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Employee Benefit Plan Auditing

Description		Employee benefit plans involve complex and unique accounting, auditing, regulatory and financial reporting issues. Recent inspections have noted significant deficiencies in many employee benefit plan audits. This course will focus on quality auditing of common employee benefit plans.
Objectives		Be able to recognize common mistakes in auditing and financial reporting of employee benefit plan audits Understand the structure of popular employee benefit plans, including defined contribution, defined benefit and health and welfare plans
Highlights		Implementing the risk assessment standards effectively and efficiently Auditing significant audit risk areas for various types of plan audits, including investments, contributions received and receivable, benefit payments, participant data, allocations and plan obligations Fraud risk factors for consideration Fair value measurement audit and accounting issues SAS 70 special considerations Regulatory reporting requirements, including ERISA Communicating internal control matters noted during the audit Plan tax status considerations
Designed For		Anyone who performs or reviews employee benefit plan audit engagements
Recommended CPE Credits		8
Prerequisites		None
Event Id / Acronym		10EBPA
Course Level		Basic
Field(s) of Study		Accounting & Auditing, Specialized Knowledge & Application
Producer		Business Learning Institute
Instructor		Louis, Jennifer F.