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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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Nonprofit A&A Standards Update and New Developments 26-27
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Pledges and contributions Restrictions and conditions Special concerns with governmental funding Donated goods and services Special events Revenues earned through sales and services to customers
Surgent's Management Fundamentals
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
What it takes to be effective as a manager Exploring the challenges that get in the way Looking at the driving forces that have evolved how managers engage with employees today Motivating employees of multi-generations Twelve practices that can be adopted to influence employees to become more engaged Identifying what it takes to develop employees Delegation and accountability
Surgent's Ethics for Tax Professionals
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
What does practicing before the IRS mean? Who may practice before the IRS? What should a tax preparer do if he or she has knowledge of a client's omission of income from a tax return? May a tax preparer rely on the work of other tax return preparers? May a tax preparer rely on and use client-provided information? Standards associated with giving advice to clients Abolition of the disclaimer requirement When must a tax preparer examine a client’s books and records?
Surgent's Excel Tables and Conditional Summing
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Using the Table object to store data Using the conditional summing function to aggregate Table data Using the Table object to create mapping tables
Surgent's Tax Research - Intermediate Concepts
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Webcast Only
2.00 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
How Good Companies Become Great: Secrets to Success 26-27
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
The link between great companies and their core values Getting the right people on the bus and in the right seats The Hedgehog Concept a model to identify your company's focal point to create maximum value
ChatGPT Deep-Dive Hands-on Bootcamp for CPAs 26-27
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Getting started with ChatGPT Tour of the ChatGPT app and how to use it Variety of hands-on case study examples for accounting, finance and tax Protecting your data privacy in ChatGPT Advanced ChatGPT features review Subscription plan options
Surgent's The Art of Delegation: Strategies for Improving Your Skills
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
What is delegation? Why is delegation important? When and to whom should tasks be assigned? How can you delegate effectively? How do you deal with problems and issues when they arise?
Surgent's Guide to the AICPA Quality Management Standards
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Quality management standards SAS 146, SSARS No. 26, and SSAE 23 Risk assessment, which forms the basis of the SQM Monitoring and evaluating the SQM
Surgent's Construction Contractors: Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Overall landscape of the construction industry GAAP and recent changes affecting the construction industry FASB ASC 606 and its impact on the construction industry The unique relationship between the contractor and the surety FASB ASC 842 and its impact on the construction industry
Surgent's Defending Firms: Email Fraud, Cloud Risks, Cyber Insurance, and Remote Work Security
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Email fraud Phishing attacks Cloud security risks Cyber insurance Securing remote work environments
Surgent's IT Governance and Risk Management
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
The role of IT governance within an organization IT governance principles IT risk identification and assessment methods IT control frameworks (e.g., COBIT, ITIL) IT general controls and application controls Business process management Change management
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 Introduction to Forensic Accounting
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Review of the different aspects of forensic accounting The civil litigation process as it relates to forensic accounting Litigation services provided by forensic accountants Fraud detection and prevention Various types of fraud Training and certifications in forensic accounting Forensic accounting in bankruptcy proceedings Forensic accounting in family law proceedings Calculating damages for use in litigation Valuations Ethical issues pertinent to forensic accounting
Surgent's Handling Difficult People
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Be familiar with the nature and sources of difficult behaviors in the workplace, as well as strategies for addressing them Understand a proven formula for handling difficult people Utilize a problem-solving model to brainstorm strategies for working effectively with challenging individuals Implement a step-by-step process to resolve conflicts between yourself and others within your organization Apply the hostility curve as a tool to maintain control in situations involving angry or upset individuals Implement new strategies for managing your emotions in difficult interactions Understand the impact of attitude on interactions with others Create a personalized action plan for applying course strategies in your workplace
Surgent's Liquidation of Flow-Through Entities for LLCs and Partnerships
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Tax rules governing liquidation of a partnership or S corporation Tax treatment of the shareholder/partner/member receiving a liquidating distribution in an S corporation liquidation/partnership liquidation Tax impact on the pass-through entity when the entity is liquidated Receipt of corporate liabilities in an S corporation distribution Proportionate, liquidating partnership distributions to partners, and gains and losses to a partner on a liquidating partnership distribution Tax issues associated with a partnership distribution of noncash properties in a liquidation Compliance requirements on the occasion of a liquidation of a corporation or a partnership
Lease Accounting - Making Sense of the Standard 26-27
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
What control of assets constitute a lease Embedded leases Fixed and variable consideration Determining the lease term Modifications and assessments Related party leases Presenting leases on financial statements Components of calculating liabilities and rights of use
Practical Accounting Update 26-27
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
New rules in the accounting arena SQMS NOCLAR rules Cybersecurity New Audit Standards
Surgent's Information Security and Privacy
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Covered entities and permitted uses and disclosures NIST framework Threat agents and attacks Cybersecurity risks Threat modeling and threat landscape Vulnerability management Layered security and defense-in-depth Protection of confidential data
Retirement Penalties and Rollover Issues 26-27
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
What the IRS knows: Forms 1099R and 5498 Exceptions to the ten percent penalty Secure 2.0 changes to the late payment penalty History of the 60-day Rule and Recent Developments Rulings and self-certification Form 5329 use and strategies