reporting under U.S. GAAP have either recently completed or ar...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Essential Depreciation and Expensing Update (SSTX238/25)
The "permanent" changes from the TCJA may stand like a lion in the pathway of change, but Washington has its own definition of permanent. Inflation adjustments and technical corrections are included within this deep analysis of the complex maze of ru...
4 Credits
Surgent’s IA Module 5 — Internal Audit (IA) Risk Assessment and Planning (SSAA229/25)
The value adding capacity of an overall IA activity's program begins with the foundational risk assessment and planning process. This activity is undertaken annually at an enterprise level, and functionally at an individual engagement level. The al...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Update on the SECURE 2.0 Act (SSTX216/25)
This course provides a comprehensive analysis of the SECURE 2.0 Act, which is part of a much larger legislative package entitled the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. The principal focus of the Act is to expand retirement coverage and increase r...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Audit Documentation Requirements (SSAA106/25)
Audit documentation provides evidence that the audit was planned and performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) as well as applicable legal and regulatory requirements. It also serves a number of other purposes such as ...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Getting Ready for Busy Season: Key Changes Every Tax Practitioner Should Know (SSTX192/25)
Getting ready for busy season involves not only knowing what's new for the current year, but also understanding how the changing limits, phaseouts and other rules apply to current-year returns. With major legislation enacted over the past few years, ...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Select Estate and Life Planning Issues for the Middle-Income Client (SSTX201/25)
Clients think that estate planning only applies to the very rich. In truth, there are many issues of critical concern for which the middle-income client needs to plan. This course is a must-attend for all Accounting and Financial Professionals who wo...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Accounting for and Auditing Leases (SSAA120/25)
Accounting for and auditing leases was always a challenging task. Adding the implementation of the lease accounting guidance in ASC 842, Leases, will undoubtedly add that much more complexity to this audit area.In this module, we will review the new ...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Preparation and Compilation Engagements Under the SSARS (SSAA260/25)
Be the go-to person on financial statement compilation and preparation engagements. Specifically designed for those performing preparation and compilation engagements, this course will provide you with a hands-on application for performing preparatio...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Guide to the Topic 606 Revenue Recognition Model for All CPAs (SSAA267/25)
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 Organizational Culture and the Finance Professional (SSMG121/25)
Many experts say that an organization's culture is the single most important thing that will determine its success. Assuming that's true, it's necessary for the finance professional to understand the effect that the finance function has on that cultu...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Business Combinations – U.S. GAAP vs. IFRS (SSAA153/25)
This course provides an overview of the similarities and key differences between the business combination standards issued by the FASB (ASC Topic 805) and the IASB (IFRS 3). While these standards are very similar, as is the case with many areas of U....
2 Credits
Surgent’s Review of Form 709 – Gift Tax Return (SSTX104/25)
This course will enable practitioners to understand the basic practical issues of preparing the gift tax Form 709. This course covers the disclosure requirements and the information necessary to properly prepare the form.
4 Credits
Surgent’s Fundamentals of Public Charity Taxation and Form 990 (SSTX144/25)
If you work for or with not-for-profit entities and have questions about the IRS Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax, and the related schedules, this is the course for you! The program focuses on common issues that professionals w...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Planning and Strategy Formulation for Your Organization’s Financial Success (SSMG133/25)
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. Sick and tired of taking CPE that has no practical application or...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Data Analytics Readiness Series: Artificial Intelligence- Basic Concepts in Excel (SSTE112/25)
This one-hour course will serve as an introduction to artificial intelligence and how artificial intelligence is utilized in Excel. Users will be introduced to correlation and trend functions in Excel. The basics of linear regression and its applica...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Compilation and Review Overview (SSAA177/25)
Specifically designed for practitioners and their staff wanting an overview of compilation and review engagements, this course will introduce you to the objectives of compilation and review engagements, SSARS No. 21, Clarification and Recodification,...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Power Query Series: Useful Transformations (SSTE131/25)
This course covers a number of useful transformations using Power Query (Excel version) to clean, enrich, and shape data. Coverage includes pivoting and unpivoting, filtering and grouping, fuzzy matching, and more, with hands-on exercises for users t...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Securing a Comfortable Retirement in the Age of Spending (SSOT132/25)
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.
10 Credits
Surgent’s Preparing C Corporation Tax Returns for New Staff and Paraprofessionals (SSTX194/25)
This course is a great foundation to introduce new preparers to tax rules related to business returns. The course provides new staff coverage of tax areas affecting all business entities, providing staff training which they may carry to other busines...