Professional Development and Event Catalog
Surgent's Advanced Critical Tax Issues for S Corporations
10:00am - 6:00pm
Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
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This course goes beyond the basics and addresses important practical issues that an experienced practitioner must know. Even if you have attended other S corporation courses, you will learn something new in this course.
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Surgent's Purchase and Sale of a Residence: Critical Tax Issues
11:00am - 1:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
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Many clients end up selling one or more residences during their lifetimes. Tax practitioners must be aware of the tax rules that relate to such sales in order to assist their clients regarding these sales. This program provides general tax practitioners with the tax rules they need to know to help their clients when they sell a personal residence. This program is a comprehensive survey of the various tax issues associated with the sale of a residence.
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Peeking Behind the Curtain: Exploring IRS Audit Technique Guides
12:00pm - 1:49pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
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Have you ever considered a tax audit from the perspective of an IRS examiner? This session explains how you can use IRS Audit Technique Guides (ATGs) to enhance tax compliance. You will obtain a glimpse of the audit process from the viewpoint of an IRS agent as we explore insights that the IRS provides to its own examiners.
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Who, When & Why It Matters: Navigating H.R. 1 Timeline & Impacts
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $69
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Kick off the Tax and PFP MasterClass series with a high-level look at H.R. 1, commonly known as OBBBA, and what it means for tax professionals and financial planners. Annette Nellen, CPA, Esq., will break down the complex rollout of OBBBA's effective dates, including: What's already in effect What's coming soon How the timeline affects your planning priorities Then, Mark Gallegos, CPA, MST, will cover the effect on key taxpayer groups, including: Wage earners Business owners High-net-worth individuals Retirees Multistate filers Cross-border households This strategic session gives you a roadmap to the law's phased rollout and helps you guide clients through tax reform with confidence.
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Tax Depreciation: Review and Update
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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A discussion of recent law changes that impact capitalization, depreciation, and disposition of assets. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
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Surgent's Employer's Handbook: Health Care, Retirement, and Fringe Benefit Tax Issues
1:00pm - 4:30pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $159
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The employer-employee relationship strains both sides in uncertain times, and businesses need CPAs, controllers, and other advisors to provide understanding of the complex legal, tax, and health care issues associated with all aspects of employment. This course provides in-depth coverage of this critical area.
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Reviewing S Corporation Tax Returns: What Are You Missing?
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
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A case-based approach to learning about the common errors practitioners make on S corporation tax returns.
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Surgent's Real Estate for Accounting and Finance Professionals
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $119
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Explore the intricacies of federal income taxation as it intertwines with rental real estate activities. This course delves into the calculation of rental income, understanding the nuances of deductions, and unraveling the complexities of passive activity loss rules. Whether it's mastering Schedule E or understanding Congress' intent behind tax laws, professionals will leave with an enriched understanding.
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Surgent's Schedules K-2 and K-3: Filing Requirements
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
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Many partnerships and S corporations are now required to complete the voluminous Schedules K-2 and K-3 to report foreign-related tax information. Updated for the 2024 tax year, this course is an essential guide for tax preparers on how to identify which entities need to complete these schedules and how to identify which parts are applicable to a given taxpayer. The filing requirements are broad and often not very intuitive, catching many practitioners unaware that more schedules and parts are applicable to more taxpayers than anticipated. This course includes a deep dive into the domestic filing exception, a discussion of filing requirements of each part of Schedule K-2, and numerous examples of common taxpayer scenarios. Please note: Surgent also offers a companion course, "Schedules K-2 and K-3: Preparation of Forms" (KPF2).
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Surgent's International Tax Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Filers
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Online
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
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Globalization continues to make it easier for taxpayers to live abroad, do business in other countries, or invest in foreign enterprises. This creates significant complications and tax planning opportunities when it comes to filing U.S. tax returns. This course provides an overview of the unique tax challenges and solutions presented to U.S. expats or investors living or investing abroad. It examines how foreign-source income is taxed in the U.S. and how the tax consequences could be mitigated by applying the tax treaties, claiming credit for foreign taxes paid, or excluding foreign-earned income. Additionally, the course discusses the numerous foreign informational form reporting requirements and the significant penalties that could be imposed by the IRS. Examples from real-life client scenarios are included.
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Surgent's Representing a Client in an IRS Audit
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Online
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
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Recent legislation in Congress has provided the IRS with substantially increased funding to bolster its human staff and purchase software that will allow the IRS to audit many more taxpayers in a more effective way. The IRS believes it can target the right kinds of taxpayers for audits so that it will not waste its time on audits that produce little, if any, revenue. The purpose of this program is to discuss the current state of IRS audits and the anticipated increases in the IRS's ability to audit wealthier taxpayers in an efficient way. The course will discuss the state of the IRS's current audits and where the IRS is headed with audits in the coming years. Tax practitioners should also be aware of the state of the IRS's efforts to target efficiencies so as to produce the most revenue.
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CFO Solutions to IRS Problems
2:00pm - 6:00pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
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Many CPAs are becoming full-time or fractional CFOs for small businesses. In that position, they are the resident expert in finances, cash flow planning, and budgeting. But what about dealing with the IRS? The IRS has broad powers to administer the assessment and collection of taxes. From removing penalties to criminal prosecutions, this presentation focuses on how CFOs can prevent problems with the IRS and how to develop winning strategies if the IRS knocks on the door. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
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Surgent's Strategies for Maximizing Social Security Benefits
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
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As the population of the United States ages, tax practitioners will be asked to advise their individual clients with respect to when they should begin to take Social Security benefits. This program will provide you with the background to knowledgeably discuss the benefit options available to Social Security beneficiaries and the alternative payment options available to married couples, dependents, a surviving spouse, and a divorced individual.
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The Complete Guide to the Preparation of Form 1041
8:45am - 4:30pm
Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $314
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Tax compliance for fiduciary entities, such as estates and trusts, can often be confusing for practitioners due to the specialized nature of this area. This course provides a practical understanding of the issues involved in preparing the U.S. Income Tax Return for Estates and Trusts (Form 1041), giving practitioners the tools and knowledge they need to ensure accurate filings. This course will cover key areas such as the preparation of Form 1041, specific issues related to estates and trusts, and an in-depth look at distributable net income (DNI) and income in respect of a decedent (IRD). Line-by-line instructions and real-world case studies will provide participants with the confidence to handle fiduciary tax compliance.
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Partnership/LLC Taxation: Understanding Tax Basis Capital Accounts
9:00am - 10:56am
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
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This program addresses the most recent developments impacting partnerships operating as LLCs, with a focus on legislative, administrative, and tax form changes. Emphasis will be placed on partners "tax basis" capital accounts - now required for tax form reporting. *Please Note: If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Coursw Materials Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com
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Multistate Taxation - Tax Staff Essentials
9:00am - 5:00pm
Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $349
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Do you know where your clients' businesses have nexus? The rapidly evolving area of multistate taxation should be on the radar of business tax professionals.
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Surgent's Fiduciary Income Tax Returns - Form 1041 Workshop with Filled-in Forms
9:00am - 5:00pm
Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $279
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This course is designed as a comprehensive guide to the core concepts of trust and estate income tax preparation. The course explains the common terminology and complicated income tax rules of estates and trusts, fiduciary accounting, and an introduction to or refresher on preparing Form 1041. This practical, over 300-page manual is an excellent reference source for your practice, which begins with quite simple cases. Building upon that base throughout the manual, the course ends with two complicated preparation cases, one trust and one estate, each with filled-in forms.
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Surgent's Individual and Financial-Planning Tax Camp
9:00am - 5:00pm
Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $299
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Each year brings its own set of tax planning challenges, and this year is no exception. This course aims to arm tax planners with planning strategies and ideas that all clients, but in particular, wealthy clients, middle-income clients, and closely held business owners need to consider right now to take advantage of present opportunities and plan for future tax advantages. Learn strategies that can really have an impact on client lives, while also bringing value to you and your firm. This material is continuously updated for recent legislation impacting individual taxpayers.
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Surgent's Liquidation of Flow-Through Entities for LLCs and Partnerships
10:00am - 12:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
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Part of the technical competence of most experienced tax practitioners is the ability to advise owners of S corporations and partnerships or multiple-member LLCs treated as partnerships regarding the tax rules that apply when these entities liquidate. Entity liquidations do not occur every day; but they do occur, and often at very critical times in the business life of the entity and its owners. All tax practitioners should be able to advise their clients about the tax issues associated with client businesses that go out of existence and liquidate. This program explains the tax consequences associated with liquidating S corporations, partnerships, and multiple-member limited liability companies treated as partnerships.
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The Big Beautiful Bill: Tax Reform 2025 and What's Ahead
10:00am - 1:42pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
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What The Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA) Means for You and Your Clients: Breaking Down Key Tax Provisions The “Big Beautiful Bill” is the most significant tax law package since the TCJA, and it’s now law. With dozens of TCJA provisions made permanent and plenty of new rules introduced, this session is packed with critical content for tax professionals. You’ll walk away understanding what’s changed, what’s new, and what to prepare for across individual, business, and estate taxation. Art Werner breaks down key topics like bonus depreciation, enhanced 199A deductions, Trump accounts, SALT cap changes, estate planning, charitable limits, 1099-K thresholds, and much more. He’ll also examine areas with future sunsets, business incentives, and international tax provisions that could impact clients at all income levels. *Please Note: If you need credit reported to the IRS for this IRS-approved program, please download the IRS CE request form on the Course Materials Tab and submit to kori.herrera@acpen.com