CPE Catalog & Events
CPE & Event Classes
MTCPA offers thousands of live and online courses to meet your professional development needs. Our goal is to enhance your knowledge and help you achieve even greater success.
Most MTCPA classes are available both LIVE [In-Person] and VIRTUAL [MTCPA Webcasts (in-house) or Webinars (other providers)], so please be sure to register for the correct format under the appropriate tab below.
Also check out our on-demand learning platform, allowing you to earn CPE at your convenience. You can choose stand-alone courses or opt for an all-access subscription to our entire Anytime library. Click the Anytime CPE tab below to explore the courses!
Surgent's Understanding S Corporation Taxation: Late S Corporation Elections, Disproportionate Distributions, and Selling Shares
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Making an S corporation election and late filing relief Disproportionate distributions Selling S corporation shares Redemption rules
Surgent's Performing an Effective Audit Risk Assessment
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Audit process and planning Setting materiality Assessing the risk of material misstatement and the design and implementation of internal controls Designing procedures to test the effectiveness of controls Designing procedures to perform substantive procedures Challenges in performing audit procedures in a virtual environment Performing and evaluating interim and year-end tests of control and substantive procedures Final audit procedures and wrap up
Surgent's Applying ASC 820: The Basics of Fair Value Accounting
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Applicability of the use of ASC 820 The “exit price” approach Examples of market, cost and income approaches to estimating fair value Use of Level 1, 2 and 3 inputs in determining fair value
Surgent's Recent Changes in Workplace Regulations: Overtime, Non-compete Agreements, and Employee/Independent Contractor
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Final Rule - Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the FLSA: the multifactor “economic reality” test; What analysis guides whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under this final rule? Can a worker voluntarily waive employee status and choose to be classified as an independent contractor? Are any of the economic reality factors adopted in this rule more important than others when evaluating a worker’s employment status? How does the final rule explain “extent to which the work performed is an integral part of the employer’s business?” The Federal Trade Commission’s Decision on Non-compete Agreements: impact on new and existing non-competes; treatment and definitional terms for senior executives; definition of a non-compete clause; definition of a “worker” New Overtime Rules: exemptions from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees; increases in the standard level and the highly compensated employee total annual compensation threshold; new mechanism allowing for the timely and efficient updating of the salary and compensation thresholds
Surgent's Starting a Small Business: What Every Trusted Advisor and Entrepreneur Needs to Know
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Understanding the time commitment required to start and run a business Selecting a corporate structure to protect your personal assets Building your product or service Sales and marketing in your business Establishing your owners, investors, managers, and employees Accounting, recording-keeping, and other software programs Leases, contracts, and employee agreements Protecting intellectual property Insurance Business plans Financing Market position
Surgent's 2024 Tax Update for Client Advisory Services
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Common tax deadlines and penalties Employee Retention Credit – new developments Beneficial ownership information reporting Bonus depreciation changes Form 1099 reporting and changes Online accounts and IP PINs Virtual currency updates Green energy credit compliance
Surgent's Controller/CFO Update: Hot Topics Facing Today's Financial Professional
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Economic update Leadership and management changes as a result of the pandemic Managing for productivity Hiring the best people for the organization New motivation techniques
Surgent's Ethics for the Industry Accountant
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
What are ethics? Why study ethics? Ethical responsibilities of CPAs Professional code of ethics and conduct AICPA Codification – updated Ethical dilemmas CPA vision Real disciplinary cases to illustrate critical points
Surgent's Excel Budgeting Ideas
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Set up an in-cell drop-down list of budget methods Change the calculations in the cells based on the selected budget method Use names in worksheets
Surgent's Food, Beverage, and Entertainment Expensing
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
The 50% deduction for meals that are ordinary and necessary in carrying on a trade or business Elimination of the temporary rules that applied for 2021 and 2022 which allowed for 100% deductibility for ordinary and necessary business-related meals When meals are still 100% deductible IRS rules relating to the nondeducibility of activities considered entertainment or amusement What constitutes entertainment/amusement for tax purposes? When employers may deduct food and beverages provided to employees 50% deductibility for occasional employee meals and for overtime meals 50% deductibility for business meals during business meetings Business meals incurred during business travel Invoice meals separately from entertainment
CPA to CFO
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The steps necessary to effectively transform a tax or accounting practice into an advisory service.What it means to be a CFO/advisor to small-to-medium sizes businesses.What qualifications are necessary to offer an advisory service.How to find and convert leads and how to price and package services, including combining advisory services with the firm’s current offerings.
CyberPhyschology: Conquering Insider Threat 2024
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
• Exploiting control gaps and control weaknesses • Psychological tactics used in attacks • A review of robust controls • Data access observables, changes in network patterns • A review of the audit, HR, IT and management relationships • Proactive approaches to recognize evolving risks and avoid breaches
Unlocking Deep Secrets: Case Studies in Financial Analysis
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Overview of financial statement analysisThe impact of GAAP on financial analysisOverview of the Balance SheetOverview of the Income StatementThe importance of the Statement of Cash FlowsCommon Size AnalysisTrend AnalysisProfitability Ratio AnalysisLiquidity Ratio AnalysisSolvency Ratio Analysis
Controller Series: Technology - Must Have Excel Competencies
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
Reality of Excel use Gartner - Magic Quadrant of tools for data analysis Will Excel go away? Two essential Lean principles Misuses of Excel APIs (Automated Program Interfaces) Relationship between Excel and data analytics Excel tips and tricks
Surgent's Excel Shortcuts for Accountants
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Explore the function that sums better than the SUM function Discover a variety of time-saving features, functions, and techniques Learn the workaround to a major Excel pitfall
Surgent's Building Your Personal Brand
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Webcast Only
1.00 Credits
The relevance of brand vs. reputation Key components of a personal brand Breaking down the who, what, where, when, why, and how of creating a personal brand
Surgent's Contract Law for Accounting and Finance Professionals
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
Contract formation The necessary components of an enforceable contract Common defenses to enforcement Legal capacity requirements Contract interpretation
Professional Ethical Considerations for CPAs
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Webcast Only
2.00 Credits
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Core principles of any Code of Professional Conduct applicable to all CPAs, including conflicts of interest, preparing and reporting information, competence, confidential information, and moreThe importance of maintaining independence for CPAs in public practice, especially when also performing nonattest services for the attest client Comparing and contrasting various ethical standards, including those promulgated by the AICPA, PCAOB, and international bodies
Surgent's Tax Research
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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 authority Private letter rulings Primary vs. secondary authority Secondary sources of authority Steps in the tax research process Research memoranda
Surgent's Annual FASB Update and Review
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Webcast Only
4.00 Credits
Private company standard setting activities Recent FASB Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs) Topic 842, Leases ASC 326: CECL