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PFP Update: Investment Planning in This New Era 26-27
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
• 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
Tax Practice Conduct Standards: Circular 230 and AICPA Statements 26-27
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $175
• Federal and California statutory and regulatory standards governing tax preparers: Preparer penalty provisions, Circular 230 and; AICPA Statements on Standards for Tax Services• Tax shelter and reportable transaction issues in depth• Attorney-client, Sec. 7525 and work product privilege issues and Kovel arrangements
Avoiding Peer Review Deficiencies and Professional Liability in Public Accounting
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
Differentiating risks faced when performing various levels of professional services, such as audits, reviews, compilations, preparing financial statements, bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and similar Best practices for preventing quality control concerns that could lead to peer review deficiencies or malpractice claims Establishing an understanding with the client to minimize misunderstandings as to the nature and scope of engagements Explain situations when independence should be appropriately safeguarded when performing nonattest services
101 Tax Planning Ideas 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• An overview of the individual and business tax changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill• Identifying tax 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
Financial Statement Analysis 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• How to extract necessary information• Financial ratios that are used as analytical tools• The proper understanding of accounting terminology• Basic ratio tools• Cash flow• Working capital
Understanding and Creating an Internal Control System 26-27
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $329
• Underlying concepts of internal control• Defining where and why controls, policies and procedures are needed• Legacy control measures that are still important for businesses today• Creating control measures that address the use and protection of technology
Financial Accounting Standards: A Comprehensive Review 26-27
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Webinar
16.00 Credits
Member Price: $589
• Application of professional judgment• Codification, GAAP and the GAAP hierarchy• Recent changes in financial statement presentation• Hot Topics in financial reporting & accounting
IRS Penalties and Abatements
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Various types of penalties: Accuracy related, fraud, understatement of valuation, reporting requirement, failure to pay, and pay or deposit penaltiesRules on waiver of penalties and interestsVarious forms and procedures for requesting reliefFirst Time Abatement: Requirements and proceduresHow an individual taxpayer qualifies for Reasonable Cause abatementProcedures for requesting refund of paid penaltiesAvailable administrative options
Surgent's Annual Accounting and Auditing Update
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
Recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates, PCC Update, and items on the FASB’s Technical Agenda Recently issued ASUs covering derivatives, credit losses under ASC 326, government grants, and expense disaggregation FASB Final PIR Report for Leases (Topic 842) Statement on Quality Management Standards: SQMS 1, SQMS 2, and SQMS 3 Proposed SAS on the auditor’s responsibility relating to fraud Recently issued SASs and other AICPA activity Recently issued PCAOB standards and SEC rulemaking activities Other important A&A practice matters
Volume to Value: A New Era of Precision Hiring in Accounting
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The shift from volume to precision hiringWhy firms are moving to targeted, competency-based hiringTalent market impacts and competitive hiring realitiesAI in recruiting: practical use cases and implicationsWhere AI tools commonly support hiring workflowsBenefits and limitations of AI-enabled screening and assessmentThe skills mismatch in accounting hiringWhy critical thinking and professional communication gaps persistWhy traditional hiring methods miss these competenciesThe new competency hierarchy for high performersDefining and prioritizing the competencies that drive resultsAI ethics awareness and professional judgment in an AI-enabled workplaceAssessment methods for precision hiringStructured behavioral interviewing and scoring rubricsWork simulations, case presentations, and client scenariosUsing AI-enabled assessments responsibly and consistentlyMetrics and ROI: evaluating successQuality-of-hire measures (performance, ramp time, manager satisfaction)Retention and turnover measuresEfficiency measures (time-to-fill, cost-to-fill) and how to balance themImplementation roadmapA phased approach to adopting precision hiring (foundation → expansion → optimization)– Building governance, documentation, and consistency for scalability
Revenue Recognition - Topic 606 Disclosures
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revenue Recognition Accounting
A Strategic Approach to Understanding Compensation Structures
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
Compensation
Tax Talks August 2026
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
• Various tax topics from a legal perspective• International, Federal and State tax matters
Benford’s Law and Other Digital Analysis Techniques
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Webinar
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $79
Benford’s Law Digital Analysis Data analytics
GASB 96 –SBITA, GASB 94 P3, and GASB 87 Leases (Year 2)
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Requirements of GASB 96, GASB 94, and GASB 87 Implementation of GASB 96, 94 and 87
Third Party Verification (Comfort) Requests- What Are Options for Responding and How to Determine Which Professional Standards to Apply?
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Common third party verification requests Differentiating the allowable options for responding to requests for comfort, including SSARS, SAS and SSAE engagements Critical elements of professional standards that may apply to nonattest and attest services performed Establishing an understanding with the client regarding the nature and scope of services
HR’s Role in Business Evolution: Strategy, Finance, and Growth
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Corporate Culture Strategic Planning Leadership Staff Development Use of Generative AI
Accounting & Auditing for Cryptocurrency
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Accounting and auditing issues related to cryptocurrency ASU 2023-08 and related FASB developments FASB discussions, Invitation to Comment, and research agenda updates Case study application of cryptocurrency accounting guidance Accounting for cryptocurrency transactions and balances Audit considerations for cryptocurrency engagements
How Much Are Your Ethics Worth?
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Understanding ethicsAvailable tools to aid in ethical decision makingThe role of bias in making ethical decisionsApplication through case studies
Measuring Audit Risks
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Webinar
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $109
Audit Risk Material Misstatement Error vs. Fraud Risk Assessment Audit Documentation Audit Procedures Auditing Standards