Engineering companies need internal audits regularly. These audits must be conducted according to an audit plan, so that the auditor can know that all important aspects of the company will come under ...
Whether your firm is small or one of the largest organizations in the country, it pays to develop and maintain a strategic audit plan, according to Lorin Venable, CPA, CGMA. As assistant inspector ...
What is the purpose of audit planning if the audit may not ultimately follow the carefully thought out plan? As may be inferred from Dwight D. Eisenhower’s words—”Plans are worthless, but planning is ...
Under a new auditing standard, benefit plan sponsors have added responsibilities when preparing for plan audits and face greater liability risks if they fail to meet these new requirements. Statement ...
Stockton City Council unanimously approved an audit plan to review city departments and ensure transparency in the use of ...
On June 3, 2022, the IRS announced it is launching a pilot pre-examination retirement plan compliance program, which generally will be effective immediately (June 2022). This pilot program essentially ...
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Employee benefit plans are, by their very nature, decentralized. There are aspects of the plan that are likely to be outsourced to ...
For many retirement plan sponsors, Form 5500 preparation season is underway. Plan sponsors should be aware that things have changed with the Form 5500 audit requirements and procedures. These changes ...
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) issued a new audit standard for employee benefit plans in July 2019. The new standard is commonly referred to as SAS 136 but its official ...