Employee Benefit Plans Conference Agenda

7:50 a.m.

Conference Opens

8:00 a.m.

1-A&ADOL- Update

• Learn about current enforcement initiatives in the Office of the Chief Accountant
• Hear about areas that cause problems for plan administrators and plan auditors
• Results of the most recent DOL Audit Quality Study

1-A&AAddressing the Top 5 DOL Audit Quality Issues + Reports

• Hot topics in employee benefit plans
• SAS 145 - risk assessment
• Legislative and regulatory developments
• Enhancing audit quality update

9:40 a.m. 

Morning Break

9:50 a.m.

1.5-OtherEmployee Benefit Plans Hot Topics

• Learn to identify fiduciary responsibilities and duties
• Understand what actions may give rise to fiduciary liabilities and learn how to avoid them
• Review the most common prohibited transactions and available exemptions

Lunch Break

1-A&ASAS 145 - Risk Assessment

• Identify the key provisions of SAS 145 
• Distinguish the new risk assessment standards for the existing standards
• Apply the new standards to audits of employee benefit plans

1.5-A&ALegislative & Regulatory Developments

• Secure 2.0
• Compliance testing
• 5500 update and change in participant counts

Afternoon Break

2:10 p.m.

1-A&AA&A Update

• Latest developments in auditing and attestation standards
• Recently issued standards
• Resources to help implement the new quality management standards

3:00 p.m.

1-A&AAICPA - Enhancing Audit Quality Update

• AICPA advocacy efforts
• Response to 2023 Department of Labor audit quality study and strategies to address the prevalent issues
• EBPAQC tools and resources that address identified audit quality issues
• Other EBPAQC resources to help your firm perform efficient and effective EBP audits