CPE Catalog & Events
Surgent's Exploring Client Advisory Services: Tax Due Dates and Penalties/Where Do I Need To File?
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Estimated taxes and deadlines Tax due dates for common returns and filings Potential penalties and interest Information return penalties Penalties applicable to pass-through entities Accuracy-related penalties First-time abatement (FTA) FTA eligible returns Reasonable cause Nexus: sales tax vs. income tax Sales tax nexus with state specific examples Remote work and sales tax nexus Income tax nexus with state-specific examples Remote work and income tax nexus Sales factor: throwback rules
Surgent's Guide to Calculating S Corporation Shareholder Stock and Loan Basis
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Introduction to Form 7203 Introduction to the calculation of stock basis Introduction to the calculation of loan basis Taxable and nontaxable S corporation distributions to shareholders The election to reduce basis by deductible losses and expenses before reducing basis by nondeductible expenses
Surgent's What Tax Practitioners Need to Know About Medicare
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Eligibility for Medicare How to apply for Medicare Introduction to Parts A, B, C, and D of Medicare Payments for Parts B and D of Medicare: the higher costs imposed on higher income beneficiaries Late enrollment penalties Medicare Advantage in lieu of original Medicare The Affordable Care Act’s impact on Medicare Legislative and regulatory developments
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: PFP Update: Investment Planning in This New Era 26-27
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Develop, design and monitor client investment portfolios Assessing a client's risk tolerance and manage expectations by understanding risk/return relationships Assessomg market conditions in a very unique and different environment How clients need to potentially re-shape their investing strategies post-COVID and determine whether this process continues How investment vehicles work together to manage risk/return relationships How to build, monitor, evaluate and re-design an investment portfolio
Webcast: Deception, Embezzlement and Fraud 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Narcissism Studies Fraud Embezzlement Technology used in scams
Webcast: Pass-Thru Entity Owners Schedule K-1 Analysis 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Detailed coverage of any new legislation affecting basis computations and distributions and changes to the schedule K-1s (including the Form 7203—S Corporation Shareholder Stock and Debt Basis Limitations) Line-by-line analysis of the Schedule K-1s to determine how the items affect an S shareholder's stock and debt basis and a partner/member's outside basis and where the items get reported on Federal individual income tax return The three loss and deduction limitations on the owner's individual income tax return (i.e. basis, at-risk and other Form 1040 limitations) How cash or non-cash distributions affect the basis calculations and whether or not they are taxable to the owners Compare the tax treatment of the sale of a shareholder's stock in an S corporation and a partner's interest in a partnership What constitutes debt basis for an S corporation shareholder under the final regulations The tax ramifications of repaying loans to S corporation shareholders and on open account debt How recourse and non-recourse debt affect a partner or member's basis calculations and amount at-risk
Webcast: SSARS Codification: Preparation, Compilation and Review 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
SSARS Codification requirements SSARS engagements: preparation of financial statements, compilation of financial statements and proforma financial information Review of financial statements Coverage of the amendments to the SSARS contained in SSARS 26 and SSARS 27
Webcast: Auditing Standards: A Comprehensive Review 26-27
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Webcast
16.0 Credits
Efficient audit planning, documentation and research Risk assessment procedures relate control risk to substantive testing and reduce the risk of lawsuits Fraud requirements Testing management's estimates Auditing standards
Surgent's A Guide to Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
The basics of nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) NQDC compliance Taxation of NQDC plans Types of NQDC plans Financing/funding NQDC plans Planning strategies
Surgent's The Road Ahead: Critical OBBBA Changes Impacting Accounting and Finance Professionals
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Marginal tax rates effective in 2025 and beyond The QBI deduction Qualified residential interest Child Care Credit Miscellaneous itemized deductions, including the educator deduction Rollovers from 529 plans to ABLE accounts Additional expenses treated as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts Termination of credits for environmentally clean autos and expenditures Other timely topics
Surgent's Trump Accounts Created by OBBBA: A Comprehensive Guide for Accounting and Finance Professionals
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Establishing and administering a Trump Account Who can make contributions to a Trump Account Limits on contributions to a Trump Account Employer contributions to a Trump Account Participation in the pilot program What a Trump Account can invest in Basis tracking for after-tax contributions Taxation of distributions from a Trump Account Rolling a Trump Account into another account The potential advantages and disadvantages of having a Trump Account Opting out of a Trump Account Issues impacting a Trump Account, such as distribution, when the beneficiary turns 18
Surgent's Understanding Partnership Taxation: PTE Elections, 754 Elections, and Selling a Partnership Interest
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Notice 2020-75: PTE elections What is a 754 election? What if a 754 election is not in effect? Tax implications of a partnership interest sale on the seller Look-through provisions
Webcast: Closely Held Business Owner Financial Planning Opportunities 26-27
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Webcast
2.0 Credits
Insurance planning Investment planning Business succession planning Income tax planning Practice management and marketing Retirement planning Executive compensation Estate planning
Surgent's Basics of Employment Law for Non-HR Professionals
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
How the application of policies and employment laws within the workplace can reduce employee complaints, and protect your company from claims of discrimination or wrongful behavior Examining wage and pay practices, FMLA examples, and other challenging workplace questions, to insure actions are consistent with laws/policies Key functions of employment including recruitment, interviewing and selection
Surgent's Tax Loss Limitations Imposed on Individuals and Pass-through Entities
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Webcast
3.0 Credits
How to calculate a partner or S corporation shareholder’s basis Form 7203 and an S corporation shareholder’s basis The at risk basis rules and Form 6198 The passive activity loss limits The Section 461(l) loss rule The net operating loss limitation rules The Section 163(j) business interest limitation New OBBBA changes impacting business interest and Section 461(l)
Surgent's Required Minimum Distributions: Compliance and Planning
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Minimum distribution requirement changes by the SECURE Act 2.0 Latest IRS guidance, including final regulations The calculation of required minimum distributions using the Uniform Life Table Required minimum distributions from multiple accounts New §401(k) rules of SECURE Act 2.0 Inherited employer retirement accounts and IRAs: Changes to spousal and non-spousal beneficiary distribution options and stretch IRAs under the SECURE Act Required minimum distributions in the year of death Roth conversions for estate planning and avoiding required minimum distributions Timing of distributions for maximum tax-free compounding Section 529 rollovers to Roth accounts under SECURE Act 2.0 Qualified charitable distributions from IRAs and the relationship between deductible IRAs and QCDs under the new anti-abuse rules. Includes SECURE Act 2.0 rollovers to CRUTs and CRATs Taxation of distributions Penalties for missed required minimum distributions and reasonable cause for abatement of penalties. Includes SECURE Act 2.0 changes
Surgent's Tax Update for Client Advisory Services
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Webcast
4.0 Credits
Common tax deadlines and penalties Employee Retention Credit – new developments Beneficial ownership information reporting Bonus depreciation changes Form 1099 reporting and changes Online accounts and IP PINs Virtual currency updates Green energy credit compliance
Webcast: Advanced Personal Financial Planning Update 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Retirement: accumulation and decumulation techniques, Social Security, Medicare and long-term care Debt management, including mortgages and education financing Insurance and investments from a life-planning perspective Income tax legislation, cases, and rulings Estate and trust planning strategies
Webcast: Know Your Cost: Double Your Profit 26-27
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Webcast
8.0 Credits
Why traditional approaches are inadequate How superior cost information can double your profit Make Activity Based Costing spreadsheet easy Recognize joint and by-products Add throughput costing to your toolbox Depreciation Interest and the cost of capital