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Metrics Management: Choose and Use Key Performance Indicators 26-27
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Link long term strategy to short term financial plans • Use benchmarking to determine what performance should be
Introduction to Yellow Book: 8-Credit Boot Camp
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $239
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The basics needed to understand what makes nonprofit and governmental accounting & auditing unique. The key financial reporting differences for governmental and nonprofit entities.The fundamentals of Yellow Book and Uniform Guidance audits.
Surgent's Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations: Engagement Performance and Annual Update
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
SSARS No. 21, Clarification and Recodification, and updates to SSARS No. 21 due to the issuance of SSARS No. 23, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services SSARS No. 22, Compilation of Pro Forma Financial Information SSARS No. 24, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services -- 2018 SSARS No. 25, Materiality in a Review of Financial Statements and Adverse Conclusions SSARS No. 26, Quality Management for an Engagement Conducted in Accordance With Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services Sample comprehensive engagement work programs for preparation, compilation and review engagements Reporting and disclosure illustrations for each level of service, including attesting on personal financial statements, prescribed form, special purpose framework and other engagement variations Other communication requirements, such as sample engagement letters and management representation letters
Surgent's Form 1040 Return Review Boot Camp for New and Experienced Reviewers
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
Key provisions of the recent HR 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, have been incorpoated throughout the course Review an error-prone "staff-prepared" Form 1040 from client-provided information. Where do you start? Get to know your client and ask the questions Several new reporting issues for the reviewer to consider, including the main credit provisions as enacted under the American Rescue Plan What are common errors preparers make and what are the areas generating malpractice claims? The importance of engagement letters, questionnaires, and §7216 permission statement Initial administrative groundwork Identifying organizing issues in the tax return to be reviewed Avoiding “willful blindness.” Handling ethical and moral dilemmas Efficient review of certain advanced issues for income, adjustments, deductions, and credits Effective procedures for delinquent clients, filing past-due tax returns First-time client issues requiring extra scrutiny Multiple checklists of efficient procedures to identify potential issues on a 1040 return Listing of schedules for staff to prepare to make a review easier, including basis issues for 1040 clients Reconciling time pressure with thoroughness and quality control Professionals acting professionally
Tax Fundamentals of LLCs and Partnerships - Tax Staff Essentials
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $319
Basic tax structure of partnerships and LLCs Check-the-box elections to be taxed as a partnership Partnership distributions Compensatory payments to partners At-risk and passive activity limits Profit and loss allocations: general rules and restrictions
The Best Federal Tax Update Course by Surgent
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Comprehensive coverage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Review of key components of President Trump's tax bill, including a tip income exemption, overtime pay relief, Social Security tax exemption, auto loan interest deductibility, SALT deduction modifications, a lower corporate tax rate, restoration of 100% bonus depreciation, immediate R&D expensing, and permanent extension of select TCJA provisions Tariff policy and implementation - analyze the use of tariffs as a fiscal and trade policy tool Digital assets and tax implications - understand the new Form 1099-DA for reporting digital asset transactions, along with updated IRS guidance on cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and broker responsibilities Artificial intelligence - discover how AI and generative tools are transforming tax practices, as well as how the IRS is leveraging AI to enhance audit selection Form 1099-K reporting requirements - understand the evolving IRS thresholds and rules for third-party payment platforms Sale of Passthrough Entity Interests and Net Investment Income Tax - analyze the tax implications of selling interests in passthrough entities, including relevant examples, and how the Net Investment Income Tax (NIIT) applies to these transactions The Gig Economy - examine key tax implications for gig workers, including Independent Contractor vs. Employee classification challenges, reporting responsibilities, and the impact of the 2024 Department of Labor Final Rule on worker status Timely coverage of breaking tax legislation Practice aids, including all the numbers applicable for the current year -- inflation-adjusted amounts, mileage rates, retirement contributions, and more Advanced practice, reporting, and other issues intertwined with advanced planning and discussion ideas
How to Audit Cash
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Auditing CashAudit assertions, risks, and threats to the cash balanceAuditing procedures to perform
Coping With the Growth of Online Fraud
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this course include:The actuation of online and other cyber fraudsFraudulent acts that are initiated electronicallyAutomated and employee driven methods that can reduce cyber-fraud risk
Revenue Recognition Topic 606 - Identify the Contract Part 1
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Online
1.20 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revenue Recognition
Emerging Risks and Resilience - How Accountants and Finance he Way - Part 1 Building Organizational Resilience in a Changing Landscape
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Online
1.40 Credits
Member Price: $39
Risks Accounting Finance Economy Information Technology Data Governance
A Strategic Approach to Understanding Compensation Structures
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
Compensation
Benford’s Law and Other Digital Analysis Techniques
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Online
1.80 Credits
Member Price: $79
Benford’s Law Digital Analysis Data analytics
GASB 96 -SBITA, GASB 94 P3, and GASB 87 Leases (Year 2)
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Requirements of GASB 96, GASB 94, and GASB 87 Implementation of GASB 96, 94 and 87
The AB5s of Employees and Independent Contractors
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Four ways to classify a worker IRS 20 Factors 20% Section 199A deduction Cost of misclassifying an employee Section 530 relief Game changing impact of the Dynamex case and AB5
Budget Mastery: The Human Side of Budgeting-Navigating People's Issues with 360 Insight
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Understanding your own leadership tendencies and applying them to your strengths? Understanding core personality types Learning what type of person you are? Managing and coping with the budget team Effectively dealing with the A, B, C and other players?
HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Corporate Culture Strategic Planning Leadership Staff Development Use of Generative AI
Accounting for People: Workforce Trends, Costs, and Talent
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Trends in the modern workforce: demographics, generational shifts, remote work, and engagement The true cost of talent: hiring, retention, and turnover People as assets versus people as liabilities The varied challenges in accounting for human capital Metrics that matter: KPIs for employee performance and value Integrating people costs into financial strategy Navigating compliance, risk, and benefits
Mastering Partnership Basis: Inside and Outside Basis
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Explain the use of both "inside" and "outside” basis determination.How to calculate tax basis capital accounts, including when the entity is formed, including the impact of contributed property.Clarify the importance of partnership capital accounts and partnerships debt on partner's tax basis.Explanation of how basis is impacted distributions and by sale and/or liquidation of the partnership interest.Comprehensive example to illustrate the mechanics of the basis determination process.
Metrics Which Every CFO, Controller and CPA Advisor Should Know
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Overview of financial metrics Ratios versus key performance indicators Purpose and use of metrics Balance sheet metrics Cash flow and liquidity metrics Profitability metrics Operational metrics Use of metrics in analysis
Surgent's Lessons Learned from Successful Companies
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Creating a visionary company Traits of successful, visionary companies Goal setting to create a successful organization The role of experimentation and failure in achieving success How successful organizations emphasize learning new skills The role of effective communication in achieving corporate success The importance of emotional intelligence in building corporate culture How leadership can direct a company toward success