Self-Study Video
(SSTX283/27) Surgent’s Understanding How the IRS Rewards Whistleblowers
In 2006, Congress passed the Tax Relief and Health Care Act. Prior to the Act's passage, rewards to individuals who provided information to the IRS regarding tax fraud were capped at $10 million. The Tax Relief and Health Care Act authorized the IRS to create a Whistleblower Office dedicated to investigating, processing and recovering claims...
Read More
Self-Study Text
(SSTX113/27) Surgent’s Advanced Partnership/LLC Workshop: How to Do Optional Step-Up in Basis Under §754 and Related Provisions
This course explores the practical issues in the many instances in which a step-up in basis can create tax advantages for partners and members. This course includes case studies to illustrate the critical points.
Read More
Self-Study Video
(SSTX183/27) Surgent’s Schedules K-2 and K-3: Filing Requirements
Many partnerships and S corporations are now required to complete the voluminous Schedules K-2 and K-3 to report foreign-related tax information. Updated for the 2025 tax year, this course is an essential guide for tax preparers on how to identify which entities need to complete these schedules and how to identify which parts are applicable...
Read More
Self-Study Video
(SSTX227/27) Surgent’s Section 529 Plans: A Comprehensive Guide
This course provides a thorough examination of qualified tuition programs (Section 529 plans), focusing on their tax treatment, planning applications, and recent legislative changes. Participants will learn how 529 plans operate, what qualifies as education expenses, and how contributions, distributions, and beneficiary changes are treated under federal law. The course explores practical planning strategies, including...
Read More
Self-Study Video
(SSTX185/27) Surgent’s Liquidation of Flow-Through Entities for LLCs and Partnerships
Part of the technical competence of most experienced tax practitioners is the ability to advise owners of S corporations and partnerships or multiple-member LLCs treated as partnerships regarding the tax rules that apply when these entities liquidate. Entity liquidations do not occur every day; but they do occur, and often at very critical times in...
Read More
Self-Study Video
(SSTX248/27) Surgent’s Buying and Selling a Business: Tax and Structuring Overview
One of the major transactions CPA clients are faced with is the purchase or disposition of a business. To help tax professionals advise those clients, this course offers a comprehensive analysis of the business and tax aspects of buying and selling a business. It is a practical guide to help practitioners and industry CPAs understand...
Read More
Livestream
(LITX19/27) Tax Research: Secondary Sources, Tax Positions, & Conflicting Authority
Financial professionals are inundated with new information about the Internal Revenue Code on a daily basis. While it's easy to dismiss unreliable social media posts or obscure websites, it becomes much more challenging when conflicting information comes from respected, authoritative sources. For example, is a court decision about a tax issue more important than information...
Read More
Self-Study Video
(SSTX390/27) Surgent’s Weekly Expert Hour (Original Air Date: 11/6/25)
As financial and tax professionals well know, information overload is a constant struggle we face because things change quickly, and the sheer number of changes being made on a daily basis is enormous. Of great importance to small and medium tax and advisory firms is differentiating between changes that are relevant to our practice and...
Read More
Self-Study Video
(SSTX224/27) Surgent’s Understanding Partnership Taxation: Types of Basis, Contributions, and Distributions
Calculating partnership basis is one of the most important things that we do as practitioners. However, it is also one of the most confusing. When we use the term "basis," we really could be referring to one of three different things. This course will explore the differences between inside basis, outside basis, and 704(b) basis....
Read More
Self-Study Text
(SSTX243/27) Surgent’s S Corporation Core Tax Issues From Formation Through Liquidation
As experienced staff members master the preparation intricacies of an 1120-S tax return, they are expected to understand and apply the underlying concepts, principles and laws governing S corporation status. This course is designed to illustrate in both theory and practice overarching principles that govern S corporations from formation to revocation, termination and liquidation. Experienced,...
Read More
