Houston Chronicle

How to Design an Audit Policy Plan

Investors, business owners, management and company employees rely on valid accounting methods for the stability of investments and an accurate assessment of the overall company health. All companies, ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Build an Audit Plan

An audit is the highest level of assurance a CPA firm can provide that the financial statements follow the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), or some other reasonable basis of accounting ...
planadviser.com

Plan Financial Audits May Uncover 'Red Flags'

When performing annual retirement plan financial audits, plan sponsors and their auditors should look for potential “red flags” for regulators. James E. Merklin, partner in charge of Assurance ...
CMS Wire

Enterprise Risk Management and the Internal Audit Plan

One of internal audit's values is to tell management when the controls to manage risks and assure opportunities aren't working. Internal audit should have a plan for the work it will do, and by now we ...
JD Supra

Auditing Standard SAS 136: Raising the Bar for Retirement Plan Sponsors Fiduciary Committees

In July 2019, the Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) issued a revised Statement on Auditing Standards No. 136 entitled, “Forming an Opinion and ...
JournalofAccountancy

Employee Benefit Plan Auditing

A letter from the Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center addresses nondisclosure agreements and recommends actions that auditors can take to avoid running afoul of legal, regulatory, or ...
Accounting Today

AICPA Auditing Standards Board proposes three-year plan

The American Institute of CPAs’ Auditing Standards Board proposed a strategic plan Friday that will guide the ASB’s work over the next three years. Initiative A: Develop high-quality standards in the ...
The Cavalier Daily

Audit Committee approves University’s two-year, risk-based internal audit plan

The Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee is responsible for overseeing audits to University divisions to mitigate ...
Smart Business Magazine

How auditing your health plan can control spending and reduce premiums

If you haven’t done a dependent eligibility audit of your health insurance plan recently, you may be paying for benefits for people who don’t belong on the plan. “A dependent eligibility audit ...
The Business Journals

What does the new employee benefit plan auditing standard mean for plan sponsors?

Denise Gueli is a Partner in the commercial division of nationally ranked top 50 CPA firm The Bonadio Group. To continue reading this content, please enable ...
Tennessean

401k Plan Audit CPA Highlights Risks of Generalist Firms for 401k Auditing

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES, May 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — As business owners and HR directors prepare for their annual Form 5500 filings, 401k Plan Audit CPA ...
JournalofAccountancy

Employee benefit plan auditing rules to change

Reporting and performance requirements for practitioners auditing employee benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) will change under a new standard that ...