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8 Credits
Surgent’s Auditing Not-for-Profit Entities: Superior Skills for an Effective and Efficient Audit (SSAA749/24)
It's been said that you cannot fit a square peg into a round hole. The same principle holds true for audits of not-for-profit entities. You cannot simply apply a standard commercial audit approach to the audit of a not-for-profit entity and expect a ...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Accounting Principle Changes (SSAA751/24)
This course provides an overview of the accounting requirements with respect to accounting principle changes. The scope of accounting changes includes a discussion of changes in accounting principles, changes in accounting estimates, as well as chan...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Annual Auditing Update (SSAA752/24)
Designed for accounting, audit, and attestation practitioners at all levels in both public accounting and business and industry, this course provides an overview of the recent pronouncements and guidance issued by the AICPA related to audit and attes...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Business Combinations – U.S. GAAP vs. IFRS (SSAA753/24)
This course provides an overview of the similarities and key differences between the business combination standards issued by the FASB (ASC Topic 805) and the IASB (IFRS 3). While these standards are very similar, as is the case with many areas of U....
4 Credits
Surgent’s Best Practices in Not-for-Profit Accounting and Reporting (SSAA754/24)
Don't just wing it when you can soar! To catch the eye of resource providers and fulfill the needs of leadership, it is essential that not-for-profits prepare financial statements which excel. This course will empower you with the knowledge of not-fo...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Winning the Fraud Battle in the Digital Age: Prevention and Detection (SSAA757/24)
Our focus is to reduce the overall risk of fraud. To that end, this course focuses on what factors contribute to turning honest employees into fraudsters. Discussion will include integrity and ethics, as well as how people may react in certain situat...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Government and Nonprofit Frauds and Controls to Stop Them (SSAA799/24)
George Washington once wrote, "We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought experience." The cost of fraud, dearly paid by governments and nonprofits, is too severe...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Proven Controls to Steer You Clear of Fraud (SSAA801/24)
Organizations that fall victim to fraud (and that is every organization in the world) have many controls in place to combat fraud. We will discuss means and methods to stop fraud and the controls that victim organizations employ to seek improvements for our organizations.
2 Credits
Surgent’s FASB Update: New and Recent Accounting Standards Updates (SSAA803/24)
Designed for practitioners and their staff, whether in public accounting or business and industry, this course will provide you with an update of recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs), and a review of the guidance related to ASC 84...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Annual FASB Update and Review (SSAA804/24)
This course provides a detailed discussion on the key topics related to financial reporting, though in a summarized format. The course will focus on recent ASUs issued by the FASB with a concentration on issues of greatest significance to most accoun...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Latest Developments in Government and Nonprofit Accounting and Auditing (SSAA807/24)
This is indeed another year of significant change in the world of government and nonprofit accounting and auditing. Time is valuable, and it's hard to stay current in today's rapidly changing environment. Let us save you time and effort with this inf...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Guide to the Topic 606 Revenue Recognition Model for All CPAs (SSAA860/24)
While the effective date of Topic 606 has passed for companies, there will always be a need for a comprehensive review of the accounting related to revenue recognition, including recently issued changes to this guidance. Whether you are looking to ...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Revenue Recognition – U.S. GAAP vs. IFRS (SSAA863/24)
This course provides an overview of the similarities and key differences between the revenue recognition standards issued by the FASB (ASC Topic 606) and the IASB (IFRS 15). While these standards are materially similar as the regulators worked jointl...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Surging Auditors: Wally’s Warehouse (SSAA866/24)
During this interactive game, participants take the role of an auditor performing a physical inventory observation at a client's warehouse. Participants will have the opportunity to use their powers of observation and exercise professional skepticism...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Surging Auditors: Professional Skeptic (SSAA867/24)
Participants play the role of an auditor collecting information, making inquiries, and documenting findings around the audit of Home D‚cor and More. They develop professional skepticism skills as they analyze data obtained from an interview with Co...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Surging Auditors: Internal Out of Control (SSAA868/24)
In this hands-on game, participants are helping to prepare an internal control testing plan for Home D‚cor & More (HDM). They must assess controls related to HDM's inventory cycle to determine which financial statement assertions each control satis...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Innovative Forecasting and Budgeting: Moving Beyond the Traditional Techniques (SSMG710/24)
Did 2020 show us that planning doesn't work? It might seem that way. But, obviously some organizations survived far better than others due to their ability to handle unexpected change. Forecasting and budgeting are two words that often draw an advers...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Integrated Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting for Organizational Success (SSMG715/24)
Planning may be one of the most important assignments of the finance professional; however, it is often accomplished in a way that can harm the organization. In many cases, huge sums are spent only to have a planning document developed that does not ...
8 Credits
Surgent’s CFO/Controller’s Roadmap to Success: Integrated Planning, Forecasting, and Budgeting (SSMG717/24)
Did 2020 show us that planning doesn't work? It might seem that way. But, obviously some organizations survived far better than others due to their ability to handle unexpected change. Many organizations spend huge amounts of money and effort at plan...
6 Credits
Surgent’s Project Management for Finance Professionals (SSMG718/24)
This past year has shown us the need for numerous projects and the need to manage those projects in a unique way. Project management is an important part of every organization; however, often companies do not differentiate between project management ...
6 Credits
Surgent’s Microsoft Excel 2016: Getting Started (SSTE714/24)
This course introduces you to the Excel 2016 software and then guides you through basic Excel features using step-by-step hands-on activities.
4 Credits
Surgent’s Microsoft Excel 365 and Excelr 2019: Getting Started with Excel (SSTE715/24)
Microsoftr Excelr 365 and Excelr 2019: Getting Started with Excel is a three-lesson basic level course that introduces you to the Excel software and then guides you through basic Excel features using step-by-step hands-on activities.Although this is ...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Federal Tax Update (SSTX716/24)
Both businesses and individual clients face major changes as a result of tax reform, and tax professionals face the considerable challenge of delivering effective planning advice and services to address this myriad of recent developments. This course...
16 Credits
The Best Federal Tax Update Course by Surgent (SSTX718/24)
In this continually revised course, tax advisors will be fully updated on the most recent enacted legislation and IRS guidance, as well as major trends on the horizon with a view toward planning considerations. This update course is designed for all ...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Individual Income Tax Update (SSTX720/24)
This highly informative course will bring you up-to-speed on the latest in individual tax law developments and the corresponding or responsive planning opportunities available to your clients. You will come away from the course ready to educate your ...