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UID:10007275-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA231/27) Surgent's Internal Controls and COSO in a Post-COVID Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nCompanies that fall victim to fraud schemes need to reassess internal controls in order to prevent future fraudulent activity. In this course\, we will review the 18 most prevalent internal controls present as well as designed and operating effectively according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Occupational Fraud 2022: A Report to the Nations. Then we will tie these controls to the 17 internal control principles offered by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)\, the framework used by virtually all entities and auditors to assess the design and operational effectiveness of internal controls. Lastly\, we will consider the impact of the 2020 pandemic on the internal control environment in the post-COVID pandemic era. \nDesigned For\nCPAs in public practice and industry who wish to educate clients or colleagues on how to assess internal controls and adapt in the post-COVID era \nObjectives\n\nUnderstand that fraud occurs in companies with seemingly sound internal control structures\n Assess how internal controls fit into the COSO framework and determine whether mitigating controls;are sufficient\n Understand the difference between reactions and responses to changing circumstances;\n Recognize that the days of working in an office may be numbered (or certainly reduced)\n Recognize that the increase of remote work options presents new\, sometimes shocking challenges\n Understand that audits and other attestation engagements can actually be performed remotely\, reducing time and cost\n\nMajor Subjects\nACFE’s Occupational Fraud 2022:;A;Report to the Nations and the most commonly found controls in fraud victim organizations;    Internal controls in relation to COSO principles    How to employ controls to cut losses    How to modify controls in the post-COVID era    Remote work circumstances and considerations \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa231-27-surgents-internal-controls-and-coso-in-a-post-covid-landscape/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T043424Z
CREATED:20260807T043422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T043424Z
UID:10007282-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA157/27) Surgent's Annual Auditing Update
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nDesigned for accounting\, audit\, and attestation practitioners at all levels in both public accounting and business and industry\, this course provides an overview of the recent pronouncements and guidance issued by the AICPA related to audit and attest standards\, including a discussion of SAS 142\, effective for 2022 audits\, and SASs 143-145\, effective for 2023 audits. The course also covers recent activity by the AICPA’s Professional Ethics Executive Committee related to the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct\, as well as proposed updates to the AICPA’s quality management standards. Lastly\, the course will provide an update on the status of the AICPA’s enhancing engagement quality initiatives. The course is a one-stop shop to get you up to speed on recently issued AICPA guidance. \nDesigned For\nAccounting and attestation practitioners at all levels in both public accounting and private industry \nObjectives\n\nIdentify and understand the requirements of recently issued SASs\n Recall the key provisions of Code of Conduct updates\n Identify key elements of the AICPA’s new guidance on quality management\n Develop implementation tips and best practices related to these new standards\n Implement best practices for enhancing engagement quality\n\nMajor Subjects\nAICPA hot topics and standard setting initiatives    Discussion of new standard on audit evidence\, SAS 142\, effective for years ended December 31\, 2022    Discussion of new standards on auditing accounting estimates\, use of specialists\, and the risk assessment process\, SASs 143-145\, effective for years ended December 31\, 2023    Recent updates to the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct    Recently issued or proposed updates to other AICPA professional guidance \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa157-27-surgents-annual-auditing-update/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T043426Z
CREATED:20260807T043424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T043426Z
UID:10007283-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA266/27) Surgent's Surging Auditors: Internal Out of Control
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nIn this hands-on game\, participants are helping to prepare an internal control testing plan for Home D?cor & More (HDM). They must assess controls related to HDM’s inventory cycle to determine which financial statement assertions each control satisfies\, the quality of the control’s design\, and whether there is adequate segregation of duties. Then\, they will complete the HDM control testing plan\, including the level of reliance to place on each control and the test of control methods. Each participant wants to be spot-on with the evaluation before submitting the information to a manager for feedback. \nDesigned For\nAccounting and financial service professionals needing a refresher on internal control testing plans and related standards \nObjectives\n\nExplain the professional standards related to and rationale for understanding and testing internal controls\n Discuss the professional standards related to testing controls for operating effectiveness\n Illustrate the appropriate level of linkage between the work performed in testing internal controls\, control reliance and reporting on internal controls\n Identify impact of a control reliance strategy on the detailed audit plan\n\nMajor Subjects\nRefresher on understanding internal controls     When testing internal controls is required     When testing of internal controls is an effective strategy to reduce substantive testing     Designing tests of controls     Responses when deviations are discovered in the design or operating effectiveness of internal control \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa266-27-surgents-surging-auditors-internal-out-of-control/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T043430Z
CREATED:20260807T043428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T043430Z
UID:10007284-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA197/27) Surgent's Focus on Engagement Quality: How to Avoid Deficiencies in Peer Reviews
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nWith 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 greater. Add to that the requirement to implement the revised risk assessment standards (SAS 145) and it’s easy to see why it’s more important than ever to ensure that auditors have a good understanding of the requirements and comply with documentation standards. Recent peer reviews have indicated that auditors are often failing to perform and/or document certain critical components of an audit such as the auditor’s assessment of risk and linking the results of the assessment to substantive procedures performed. In addition\, auditors are not adequately documenting their consideration of fraud\, expectations in analytical procedures and the appropriate level of work needed to understand an entity’s internal control.The AICPA issued its Quality Management Standards in 2022. Firms are required to implement the standards by December 15\, 2025. And the firm’s evaluation of the System of Quality Management is required within one year after that. This is not just a matter of tweaking the firm’s existing QM document\, the standard requires a risk assessment process to identify risk.The objective of the course is to provide the insights necessary to help auditors and accountants improve not just the quality of their work but also the perception of the accounting profession as a whole. We will focus on the most significant items resulting in deficiencies identified in the peer review process. We will also discuss the applicable audit standards\, documentation requirements\, and best practices. We will address the new QM standards. \nDesigned For\nAccounting and auditing practitioners at all levels desiring to improve engagement quality \nObjectives\n\nIdentify key elements of the AICPA’s Enhancing Audit Quality initiative\n Recognize key trends in recent peer review deficiencies noted\n Identify professional standards related to performing a risk assessment\, understanding and testing internal controls\, and linking these procedures to further audit consideration\n Implement best practices to help ensure overall engagement quality \n\nMajor Subjects\nAICPA’s Enhancing Audit Quality initiative     Recent revisions to Quality Management standards    Feedback from peer reviews\, including areas driving deficiencies in audit     Elements of an effective risk assessment and how to link to audit procedures performed    Understanding internal controls and making the decision whether or not to test them    Issues related to compilations and reviews    Issues related to employee benefit plans    Issues related to Government Auditing Standards/Single Audits    Best practices in documentation \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa197-27-surgents-focus-on-engagement-quality-how-to-avoid-deficiencies-in-peer-reviews/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
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DTSTAMP:20260807T043649Z
CREATED:20260807T043649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T043649Z
UID:10007296-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSTX238/27) Surgent's S Corporation Taxation: Advanced Issues
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nThis course goes beyond the basics and addresses important practical issues that an experienced practitioner must know about S corporations. \nDesigned For\nAccounting and Financial Professionals whose practices include S corporations and their shareholders \nObjectives\n\nExamine operational issues\, keeping track of AAA\, and how to calculate basis\, apply distribution rules\, and avoid loss limitations\n Describe corporate level taxes\n Describe the rules governing the redemption and liquidation of an S corporation\n Examine the issues in compensation planning in S corporations\, including limitations in a family-controlled business\, in particular after criticism of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration of the IRS efforts to address underreporting of S corporation officer compensation\n Be familiar with the results of the case studies that reinforce key learning points\n\nMajor Subjects\nDetailed rules governing basis in the shareholder’s debt and stock    Inclusion of OBBBA (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) provisions that are germane to this course    AAA    Built-in gains incurred from the sale of assets    Redemptions and liquidations    Compensation planning for shareholders\, including planning strategies under the SECURE Act    Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the various stimulus acts\, as applicable \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/sstx238-27-surgents-s-corporation-taxation-advanced-issues/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T044118Z
CREATED:20260807T044117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T044118Z
UID:10007301-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSBM118/27) Surgent's Max the Tax: Client Retention
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nThis course is designed to equip practitioners with the essential strategies and tools needed to build and maintain long-term client relationships. Participants will learn about effective client retention plans and enhancing client satisfaction through personalized service. This engaging course will teach the importance of fostering client loyalty\, reducing churn\, and driving sustainable business growth. \nDesigned For\nCPAs in industry and public accounting who want to understand the importance of fostering client relationships \nObjectives\n\nUnderstand the importance of client retention\n Implement effective client retention strategies\n\nMajor Subjects\nImportance of client retention    Understanding client needs and expectations through client satisfaction surveys and analyzing client feedback    Developing effective client retention strategies    Fostering client loyalty    Handling client complaints and issues through effective complaint resolution \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssbm118-27-surgents-max-the-tax-client-retention/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T044416Z
CREATED:20260807T044416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T044416Z
UID:10007305-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSOT110/27) Surgent's Business Development: Time Management
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nParticipants have nine hours before tonight’s birthday party\, and as they begin the workday\, they must review and prioritize their task list to maximize productivity. How much can they get done? As they set off on their day by clicking through each task on the list\, they will encounter interruptions and distractions from colleagues. Players must manage these interruptions while staying on track. Their responses will affect the day’s priorities as well as the number of hours they consumed throughout the day. \nDesigned For\nAccounting and financial service professionals needing to develop or improve time management skills \nObjectives\n\nRecognize how you use your time most effectively; \n Understand your priorities when budgeting time; \n Manage external events that consume time; \n Be familiar with strategies for resolving time management problems; \n\nMajor Subjects\nManaging interruptions;    The role of to-do lists    Creating an effective time management plan    Staying on track of your time management plan    Blocking out time \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssot110-27-surgents-business-development-time-management/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T044928Z
CREATED:20260807T044928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T044928Z
UID:10007310-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA269/27) Surgent's SEC Hot Topics - MD&A and Non-GAAP Financial Measures
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nThis course provides an overview of two of the most popular SEC topics which result in comment letters from the SEC.  This includes a discussion of management’s discussion and analysis (MD&A) as well as Non-GAAP Financial Measures.  These two areas consistently rank in the Top 10 for the most frequent comment letters issued to public companies by the SEC. \nDesigned For\nFinancial practitioners who want an overview of the focus areas related to MD&A and Non-GAAP Financial Measures \nObjectives\n\nIdentify the SEC Regulation applicable to MD&A\n Recognize the primary objective and focus areas related to MD&A\n Identify key information that should be included within a company’s MD&A\n Recognize the types of transactions that should be discussed in MD&A\n Identify methods to enhance the presentation of MD&A\n\nMajor Subjects\nThe overall importance of the rules and regulations with respect to the Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) section of an entity’s consolidated financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)    An overview of Non-GAAP Financial Measures \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa269-27-surgents-sec-hot-topics-mda-and-non-gaap-financial-measures/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T044929Z
CREATED:20260807T044929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T044929Z
UID:10007312-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSTX116/27) Surgent's Technical Individual Practice Issues and Tax Forms for Experienced Practitioners
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nDon’t let the title frighten you. Experienced staff can get bogged down in busy season with advanced practice and reporting issues. With major legislation enacted over the past few years\, we bring you the distilled version of what you need to know for the current year and significant current proposals that may impact the tax landscape in future years or even retroactively. This course discusses the topics that experienced staff\, managers\, and partners should understand in depth while also assisting experienced staff in avoiding costly mistakes when facing complicated 1040 issues. The manual includes advanced examples and several advanced cases with “filled-in” forms provided with the complete answers. \nDesigned For\nAccounting and Finance Professionals in public accounting who prepare or review complex 1040 returns \nObjectives\n\nRecognize and understand how to handle advanced technical issues which arise in a professional practice and in preparing individual tax returns\n Complete the tax forms for selected issues\n\nMajor Subjects\nWhat’s NEW for this year – Items all practitioners must know    Coverage of One Big Beautiful Bill Act;    1099-K reporting requirements;    Qualified Business Income — Coverage of Section 199A including the real estate safe harbor;    A tour of the most recent forms changes\, starting from gross income and ending with selected credits\, including the latest IRS guidance on significant recent tax legislation;    How will clients (and practitioners) interact with IRS in the future and how the pandemic is steering the IRS to ramp up with digital communication efforts;    Hot developments and current areas of interest;    Virtual Currency and Digital Asset Taxation;    Advanced practice\, reporting\, and other issues intertwined with advanced planning and discussion ideas;    Form 6198 — At-risk basis: Detailed case study and discussion of how this form is to be used and when it needs to be filed; learn how basis and at-risk basis are different\, and why this is significant;    Form 6252 — Installment sale income: A common tax area; however\, a case study and discussion of this topic includes advanced issues such as gain on reacquisition of installment sale property\, including worksheets on calculating gain & tax basis of reacquired property;    Form 5329 — Additional taxes on qualified plans: Advanced study of how to avoid penalties    Coverage of Section 1202 and Section 1045 transactions with examples;; \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/sstx116-27-surgents-technical-individual-practice-issues-and-tax-forms-for-experienced-practitioners/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T044954Z
CREATED:20260807T044952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T044954Z
UID:10007322-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA217/27) Surgent's Annual FASB Update and Review
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nThis course provides a detailed discussion on the key topics related to financial reporting\, though in a summarized format. The course will focus on recent ASUs issued by the FASB with a concentration on issues of greatest significance to most accounting practitioners\, with the greatest emphasis on those ASUs effective in 2024 and 2025. Specifically\, the course will review recently issued FASB standards on disaggregated expenses\, cryptocurrency (e.g.\, crypto assets)\, and the final stages of the ASC 606 post-implementation review (PIR) report findings and other hot-button accounting issues\, such as what is on the FASB’s technical agenda. Lastly\, we will provide an overview of non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by companies and review the current SEC and IFRS guidance over such measures and their disclosure. This course is the place to go for a succinct but thorough update on the big topics impacting financial accounting and reporting. \nDesigned For\nPracticing CPAs and their staffs\, both in public accounting and business and industry\, as well as controllers\, accountants\, and other financial accounting personnel involved in financial statement preparation and review \nObjectives\n\nBe aware of recent private company standard setting activities\n Review the latest FASB Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs)\n Understand the recently implemented lease accounting guidance found in Topic 842\, Leases\n Recall key provisions of recently issued FASB Updates\n Recall common non-GAAP financial measures and requirements surrounding their disclosure\n Understand the key provisions and updates to Topic 606\, Revenue from Contracts with Customers\, and the results of the final stage of the FASB’s PIR process\, including its final report on the topic\n\nMajor Subjects\nPrivate company standard setting activities    Recent FASB Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs)\, including those addressing crypto assets (i.e.\, cryptocurrency)    Non-GAAP financial measures    ASC 606\, Revenue from Contracts with Customers    ASC 606 final PIR report findings \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa217-27-surgents-annual-fasb-update-and-review/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T044955Z
CREATED:20260807T044954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T044955Z
UID:10007323-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA285/27) Surgent's Non-GAAP Financial Measures – What You Need to Know
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nThis course provides an overview of non-GAAP financial measures with a particular emphasis on comments from the SEC\, the FASB\, as well as comment letter analysis from several of the Big Four accounting firms.  Non-GAAP financial measures continue to rank at the top of the most frequent comment letters issued by the SEC.  As a result\, it’s important to understand the guidance with respect to these measures to ensure that an entity’s financial statements remain GAAP compliant and are not misleading. \nDesigned For\nCPAs in need of a review of non-GAAP financial measures with an emphasis on comments from the SEC and FASB\, as well as comment letter analysis from some of the Big Four accounting firms. \nObjectives\n\nDifferentiate between a GAAP financial measure and a non-GAAP financial measure\n Recognize examples of different types of non-GAAP financial measures\n Identify which SEC guidance is applicable to different types of non-GAAP financial measures\n Recognize disclosures within the scope of Regulation G\n Identify key requirements included within both Regulation G and Regulation S-K related to these measures\n\nMajor Subjects\nComment letter analysis from several Big Four accounting firms    Non-GAAP financial measures    Comments from the SEC and FASB \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa285-27-surgents-non-gaap-financial-measures-what-you-need-to-know/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T045716Z
CREATED:20260807T045545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T045716Z
UID:10007333-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA142/27) Surgent's Annual Accounting and Auditing Update
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nDesigned as an all-you-need-to-know update for accounting\, auditing\, and attestation practitioners at all levels in public accounting and industry\, this course provides a comprehensive review of recent standard-setting and rulemaking activities of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)\, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)\, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)\, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).On the financial accounting front\, we will cover the FASB’s Post-Implementation Review (PIR) report for revenue recognition under ASC 606 and discuss the best practices in applying the standard and identifying any ongoing issues practitioners are experiencing with applying the standard. We will also discuss the more than a dozen ASUs the FASB has issued since the beginning of 2023 and into 2025 covering crypto assets\, disaggregated expenses\, business combinations\, and leases for entities under common control.Our focus on AICPA standards includes a detailed discussion of revamped AICPA quality management standards. The AICPA updated and modernized the standards by issuing Statement on Quality Management Standards 1\, 2\, and 3 (SQMS 1\, SQMS 2\, and SQMS 3\, respectively)\, SSARS No. 26\, and SAS 146\, Quality Management for an Engagement Conducted in Accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (SAS 146). These standards\, effective December 15\, 2025\, modernize quality management standards to reflect an increased focus on risk assessment\, technology use\, and the presence of outside experts on engagements.We will also cover new rules impacting public company audits and present case studies on recent fraudulent accounting stories and best practices for detecting and preventing such frauds.In summary\, the course is your go-to source for all things A&A and will prepare you for your upcoming engagements throughout the rest of the year. \nDesigned For\nAccounting and auditing practitioners at all levels desiring to remain up to date on recent pronouncements and other standard setters’ activities \nObjectives\n\nReview and apply recently issued and proposed FASB\, PCAOB\, SEC\, and AICPA pronouncements;\n Recall and apply AICPA quality management standards (SQMS 1\, SQMS 2\, and SQMS 3)\n Understand the major findings of the FASB’s PIR report for ASC 606 and best practices in applying ASC 606\n Be familiar with other important A&A practice matters you should be aware of\n Recall key provisions in SAS 146 and SSARS No. 26\n Utilize hands-on examples and illustrations to increase your overall understanding and application of the material\n\nMajor Subjects\nRecently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates\, PCC Update and items on the FASB’s Technical Agenda    Recently issued ASUs covering common control leases\, crypto assets (e.g.\, cryptocurrency)\, and income tax disclosures    Statement on Quality Management Standards: SQMS 1\, SQMS 2\, and SQMS 3    Post-Implementation Review Report for revenue recognition under ASC 606 and best practices in applying ASC 606    Fraud case studies    Recently issued SASs and other AICPA activity    Recently issued PCAOB standards and SEC rulemaking activities    Other important A&A practice matters \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa142-27-surgents-annual-accounting-and-auditing-update/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T050038Z
CREATED:20260807T050037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T050038Z
UID:10007340-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA144/27) Surgent's Annual Accounting Update
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nDesigned for accounting and auditing practitioners at all levels in both public accounting and business and industry\, this course provides an overview of accounting matters including private company standard setting activities; a review of ASU No. 2016-02\, the lease accounting standard; ASC 606 topics; and a review of ASC 326 on credit losses. \nDesigned For\nAccounting and auditing practitioners at all levels desiring to remain up to date on recent accounting pronouncements and other standard setting activities \nObjectives\n\nBe aware of private company standard setting activities\n Review FASB Accounting Standards Updates\n Understand the lease standard\n Recall topics related to applying ASC 606\n Recall the basics of accounting for credit losses under ASC 326\n\nMajor Subjects\nPrivate company standard setting activities    FASB Accounting Standards Updates    Revenue recognition    Leases    Credit losses \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa144-27-surgents-annual-accounting-update/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T051231Z
CREATED:20260807T051231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T051231Z
UID:10007352-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA167/27) Surgent's A Complete Guide to the Yellow Book
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nA thorough understanding of the Yellow Book is essential for anyone working with governments and not-for-profits. This course provides comprehensive coverage of Yellow Book requirements while building confidence and proficiency in performing Yellow Book audits. The course uses a highly illustrative and engaging format\, featuring more than 25 focused exercises designed to strengthen practical application and enhance working knowledge. \nDesigned For\nAuditors performing Yellow Book engagements \nObjectives\n\nThoroughly understand the Yellow Book\n Excel in the Yellow Book auditing arena\n Save time and improve performance on Yellow Book engagements via in-depth knowledge of the requirements\n\nMajor Subjects\nCircumstances requiring auditors to follow the Yellow Book (Government Auditing Standards or GAGAS)    Relationship of Yellow Book requirements to GAAS and single audit requirements    Auditor qualifications under the Yellow Book: independence\, CPE\, peer review\, and related requirements    The Yellow Book requirements related to the performance of and reporting on a financial audit    Identifying and reporting findings under the Yellow Book    The Yellow Book requirements related to attestation engagements (examinations\, reviews\, and agreed-upon procedures) and performance audits \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa167-27-surgents-a-complete-guide-to-the-yellow-book/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T051234Z
CREATED:20260807T051233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T051234Z
UID:10007353-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSTX256/27) Surgent's Maximizing Your Social Security Benefits
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nThe leading edge of the baby boomer generation has already reached retirement age. Financial and tax planners can expect increased demand for strategies that dovetail Social Security with other retirement and estate planning objectives. This course provides tax and financial planning professionals with both the background information on the Social Security system and the strategies clients will need in dealing with Social Security\, and the myriad other related retirement planning issues. \nDesigned For\nPractitioners who have clients contemplating receipt of Social Security \nObjectives\n\nIdentify who is entitled to retirement benefits and in what amounts\n Summarize the factors one must consider in determining when to take benefits\n Discuss the taxation of Social Security benefits and how this impacts other income tax planning\n Identify and describe the potential effects of retirement and estate planning strategies\n\nMajor Subjects\nComprehensive coverage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act    Retirement benefits: What the amount of benefits is in various circumstances    Spousal benefits: Should a spouse return to work? What benefits does a spouse have\, and when and how do they relate to benefits decisions by the client?    Claiming Social Security: Advantages and disadvantages at ages 62\, full retirement age\, and 70    Planning: What clients approaching retirement age should consider now with respect to benefits for them\, their spouses\, and their children    Coordinating benefits: Should you take Social Security first and higher-balance IRA distributions later\, or take IRA balances first and enhanced Social Security benefits later? \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/sstx256-27-surgents-maximizing-your-social-security-benefits/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T051319Z
CREATED:20260807T051319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T051319Z
UID:10007354-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA210/27) Surgent's Fraud Case Studies: Schemes and Controls
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nFraud is prevalent – especially since COVID-19 relief packages passed by legislatures around the world opened the till. The overwhelming majority of fraud cases are never publicized. In this course we will build on our knowledge of why people commit fraud to dissect the schemes and discuss transactional controls to help stop fraud faster. \nDesigned For\nCPAs in public practice and industry who wish to educate clients or colleagues further on how to better prevent fraud from occurring at the source – would-be fraudsters – as well as to seek means to improve anti-fraud controls \nObjectives\n\nConsider the ways perpetrators evade both soft and hard controls\n Identify teachable moments\n Look for the common red flags that ought to draw our attention to a potential fraud scheme\n\nMajor Subjects\nRecent fraud cases    Common fraud schemes perpetrated by those within and outside victim organizations    Consider the lessons learned    Best practices to further our fraud prevention \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa210-27-surgents-fraud-case-studies-schemes-and-controls/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T051520Z
CREATED:20260807T051520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T051520Z
UID:10007357-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA152/27) Surgent's Mastering Accounting for Income Taxes
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nSince its inception nearly 30 years ago\, many have continued to struggle with applying the current model for accounting for income taxes\, ASC 740. But this does not have to be you. This course will provide you with the basic knowledge necessary to understand the complexities of this challenging topic. Through discussions and the use of exercises\, this course will analyze the authoritative literature to provide a thorough understanding of such topics as deferred taxes\, income tax expense\, uncertain tax positions\, and other classification and disclosure requirements. We will also explore some specialized areas of income tax accounting\, such as intraperiod allocations of income tax expense\, global minimum tax developments\, and the financial reporting impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) signed into law in July 2025\, and review finalized and emerging updates to ASC 740\, including expanded disclosure requirements under ASU 2023-09.In summary\, this course is the place to be to enhance your accounting for income taxes IQ. \nDesigned For\nPracticing CPAs and their staffs\, both in public accounting and business and industry – controllers\, accountants\, and other financial accounting personnel involved in financial statement preparation and review \nObjectives\n\nIdentify and calculate the deferred tax asset or liability for an entity\n Determine when and how to report uncertain tax positions\n Calculate and report the components of income tax expense\n Develop appropriate income tax disclosures\n Comprehend recent and proposed changes to accounting guidance for income taxes\n\nMajor Subjects\nThe sources of deferred tax assets and liabilities    Calculating the deferred tax asset or liability    Reporting income-tax expense and balance sheet items    Defining\, analyzing\, and reporting uncertain tax positions    Classification of deferred tax assets and liabilities    Disclosure requirements    Finalized and proposed changes to ASC 740\, including ASU 2023-09\, CAMT\, and global tax transparency initiatives \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa152-27-surgents-mastering-accounting-for-income-taxes/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T052140Z
CREATED:20260807T052139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T052140Z
UID:10007366-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSTX114/27) Surgent's Technical Business Practice Issues and Tax Forms for Experienced Practitioners
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nDon’t let the title frighten you.  It is critical that staff be trained on the increasingly complex forms-related issues that challenge them each busy season. This course will help experienced staff focus on the essential amidst the cacophony of IRS and legislative changes and avoid costly mistakes.This course brings to the forefront advanced preparation issues\, from individual returns to flow-through entities such as S corporations\, LLCs\, and partnerships. \nDesigned For\nAccounting and Finance Professionals who are involved in planning\, preparing\, or reviewing complex returns \nObjectives\n\nProperly complete several tax forms related to certain advanced technical issues which arise in preparing Forms 1065 and 1120-S\n Understand advanced technical practice issues facing practitioners today\n\nMajor Subjects\nBonus depreciation and Section 179 changes under the OBBBA    Schedules K-2 and K-3 and filing exceptions    Form 7203;    IRS Tax Pro Account;    IRS modernization initiatives    Information Returns Intake System (IRIS)    Identity Theft warnings;;    IRS guidance for the marijuana industry;    Recycled Form 1099-NEC to report nonemployee compensation;    Form 1065 steps for reporting capital;    Centralized audit regime; late filing penalties and small partnership relief;    Substance over Form argument of shareholder loans;    Advanced study of At-Risk loans;    Employer W-2 correction requests;    Don’t get caught watching the paint dry — What is hot and new;    What is terminating S corporations today?;    Special allocation issues of Section 704;    Final regulations for allocating depreciation recapture to partners and members of LLCs; \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/sstx114-27-surgents-technical-business-practice-issues-and-tax-forms-for-experienced-practitioners/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T052425Z
CREATED:20260807T052425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T052425Z
UID:10007367-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSTX197/27) Surgent's Max the Tax: Schedule C
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nIn 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 needs help finishing the tax return today for the client\, Jasper Jones\, a small business owner. Jasper does not want to file an extension. You’re asked to jump in and help complete the Schedule C\, which is the only remaining form to complete the return. \nDesigned For\nTax practitioners desiring an interactive approach to learn key tax knowledge \nObjectives\n\nDetermine whether client’s expenses are allowable on the Schedule C tax form\n Recognize appropriate reductions to taxable income for self-employed individuals\n\nMajor Subjects\nTips and tricks to prepare the Schedule C    Income and expenses    Tax invoice preparation    Legal invoice    Entertainment invoice    Education invoice \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/sstx197-27-surgents-max-the-tax-schedule-c/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T052524Z
CREATED:20260807T052523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T052524Z
UID:10007371-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSTX106/27) Surgent’s Advanced Critical Tax Issues for Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nThe purpose of this course is to provide an in-depth discussion of selected advanced-level issues affecting LLCs and LLPs. \nDesigned For\nCPAs with clients using the LLC or LLP structure who need to understand advanced issues\, problems\, and planning strategies \nObjectives\n\nIdentify tax and nontax advantages and disadvantages of LLCs and partnerships \n Describe how inside and outside basis is affected by liabilities\, recourse and nonrecourse \n Discuss the impact of cash and property distributions\n Explain the tax consequences of a sale of an interest and distinguish such consequences from the tax consequences when a partnership or LLC is acquired or merges into another LLC or partnership\n Complete a case study to improve advocacy skills before the IRS\n\nMajor Subjects\nApplicable provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)    Single-member limited liability companies as an alternative to subsidiaries     Cancellation of indebtedness rules and regulations     How the IRS views members or partners for Social Security purposes     Special problems when forming an LLC     Debt issues and problems in structuring LLCs and LLPs\, including loan guarantee issues\, recourse and nonrecourse debt\, the at-risk basis rules\, and new regulations restricting bottom-dollar guarantees    Distribution or a disguised sale? New regulations eliminate certain tax-deferred leveraged partnership transactions    Death or retirement of a member or partner;- understanding the alternatives     Step-up in basis issues – how to make the computations and elections     Property transactions between the LLC/LLP and its members or partners;- what to do with built-in gain or loss property     When are partnership losses deductible?    Material participation rules for LLC members and limited partners and how they affect passive loss issues     Continuation and termination of an LLC/partnership in the context;of a merger or acquisition     Sales of an LLC interest;- holding period and hot asset issues     Impact of the tax on investment income on the sale of an interest in a partnership or LLC    Repeal of the technical termination of partnership provision    Impact of Soroban Capital Partners LP\, 161 TC No.12    NEW: The IRS removes recently finalized regulations identifying certain partnership basis shifting transactions as transactions of interest (see Chapter 2) \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/sstx106-27-surgents-advanced-critical-tax-issues-for-limited-liability-companies-and-partnerships/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T053007Z
CREATED:20260807T053007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T053007Z
UID:10007374-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA267/27) Surgent's Surging Auditors: Revenue Rush
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nStepping into the shoes of an outside technical consultant\, each participant must perform an ASC 606 assessment for Quality Tiles\, Inc. (QTI)\, a company recently acquired by Home D?cor and More\, Inc. (HDM). HDM management needs to ensure the company is in compliance with GAAP related to revenue recognition before the next board meeting. Participants will meet with GTI’s controller and must strategically ask the right questions. Based on the information received\, they will apply guidance in ASC 606\, which can be complex\, to a series of revenue recognition considerations to determine if revenue is being recognized appropriately. \nDesigned For\nAccounting and auditing practitioners who are beginning their careers in public accounting \nObjectives\n\nRecall the key elements of the 5-step revenue recognition approach under ASC 606 \n Identify the key information necessary to assess revenue recognition under ASC 606 \n Assess the appropriateness of revenue recognition approaches\n\nMajor Subjects\nApplication of ASC 606 to contractual situations     Identifying key information necessary to apply ASC 606     Assessing compliance with the guidance of ASC 606 \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa267-27-surgents-surging-auditors-revenue-rush/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T054752Z
CREATED:20260807T054747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T054752Z
UID:10007385-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSTX198/27) Surgent's Max the Tax: Schedule E
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nYou just received an email from Roni\, a prospective new client. He owns several properties under the business name Roni’s Real Rentals LLC and wants help minimizing rental income and maximizing deductions that offset the rental income. You will interview Roni and visit his two properties to gain a better understanding of his situation. Advise Roni by providing him good and relevant ideas\, and he will ask you to be his new tax accountant. \nDesigned For\nTax practitioners desiring an interactive approach to learn key tax knowledge \nObjectives\n\nUnderstand what qualifies as supplemental / rental income on Schedule E\n Understand what qualifies as expenses to report on Schedule E\n\nMajor Subjects\nBusiness development    Types of properties    Rental property use;    Rental expenses    Deductible expenses    Repairs and maintenance    Capitalization of expenses    Depreciation    Accounting methods    Treatment of security deposits \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/sstx198-27-surgents-max-the-tax-schedule-e/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T055622Z
CREATED:20260807T055621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T055622Z
UID:10007391-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSTX269/27) Surgent's Comprehensive Guide to Tax Depreciation\, Expensing\, and Property Transactions
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nWith a greater-than-ever S179 deduction boosted by additional first-year depreciation and pandemic-related business-friendly provisions\, these are unprecedented times for businesses to make major asset investments.From the most-up-to-date depreciation regulations to inflation adjustments and technical corrections\, this course will help you navigate the complex maze of rules dealing with depreciation\, amortization\, and sales of property. This reference manual contains a wide range of case types and examples\, covering common and uncommon situations to illustrate the most important points CPAs need to be aware of. \nDesigned For\nCPAs in industry and public accounting who need a thorough grasp of this important area of tax law and who want to maximize the possible tax savings for their clients \nObjectives\n\nUnderstand which assets are subject to depreciation\n Answer advanced Section 179 and automobile depreciation questions\n Fully understand depreciation and MACRS cost recovery\n Understand installment sales and reacquisitions\n Complete cases related to depreciation and sales of assets\n\nMajor Subjects\nFinal regulations – bonus depreciation and Section 1031 exchanges    Technical correction Rev. Proc. 2019-13 – use it or stand to lose second-year depreciation deductions for luxury automobiles    What are the components for real estate depreciation?    A new SUV or sedan? A study of depreciation alternatives    Permanency in Section 179 depreciation rules? How to maximize its use; when to use it; and what property qualifies    Sale of property and the depreciation recapture rules (Section Section 1245\, 1250\, unrecaptured Section 1250 gain for real estate\, Section 291 for corporations)    How to depreciate like-kind exchange property    May Section 121 and Section 1031 apply to the same transfer of property?    Reacquired installment sale property – calculating potential gain and new basis    Understanding Section 197 amortization issues; how to handle intangible asset costs    Depreciation issues\, tax-deferred exchanges\, personal property converted to business property\, and an overview of home sale exclusion    Guide for compliance and planning issues    Cases and rulings of depreciation and amortization issues and how they impact clients\, along with the useful planning opportunities \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/sstx269-27-surgents-comprehensive-guide-to-tax-depreciation-expensing-and-property-transactions/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T055624Z
CREATED:20260807T055624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T055624Z
UID:10007393-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSTX153/27) Surgent's Hot IRS Tax Examination Issues for Individuals and Businesses
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nThe IRS began replenishing its workforce with the additional funding from the Inflation Reduction Act only to have to terminate workers or lay them off due to mandated federal workforce reductions. The IRS trains its audit workforce by examining the tax returns of individuals and small businesses. As the IRS continues to examine tax returns\, Accounting\, Tax\, and Financial Professionals need clients to understand the need for documentation and procedures to substantiate what IRS examiners are pursuing. Learn the high audit risk areas and ways to help clients survive an IRS audit with little or no change. It is critical for Accounting\, Tax\, and Financial Professionals in public accounting to understand the risk to clients and to themselves in tax return preparation and planning since the IRS continues to increase its audit coverage and is examining more taxpayers than it has in the recent past. \nDesigned For\nAccounting\, Tax\, and Financial Professionals in public practice who prepare tax returns and represent their clients on IRS examinations \nObjectives\n\nUnderstand what the IRS is focusing on when auditing individuals and selected businesses\n Identify the hot examination issues that the IRS is focusing on to help clients reduce their exposure to additional tax assessments\n Determine strategies for dealing with IRS examiners and presenting your clients’ tax positions in the best light possible\n Determine if your client is a victim of tax-related identity theft\n\nMajor Subjects\nCriteria that the IRS uses to select returns for examination    Recognizing the 30-day letter and the 90-day letter\, including what the taxpayer’s responsibilities are    What to do when there is tax-related identity theft    Understanding substantiation requirements for travel\, charitable contributions\, vehicles\, meals\, virtual currency considerations\, and tax-related identity theft    Gaining an in-depth understanding of IRS hot examination issues including passive loss rules\, real estate professional status\, and the Section 199A provisions as they pertain to rental real estate    Identify how the IRS holds persons other than an employer liable for unpaid payroll taxes\, a.k.a.\, the trust fund recovery penalty    Understanding IRS Audit Techniques Guides and Compliance Campaigns    Distinguishing an S corporation officer’s reasonable compensation issues \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/sstx153-27-surgents-hot-irs-tax-examination-issues-for-individuals-and-businesses/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T061234Z
CREATED:20260807T061233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T061234Z
UID:10007401-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSOT109/27) Surgent's Business Development: Referral Rally
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nParticipants play the role of a consultant brought into an accounting firm that needs help building new business and restoring their sales pipeline. Players apply core business development principles as they move from analyzing networking groups to meet people that most closely align with the company’s vision to choosing the right contacts that will best lead to referrals for the struggling company.  The game’s accompanying video\, “Business Development for Accounting and Other Professionals” provides additional reinforcement of the topics and learning objectives. \nDesigned For\nAccounting professionals needing to develop core business development skills\, including the importance of building their professional network \nObjectives\n\nBe familiar with ways to expand a client base through networking and referral sources\n Understand how professionals differentiate their practice in a crowded field of competitors\n\nMajor Subjects\nNetworking organizations;    Obtaining referral sources \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssot109-27-surgents-business-development-referral-rally/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T061311Z
CREATED:20260807T061311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T061311Z
UID:10007404-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA261/27) Surgent's The Essential Guide to SEC Form 10-K: Compliance\, Disclosures\, and Best Practices
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nThis course provides a deep dive into SEC Form 10-K. This course addresses the key requirements and regulatory aspects\, including filing deadlines and their significance for investors. This course also addresses the financial statements section\, covering the balance sheet\, income statement\, cash flow statement\, and footnote disclosures\, along with best practices for preparation. The course also focuses on the Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) section\, exploring its importance in the explanation of financial results and addressing common drafting challenges. Finally\, this course discusses risk factors\, internal controls\, and corporate governance disclosures\, highlighting their role in enhancing transparency. \nDesigned For\nAccountants interested in SEC Form 10-K \nObjectives\n\nIdentify the key components of SEC Form 10-K and their relevance to financial reporting\n Recognize the regulatory requirements and compliance aspects associated with filing Form 10-K\n Distinguish between the filing deadlines for Form 10-K and the consequences of non-compliance\n Recognize the significance of Form-K for investors and stakeholders\n Determine the role of footnote disclosures in providing additional context to financial statements\n\nMajor Subjects\nComparison with other SEC filings    Overview of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934    Purpose and importance of MD&A    Risk factors\, controls\, and corporate governance disclosures \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa261-27-surgents-the-essential-guide-to-sec-form-10-k-compliance-disclosures-and-best-practices/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T061315Z
CREATED:20260807T061315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T061315Z
UID:10007406-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA272/27) Surgent's Small-Business Accounting\, Audit\, and Attest Update
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nSpecifically tailored for practitioners who not only perform audits but also provide other attest and nonattest services to small and medium-sized businesses\, this course is a comprehensive update covering recently issued accounting\, auditing\, and SSARS standards\, as well as other professional guidance impacting small and medium-sized business accountants. The course uses practical examples and illustrations to help you understand and apply the new guidance and will get you up to speed on the things that are most important to your smaller and medium-sized clients.This course covers recently released FASB ASUs\, AICPA Auditing Standards\, AICPA SSARSs\, and the soon-to-be-effective Statements on Quality Management Standards (SQMS). Lastly\, we will cover the results of the FASB’s final PIR report on ASC 606\, Revenue. \nDesigned For\nPractitioners at all levels who provide nonaudit and nonattest services to small and medium-sized businesses desiring to remain up to date on recent pronouncements and other standard setters’ activities and professional guidance \nObjectives\n\nUnderstand recently issued Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) relative to nonpublic business entities\n Review recently issued accounting and nonaudit attestation pronouncements\, including PCC activities\n Understand new guidance applicable to auditing\, SSARS\, and attest engagements\n Be aware of other important AICPA guidance affecting small and medium-sized business practitioners\n Understand key provisions of the Stage 3 final report from the FASB on ASC 606\n\nMajor Subjects\nSmall and medium-sized business-related FASB ASUs\, including recent PCC activities    Recently issued AICPA standards    Ethics and independence updates and interpretations    Newly issued SSARS and SSAE standards    SASs effective for 2025 audits and beyond \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa272-27-surgents-small-business-accounting-audit-and-attest-update/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T061321Z
CREATED:20260807T061321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T061321Z
UID:10007412-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA194/27) Surgent's Preparing Not-for-Profit Financial Statements
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nAccurate and effective financial reporting is essential for every not-for-profit organization\, and it requires a solid understanding of today’s reporting requirements. This course equips professionals with the knowledge and tools to confidently navigate not-for-profit accounting standards. You’ll learn how requirements are applied in financial statements\, explore available reporting options\, and gain clarity on key areas such as net assets\, contributions\, and functional expense reporting. Through a highly illustrative format and over 30 targeted exercises\, this course provides a practical\, hands-on approach to building expertise in not-for-profit accounting and reporting. \nDesigned For\nNot-for-profit industry professionals and auditors \nObjectives\n\n\n Develop a solid working knowledge of the not-for-profit financial reporting requirements\n Skillfully prepare a not-for-profit’s financial statements with superior knowledge of accounting and reporting requirements\n Masterfully apply today’s core not-for-profit accounting requirements\n\nMajor Subjects\nKey requirements\, options\, and disclosures related to each of the basic financial statements    The reporting of functional and natural expense information    Core not-for-profit accounting requirements related to conditional and unconditional contributions\, promises to give\, restrictions\, designations\, contributed services\, net assets\, special events\, the classification of expenses\, and more \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa194-27-surgents-preparing-not-for-profit-financial-statements/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20270630T120000
DTSTAMP:20260807T061416Z
CREATED:20260807T061416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T061416Z
UID:10007415-1814356800-1814356800@sc.cpa
SUMMARY:(SSAA265/27) Surgent's Surging Auditors: Professional Skeptic
DESCRIPTION:Event Description\nParticipants play the role of an auditor collecting information\, making inquiries\, and documenting findings around the audit of Home D?cor and More. They develop professional skepticism skills as they analyze data obtained from an interview with Courtney the Controller\, comparing\, confirming\, and corroborating it against information provided by the CFO. Some things aren’t matching up and the player uses Courtney’s responses and their own questioning mind to consider the next step. They need to be alert to conditions that may indicate possible misstatement due to fraud or error\, and a critical assessment of the audit evidence to develop a sense of when things just don’t look right. \nDesigned For\nAccounting professionals in auditing needing to develop professional skepticism skills \nObjectives\n\nIdentify the importance of professional skepticism on engagements;\n Recall ways to demonstrate professional skepticism on engagements\n\nMajor Subjects\nDemonstrating professional skepticism    Assessing audit evidence    Responding to contradictory evidence    Assessing the sufficiency of audit evidence \nInstructions\nNone
URL:https://sc.cpa/event/ssaa265-27-surgents-surging-auditors-professional-skeptic/
CATEGORIES:Self-Study Text
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