CPE Catalog
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AICPA On-Demand & Self-Study courses take up to 24 hours to process.
LEARNING PATH: Financial Strategy and Analysis
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Online
10.00 Credits
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: This is a Learning Path which contains several courses for a total of 10 CPE. Once registered, detailed instructions will be emailed to sign up for each individual course. You must attend each course by April 30, 2027.
LEARNING PATH: Government and NFP Specialist
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Online
10.00 Credits
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: This is a Learning Path which contains several courses for a total of 10 CPE. Once registered, detailed instructions will be emailed to sign up for each individual course. You must attend each course by April 30, 2027.
LEARNING PATH: Staff Accountant Core Foundations
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Online
10.00 Credits
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: This is a Learning Path which contains several courses for a total of 10 CPE. Once registered, detailed instructions will be emailed to sign up for each individual course. You must attend each course by April 30, 2027.
LEARNING PATH: Strategic Growth and Personal Development
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Online
10.00 Credits
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: This is a Learning Path which contains several courses for a total of 10 CPE. Once registered, detailed instructions will be emailed to sign up for each individual course. You must attend each course by April 30, 2027.
LEARNING PATH: Technology and Innovation
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Online
0.00 Credits
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: This is a Learning Path which contains several courses for a total of 10 CPE. Once registered, detailed instructions will be emailed to sign up for each individual course. You must attend each course by April 30, 2027.
LEARNING PATH: Compliance in a Box
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Online
20.00 Credits
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: This is a Learning Path which contains several courses for a total of 20 CPE. Once registered, detailed instructions will be emailed to sign up for each individual course. You must attend each course by April 30, 2027.
The Future of Audit: Technology, Talent & Transformation
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Online
1.00 Credits
The audit profession stands at a critical inflection point, facing unprecedented challenges from technological disruption, evolving regulatory landscapes, and workforce transformation. This comprehensive course, based on the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs' groundbreaking research report "The Future of the Audit: Building Relevance and Sustaining Quality," provides auditors with essential insights and actionable strategies to navigate these seismic shifts. Through expert perspectives from industry leaders including PCAOB board members, Big Four executives, and audit committee chairs, participants will explore how artificial intelligence, blockchain, and data analytics are fundamentally reshaping audit practices while creating new opportunities for value creation and risk assessment. Beyond technology adoption, this course addresses the pressing talent crisis facing the profession and offers practical solutions for building a future-ready workforce. Participants will learn how to leverage emerging technologies to enhance audit quality, understand the implications of regulatory modernization including the concept of "regulatory sandboxes," and develop strategies for attracting and retaining top talent in an increasingly competitive market. Whether you're a partner in a small firm, a manager in a large organization, or an audit professional seeking to future-proof your career, this course provides the roadmap for maintaining relevance, ensuring quality, and thriving in the evolving audit landscape. You'll leave with concrete action steps for immediate implementation and a clear vision for transforming your audit practice to meet the demands of tomorrow's financial ecosystem. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Unlimited Webinars
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Online
1.00 Credits
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: This is an UNLIMITED Learning Path, sign up and get unlimited CPE on our platform! Once registered, detailed instructions will be emailed to sign up for each individual course. You must attend each course by April 30, 2027.
Ethics: How to Give and Receive Criticism the Right Way
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Online
2.00 Credits
How well do you accept criticism? How might it enrich your business - and you - if you did a better job of it? This distinctive webinar will show you why it is in your best interest to accept criticism with gratitude. It's even better to welcome criticism. It's also a good idea to learn how to give criticism the right way. A related topic is the art of giving and receiving apologies, and we'll do a deep dive into this area as well. You'll leave with clear guidelines for how to criticize others, accept criticism from them, give meaningful apologies, and accept apologies with grace and ethical intelligence. The result will be a stronger CPA practice and a better you. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Navigating IRS Authorizations: Form 2848 & Form 8821
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Online
2.00 Credits
Providing a practical overview of the IRS Power of Attorney, Form 2848, and IRS Tax Information Authorization, Form 8821. Participants will explore the differences between these forms, understand when each is required, and how to comply with IRS requirements for representing clients and accessing their tax information. The course will cover practical issues, ethical considerations, and best practices for managing client authorizations through the IRS Centralized Authorization File (CAF) system. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Surgent's Emotional Intelligence
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Online
4.00 Credits
Recent research shows that emotional intelligence is twice as important as IQ in the development of business leaders. But what's the difference between emotional intelligence (EI) and manipulation? This course is designed to help you understand how EI is linked to leadership success. You'll learn how to assess your own emotional intelligence and how to identify the negative consequences of unmanaged emotions. You'll learn techniques that will improve your self-awareness, self-control, and self-motivation and you'll create a plan that increases your EI so that you can achieve optimal results in your relationships with others.
Surgent's Preparation and Compilation Engagements Under the SSARS
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Online
4.00 Credits
Be the go-to person on financial statement compilation and preparation engagements. Specifically designed for those performing preparation and compilation engagements, this course will provide you with a hands-on application for performing preparation and compilation engagements under AR-C Section 70 and 80, respectively. You will learn the ins and outs of relevant sections of the SSARS related to preparation and compilation engagements with a focus on how recently issued updates to SSARS No. 21 impact these engagements. More importantly, you will be provided practical examples and illustrations to help you effectively and efficiently perform those engagements, including a detailed discussion of the reporting requirements under AR-C 80 related to compilation engagement. Lastly, the course will review recent peer review feedback on these types of engagements, highlighting areas where you can improve engagement quality.
How Recent Auditing Standards Improve Risk-Based Audits
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Online
4.00 Credits
Recent generally accepted auditing standards were written to improve the quality of risk-based financial statement audits, audit reporting, and required by-product communications. This course will discuss the important clarifications and enhancements intended to improve audit quality to ensure better compliance with requirements contained in the SASs. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Financial & Tax Accounting for S Corporations & Partnerships
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Online
8.00 Credits
This program compares and contrasts the financial and tax accounting differences of partnerships, LLCs, and S corporations, as well as discuss the tax accounting for these entities. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Surgent's Key Current Financial and Economic Issues Facing the Financial Executive
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Online
8.00 Credits
The course explores the challenges of the current economic trends and analyzes their impact on you as the financial executive in areas of human resource management; credit markets and banking; risk management and pandemic style disruptions; cash flow planning strategies; debt and equity mix impacts in uncertain markets; globalization of the market in times of uncertainty; retirement planning and social security funding; and acquiring distressed companies and assets. Specific recommendations and insights will be offered to you to deal with the challenges.
Surgent's Latest Developments in Government and Nonprofit Accounting and Auditing
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Online
8.00 Credits
In today's fast-paced environment, keeping up with the latest accounting and auditing requirements for governments and nonprofits can be challenging, but this course makes it easier! Designed to save you time and effort, this comprehensive update provides clear explanations of the most important developments affecting governments and nonprofits. Using a highly illustrative and innovative format, the course features over 25 focused exercises to strengthen your working knowledge and ensure you leave prepared to apply the latest accounting and auditing standards with confidence.
ChatGPT Deep-Dive Hands-on Bootcamp for CPAs
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Online
2.00 Credits
ChatGPT has grown its user base to over 800 million active users per week. As a leader in the generative market, it a tool that every CPA should have a basic understanding of how to use and apply in business. This course will provide a comprehensive review and demonstration of how to put ChatGPT to work for you and your clients. It is designed as a "hands-on" course that facilitates following along with the presenter to apply the features of ChatGPT on your computer. Practice files will be provided so you don't have to expose your confidential data. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Managerial Accounting: Your Prescription for Better Decision
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Online
4.00 Credits
This session revisits useful, but potentially underutilized, managerial accounting techniques. You will appreciate a fresh look at concepts you may not have considered since your college days. We will illustrate practical ways you can immediately implement managerial accounting analysis in your professional endeavors. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Surgent's Contract Law for Accounting and Finance Professionals
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Online
2.00 Credits
Accounting and finance professionals routinely encounter a broad range of legal issues while advising clients or performing routine job functions. Contract law tops the list as the most frequent issue that intersects with the accounting and finance professions. As trusted advisors, it is wise to understand the fundamentals of contract law for both personal and professional benefit. This course provides a broad overview of contract law basics geared specifically toward the accounting and finance professions. From contract formation to enforceability, this course offers an interesting look at how contract law intersects with accounting and finance. Participants should walk away with a better understanding of common issues that arise when reviewing contracts.
Surgent's Virtual Currency: Keeping Up with the Tax Code
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Online
2.00 Credits
Whether you are an experienced veteran or new to the industry, one of the toughest parts of being a tax practitioner is keeping up with all of the changes in tax legislation. This course takes a look at recent changes to tax law from a practitioner perspective. In this session, we will explore the nuances of virtual currency and the new Form 8300 reporting requirements.