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Making Effective Decisions When You Can't Get What You Want
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Decision-making fundamentalsCost-volume-profit refresherOptimization analysisConstraint mitigation strategiesCoping with incomplete informationSolver and other Excel capabilitiesQualitative considerations
Metrics Management - Selecting the Right KPIs
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
What makes a KPI meaningful and actionable Balancing financial, customer, operational, and learning metrics Selecting metrics at the responsibility-center level Understanding who the "customer"of a report really is Avoiding metric overload and bad incentives Linking departmental metrics to enterprise strategy The role of non-financial metrics in driving results Real-world KPI examples across industries
Surgent's Financial Planning: Getting Money to Small Business Owners
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
The small business owner’s problem Distributions from a C corporation Distributions from a partnership Distributions from an S corporation Reasonable compensation, rent, and loans
Surgent's Handling Difficult People
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Be familiar with the nature and sources of difficult behaviors in the workplace, as well as strategies for addressing them Understand a proven formula for handling difficult people Utilize a problem-solving model to brainstorm strategies for working effectively with challenging individuals Implement a step-by-step process to resolve conflicts between yourself and others within your organization Apply the hostility curve as a tool to maintain control in situations involving angry or upset individuals Implement new strategies for managing your emotions in difficult interactions Understand the impact of attitude on interactions with others Create a personalized action plan for applying course strategies in your workplace
Surgent's OBBBA Rules Relating to Research and Experimental Expenditures
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
Eligible expenses for the credit What activities do not qualify for the credit? Differences between credit and deduction Revenue Procedure 2025-28 Immediate deductions starting January 1, 2025 Deducting domestic R&E paid or incurred in tax years beginning after December 31, 2021, and before January 1, 2025 Making an election to amortize domestic expenditures Elections a small business taxpayer can make Options for treating previously capitalized expenditures Interaction with the research credit Changing accounting methods Short tax year ending before July 4, 2025
Surgent's What Tax Practitioners Need to Know About Medicare
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Eligibility for Medicare How to apply for Medicare Introduction to Parts A, B, C, and D of Medicare Payments for Parts B and D of Medicare: the higher costs imposed on higher income beneficiaries Late enrollment penalties Medicare Advantage in lieu of original Medicare The Affordable Care Act’s impact on Medicare Legislative and regulatory developments
Avoiding Legal Liability and Peer Review Deficiencies in Nonaudit Services, Including Bookkeeping and Preparing Financial Statements
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Differentiating risks faced when performing nonaudit services, such as reviews, compilations, preparing financial statements, bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and similar Best practices for preventing quality control concerns that could lead to peer review deficiencies or malpractice claims Establishing an understanding with the client to minimize misunderstandings as to the nature and scope of engagements Explain situations when independence should be appropriately safeguarded when performing nonattest services
Fundamentals of Form 1040 -- Individual
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Form 1040 essentials: filing requirements, due dates, and key schedulesFiling status, dependency rules, and taxable income sources (wages, investment income)Adjustments to income, deductions and tax credits (standard vs. itemized deductions, EITC, Child Tax Credit, Education Credits)Preparer due diligence, Circular 230 compliance and taxpayer rightsIRS cybersecurity considerations and best practices for taxpayer data securityLegislative updates
Tax Update: "One Big Beautiful Bill"
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Individual Taxation: Child Tax Credit expansion and additional senior deduction SALT cap extensionIncome & Adjustments: Tip income exclusion, overtime relief, educator expensesEducation Incentives: Student loan discharge, 529 plan expansion, new “TRUMP Accounts”Business Taxation: Bonus depreciation, 199A expansion, interest deduction limitsEstate & Gift Tax: Increased exemption threshold, charitable deduction changesCompliance & Reporting: 1099-K, 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC threshold changes
Comprehensive Accounting and Financial Reporting Update
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics covered in this class include:CECL for nonfinancial institutions.Accounting for Paycheck Protection Program loans.Accounting for web-hosting services.Revenue recognition.Leases.FASB projects in progress.
AICPA's New SSTS #4 - New Ethics Standard for Tax Resolution
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:This session will provide a comprehensive overview of the ethical guidelines outlined in Circular 230 and the newly updated Statements on Standards for Tax Services (SSTS) #4. Gain insights into how these standards apply to real-world tax resolution scenarios, ensuring compliance and integrity in your practice.
Risk Assessment of IT Systems
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Overview of SAS 145 Risk assessment requirements Role of IT in audit planning Understanding IT environments Identifying IT risks Areas of concern in IT systems Impact of IT risks on the audit
Ethics Aren't for the Byrdes in Ozark
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Ethical business behavior Ethical business decisions Ethical management decisions Ethical decisions in human resource management
Revenue Recognition Topic 606 - Identify Performance Obligations Part 1
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Online
1.20 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revenue Recognition Accounting
Leading Differently with AI: Rethinking How We Think, Grow and Lead
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $69
· Why future-ready leaders must use AI differently · How to use AI as a coach, mirror, and strategic thinking partner · Identifying blind spots, leadership gaps, and underutilized strengths using · Leading others more effectively with AI, increasing influence and impact · Creating a weekly AI-powered leadership and performance review · Example prompts, real leadership challenges, and team-specific applications
Government Ethics: Theory & Application (VBOA Approved)
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
2026 Virginia Board of Accountancy ethics updates Virginia-specific ethics requirements for CPAs Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book) ethical principles Public interest, integrity, objectivity, and professional behavior Independence requirements in governmental audits Identifying and avoiding conflicts of interest Ethical decision-making in Yellow Book engagements
Business Tax Update for Industry
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
“Tax-mageddon” – the all-important impending expiration/extension/renewal of the TCJA Other recent Federal legislative, rules and tax developments impacting business taxpayers Current status of Research and Experimentation costs and Interest Expense Limitation Phaseout of Bonus Depreciation and MACRS issues Latest legislative, judicial, and IRS developments
Smarter Tax Services with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Overview of AI technology and how it worksIdentify where AI can be incorporated into tax research, planning, and compliance servicesDiscover new opportunities to enhance your client advisory tax services with AI toolsReview the market of emerging and AI enhanced tax software toolsLearn about the newest generation of AI enable 1040 source document collection and organizer applicationsReview specific use cases for generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) in your tax services
Surgent's Employee Stock Options: What Financial Professionals Should Know When Advising Their Clients
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
What stock options are and why they are growing in popularity How stock options work, including the process of conveyance and vesting How to exercise stock options and the implications from doing so The risks associated with stock options and how to manage exposure Tax consequences and updates regarding stock options Strategies for selecting the best time to exercise stock options The difference between the two types of stock options: non-qualified and incentive The basic terminology relevant to owning and exercising options
Surgent's Hiring and Firing of Employees - What You Can and Cannot Do
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Employment at will — what this means in a practical sense Implied employment contracts What a prospective employer can ask about, and test for, during employment interviews Federal anti-discrimination rules applicable to hiring and firing How to discipline or fire an employee and not get sued FMLA/ADA/PWFA — Pregnant Worker’s Fairness Act Constructive discharge — what is it and how it affects your business?