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CPE Catalog & Events
CPE & Event Classes
MTCPA offers thousands of live and online courses to support your professional development. Our goal is to strengthen your knowledge and help you achieve even greater success.
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Surgent's Top Business Tax Planning Strategies
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Lower marginal tax rates made permanent New, more generous depreciation rules for bonus and Section 179 Qualified production property and bonus depreciation Full expensing of domestic research and experimental expenditures Rev. Proc. 2025-28 and options for small taxpayers Taking advantage of the QBI deduction Taking advantage of the SALT cap and the pass-through entity tax Form 1099 reporting changes Deducting business interest and business losses Taking advantage of the new Section 1202 tax regime
AHI: Level IV - Management and Leadership Essentials Training
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Webcast Only
24.00 Credits
Expectations of the Supervisor/Manager Leadership skills and styles Managing self and priorities Improving communication skills Human motivation Supervising, evaluating and coaching staff Helping your firm grow
Fiduciary Taxation Part 1: Introduction to Form 1041 26-27
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Introduction to the Fiduciary Entity and Basic Fiduciary Entity Flowchart Authorities & Disciplines in Fiduciary Accounting & Taxation Fiduciary Tax Rates and Brackets Introduction to Subchapter J 5 Basic Rules & Concept of Fiduciary Taxation and Steps to Calculating the Income Taxation of Trusts & Estates Use of a Tax Spreadsheet
PFP Update: Investment Planning in This New Era 26-27
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Webcast Only
2.00 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
Cash Management Techniques: Cash Does Not Manage Itself! 26-27
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Case studies and participant discussions will highlight these cash management issues: Manage cash electronically Encourage customers to pay faster Preserve cash and reduce costs by partnering with vendors to take advantage of their purchase discounts
Clarifying Risk Assessment - SAS 145 and Beyond 26-27
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Assessing the risk of material misstatement Mandatory risk assessment procedures Evaluating internal controls Responding to risk assessment with appropriate audit procedures Complying with revised and expanded documentation requirements
Ethical Intelligence: Global Case Studies & Standards 26-27
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Ethical Responsibilities for CPAs AICPA Code of Professional Conduct PCAOB Independence & Ethics Sarbanes—Oxley Act Circular 230 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Whistleblower & Reporting Duties (incl. Dodd-Frank) California State Board Ethics & Enforcement Data Privacy & Confidentiality (CCPA/CPRA)
Multistate Income Tax Issues
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Emerging sales tax topics: Elimination of the physical presence standard in determining nexus (Wayfair case); economic nexus for remote sellers; assisting remote sellers in determining a plan of action in states that enforce economic nexus Emerging compliance issues in the new sales tax economy Income Tax (and other forms of tax): Economic nexus (taxation without physical presence) Will states shift away from income tax and increase reliance on sales tax after Wayfair? Treatment of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act by the states: presence of intangible property; is P.L. 86-272 still valid? When to consider voluntary compliance even though the laws do not dictate a sales tax responsibility
Closely Held Business Owner Financial Planning Opportunities 26-27
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Insurance planning Investment planning Business succession planning Income tax planning Practice management and marketing Retirement planning Executive compensation Estate planning
Fiduciary Taxation Part 2: Fiduciary Accounting & Simple Trusts 26-27
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Review the Basic Concept of Fiduciary Duty Review the Basic Concept of Fiduciary Accounting Use of a Diagram to Distinguish Income and Principal Calculating Fiduciary Accounting Income Requirements of a Simple Trust Problem Example Spreadsheets Reflecting Fiduciary Accounting and Taxation of Simple Trusts as well as how Depreciation is Handled by a Fiduciary Entity Problem Examples Reflecting a Completed Form 1041 using Spreadsheet Calculations for Fiduciary Accounting and Taxation of Simple Trusts
Surgent's Comparing and Contrasting Retirement Plans for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Factors business owners should take into account when choosing a retirement plan SIMPLE plans Simplified employee pension plans 401(k) plans Defined benefit plans Ensuring eligible employees are covered Employees’ impact on choice of plan Ongoing compliance requirements Establishing a plan after the tax year end Changes to safe harbor 401(k) plans Pooled employer plans Defined benefit plans and cash balance plans
Surgent's Work-Life Balance: Maximizing Productivity and Understanding Related Tax Issues
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Discuss how productivity strategies may improve work-life balance Understand the state tax consequences that may arise when working from home Identify and discuss challenges unique to financial professionals Review how some organizations are providing support to improve work-life balance Explore the role of alternative work arrangements Examine challenges unique to auditors versus tax professionals A comparison of work-life balance between public and industry accountants How work-family conflict varies among financial professionals Recommendations for improving work-life balance
Surgent's Understanding Partnership Taxation: Types of Basis, Contributions, and Distributions
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Three different types of basis Contributions of property IRC 704(b) – Capital Accounts and Special Allocations Contributions of property and debt Contributions of services IRS Notice 2020-43
Surgent's Navigating Your Client Through the IRS Appeals Process
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Preparing a valid Appeals Protest for small case requests when tax, penalties, and interest for each period are $25,000 or less Writing and filing a Formal Protest, including required information Alternative Dispute Resolution options available to clients Negotiation and time limitations Preparing and submitting a Tax Court petition to preserve a client’s rights
Surgent's Preparing and Writing Findings in Yellow Book and Single Audits
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
The types of audit findings reported in Yellow Book and single audit engagements The finding elements required by the GAO and OMB standards Where audit findings get communicated in the reporting process
Surgent's Top 20 Effective Strategies for Avoiding RMD Mistakes and Penalties
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
How to determine when an individual is subject to an RMD Coverage of RMD changes under SECURE Act 2.0 What is the required minimum distribution for an account owner? What is the required minimum distribution for a beneficiary IRA? Key explanations of RMD regulations The types of accounts that are subject to the RMD rules The parties that are subject to the RMD rules Exceptions and special considerations for RMDs Rollover and transfer rules in an RMD year The various responsibilities of interested parties Qualified charitable distributions and how they are coordinated with RMDs and IRA contributions How the 10-year rule works for beneficiaries
Surgent's Applying the Yellow Book to a Financial Statement Audit
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Circumstances requiring auditors to follow the Yellow Book (Government Auditing Standards or GAGAS) Relationship of Yellow Book requirements to GAAS and single audit requirements The Yellow Book requirements related to the performance of and reporting on a financial audit Identifying and reporting findings under the Yellow Book
Surgent's Business Law for Small Business Owners
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Contract principles Legal issues related to various types of business organizations Worker classification Employee rights and the duties of employers Real property law
Surgent's Ethical Considerations for the CPA
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Examine the CPA's role in today's economy Compare similarities and differences between individual and business ethics Explore the link between ethics, integrity and scruples Discuss the basic attributes of ethics and professional conduct Review the history of the CPA profession and the CPA's requirement to adhere to ethics policies and codes of conduct Review the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct and a CPA's responsibilities to the public, clients and colleagues Discuss the common rules and statutes faced daily in the CPA profession. Case studies may also be utilized to present potential ethical dilemmas CPAs may face during their careers Review CPA Independence violations by current legal case examples
Federal Tax Update: Individual Form 1040 26-27
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Webcast Only
8.00 Credits
Review of recent federal legislation and administrative rulings Review of recent modifications to tax forms Review of small business tax law and administrative update changes Review of retirement plan changes Overall review of tax practice and procedures