CPE Catalog & Events

Surgent's Privacy and Security Training: Obligations of Confidentiality and Safekeeping

Obligations of confidentiality and safekeeping Security best practices to apply beyond work Likely causes and effects of a large-scale cyberattack Email security best practices Remote work security Mobile device security Internet of Things (IoT) risks Public Wi-Fi risk and the importance of using a VPN Recognizing and avoiding text message/phone call phishing Data loss prevention (DLP)

Surgent's The Accountant as the Expert Witness

Becoming qualified as an expert witness Best practices for testifying at trial Understanding the different roles accountants can play in litigation Working with attorneys to prepare and present a case at trial The role of experts in commercial versus personal injury litigation Confidentiality orders Compensation for expert witnesses Preparing for and attending depositions Daubert challenges to experts Expert reports The role of experts in antitrust, securities litigation, and professional liability cases Credibility as a witness

How Fraud Can Affect Smaller Organizations 2024

The reasons for fraud Fraudulent acts that are initiated against smaller organizations Methods to stop fraud attempts against small businesses

Create Measures in Power BI that Define Your Metrics

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Introduction to DAX: Understanding the fundamentals of DAX and its role in Power BI.Advanced DAX Formulas: Delving into complex DAX functions and formulas for creating sophisticated measures.Time Intelligence in DAX: Exploring time-based functions to analyze data over different periods.Validating Measures with DAX: Techniques for ensuring accuracy and reliability in your DAX measures.Using PivotTables for Measure Validation: Employing PivotTables in Power BI to test and confirm the effectiveness of DAX measures.

Audit 408: Coaching Staff to Stay on the Right Track

The major topics covered in this course include:Different ways to appropriately motivate others for performance, including nonmonetary awardsModifying coaching style to the various specific situation, considering both task and relationship factors to give staff the support they need for successTips for engaging in difficult conversations with others, including staff, peers, supervisors and clientsGiving constructive negative feedback to staff, including creating an action plan for improvement

Project Management: Employ Best Practices & Mindset

The major topics covered in this course include:The science of project management: reporting and analytics, documentation, forecasting and scopingThe art of project management: the mindset and influencing change

Surgent's Managing People Through Motivation

What it means to engage people; discuss the meaning of motivation by getting to the core of what impacts your employees’ productivity Get your employees charged; find out what makes them tick through examining and understanding some of the classics in motivational theory Learn how to drill down to what truly motivates your employees Using the C.A.R.E. model to improve employee motivation through case studies

Building Your Own Library of Anti-fraud & Continuous Monitoring Tests

Build your own forensic data analytics tests around vendors, customers or employees Expand your knowledge and library of available anti-fraud tests and behavioral algorithms Align the right tests to the appropriate risks Practical applications and use cases

The Ethics Hour: Ethics in the Real World

The difficult trade-offs in making choices Functioning in the ‘gray’ areas The value of trust Consequences of ‘short-term it-is’ How lack of accountability can lead to ethical issues

A Better Way to Choose Your KPIs

KPIs Performance measures Metrics

Excel for Staff Level 1 - What You Never Learned

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Navigating around worksheetsSelecting cells and rangesHow to use custom number formattingHow to leverage ViewsHow to build better formulas with referenced variables and defined namesLearn to quickly format cells with Cell StylesLearn proper worksheet structure

Streamlined Excel Reporting Series Session 2: Working with PivotTables

Surgent's Real Estate for Accounting and Finance Professionals

Rental income and expense calculation and reporting Deciphering Schedule E (Form 1040) Nuances of vacation home rules Passive activity loss rules: foundations and implications Active vs. material participation in rental activities Tax reporting: how to group passive activities Limitations on passive losses: at-risk rules and deductions Classifying rental real estate activities Navigating exceptions in rental real estate taxation

Surgent's Advising a Client Regarding the Tax Consequences Associated with Buying or Selling a Business

Asset sales and stock sales and their attendant results to buyers and sellers Section 1060 and using the residual method Consequences of making a Section 754 election with adjustments under Sections 743(b) and 734(b) Section 338 and Section 338(h)(10) elections Allocating some of the purchase price of a business to personal goodwill Partnership distributions to retiring partners under Section 736(a) and 736(b) Consulting agreements and employment agreements as between buyers and sellers Advantages of a C corporation having Section 1202 stock

The Updated Nuts and Bolts of IRC Section 1031 Exchanges

Complete explanation of IRC §1031 Understand when to use a tax-deferred exchange Changes made to the technique in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Advantages and disadvantages of paying the tax versus using an exchange Understand the definition of like-kind property Understand what a qualified intermediary is Understand the need for an exchange accommodation title holder Understand a reverse exchange Understand a build-to-suit exchange Understand the forty-five-day rule and how to calculate it Precautions for property identification Investment property versus property held for sale

Internal Control - Testing for Operating Effectiveness

The major topics covered in this class include:Generally accepted audit requirements related to testing controls for operating effectivenessIdentifying key controls that may prove effective and efficient to test in a control reliance strategyResponses when deviations are discovered when evaluating the design or operating effectiveness of internal controlLeveraging audit evidence available for Service Organization Control (SOC1) ReportsGeneral computer control considerations when evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting

Microsoft 365 Copilot - Get Ready to Boost Your Productivity

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Explore the nature of generative AI and how Microsoft is harnessing it in the Microsoft 365 ecosystemHow Copilot will help you compose emails and email responses and automate the management of your email organizationHow Copilot will assist you in composing documents and reports that more effectively convey your information and message with less effortHow Copilot will assist you in creating more engaging PowerPoint presentations with easeSteps you can do to prepare your firm or business to take full advantage of the Copilot AI technology.

Big Picture Mega-Trends, Big Data, and World We Now Face

On-going world economic trends Demographic changes and their impact on the economy Global technology influences Post Covid workplace Big data understanding and where is it going  Learn to adapt to changing situations

Accountants, Meet Chatbot: Starting ChatGPT Conversations

The major topics covered in this course include:ChatGPT BasicsCustom InstructionsPlaygroundOpenAI API KeyChatGPT in BingChatGPT in ExcelMicrosoft 365 CopilotChatGPT in Google SheetsChatGPT in Google DocsPluginsCode InterpreterUsing ChatGPT for Financial AnalysisChatGPT File UploaderChatPDF

The Ethics Hour: Thinking Through Decisions and Recognizing the Consequences

The high volume of ethical decisions we face every day The true value of paying attention Understanding how each decision we make will have consequences Are you prepared for the consequences?