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(SSAA470/26) Surgent’s Non-GAAP Financial Statement Options: Cash, Modified Cash, and Tax Basis
For many businesses, preparing financial statements using a special purpose framework may provide an alternative to the complexity of U.S. GAAP. This course will provide you with an overview and hands-on application on preparing financial statements using common special purpose frameworks such as tax basis and cash or modified cash basis financial statements. You will...
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(SSAA559/26) Surgent’s Non-GAAP Financial Measures – What You Need to Know
This 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...
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(SSAA530/26) Surgent’s Understanding the High-Stakes Mega Issues in A&A Today
With so much of significance going on currently in the world of A&A today, you need to be able to make sense of the key drivers of our profession. In this course, we will review the key aspects of the events that are impacting practitioners and financial statement preparers alike.Specifically, because technology is rapidly transforming...
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(SSAA572/26) Surgent’s Quarterly Fraud Update (Original Air Date: 8/29/24)
Fraud continues to be at record highs. According to NASDAQ's Global Financial Crime Report, fraud schemes and bank frauds led to global losses of over $485 billion. Four of the most cited frauds were customer fraud, cybercrime, asset misappropriation, and bribery and corruption. From global banking giants to local charities and mom-and-pop shops, no entities...
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(SSAA502/26) Surgent’s FASB Accounting Standards Update
Designed to keep you up to date on recent activity of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), this course will summarize recently issued Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) issued by the FASB in 2020 and 2021 year to date. The course will discuss the main provisions of the ASU, application guidance, and information on transition and...
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(SSAA594/26) Surgent’s Accounting, Audit, and Attest Update for Practitioners with Small-Business Clients
Specifically tailored for practitioners who not only perform audits but also provide other attest and non-attest services to small and medium-sized businesses, this course is a comprehensive update covering recently issued accounting, auditing, and SSARS standards, including SAS 145 and the quality management standards, as well as other professional guidance impacting small and medium-sized business...
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(SSAA516/26) Surgent’s FASB Update: New and Recent Accounting Standards Updates
Designed for practitioners and their staff, whether in public accounting or business and industry, this course will provide you with an update of recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs), and a review of the guidance related to ASC 842, Leases.
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(SSAA517/26) Surgent’s Annual FASB Update and Review
This 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. Specifically, the course will review recently issued FASB standards on leases and provide...
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(SSAA476/26) Surgent’s Construction Contractors: Critical Accounting, Auditing, and Tax Issues
Accounting and financial reporting for construction contractors may be the most difficult area to comply with the various standards. Construction engagements are, in many instances, more complicated than most lines of business due to the many users of the financial statements. In this course, we will discuss why construction accounting and financial reporting is so...
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(SSAA565/26) Surgent’s Life After Adoption: Applying Topic 606 to Revenue Contracts on an Ongoing Basis
While the effective date of Topic 606 has passed for most entities, there will always be a need for a comprehensive review of the accounting related to revenue recognition. Also, if you are taking advantage of the FASB deferral of Topic 606's effective date, you are still completing your implementation plan. Whether you are looking...
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