CPE Catalog & Events
ABC Networking - Attorneys, Bankers and CPAs
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Phoenix
0.0 Credits
Don Farmer's 2025 Federal Tax Update
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Phoenix
8.0 Credits
The major topics covered in this seminar include: A review of any tax legislation enacted in 2025, including potential changes to corporate and individual tax rates. Updates on FinCEN’s beneficial ownership information reporting rules and compliance requirements. Regulations modifying the required minimum distribution (RMD) rules for 2025. An analysis of 2025 developments related to energy credits, including clean energy incentives and tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements and electric vehicles. Employee Retention Credit (ERC) developments and IRS enforcement actions. Updates on 1099-K reporting rules and implementation for 2025. Emerging developments in digital assets taxation, including new IRS guidance on cryptocurrency and NFT transactions. Key new tax cases, rulings and regulations expected to have the most significant impact on individuals and businesses. IRS enforcement initiatives and compliance trends for 2025. Planning strategies for maximizing tax benefits and mitigating liabilities in light of recent legislative changes. The presentation will emphasize tax planning opportunities resulting from these recent developments.
Behind the Scenes at Scottsdale's Museum of the West
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Scottsdale
1.0 Credits
2026 AZ Tax Guide - Electronic PDF
Available Until
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0.0 Credits
It includes the following sections: The Arizona Income Tax Guide is a comprehensive reference that highlights the differences between Arizona and Federal income tax law and provides references to the Arizona Revised Statutes for a more in-depth analysis. It highlights the differences between individual, corporate, partnership and trust taxes, includes tax tables, and is arranged in a way that facilitates research on any topic. The Arizona Sales and Use Tax Guide is a resource for anyone preparing or filing city sales and use tax returns. The guide details the various sales tax classifications, exemptions, deductions and rates as well as compliance, audits, refund claims and administrative appeals. The Arizona Personal Property Tax Guide provides an overview of Arizona’s personal property tax system, including exemptions, the classification structure and assessment rates, reporting, valuation and appeals. The Arizona Unclaimed Property Guide explains what unclaimed property is, reporting requirements for holders of unclaimed property, how owners of unclaimed property can claim their property and audits.
Webcast: Preparation, Compilation and Review Issues - Highlights 25-26
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
AR-C 60 AR-C 70 AR-C 80 and AR-C 90
Webcast: The Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax and Dynasty Trusts 25-26
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Calculation of the GST tax and how it relates to the estate tax and gift tax Direct skips, taxable distributions, and taxable terminations GST tax allocations, Reverse QTIP election, and Exempt and Nonexempt Trusts Calculating the benefit of and designing Dynasty Trusts
Webcast: What Every CPA Should Know About Fraud 25-26
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
How is fraud detected The role of external auditors in finding fraud Revenue recognition issues Corrupt management Data mining Physical and biometric controls
Webcast: Surgent's Compilations, Reviews and Preparations: Engagement Performance and Annual Update
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
SSARS No. 21, Clarification and Recodification, and updates to SSARS No. 21 due to the issuance of SSARS No. 23, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services SSARS No. 22, Compilation of Pro Forma Financial Information SSARS No. 24, Omnibus Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services -- 2018 SSARS No. 25, Materiality in a Review of Financial Statements and Adverse Conclusions SSARS No. 26, Quality Management for an Engagement Conducted in Accordance With Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services Sample comprehensive engagement work programs for preparation, compilation and review engagements Reporting and disclosure illustrations for each level of service, including attesting on personal financial statements, prescribed form, special purpose framework and other engagement variations Other communication requirements, such as sample engagement letters and management representation letters
Webcast: Statements on Quality Management Standards 1-3: What the Standards Require 25-26
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
SQMS 1 A Firm's System of Quality Management SQMS 2 Engagement Quality Reviews SQMS 3 Amendments to SQMS 1 and 2
Webcast: Surgent's Managing Millennials
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Understanding who millennials are and what distinguishes them from other sectors of the workforce Changes millennials seek in the workplace Suggestions on engaging and developing millennials Best practices by organizations who have successfully integrated millennials Expectations as to learning, development and training Work environments and schedules School to work transitions Views on salary, benefits and corporate ethics Whether millennials’ expectations are significantly different from any other generation Strengths millennials offer which set them apart from others Common myths pertaining to millennials Definitions of success
Webcast: Surgent's Tax Research - Intermediate Concepts
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Tax code hierarchy Organization of an Internal Revenue Code section Special rules for IRC citation Citing other primary authorities Private letter rulings Primary vs. secondary authority Secondary sources of authority Steps in the tax research process Research memoranda
Webcast: Surgent's Internal Controls and COSO in a Post-COVID Landscape
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
ACFE'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
Webcast: Surgent's Avoiding Deficiencies in Peer Reviews: Focus on Engagement Quality
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
AICPA’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 Best practices in documentation
Webcast: Surgent's A Complete Tax Guide to Exit Planning
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Gain exclusion and tax-free reorganization planning Gain exclusion with sales of C corporation stock – Section 1202 Deferral of gain with installment reporting Gain planning with partnerships Basis planning – basis step-up at death, gifts of interests to family Restructuring the business entity – C vs. S corporation, partnerships, LLCs Real estate planning – retention vs sales, like-kind exchanges Employee stock ownership plans – special tax incentives Employee benefit planning with ownership change Taxes other than the federal income tax – state tax, estate, gift and generation-skipping taxes, and property taxes Prospects for tax law change
Webcast: Surgent's Section 199A: Schedule K-1 Reporting by Relevant Pass-Through Entities
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
The latest guidance from the IRS provided through regulations or administrative announcements Reporting requirements for all relevant pass-through entities Reporting for multiple activities within one entity Allocating common items among multiple activities Section 199A Schedule K-1 reporting for tiered entities Calculating and reporting qualified wages and the unadjusted basis immediately after acquisition of qualified property Allocating §199A relevant amounts to beneficiaries of trusts using DNI Handling separately stated items for which qualified business income status is determined at the shareholder or partner level The effects of ownership changes on §199A reporting on Schedule K-1 Reporting publicly traded partnership income and REIT income to the partners or shareholders Reporting aggregated activities Allocating §199A amounts to partners when special allocations have been made by the partnership
Webcast: Surgent's Simply Auditing Not-for-Profits Efficiently
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
How distinctive funding sources, different operating purposes, and lack of ownership interests affect risk assessment and planning in the audit of a not-for-profit Key considerations and auditing procedures applied in auditing contributions, functional expenses, net assets, etc. Frequent issues arising in audits of not-for-profits (e.g., independence concerns, communicating with those charged with governance, Yellow Book audits, single audits, etc.)
Webcast: 101 Tax Planning Ideas 25-26
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Planning opportunities in the tax formula Different types of planning Frequently-used planning techniques Qualitative and quantitative considerations The connection between tax planning and other financial planning areas, such as retirement, investment, insurance and estate planning Looking to the past, present and future as we plan
Webcast: Advanced Staff Tax Training: Individual 25-26
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Taxation of investments Reporting of business income and losses from pass-through entities including loss limitations Non-income taxes that impact individual income tax returns Retirement contributions and planning Alternative Minimum Tax (ATM) Social Security taxation Charitable contribution planning with limitations
Webcast: IRAs: Traditional, Roth, SEP & SIMPLE 25-26
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
An emphasis on newly enacted tax legislation affecting IRAs., including the NEW final required minimum distribution (RMD) regulations Contribution limits to and tax treatment of distributions from Traditional, Roth, SEP and SIMPLE IRAs Deductible phase-out limits for Traditional IRA contributions for taxpayers who are active participants in qualified retirement plans Roth IRA contribution phase-out limits, as well as tax-free qualified distributions Planning opportunities for conversions to ROTH IRAs Rollover rules to/from different retirement accounts and the one-rollover-per-year limitation The different options of receiving IRA distributions before age 59 « and avoiding the 10% early distribution penalty (including substantially equal periodic payments) The required minimum distribution (RMD) rules from IRAs needed to avoid the 50% penalty after the account owner turns age 72 or dies The tax ramifications of spouse and non-spouse beneficiaries and how this affects the RMD calculation after the account owner's death Overview of health savings account (HSA) eligibility rules, contribution limits and distribution rules
Webcast: Living Trust Administration Workshop 25-26
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
The steps in Trust Administration Delaware Tax Trap -its unique use Change of the exemption in 2026 and its impact Whether to file a 706 for portability election and/or Q-Tipping the Credit Trust Preparation of trust accountings Trust administration of Medi-Cal Trusts, QPRT, GRAT and IDGTs