Learning is Better at the Beach!

8:00–11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

Thomas Newell
Surgent & Associates, LLC

1A: Guide and Update to Compilations, Reviews, & Preparations

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 will learn the ins and outs of applying SSARS No. 21, Clarification and Recodification, as well as the additional guidance related to SSARS engagements through the issuance of SSARS Nos. 22-25 by the ARSC. The course will also review recent peer review feedback on SSARS engagements, providing insights on how to successfully apply this guidance. Not only will this course bring you up to date on SSARSs requirements and guidance, but more importantly, it will provide you with practical examples and illustrations to help you effectively and efficiently perform compilation, preparation, and review engagements.

Susan Smith
Surgent & Associates, LLC

1B: Surgent’s S Corporation, Partnership, & LLC Tax Update

If you are a practitioner who wants the latest information on tax changes affecting your business clients or employers, then you should take this enlightening course. You will learn invaluable knowledge, strategies, techniques, innovative tax-planning concepts, income-generating ideas, and other planning opportunities available to S corporations, partnerships, LLCs, and LLPs. Continually updated to reflect enacted legislation.

12:15–4:00 pm 

Concurrent Sessions

Thomas Newell
Surgent & Associates, LLC

2A: Annual FASB Update & Review

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 accounting practitioners. Specifically, the course will review recently issued FASB standards on leases and provide an update on the status of ASC 842 implementation and other hot button accounting issues, such as what is on the FASB’s technical agenda. This course is the place to go for a succinct but thorough update on the big topics impacting financial accounting and reporting.

Susan Smith
Surgent & Associates, LLC

2B: IRS Tax Examinations & Hot Issues

Due to IRS issue focused examinations, Accounting and Finance Professionals need to understand what types of returns are selected for examination and ways to help clients survive an IRS audit with little or no change. As a result of issue focused examinations, Accounting and Finance Professionals must understand what the high audit risk area issues are and what the IRS is focusing on when a return is examined. In addition, because tax-related identity theft is a common issue for many taxpayers, it is critical for Accounting and Finance Professionals to understand the procedures necessary to resolve this matter for their clients.

8:00–11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

Thomas Newell
Surgent & Associates, LLC

3A: Current Issues in Accounting & Auditing: An Annual Update

Designed for accounting and attestation practitioners at all levels in both public accounting and business and industry, this course provides an overview of recent FASB and AICPA activity, including recently issued and proposed Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs); the latest on the new lease accounting standard, Topic 842; other relevant ASUs. The course also reviews new auditing standards effective in 2021 and beyond and the latest on new standards related to SSARS engagements. The course will also discuss other important practice matters you should be aware of, including an update on peer review and audit quality.

Susan Smith
Surgent & Associates, LLC

3B: Surgent’s Individual Income Tax Update

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 individual tax clients and implement tax-savings ideas that will serve their ever-evolving needs. Continually updated to reflect enacted legislation. Please Note: Due to content overlap, it is recommended that this course NOT be taken together with BFT4.

Kerry Roberts, CPA
Surgent & Associates, LLC

3C: Critical Issues That CPAs in Industry Will Need to Face This Year

In this session we will tackle pressing issues at a “need to know” level and then discuss the practical implications. You will come away armed with the “big picture.” Preparedness is half the battle, so do not miss this critical briefing.

Jeff Lieman
Surgent & Associates, LLC

3D: Best Practices in Not-for-Profit Accounting & Reporting

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-for-profit accounting and reporting to surpass the expectations of financial statement users. Over 15 focused exercises are included to illustrate and refine today’s best practices in not-for-profit accounting and reporting.

12:15–4:00 pm 

Concurrent Sessions

Thomas Newell
Surgent & Associates, LLC

4A: Proven Controls to Steer You Clear of Fraud

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.

Susan Smith
Surgent & Associates, LLC

4B: Maximizing Your Social Security Benefits

The leading edge of the baby boomer generation has already reached retirement age. Financial and tax planners can expect increased demand for strategies that dovetail Social Security with other retirement and estate planning objectives. This course provides tax and financial planning professionals with both the background information on the Social Security system and the strategies clients will need in dealing with Social Security, and the myriad other related retirement planning issues.

Kerry Roberts, CPA
Surgent & Associates, LLC

4C: Enterprise Risk Management Concepts & Strategy for Small & Medium-Sized Companies

2020 taught us that major risks can come at us from any direction and with barely a warning. All organizations operate in a risk environment, but all too often, they either don’t realize it, or they don’t develop a strategy to deal with the risks. In this session, we will explore how risks work in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and how they can develop a strategy to identify, evaluate, and mitigate those risks. This program will not teach how to eliminate risks, but how to strategize how to reduce their total effect. We will liberally use case studies of both for-profit and not-for-profit companies to bridge the gap between concept and actual implementation. In each area we will explore what our experiences of the pandemic have taught us about this part of risk management.

Jeff Lieman
Surgent & Associates, LLC

4D: The Most Critical Challenges in Governmental Accounting Today

With the leasing standard and other standards looming, now is the time to know more than just what the standards say; we need to know what they mean and how they will affect governmental entities. This course is designed to do just that! The course materials utilize a highly illustrative and innovative format. Over 15 focused exercises are included to provide an enhanced working knowledge of the most critical challenges in governmental accounting today.

8:00–11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

Thomas Newell
Surgent & Associates, LLC

5A: Evaluating Fraud Risk in a Financial Statement Audit

Susan Smith
Surgent & Associates, LLC

5B: This Year’s Top Tax & Financial-Planning Ideas

With tax rates for individuals, estates and trusts changing, tax planning takes on more importance. New ideas for financial planning and retirement must be considered. The purpose of this course is to explore practical tax-planning ideas that practitioners can use to assist clients with their needs. This course is crucial for CPAs who are looking for good ideas that can save clients money! Continually updated for legislative developments.

Kerry Roberts, CPA
Surgent & Associates, LLC

5C: Controller & CFO Update: Hot Topics Facing Today’s Financial Professional

In today’s rapidly changing world, finance professionals are required to wear many hats and are often the keys to the success of the organization. On one hand, they need to be abreast of the latest proven financial skills for making the best decisions, and on the other hand they need the best skills to motivate, manage, and lead people. Being pigeon-holed into one area or another is neither good for career building nor good for the organization. This reality has proven to be even more true with the advent of COVID-19. We’ll cover the latest issues that all CFOs and controllers need to know about and provide how-to guidance to allow for immediate use in their organizations. The program is focused on organizational success and will concentrate on ways to manage risk and achieve greater productivity.

Jeff Lieman
Surgent & Associates, LLC

5D: Understanding and Testing Control & Compliance in a Single Audit

The control and compliance requirements for single audits differ from the requirements for GAAS audits. As a result, sometimes it’s difficult to tell where the auditor’s responsibilities start and stop in a single audit. This course is designed to help you proceed and succeed in applying the single audit control and compliance requirements. Over 15 focused exercises are included to provide an enhanced working knowledge of the most critical challenges in single auditing today.

12:15–4:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Thomas Newell
Surgent & Associates, LLC

6A: Technology Trends & Hot Topics Impacting the Accounting Profession

Susan Smith
Surgent & Associates, LLC

6B: Select Estate & Life Planning Issues for the Middle-Income Client

Clients think that estate planning only applies to the very rich. In truth, there are many issues of critical concern for which the middle-income client needs to plan. This course is a must-attend for all Accounting and Financial Professionals who work with middle-income clients and are looking for ways to provide additional quality services. Updated for developments relative to estate tax changes.

Kerry Roberts, CPA
Surgent & Associates, LLC

6C: Integrated Planning, Forecasting, & Budgeting for Organizational Success

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 serve to bring the company together, but rather causes internal division. In some situations, the budget can actually harm both productivity and alignment. This course is designed to bring planning, budgeting, and forecasting together into one fully aligned process that is easier, more efficient, and fully engages all parts of the organization. Rather than the plan being owned by the finance department, it is owned and followed by everyone from the CEO to the entry-level employee.

Jeff Lieman
Surgent & Associates, LLC

6D: The Most Critical Challenges in Not-for-Profit Accounting Today

This year, not-for-profit entities are preparing to apply critical new standards related to contributions of nonfinancial assets, leases, and more. Now is the time to know more than just what the standards say – we need to know what they mean and how they will affect not-for-profit entities. This course is designed to do just that! The course materials utilize a highly illustrative and innovative format. Over 15 focused exercises are included to provide an enhanced working knowledge of the most critical challenges in not-for-profit accounting today.

8:00–11:45 am

Concurrent Sessions

Thomas Newell
Surgent & Associates, LLC

7A: Financial Statement Disclosures: A Guide for Small & Medium-Sized Businesses

A clear and concise set of proper financial statement disclosures can make or break an entity’s financial statements. Such disclosures are no longer simply additional information provided by a business; they can be complex in nature and difficult to both prepare and understand, especially for small and medium-sized businesses. Oftentimes financial statement users will first turn to the notes in the financial statements in order to get a feel for where the business and its numbers might be heading, so these disclosures need to be well-written and follow applicable standards. This course will focus on key balance sheet and income statement disclosure as well as those relating to adoption of new accounting standards related to revenue (ASC 606) and leases (ASC 842), accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors, subsequent events, going concern, and related party disclosures. The course will use illustrations, examples based on private company financial statements disclosures, and real-world excerpts from financial statements to provide you with a hands-on feel for the disclosure requirements across a number of accounting standards.

Susan Smith
Surgent & Associates, LLC

7B: Securing a Comfortable Retirement

This course gives CPAs the knowledge to help their clients plan for retirement by evaluating how much retirement income they will require and planning on how to reach their retirement goals.

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