All Employee Benefit Plans articles

  • Blog

    AICPA develops new benefit plan auditing standards

    2019-01-17T15:15:00Z

    With new professional standards soon to be finalized, auditors are working on a plan to improve the quality of employee benefit plan audits.

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    FASB updates accounting for certain benefit plans

    2017-03-01T06:15:00Z

    Companies with employee benefit plans held in master trusts have some new accounting rules to learn and observe, courtesy of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

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    AICPA objects to naming partners on benefit plan audits

    2016-12-20T13:30:00Z

    The accounting profession is objecting to proposed changes to employee benefit plan reporting, especially requiring the name of the engagement partner on plan audits. More from Tammy Whitehouse.

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    AICPA objects to Labor Dept. proposal on benefit plan reporting

    2016-12-05T08:45:00Z

    The accounting profession is objecting to proposed changes to employee benefit plan reporting, especially requiring plan sponsors to name the engagement partner on plan audits. Tammy Whitehouse has more.

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    FASB Adopts Fixes to Employee Benefit Accounting

    2015-08-04T07:15:00Z

    FASB has finalized its accounting standards update with a three-part fix to simplify accounting for employee benefit plans. The first part allows companies to measure the value of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts at the contract value rather than fair value; part two cuts disclosure requirements for certain individual investments; and ...