WICPA CPE & Special Event Catalog
Surgent's The Road Ahead: Critical OBBBA Changes Impacting Accounting & Finance Professionals
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
It is important for accounting and finance practitioners to help their clients understand and apply the many new provisions of OBBBA. Many of these changes are effective for the 2025 tax year and beyond. This program is an introduction to and review of some of these critical changes and their impact on taxpayers. This program is a two-hour review and analysis of what we consider some of the most current and important changes from the OBBBA. If you want the latest OBBBA information to relay to your clients, this course is for you. Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's The Role of the Whistle-Blower
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Whistle-blowers play an important role in fraud detection and prevention. This course will review historical financial whistle-blowers and they role they play in organizations, as well as explore whistle-blower myths. It includes a conversation with a whistle-blower and a former FBI agent. This is the last of five 2-hour courses in Surgent's Fraud Certificate Program. This program includes a combination of lectures, animated videos and live interviews with white-collar offenders and whistle-blowers. Each course is designed to be engaging and informative and will enhance your understanding of fraud.Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's The Top Five Tax Issues in Dealing with LLCs & Partnerships
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Partnerships and LLCs involve unique problems that require careful attention. This course covers selected critical tax issues that practitioners need to know when working with partnerships and limited liability companies, with a focus on planning opportunities and pitfalls.Note: This is a downloadable self-study course.
Surgent's This Year's Best Income Tax, Estate Tax & Financial-Planning Ideas
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16.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
With different tax rates for individuals and trusts, tax planning takes on more importance. New legislation increases the importance of generating new ideas for financial planning and saving for retirement. The purpose of this course is to explore practical tax-planning ideas that practitioners can use to assist clients with their needs. This course is crucial for CPAs who are looking for good ideas that can save clients money! Continually updated for legislative developments.Note: This is a downloadable self-study course.
Surgent's This Year's Top Tax & Financial-Planning Ideas
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8.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
With tax rates for individuals, estates and trusts changing, tax planning takes on more importance. New ideas for financial planning and retirement must be considered. The purpose of this course is to explore practical tax-planning ideas that practitioners can use to assist clients with their needs. This course is crucial for CPAs who are looking for good ideas that can save clients money! Continually updated for legislative developments.Note: This is a downloadable self-study course.
Surgent's Time Management for Professionals
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The phrase "time management" is misleading. No one manages time. Instead, we manage events in our lives which consume time. Like money, time is both finite and valuable; it should be budgeted and used wisely. Those individuals who "manage" or budget their time wisely often are more productive, less stressed and able to achieve their goals more effectively than others. Professionals by nature place a high value on their time. Still, successful time management strategies vary based upon the personality, motivation and discipline of each individual. This course provides simple, practical and powerful techniques that help professionals work efficiently and achieve better balance in their lives. Successful time management skills also reduce the risk of burnout, which in turn improves the likelihood of achieving success in any endeavor.Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Top 10 Technology Risks & Trends Every CPA Should Know
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1.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
The use of technology by businesses of all types, including CPA firms, has exploded in recent years, creating the need for proactive and robust cybersecurity risk management practices. This trend has created the need for a data-driven decision-making process but has also introduced risks into many companies' operating environment. This course will explore the most common technology risks and trends that every CPA should know to better advise and serve clients.Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Top 20 Effective Strategies for Avoiding RMD Mistakes & Penalties: Updated for the NEW Proposed RMD Regulations
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Required minimum distributions (RMD) must begin for the year in which the account owner reaches age 72 unless an exception applies. RMDs must also be taken from inherited accounts and the process for determining RMDs for these accounts is more complex than those that apply to RMDs for non-inherited accounts. Failure to comply with the RMD rules will result in the account owner owing the IRS a 50% excess accumulation penalty on any RMD shortfall. Interested parties must understand the compliance requirements that apply to RMDs to be able to assist in ensuring that penalties are avoided.Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Top Business Tax Planning Strategies
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Business strategies for 2025 are based on important tax changes made in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). There are a number of important business tax changes that can be used to develop tax planning strategies that have great advantages for businesses and their owners. This program covers many important business tax changes and the implications for tax planning founded on them. Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Top Individual Tax Planning Strategies
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Individual tax planning strategies for 2025 and beyond will take their cue from the many tax advantageous tax law changes enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Many of the OBBBA changes are very favorable to individual taxpayers. Taxpayers and their clients now have the opportunity to utilize these new planning strategies. Tax practitioners must know about these new changes and the planning strategies associated with them to maximize the advantages to their clients. This program will cover tax changes enacted in 2025 that impact individuals and provide individuals with significant tax reduction opportunities. Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Top Ten Questions From Partnership Clients Regarding the Section 754 Election
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4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
This program is an in-depth analysis of the Section 754 election and the two adjustments associated with the election under Section 743(b) and Section 734(b). The 754 election is a highly technical provision that provides great tax benefits to the owners of the partnership and particularly in the case of Section 743(b), a new partner. This course covers the most common questions encountered by practitioners in their daily practices. The program includes a number of examples that provide insights into the mechanics of the two adjustments that follow upon a Section 754 election. Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Transitioning to the Accounting Profession
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
New accountants, whether coming right out of school or from industry will find that the accounting profession is heavily governed by technical and ethical standards. In addition, the new accounting professional will need to understand new terminology as well as what their team members and clients expect of them by way of job performance and client service. This module will help those transitioning to the accounting profession to understand the role of the accountant in public accounting and in industry, discuss the major standards relating to ethics including integrity, objectivity, independence and serving the public trust. (Please Note: This module is part of Surgent's Audit Skills Training: Level I.)Note: This course qualifies to count toward the WICPA membership Ethics CPE requirement.Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Trump Accounts Created by OBBBA: A Comprehensive Guide for Accounting & Finance Professionals
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
Many clients are asking their advisors about Trump Accounts, one of the most anticipated yet misunderstood provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). This program will provide practitioners with the background to be able to advise their clients regarding how Trump Accounts operate. The course will also discuss the comparison between Trump Accounts and other accounts, such as 529 Plans and Roth IRAs. In addition, coverage will be provided on how the pilot program will function to give $1,000 to newborns. Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Unconscious Bias in the Workplace
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
This interactive professional development course explores the concept of unconscious bias and its impact on workplace dynamics, decision-making and organizational culture. Through engaging exercises, real-world case studies and reflective activities, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how implicit attitudes shape perceptions and behaviors -- often without conscious awareness. The course empowers learners to recognize their own biases, understand their origins and develop strategies to mitigate their effects in professional settings. Participants will leave with actionable tools to foster a more inclusive, equitable and respectful workplace.Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Understanding Derivatives & Hedge Accounting: A Simplified Guide for CPAs
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $49
This course provides CPAs with a comprehensive understanding of derivatives and hedging in financial management. Participants will explore the fundamentals of derivatives, their strategic role in risk management and the differences between hedge accounting and traditional accounting methods. The course specifically covers fair value, cash flow and net investment hedges and discusses their practical applications. This course also addresses hedge accounting, including designation, documentation and effectiveness testing.Note: This is a downloadable self-study course.
Surgent's Understanding How the IRS Rewards Whistleblowers
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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 concerning the underpayment of taxes. Under the IRS' new program, whistleblowers may recover 15 to 30 percent of the amount collected provided the taxes and amounts in dispute exceed $2 million. If the whistleblower's claim does not meet these criteria, the IRS may still consider granting an award under its pre-2006 Tax Relief Act discretionary authority. Given the rapid growth of this program, practitioners should have a basic understanding of the procedure and content for IRS Whistleblower claims, both from the perspective of a claimant's potential to recover and a taxpayer's exposure to liability.Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Understanding & Managing Burnout Among Accounting & Finance Professionals
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $109
According to a recent study, over 70% of accounting professionals suffer from burnout, leading to feelings of exhaustion, inefficiency and dissatisfaction with their careers. Recurring challenges for accounting and finance professionals include long hours, repetitive work, pressing client demands and changing rules and regulations. Together, these conditions contribute to chronic workplace stress. Burnout is real and firms that ignore this common problem pay a high price. Nearly three out of five employees in accounting and finance professions report psychological harm from work-related stress, including an overall feeling of lack of interest, motivation, or energy. Fortunately, individuals and organizations are beginning to take career burnout more seriously, especially in the post-pandemic era. This course looks at the causes of accounting burnout and examines strategies organizations are implementing to address and reduce a well-known but often overlooked problem. Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Understanding Non-Compete Agreements
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The enforceability of non-compete agreements in the U.S. is in flux. While the FTC's proposed ban is on hold pending legal proceedings, existing state laws continue to govern the validity of non-compete clauses. Some states, like California, Oklahoma and North Dakota, prohibit non-compete agreements, while others enforce them under certain conditions. Although state laws vary, non-competes are often used to protect the creation and development of corporate goodwill, customer relationships and specialized training, among others. Today, employees are more likely to be asked to sign non-compete agreements as a condition of employment. Non-compete agreements are also a common component of a business sale agreement. This program surveys non-compete agreements from all angles, including the current state of play regarding the usefulness and enforceability of agreements going forward. Whether you advise individual clients or work for an employer, this course provides an understanding of common issues that arise in the negotiation and enforcement of non-competes.Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Understanding Partnership Taxation: Debt Allocations
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
How debt is allocated to the partners in a partnership is important. It dictates how much money may be taken tax-free as a distribution, the losses that flow down to the partners and the gain or loss on the sale of a partnership interest. However, the allocation of debt can differ depending on the type of debt it is and the type of partner we are talking about. Furthermore, 704(c) can complicate things. And what in the world is a constructive liquidation scenario? In this course, we will tackle the concept of debt allocations - how you do it, what it means and why you do it.Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
Surgent's Understanding Partnership Taxation: PTE Elections, 754 Elections & Selling a Partnership Interest
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2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
Partnership tax law is always difficult. However, when certain transactions come up, not knowing how to handle them can be costly to clients and practitioners. In this course, we discuss several of these types of situations. We will explore the tax impacts of a PTE election and how a 754 election affects the inside basis of partnership assets. We will then examine those tricky look-through provisions on the sale of a partnership interest in order to properly calculate the tax implications.Note: This is an on-demand webcast self-study course.
