This guide is an ideal roadmap to compliance, giving auditors authoritative guidance, practical tips, and illustrative examples to help them at each stage of the audit. It is designed to bridge the gaps between the what, why, and how to satisfy auditor responsibilities. Key topics covered include: Essential guidance for application of GAAS in an EBP audit. References to authoritative accounting guidance for defined contribution (DC), defined benefit (DB) and health and welfare (HW) plans in FASB ASC Guidance on accounting, reporting and disclosure for EBP transactions not addressed in FASB ASC as supported by FinREC Use of a SOC 1 report Use of a specialist (including actuaries and appraisers) Forming an opinion and reporting on EBP financial statements (for full and limited scope EBP audits) Illustrative auditor communications and financial statements Explanation of pervasive regulatory requirements (DOL rules and regulations)

Fully-updated to reflect the latest legislation, regulation, and IRS and DOL guidance, the 2019 -2020 Edition of Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions is designed for both benefits experts who have little experience with mergers and acquisitions issues and mergers and acquisitions specialists who have little background in benefits administration. Comprehensive, yet easy-to-use, it provides the expert guidance you need to help ensure legal and tax compliance--and avoid costly litigation and penalties--as you work to integrate and administer the employee benefits programs of two or more companies. Written by recognized authority Ilene H. Ferenczy, and a team of noted experts, Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions, 2019-2020 Edition has been updated to include: The current status of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on plans involved in business transactions, including information regarding new reporting requirements in relation to health plans Discussion of the plan fiduciary's responsibilities in relation to the service provider and participant fee disclosures Discussion of the changes in process to the IRS's procedures in relation to review of documents for tax-qualification Updates to IRS rules for modification of safe harbor 401(k) plans during the plan year The PPACA-mandated IRS and DOL guidance and its effect on plan administration and issues in mergers and acquisitions The latest Supreme Court opinions relating to employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and the elimination of the Moench presumption of prudence in purchasing employer securities And much more! Note: Online subscriptions are for three-month periods. Previous Edition: Employee Benefits in Mergers and Acquisitions, 2019-2019 Edition ISBN 9781454897187

The Pension and Employee Benefits Code ERISA Regulations as of January 1, 2019 provides the pension/benefits professional with a one-stop resource designed to provide easy access to the law and regulations that govern pension plans, 401(k) plans, group health insurance and other types of employee benefit plans, all current as of January 1, 2019. Regardless of the nature of your pension/benefits question, you'll find easy access to the information you're seek. Do you need to quickly double-check an issue for a client? If you know which law or regulation you need to consult, it's easy to find what you're looking for: Use Volume 1 to find the Internal Revenue Code and its final regulations For ERISA and its final regulations, consult Volume 2 For proposed regulations under both the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA, use Volume 2 In both Volumes 1 and 2, law provisions and their associated final regulations are arranged in easy, "flip through" numeric order to guide you to the exact subsection you're looking for. Or, use the detailed Table of Contents offered in each volume as another way to zero in on the pertinent law or regulation section. Do you need to do in-depth research? If you are exploring an issue in-depth, the Code/ERISA set provides several tools to guide you: A detailed Topical Index in Volume 2 provides a topic-based approach to your research. If you want to understand the impact a recent Act of Congress had on the pension/benefits area, turn to the "Recent Public Law Code and ERISA Locator Table" in Volume 2. This handy chart provides the location of significant benefits-related amendments to the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA made by key laws enacted after 2000. Another useful feature--the U.S. Code-ERISA Locator Table in Volume 2--helps you quickly convert a U.S.C. citation to its corresponding ERISA citation Are you refining your compliance plans for health reform? The Code/ERISA set is fully updated to include every benefits-related law and regulation change since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act. Are you researching new retirement plan law developments? The Code/ERISA set is fully updated to include retirement plan law developments. In particular note (new for the 2019 Edition), law or regulations on the following topics: Mergers of multiemployer plans Use of 401(k) plan forfeitures Previous Editions: Pension and Employee Benefits Code ERISA Regulations as of January 1, 2018 (2 Volumes), ISBN : 9781454895626 Pension and Employee Benefits Code ERISA Regulations as of January 1, 2017 (2 Volumes), ISBN : 9781454885498

The Pension and Employee Benefits Code ERISA Regulations as of January 1, 2019 provides the pension/benefits professional with a one-stop resource designed to provide easy access to the law and regulations that govern pension plans, 401(k) plans, group health insurance and other types of employee benefit plans, all current as of January 1, 2019. Regardless of the nature of your pension/benefits question, you'll find easy access to the information you seek. Do you need to quickly double-check an issue for a client? If you know which law or regulation you need to consult, it's easy to find what you're looking for: Use Volume 1 to find the Internal Revenue Code and its final regulations For ERISA and its final regulations, consult Volume 2 For proposed regulations under both the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA , use Volume 2 In both Volumes 1 and 2, law provisions and their associated final regulations are arranged in easy, "flip through" numeric order to guide you to the exact subsection you're looking for. Or, use the detailed Table of Contents offered in each volume as another way to zero in on the pertinent law or regulation section. Do you need to do in-depth research? If you are exploring an issue in-depth, the Code/ERISA set provides several tools to guide you: A detailed Topical Index in Volume 2 provides a topic-based approach to your research If you want to understand the impact a recent Act of Congress has had on the pension/benefits area, turn to the "Recent Public Law Code and ERISA Locator Table" in Volume 2. This handy chart provides the location of significant benefits-related amendments to the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA made by key laws enacted after 2000. Another useful feature--the U.S. Code-ERISA Locator Table in Volume 2--helps you quickly convert a U.S.C. citation to its corresponding ERISA citation If you seek "behind the scenes" insight regarding a specific pension/benefits topic, Volume 3 provides a valuable set of the federal agencies' own explanations (or preambles) issued for most IRS or EBSA/PBGC regulations promulgated since ERISA was enacted in 1974. Each preamble begins with boldfaced text that will guide you to the location in Volumes 1 or 2 of the full text of the final regulation. Do you need to research the legislative history of a pension/benefits provision? If you need to understand the intent of Congress in enacting a particular change to pension/benefits law, the Committee Reports volume provides a complete set of the Committee Reports written by House and Senate staff members during the original Congressional debates over the legislation, beginning with the enactment of ERISA (P.L. 93-406). Three detailed Tables of Contents and a Topical Index provide easy access to the material, whether you are researching a specific public law, a specific Code or ERISA section, or simply need to understand the legislative history grounding a particular topic. Are you refining your compliance plans for health reform? The Code/ERISA set is fully updated to include every benefits-related law and regulation change since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act. Are you researching new retirement plan law developments? The Code/ERISA set is fully updated to include retirement plan law developments. In particular note (new for the 2019 Edition), law or regulations on the following topics: Mergers of multiemployuer plans Use of 401(k) plan forfeitures Previous Editions:Pension and Employee Benefits Code ERISA Regulations as of January 1, 2018 (4 Volumes), ISBN : 9781454895619 Pension and Employee Benefits Code ERISA Regulations as of January 1, 2017 (4 Volumes), ISBN : 9781454885481