2 Credits
Surgent’s Auditing Property, Plant, & Equipment (SSAA704/24)
Property, plant, and equipment is present, at least to some extent, in virtually all audit clients. Auditing the area can be straight forward but when an entity is building machinery or equipment, complexities arise. Property and equipment can also i...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Auditing Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Debt (SSAA705/24)
This module will discuss the audit of accounts payable, accrued liabilities and typical debt arrangements found in nonpublic entities. Contingencies, income taxes and more complex debt arrangements are covered in other modules. The audit of liabiliti...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Audit Documentation Requirements (SSAA706/24)
Audit documentation provides evidence that the audit was planned and performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) as well as applicable legal and regulatory requirements. It also serves a number of other purposes such as ...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Auditing Accounts Receivable: An Overview (SSAA707/24)
Accounts receivable tends to carry higher risk of material misstatement due to the complexity and subjectivity involved with recognition, measure, and valuation. In addition, revenue recognition is presumed to be a significant fraud risk. This module...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Performing Inventory Observations (SSAA708/24)
Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) states that if inventory is material to the financial statements, the auditor should generally obtain evidence regarding the existence and condition of inventory by attending the entity's physical inventor...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Essentials Of Audit Sampling (SSAA709/24)
When performing an audit, an auditor bases his/her opinion about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement on a variety of tests on the underlying account balances and classes of transactions. Some balances, such as debt, m...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Fraud Risk Assessment Basics (SSAA710/24)
The financial statement auditor's overall objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance as to whether the financial statements are materially misstated due to fraud or error and to issue a report that includes an opinion. As noted in the independent ...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Fraud Environment (SSAA771/24)
Fraud is all around us, though many times we miss it. As accountants, we have a professional responsibility to detect material fraud. However, our ability to detect fraud is directly related to our understanding of how fraud occurs, how prevalent it...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Technology Trends and Risks of Interest to CPAs (SSAA772/24)
Never have the benefits, and related risks, of utilizing new technology been greater for those in the accounting profession. From Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotic Process Automation(RPA), and Audit Data Analytics (ADA) to cloud-based software so...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Audit Quality and Peer Review Update (SSAA773/24)
With the AICPA's heightened focus on enhancing audit quality, increased oversight of the peer review process and the auditor's overall responsibility to provide high quality services, the focus on compliance with professional standards has never been...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations: Engagement Performance and Annual Update (SSAA774/24)
Specifically designed for preparation, compilation, and review practitioners, this course will provide you with a comprehensive review and hands-on application for performing financial statement preparation, compilation, and review engagements. You w...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations: Engagement Performance and Annual Update (SSAA775/24)
Specifically designed for preparation, compilation, and review practitioners, this course will provide you with a comprehensive review and hands-on application for performing financial statement preparation, compilation, and review engagements. You w...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Compilation and Review Overview (SSAA776/24)
Specifically designed for practitioners and their staff wanting an overview of compilation and review engagements, this course will introduce you to the objectives of compilation and review engagements, SSARS No. 21, Clarification and Recodification,...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Guide and Update to Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations (SSAA777/24)
Specifically designed for preparation, compilation, and review practitioners, this course will provide you with a comprehensive review and hands-on application for performing financial statement preparation, compilation, and review engagements. You w...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Guide and Update to Compilations, Reviews, and Preparations (SSAA778/24)
Specifically designed for preparation, compilation, and review practitioners, this course will provide you with a comprehensive review and hands-on application for performing financial statement preparation, compilation, and review engagements. You w...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Construction Contractors: Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues (SSAA779/24)
Accounting and financial reporting for construction contractors may be the most difficult area to be in compliance with the various standards. Also, construction engagements are, in many instances, more "dangerous" than most lines of business due to ...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Data Analytics Toolkit – Tools and Applications (SSAA781/24)
There is no shortage of data, but relatively few organizations have an environment and process to isolate, capture, analyze, and convert data into actionable information. Too often, we collect as much data as possible, continue to use historic measur...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Fraud Basics: Protecting the Company Till (SSAA782/24)
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 schemers. Discussion will include integrity and ethics, as well as how people may react in certain situatio...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Fraud Basics: Protecting the Company Till (SSAA783/24)
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 schemers. Discussion will include integrity and ethics, as well as how people may react in certain situatio...
2 Credits
Surgent’s Disclosure Requirements for SEC Form 8-K (SSAA784/24)
This course provides an overview of the disclosure requirements for SEC Form 8-K, the broad form used to notify investors in U.S. publicly traded companies of certain events that may be important . This course provides an overview of the key disclo...
1 Credit
Surgent’s Disclosures of Risks and Uncertainties (SSAA785/24)
This course provides an overview of the disclosure requirements regarding risks and uncertainties. The disclosure requirements related to risks and uncertainties are prescribed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in ASC Topic 275. Fo...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Preparing Not-for-Profit Financial Statements (SSAA786/24)
In order to prepare accurate and effective not-for-profit financial statements, professionals must have a strong working knowledge of the reporting requirements. Now is the time to obtain that knowledge! This course explains the requirements, illustr...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Preparing Not-for-Profit Financial Statements (SSAA787/24)
In order to prepare accurate and effective not-for-profit financial statements, professionals must have a strong working knowledge of the reporting requirements. Now is the time to obtain that knowledge! This course explains the requirements, illustr...
4 Credits
Surgent’s Avoiding Deficiencies in Peer Reviews: Focus on Engagement Quality (SSAA788/24)
With the AICPA's heightened focus on enhancing audit quality, increased oversight of the peer review process and the auditor's overall responsibility to provide high quality services, the focus on compliance with professional standards has never been...
8 Credits
Surgent’s Focus on Engagement Quality: How to Avoid Deficiencies in Peer Reviews (SSAA789/24)
With the AICPA's heightened focus on enhancing audit quality, increased oversight of the peer review process and the auditor's overall responsibility to provide high quality services, the focus on compliance with professional standards has never been...