AICPA Employee Benefit Plans Accounting, Auditing and Regulatory Update

Get critical updates and best practices for your year-end audits directly from regulators and standard setters.

The AICPA Employee Benefit Plans Accounting, Auditing and Regulatory Update provides a comprehensive analysis of the current regulatory landscape surrounding employee benefit plan audits and what practitioners should expect going forward. You’ll get insights and best practices direct from the standard setters that will help you prepare and execute successful audits.

The Washington, DC location facilitates in-depth presentations from Department of Labor experts in the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). Hear directly from the regulators and standard setters as they break down the critical issues on the administration and oversight of employee benefit plans.

Notable sessions in this year’s agenda include:

• A comprehensive Department of Labor update covering audit quality issues, enforcement procedures and emerging regulations and legislation
  
• A panel discussion of common audit pitfalls in quality reviews and best practices for avoiding them with perspective from the DOL as well as leading practitioners
• A look at the challenges and considerations to be aware of when auditing 403(b) plans

Get the answers you need
The sessions encourage interaction between industry experts, senior practitioners and plan service providers. Get answers to your most important questions during the detailed Q&A periods and benefit from the real-world experiences of colleagues from around the country.

Don’t miss the add-on workshop FAS 157 – Fair Value Investments for a hands-on understanding of implementation issues and how they relate to employee benefit plans.

Who should attend
CPAs and financial professionals who specialize in employee benefit plan audits.

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - DAY ONE

8:00am-6:30pm
Registration & Message Center Open

8:00am-8:45am
Continental Breakfast

8:45am-9:00am
Welcome & Introduction

9:00am-9:45am - Keynote Presentation

1. Guidance Update from the Employee Benefits Security Administration
   Bradford P. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Washington, DC

9:45am-10:15am - General Session

2. Accounting & Auditing Update

10:15am-10:30am - General Session

3. Audit Quality Center Update

10:30am-11:00am
Morning Refreshment Break & Vendor Display

11:00am-12:30pm - General Session

4. Department of Labor Update

12:30pm-1:30pm
Lunch

1:30pm-2:45pm - General Session

5. The Risk Assessment Standards and the SAS 70 Report

2:45pm-3:15pm
Afternoon Refreshment Break & Vendor Display

3:15pm-4:30pm - General Session

6. Investments & Fair Value

4:30pm-5:00pm
Afternoon Refreshment Break & Vendor Display

5:00pm-6:20pm - General Session

7. Auditing 403(b) Plans – Challenges and Considerations

6:20pm-7:20pm
Welcome Reception

Friday, December 12, 2008 - DAY TWO

7:30am-1:00pm
Registration & Message Center Open

7:30am-8:30am - Continental Breakfast

8:30am-10:00am - General Session

8. Common Audit Pitfalls in Quality Reviews Panel

10:00am-10:20am
Morning Refreshment Break & Vendor Display

10:20am-11:40am - General Session

9. Avoiding Tax Annoyances in Benefit Plan Audits

11:40am-1:00pm - General Session

10. Speaker Panel Discussion

1:00pm
Conference Adjourns

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