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Articles in Employee Benefit Plans

Review our comprehensive Employee Benefit Plans archive which covers a variety of topics including accounting and audit issues.

Common Operational Errors in Large-Plan Audits

October 8, 2018 November 4, 2021 CariAnn Todd Employee Benefit Plans employee benefit plan audits

Errors. They are everywhere if you look closely enough. But there are common themes in most plan errors that auditors of large plans come across every year. This article addresses the most common errors, why they occur, and how they can be avoided. We have just finished another exciting season of auditing employee benefit plans[ … ]

Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality – Journal of Pension Benefits

February 9, 2018 November 4, 2021 Eric Majchrzak Employee Benefit Plans audit, ebp, quality

CariAnn J. Todd, CPA, is the Director of the Employee Benefit Plan Audit Group for BeachFleischman PLLC. She recently authored an article for the Journal of Pension Benefits that discusses how CPAs are addressing audit quality as well as some of the challenges in the process. Article Preview As a CPA, I am fortunate to[ … ]

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