Author Archives: Surgent CPE Team

With many details yet to be settled, timely new course series from Surgent will help CPAs and tax preparers orient themselves for likely tax and ACA reform.

The reality is that accountants are a pretty cool bunch who have, over the years, contributed a whole lot more to society than just the double-entry bookkeeping system.

The IRS is warning tax professionals about a scam involving email and IRS e-services. The scam is actually a variation of a prior scam, where tax professionals receive an email asking them to update their accounts.

There is very surprising math that supports paying more to meet your CPE requirements. Let’s run through a case study and examine numbers.

Choosing a continuing professional education (CPE) course should be more than just Googling. Here are the top 5 things to consider when choosing CPE.

Being able to make a living in an industry you love can make a big difference in how you feel about going to work every day. Here are five accounting industry gigs that are pretty darned cool.
Surgent Partners with Leading CPA Cyber-Security Risk Expert to Help Firms Avoid Hacker Risks
By Surgent CPE Team

A growing number of accounting firms are expanding staff training procedures to include firm-wide guidance on how to avoid cybersecurity risks.
8th Annual McCoy Award and Surgent Outstanding Discussion Leader of the Year Recipients Announced
By Surgent CPE Team

Surgent has recognized Bill Taylor, CPA, with the James L. McCoy Discussion Leader of the Year Award for the 2015-2016 teaching season.

If you’re an accountant, you might recognize there are many myths commonly attributed to the industry. We’re here to discuss!

Accountex will be incorporating connections to the Surgent education platform from the widely visited Accountex Report. Surgent will be promoting Accountex to their large community.