Auditing Financial Statements of ERISA Plans - Connecticut Society of CPAs

Overview

Conducting a compliant audit

Learn about proper audit procedures to test the line items of the statement of net assets available for benefits, including investments.

You’ll also cover the audit procedures to test the activity in the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits, including participant testing.

Your new knowledge will help you conduct compliant audits of ERISA plan financial statements.

Plan investments
Gain an understanding of how to differentiate plan investment procedures based on the type of audit and risk assessment.

To do this, you’ll look at ways to identify the following:

Types and classifications of common plan investments

The audit procedures required for investment activity, contributions, and withdrawals at the participant level

Other audit considerations

You'll also explore other audit considerations, including:

GAAP requirements for presentation and disclosure of employee benefit plan financial statements

Procedures to determine the plan's tax status

Related parties, parties in interest, and prohibited transactions

Additional procedures related to Form 5500

Objectives

Indicate how to audit the statements of net assets available for benefits.
Recognize considerations related to plan investments and management and auditor responsibilities.
Indicate how to audit the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits.
Identify ways to properly report on an audit of ERISA plan financial statements in accordance with applicable professional standards.
Identify audit considerations for related parties, parties in interest, prohibited transactions, a plan's tax status, and Form 5500, among other considerations.

Highlights

Auditing the statement of net assets available for benefits

Types and classification of common plan investments

Plan investment audit procedures based on type of audit and risk assessment

Auditing the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits

Presentation and disclosure requirements in accordance with GAAP

Audit considerations related to related parties, parties in interest, prohibited transactions, a plan's tax status, and Form 5500

Designed For

Auditors of employee benefit plans

Practitioners considering the addition of EBP audits as a service offering

Accountants in business and industry responsible for company benefits

Prerequisites

None

Notice

You will receive an email from the AICPA with instructions to access the webinar.

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Leader(s):

Randy Dummer, Owner/Member at HHM CPAs

Leader Bios

Randy Dummer, Owner/Member at HHM CPAs

Randy Dummer joined HHM in 2011 as a quality control partner in the Accounting and Assurance Department. He leads the firm in many initiatives including the peer review practice and employee benefit plan audit niche, in addition to providing technical reviews for clients in multiple industries such as auto dealerships, nonprofits, construction and manufacturing.

He is a nationally recognized employee benefit plan audit specialist and leads discussions for the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) in this area. His skills as a discussion leader have deemed him an eight-time winner of the AICPA Outstanding Discussion Leader Award. His teaching pursuits include instructing the Audits of 401(k) plans webcast since 2014 and teaching various employee benefit plan audit courses since 2006. He serves as the audit partner for audits of 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, ESOPs, Defined Benefit Pension Plans, and Health & Welfare Plans.

As the captain for approximately 50 peer reviews each year, he helps other CPA firms raise the bar of quality for accounting, auditing and attestation services. He has been on the peer review committee of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA) since 2013. In addition, he is an approved Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) audit subject matter expert for the AICPA enhanced oversight project.

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