MNCPA Audits of Employee Benefit Plans Conference (Webinar)  (AEBC-WEB)

8.00 CPE Credit Hours

Performing high-quality audits and providing top-notch service are crucial skills for employee benefit plan auditors. Let this specialized conference help you improve the effectiveness and efficiency of your audits through practical guidance from industry experts. Learn the latest rules and regulations from the Department of Labor and earn valuable continuing education credits to maintain your CPA license and meet AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center requirements.

CPAs, auditors and other financial professionals who are responsible for auditing employee benefit plans

• Get up to date on current audit rules and regulations
• Learn how to increase the efficiency of your audits
• Understand how to identify and solve plan issues

• Department of Labor Update
• Accounting and Auditing Update
• ESOPS: Increasingly Popular Planning Vehicles and Their Audits
• Panel Discussion: Ask the Experts
• Substantive Testing: Best Practices and Pitfalls
• Initial Audits, Changing Providers and Merging Plans
  

8:30 – 9:45 a.m.
A1. Department of Labor Update 
Lynne McMennamin, CPA, US Department of Labor

10:00 – 11:15 a.m. 
B1. Accounting and Auditing Update 
Rance Buss, CPA, Weaver LLP

11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. 
C1. ESOPs: Increasingly Popular Planning Vehicles and Their Audits 
Kirk Lindemann, CPA, Eide Bailly LLP

12:55 – 2:10 p.m. 
D1. Panel Discussion: Ask the Experts 
Rance Buss, CPA, Weaver LLP, Cameron Edgar, CPA, RSM US LLP, Marjorie Heap, CPA, Peterson Whitaker & Bjork, LLC, Kirk Lindemann, CPA, Eide Bailly LLP, Lynne McMennamin, CPA, US Department of Labor

2:25 – 3:40 p.m.. 
E1. Substantive Testing: Best Practices and Pitfalls 
Rance Buss, CPA, Weaver LLP

3:40 – 4:30 p.m.
F1. Initial Audits, Changing Providers and Merging Plans 
Cameron Edgar, CPA, RSM US LLP

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